John McCollum
@johnmccollum.bsky.social
I'm the co-founder and executive director of an NGO that provides family style care for orphaned and vulnerable kids in Asia.
I make food, art and music.
I make food, art and music.
Idi Amin's self-granted title was, "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."
September 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Idi Amin's self-granted title was, "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner."
— 5 Star General Omar Bradley
— 5 Star General Omar Bradley
August 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner."
— 5 Star General Omar Bradley
— 5 Star General Omar Bradley
Body sure keeping score tonight.
August 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Body sure keeping score tonight.
Boy does the body ever keep score.
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Boy does the body ever keep score.
My only promise to the electorate is that my reign will be brief but cruel.
July 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
My only promise to the electorate is that my reign will be brief but cruel.
Let the chimps fall where they may.
July 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let the chimps fall where they may.
#Enlightenment or endarkenment. There is no third option.
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#Enlightenment or endarkenment. There is no third option.
A year ago I’d-a said we were living in an episode of Arrested Development. These days it’s more like an extended live version of Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row.
June 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A year ago I’d-a said we were living in an episode of Arrested Development. These days it’s more like an extended live version of Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row.
June 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
EXCUSE ME? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
British Man Is Charged Over Attempted Mock Wedding With 9-Year-Old at Disneyland Paris
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June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
EXCUSE ME? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
Adam was the only man to sleep with every woman on the planet. #showerthoughts
June 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Adam was the only man to sleep with every woman on the planet. #showerthoughts
You can put your boots in the oven, but that don’t make ‘em biscuits.
June 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
You can put your boots in the oven, but that don’t make ‘em biscuits.
"Nothing to see here. Just a couple of normal families getting ready for school. But in a world where chaos, fear, alienation and hate lay claim to the last, worst word, these simple chores take on a sacred significance, and embody a hope that may just save us all."
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The sacred and the simple — Asia’s Hope
I got up early this morning. It's more a side-effect of the jet lag than an outgrowth of a work ethic. But by 5am, I was showered, dressed and feeling restless. We're staying at the Good Shepherd Gues...
asiashope.org
June 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Nothing to see here. Just a couple of normal families getting ready for school. But in a world where chaos, fear, alienation and hate lay claim to the last, worst word, these simple chores take on a sacred significance, and embody a hope that may just save us all."
asiashope.org/directors-bl...
asiashope.org/directors-bl...
“A poor immigrant who came with nothing to make a life for themselves” used to be the ultimate expression of true American-ness. Now, it’s a pejorative, a slur.
June 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“A poor immigrant who came with nothing to make a life for themselves” used to be the ultimate expression of true American-ness. Now, it’s a pejorative, a slur.
The two most egregious misuses of religion — religion as (mere) marker of group identity and as (mere) tool in the hands of the powerful — are two main causes of secularization because they empty faith of its moral content and use it to achieve goals contrary to faith's character. — Miroslav Volf
June 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The two most egregious misuses of religion — religion as (mere) marker of group identity and as (mere) tool in the hands of the powerful — are two main causes of secularization because they empty faith of its moral content and use it to achieve goals contrary to faith's character. — Miroslav Volf
If it isn’t true, it isn’t loving. More importantly, if it isn’t loving, it isn’t true.
June 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If it isn’t true, it isn’t loving. More importantly, if it isn’t loving, it isn’t true.
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here’s what I wish people would understand.
Cruelty, greed and selfishness is its own punishment and kindness its own reward.
Greedy, self-centered societies are, ultimately, miserable for everyone, even those who appear to benefit from the grift.
Generosity produces joy all around.
Cruelty, greed and selfishness is its own punishment and kindness its own reward.
Greedy, self-centered societies are, ultimately, miserable for everyone, even those who appear to benefit from the grift.
Generosity produces joy all around.
June 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here’s what I wish people would understand.
Cruelty, greed and selfishness is its own punishment and kindness its own reward.
Greedy, self-centered societies are, ultimately, miserable for everyone, even those who appear to benefit from the grift.
Generosity produces joy all around.
Cruelty, greed and selfishness is its own punishment and kindness its own reward.
Greedy, self-centered societies are, ultimately, miserable for everyone, even those who appear to benefit from the grift.
Generosity produces joy all around.
Making dinner in Doi Saket, Thailand
June 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Making dinner in Doi Saket, Thailand
May 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
May 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM