Irreverend Rob
@robmacpherson.bsky.social
Not your normal retired minister; prefers the awful truth to the cozy lie.
A Humanist with hope.
A Pacifist that can duke.
2-bit actor, struggling musician.
A Humanist with hope.
A Pacifist that can duke.
2-bit actor, struggling musician.
Everyone should read this, as it tells the natural history of our current malaise.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Forget brat summer, the vibe shift is here and it's terrifying
From the rise of misinformation and AI to escalating political tensions, vast economic disparity, and the erosion of social bonds, the vibe shift is now understood as a deep, unsettling change in our ...
www.abc.net.au
December 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Everyone should read this, as it tells the natural history of our current malaise.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
I've been an ex-pat for 40 years and have dual citizenships, but I'm now reluctant to visit the US to see family.
Am I being paranoid, or is this a reasonable fear?
Am I being paranoid, or is this a reasonable fear?
November 16, 2024 at 3:22 AM
I've been an ex-pat for 40 years and have dual citizenships, but I'm now reluctant to visit the US to see family.
Am I being paranoid, or is this a reasonable fear?
Am I being paranoid, or is this a reasonable fear?
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Will I be jailed? Gassed, beaten, run over, or killed tomorrow?
I don't even care; anything would be better than hiding in this attic, sweating, hungry, watching my partner suffer and slowly die as our future is stolen by the dumbest, greediest dicklords ever to draw breath.
I don't even care; anything would be better than hiding in this attic, sweating, hungry, watching my partner suffer and slowly die as our future is stolen by the dumbest, greediest dicklords ever to draw breath.
June 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Will I be jailed? Gassed, beaten, run over, or killed tomorrow?
I don't even care; anything would be better than hiding in this attic, sweating, hungry, watching my partner suffer and slowly die as our future is stolen by the dumbest, greediest dicklords ever to draw breath.
I don't even care; anything would be better than hiding in this attic, sweating, hungry, watching my partner suffer and slowly die as our future is stolen by the dumbest, greediest dicklords ever to draw breath.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
Which makes me think that this is an effort to claim the insurrection act’s power without invoking the insurrection act’s authority. None of this is necessary, at all, and the governor should say so.
June 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Reader, I married him. 👇👇👇
January 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Reader, I married him. 👇👇👇
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
Why read dystopian fiction when you can just pay attention?
January 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Why read dystopian fiction when you can just pay attention?
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
....and another thing.
December 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
....and another thing.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Local boy Travis Head makes his test century in his home ground.
December 7, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Local boy Travis Head makes his test century in his home ground.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
Just one strange cognitive bias?!?
It's called: disinformation.
It's called: disinformation.
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Just one strange cognitive bias?!?
It's called: disinformation.
It's called: disinformation.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
This is the first Officially Verified Bluesky Press List of 150 reporters, outlets and media types with handles authenticated by yours truly.
Respond here if you would
like to be included in the second round!
Let's go! Let's bring "the juice"
and the news to the people. go.bsky.app/U9juDW4
Respond here if you would
like to be included in the second round!
Let's go! Let's bring "the juice"
and the news to the people. go.bsky.app/U9juDW4
November 21, 2024 at 2:25 AM
This is the first Officially Verified Bluesky Press List of 150 reporters, outlets and media types with handles authenticated by yours truly.
Respond here if you would
like to be included in the second round!
Let's go! Let's bring "the juice"
and the news to the people. go.bsky.app/U9juDW4
Respond here if you would
like to be included in the second round!
Let's go! Let's bring "the juice"
and the news to the people. go.bsky.app/U9juDW4
Scenes from the Parliamentary Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, at which keynote Rachel Kohn was revealed to prioritize local antisemitic events over genocide. Huge disappointment.
November 21, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Scenes from the Parliamentary Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, at which keynote Rachel Kohn was revealed to prioritize local antisemitic events over genocide. Huge disappointment.
Reposted by Irreverend Rob
.
SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
November 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
.
SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough