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Zach Jones

@zachlj.bsky.social

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Dad. Runner. Georgia and Emory grad. A lot of politics, some religion, and a sprinkling of college football.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · Sep 9

As I’ve said repeatedly on this site, I think conditions are ripe for a social democratic movement. My evolving thought is that whatever form that movement takes will have distinct American characteristics (eg, free market emphasis with massive social safety net).

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · Sep 5

🧵In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” King writes that nonviolent resistance “fosters tension” and “dramatizes” the stakes such that injustice can no longer be ignored.

In a weird way that exact sentiment is giving me hope as I watch this regime willingly burn the country down. 1/

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 14h

Seeing this cover again in real life and man, @wired.com rules

Dogs playing poker with our tech overlords and current president subbed in

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 14h

If you haven’t read @jasonkirk.fyi’s Hell is a World Without You, can’t recommend it enough. You’ll be nodding your head the whole time.

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 16h

@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social please.

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 20h

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16h

Without comment.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 16h

This man went to Wharton.

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 16h

"AI doesn't dream, feel, or make art, it aggregates it."

Hell yeah, Jim Lee.

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 18h

Had a seminar class where discussions counted toward the grade. The absolute thrill of rolling in, absent any context or preparation, and making salient points off of the conversation vibes alone is something I may never experience again.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 18h

🤣 with the awkward leg movements and everything scrambling to get back on all fours. Perfection.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 18h

I just rediscovered Star 94, the radio station of my entire childhood.

And folks, let me tell you, it’s bangers only.

Ghetto Supastar
Survivor
Kiss from a Rose
Killing Me Softly
Jump Around
Ride Wit Me

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 19h

This is like the most perfect creative writing prompt.

Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 3d

I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 23h

Houston County

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Houston Street

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 1d

“Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job”

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"One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, 'Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,'" said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. "Everybody chants that."

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 1d

3/ There’s something so monstrous about this regime’s cruelty and about not just the violence but *the active enjoyment and celebration of it* that is stomach-turning. ICE laughing while shooting non-lethals at praying clergy really does capture the moment perfectly.

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 1d

2/ Which made religious demonstrations of protest and solidarity all the more important because they threw in stark relief the absurdity of joining the way of Jesus with the way of racial terror, violence, and domination.

The demonstrations @jackjenkins.me reports on carry on that legacy.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 1d

1/ A book I think about a lot is Charles Marsh’s God’s Long Summer, following religious activists in 1960s Mississippi: Fannie Lou Hamer, Ed King, Medgar Evers (among others).

As was true then and true now, white supremacy cloaked itself in Christianity…

Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 1d

There is reading @jackjenkins.me's article where he describes a minister being hit in the head with pepper balls by agents on a roof while praying, and you hope that this is an exaggeration. But seeing it verifies that it is exactly as described.

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 8d

Speaking for a lot of us living through this moment:

"Well, I think there's just this disconnect between the work that I'm doing and my interior life. And at that time, the contradiction was so profound. It's incredible that I survived it at all."

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 8d

Somehow missed this incredible Sufjan interview from May.

"I was trying to make sense of something that is senseless...for the first time I realized that not everything can be sublimated into art, that some things just remain unsolvable, or insoluble."

www.npr.org/2025/05/27/1...

10 years later, Sufjan Stevens offers a startling reevaluation of 'Carrie & Lowell' : All Songs Considered

In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton, Stevens shares a complex and conflicted view of the album he wrote about his mother in the wake of her death from cancer.Enjoy the show? Sha...

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 8d

Bernie goes from socialist to GE executive

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 8d

Folks we’re just speed running regime collapse right now.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 8d

ADP EMPLOYMENT CHANGE (SEP) -32K VS 51K EXPECTED

Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 8d

Wholesome content for your Wednesday

Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 13d

🎃

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9d

It’s probably a good thing that comedy is going to have a reckoning about comedians pretending they’re dangerous or edgy when their definition of those words is that they whitewash repressive government regimes for money but also make gay jokes

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 9d

My friend, Dr. Kyle Lambelet, Associate Professor of Ethics and Director of the St. Nicholas Center for Faith and Justice at VTS, is facilitating a FREE 5-week course on mercy, justice, the Gospel, and contemporary politics.

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Have Mercy

This free online course will explore how mercy, justice, and the Gospel can shape faithful leadership in today’s political landscape.

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Zach Jones @zachlj.bsky.social · 9d

7/ And that we rebuild on the other side, with resolve to never let this happen again and with gratitude for the many thousands who work to keep us well.