Steven Vredenburgh
@himthatbe.bsky.social
PhD in film and theology | church media guy | occasional video essayist | certified expert
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
I do not want this.
President Trump: “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.”
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I do not want this.
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . .
Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, …
And on the pedestal, these words appear: Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.”
Who said “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . .
Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, …
And on the pedestal, these words appear: Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.”
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
I was told we’d cruise the seas for American gold; we’d fire no guns, shed no tears! Now I’m a broken man on a Halifax pier. Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.
June 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . .
Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, …
And on the pedestal, these words appear: Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.”
Who said “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . .
Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, …
And on the pedestal, these words appear: Perhaps a tweak of the algorithm is in order.”
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Los Angeles
If you’re in LA in a public space this month and someone tries to get you to sign a petition about wages and voting DO NOT SIGN IT.
this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.
Do not sign!
this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.
Do not sign!
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Los Angeles
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This is why I wrote my pinned report, which draws from my time as a criminal defense attorney.
This jackass says he’s going to define “get violent” for the people in his county...
...but the *first six offenses he names* are non-violent offenses.
They are changing definitions to justify fascism.
This jackass says he’s going to define “get violent” for the people in his county...
...but the *first six offenses he names* are non-violent offenses.
They are changing definitions to justify fascism.
Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey just said, "We will kill you graveyard dead."
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is why I wrote my pinned report, which draws from my time as a criminal defense attorney.
This jackass says he’s going to define “get violent” for the people in his county...
...but the *first six offenses he names* are non-violent offenses.
They are changing definitions to justify fascism.
This jackass says he’s going to define “get violent” for the people in his county...
...but the *first six offenses he names* are non-violent offenses.
They are changing definitions to justify fascism.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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I cannot explain enough that the videos are THE POLICE rioting. There’s footage of people throwing bricks, etc. That’s in the fashion district on the other side of DTLA. It’s where vendors, factories & wholesale stores are—FULL of people who need to be protected at all costs. It wasn’t a march.
June 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I cannot explain enough that the videos are THE POLICE rioting. There’s footage of people throwing bricks, etc. That’s in the fashion district on the other side of DTLA. It’s where vendors, factories & wholesale stores are—FULL of people who need to be protected at all costs. It wasn’t a march.
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if they unseat Ted Cruz I will play a free solo show in Austin and the set list will include Golden Boy, Riches & Wonders, Comandante and whatever other oldschool bangers ppl want
Texas will break your heart every time, but I keep hoping
Oh MY FUCK
September 23, 2024 at 8:11 PM
if they unseat Ted Cruz I will play a free solo show in Austin and the set list will include Golden Boy, Riches & Wonders, Comandante and whatever other oldschool bangers ppl want
Post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
August 31, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
I dropped my phone 70 feet straight down resulting in a very interesting spiderweb of cracks through the screen that I keep wanting to screenshot despite the fact that that’s not how that works.
August 28, 2024 at 2:23 AM
I dropped my phone 70 feet straight down resulting in a very interesting spiderweb of cracks through the screen that I keep wanting to screenshot despite the fact that that’s not how that works.
What’s your current social media strategy?
August 27, 2024 at 1:48 AM
What’s your current social media strategy?
Is “platonically sliding into someone’s dms because you think they’re cool, you share a bunch of the same interests, and want to be friends irl” a thing? For research purposes.
June 5, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Is “platonically sliding into someone’s dms because you think they’re cool, you share a bunch of the same interests, and want to be friends irl” a thing? For research purposes.
What’s your sign?
May 11, 2024 at 5:49 PM
What’s your sign?
Lightsabers imply the existence of lightfoils and lightépée
May 4, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Lightsabers imply the existence of lightfoils and lightépée
GtG my ride’s here
January 17, 2024 at 4:16 AM
GtG my ride’s here
Introduce yourself with four spaceships 🛸
SS Heart of Gold
NSEA Protector
Borg Cube
Flying saucer on Fox Mulder’s poster
SS Heart of Gold
NSEA Protector
Borg Cube
Flying saucer on Fox Mulder’s poster
January 4, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships 🛸
SS Heart of Gold
NSEA Protector
Borg Cube
Flying saucer on Fox Mulder’s poster
SS Heart of Gold
NSEA Protector
Borg Cube
Flying saucer on Fox Mulder’s poster
Breaking news: I was just thinking of the fact I had a cat that I had a lot to deal w when he died from the virus in my apartment.
December 31, 2023 at 5:30 PM
Breaking news: I was just thinking of the fact I had a cat that I had a lot to deal w when he died from the virus in my apartment.
Do I know anyone who knows anyone who works at Facebook?
I have been trying to recover some accounts for my church that we lost access to when previous staff left. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have been trying to recover some accounts for my church that we lost access to when previous staff left. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
December 31, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Do I know anyone who knows anyone who works at Facebook?
I have been trying to recover some accounts for my church that we lost access to when previous staff left. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have been trying to recover some accounts for my church that we lost access to when previous staff left. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Don’t hurt anybody on your way up to the light and stay alive. Just stay alive.
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste.
December 27, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Don’t hurt anybody on your way up to the light and stay alive. Just stay alive.
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
It’s bothering me a LOT more than it should that “rising crust” is a different size on these two boxes.
December 8, 2023 at 11:16 PM
It’s bothering me a LOT more than it should that “rising crust” is a different size on these two boxes.
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Pushing the button so hard my hand punches straight through the diorama…
November 18, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Pushing the button so hard my hand punches straight through the diorama…