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M.T. Cannon

@sonofrockhound.bsky.social

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Albany County-based independent scholar & M.Div student at Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary at Allen University Cash-poor philanthropist giving time and talent Digging up the truth at The LostColonie.org (coming soon)

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes, when the light is just
right, I glimpse a far-off city
that appears to float in the sky
and I can't stop thinking
about the people
who live there.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2h

Bush voter

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2h

When Jesus comes back, he won't be here to save America.

More likely, we'll have to save him FROM America.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 12h

Cultural critics for hundreds of years: The end is nigh!

Clio, the Muse of History, in 2024: Keep cryin' "doom" and I'll give ya something to cry about...

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 14h

In 1957, Eisenhower sent in the National Guard to protect integration.

In 2025, Trump sent in the National Guard to roll it back.

When your country is literally twisting itself into a reactionary death spasm over McCarthy-era policies...🤮

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 16h

We can take it back to his first term if you really need us to, but he was in violation of the Oath of Office the moment he lied his way through it.

Everything else follows from that Original Sin.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 16h

Siri, give me a recipe for manufacturing consent so I can make it at home without any of the necessary ingredients.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 16h

I don't know who needs to hear this, but just because a craven and tin-eared SC majority has ruled that a president can override the Constitution doesn't make it so.

Illegitimate actors can capture an institution but they can not confer legitimacy.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 22h

I am seriously starting to question your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes, when the light is just
right, I glimpse a far-off city
that appears to float in the sky
and I can't stop thinking
about the people
who live there.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

😆

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

I wouldn't major in your anthology, but I would definitely take a seminar.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody glamps like a housecat.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

Do you realize how cool you just made gold-hoarding sound?

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

Mmm, but how will I be able to hoard dollars if everybody can have them?

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 1d

When you see it...

Reposted by M.T. Cannon

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

sharks also are the invariable outriders of all slave ships crossing the Atlantic, systematically trotting alongside, to be handy in case a parcel is to be carried anywhere, or a dead slave to be decently buried

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty good but I don't usually like songs over 10 minutes

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

Trump ain't showing up. No way. Also, I hope Bad Bunny gives 'em hell.

Kendrick's show was a HIGH-profile protest. So high it went wayyyyyyy over heads on the right.

That performance felt like an exorcism. A purge. A purification ritual.

We're gonna need more.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

All hail The Hypno-Toad

K. Long @kelong.bsky.social · 2d

I have no idea what’s going on here but it’s captivating.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

Block. Obstruct. Ignore. Counteract. Obfuscate. Confuse. Confound.

We can't change our media environment over night, but we can make it incredibly hard for it to disseminate its poisons.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

Start by doing what you're doing: follow the words and recognize the truths.

The scales will fall from your eyes, first 2 or 3 at a time, then in piles big as autumn leaves.

The dying of a season of life, of history, is no more tragic than the decay of fall.

And both prefigure spring renewal.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

Words to dance by.

M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when that big Viking dude on GoT got cradled by the giantess? That's all I'm asking. 😆

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

You are correct. I do NOT understand it, but I want to. I'm 6'1" and I got some padding on my ribs, but 1 in 10 times I should be able to be the little spoon.

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M.T. Cannon @sonofrockhound.bsky.social · 2d

"tree trunk" 😆

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