Auntie Pho
@mynewbrain.bsky.social
Oldie but a goodie. Interested in most things tech: encryption > cryptocurrency
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The crusades were about increasing the wealth of the Catholic Church and projecting its power. Here at the cusp of the New Middle Ages, evangelicals still don’t understand that forcing people to pretend belief is abhorrent to God.
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The crusades were about increasing the wealth of the Catholic Church and projecting its power. Here at the cusp of the New Middle Ages, evangelicals still don’t understand that forcing people to pretend belief is abhorrent to God.
BANGER
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxg...
I always loved this song. I never thought I’d be actually living it though.
I always loved this song. I never thought I’d be actually living it though.
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality (Official Video)
YouTube video by LivingColourVEVO
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December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BANGER
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To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
Jesus in Islam
What Muslims Believe About the Son of Mary
islamtoday.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
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Trump bombed Nigeria on Christmas Day claiming he’s “fighting ISIS and stopping Christian genocide.”
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigeria, "Christian Genocide" and the Right Wing Attempt To Create More War
Addressing the MAGA claim that Christians are suffering genocide in Nigeria
www.qasimrashid.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Trump bombed Nigeria on Christmas Day claiming he’s “fighting ISIS and stopping Christian genocide.”
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
Nigerian Christians attest that the violence seen is real but not based on religious discrimination, & Trump’s framing as such makes Nigerian Christians less safe
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-ch...
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
Somebody take grandpa's phone away
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Somebody take grandpa's phone away
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ICE showed up on private property without a Warrant and was sneaking around so when the one of the owners showed up he told them to get off the property and they did because they know that what they were doing was illegal and they're being watched by everyone now including Judges
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
ICE showed up on private property without a Warrant and was sneaking around so when the one of the owners showed up he told them to get off the property and they did because they know that what they were doing was illegal and they're being watched by everyone now including Judges
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By treating constituent problems as urgent and solvable, Zohran Mamdani is answering a strangely radical question: What if everyday government services actually worked?
“It’s really important to us that there are fewer barriers for New Yorkers to get what they need from the government."
“It’s really important to us that there are fewer barriers for New Yorkers to get what they need from the government."
NYC's socialist mayor has a radical proposal: making government do its job
Rent freezes and free buses can come later. But what if landlords obeyed the law and transit ran on time?
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
By treating constituent problems as urgent and solvable, Zohran Mamdani is answering a strangely radical question: What if everyday government services actually worked?
“It’s really important to us that there are fewer barriers for New Yorkers to get what they need from the government."
“It’s really important to us that there are fewer barriers for New Yorkers to get what they need from the government."
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"Emphasizes Religion"???
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
The Trump administration celebrated Christmas on Thursday by posting a series of religious messages from official government accounts, using language that drew criticism from those who pointed to America's separation of church and state.
Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages
Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Emphasizes Religion"???
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
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putting every ICE agent & admin in a mussolini jungle gym is the moderate position.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
putting every ICE agent & admin in a mussolini jungle gym is the moderate position.
'“Nigeria reiterates that all counter-terrorism efforts are guided by the primacy of protecting civilian lives, safeguarding national unity, and upholding the rights and dignity of all citizens, irrespective of faith or ethnicity,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in a statement.'
Trump is running with his incorrect claims of Christian genocide in Nigeria, much like he ran with the absurd claims of white genocide in South Africa—and *both* Christian and Muslims in Nigeria will suffer the consequences. trib.al/x79wx6M
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
'“Nigeria reiterates that all counter-terrorism efforts are guided by the primacy of protecting civilian lives, safeguarding national unity, and upholding the rights and dignity of all citizens, irrespective of faith or ethnicity,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in a statement.'
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after everyone leaves and it's just you and the leftovers
December 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
after everyone leaves and it's just you and the leftovers
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NASHVILLE councilwoman Zulfat Suara, who has family in Nigeria, posts the 🇺🇸 strikes there were a “joint operation”, the violence there has targeted “multiple faiths”, and (Trump) portraying it as an effort to “save Christians” is inaccurate.
Her post: www.instagram.com/p/DSusjZjkTQ...
Her post: www.instagram.com/p/DSusjZjkTQ...
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NASHVILLE councilwoman Zulfat Suara, who has family in Nigeria, posts the 🇺🇸 strikes there were a “joint operation”, the violence there has targeted “multiple faiths”, and (Trump) portraying it as an effort to “save Christians” is inaccurate.
Her post: www.instagram.com/p/DSusjZjkTQ...
Her post: www.instagram.com/p/DSusjZjkTQ...
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“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
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As the president outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft. Remember when he was the peace president?
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As the president outlined his plans to capture Greenland and hijack Venezuelan oil, his real agenda became obvious. It’s extortion, conquest, and theft. Remember when he was the peace president?
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots, from @saletan.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:
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Read the "60 Minutes" segment on the CECOT prison in El Salvador. In the interest of preserving the public record in this authoritarian moment, this transcript is now a historical document. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.thenation.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Read the "60 Minutes" segment on the CECOT prison in El Salvador. In the interest of preserving the public record in this authoritarian moment, this transcript is now a historical document. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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I’ve found it’s tough being not a billionaire and right about everything.
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’ve found it’s tough being not a billionaire and right about everything.
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Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
Palestinian doctors graduate in ruins of Gaza's destroyed al-Shifa Hospital
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
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Israeli reservist rams vehicle into Palestinian man praying in West Bank reut.rs/3N446bz
Israeli reservist rams vehicle into Palestinian man praying in West Bank
An Israeli reservist soldier rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian man as he prayed on a roadside in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, after earlier firing shots in the area, the Israeli military said.
reut.rs
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Israeli reservist rams vehicle into Palestinian man praying in West Bank reut.rs/3N446bz
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A charity single in support of Palestine has topped the UK charts and become the best-selling download of Christmas week
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A charity single in support of Palestine has topped the UK charts and become the best-selling download of Christmas week
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Roku with the Pluribus jokes! 😁
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Roku with the Pluribus jokes! 😁
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The Trump administration is trying to unleash an offshore drilling plan that would jeopardize treasured coastlines including Alaska’s Arctic, the California Coast, and the Gulf.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Stop Trump’s plan to expand oil drilling in our oceans
Extracting oil and gas from beneath the ocean will harm millions of coastal residents and devastate countless ecosystems. Tell the Trump administration you oppose new oil and gas drilling off our coas...
earthjustice.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Trump administration is trying to unleash an offshore drilling plan that would jeopardize treasured coastlines including Alaska’s Arctic, the California Coast, and the Gulf.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
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One confusing thing about liberal media outlets like the NY Times and CNN is that they're extremely right-wing:
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@ahjohnson.bsky.social
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US Media Rushes to Manufacture Legal Legitimacy for Trump’s Venezuela Oil Tanker Piracy
Venezuela oil exports are not “black market” and US sanctions are not “international sanctions.” Why does our media keep saying otherwise?
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One confusing thing about liberal media outlets like the NY Times and CNN is that they're extremely right-wing:
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@ahjohnson.bsky.social
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@ahjohnson.bsky.social
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This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will.
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law
The U.S. intercepted a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will.
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law.
China has taken the issue to the UN.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...