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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 8h

Politics defined by ones relationship to surveillance-feudalism makes much more sense.

Ryan Turnbull @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 9h

There is no left-right spectrum. There's one's relationship to surveillance-feudalism. Either you're the billionaire, or your the product. /2

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Fr Jonathan Bish @frjonathanbish.bsky.social · 2d

My experience is that there was a an absolutely huge gap between people’s beliefs about how their immigration systems work and how they actually work, and if you’ve had experience of the immigration system in the US or UK, you’ll spend a lot of time with one raised eyebrow when the topic comes up!

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

my in-laws were genuinely shocked that I, an English person, could not simply come and work in the United States at will.

lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 3d

Believe it or not, this is only the second most naive and clueless thing I've been told about the immigration system. Number one belongs to my own mother, who was so insulated by my dad that she actually asked me "can't I just bring a relative from Brazil to help me care for the house?"

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 4d

On removal. Oh, and I managed to throw an Ipod in the bath as well. Success abounds!

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 4d

A successful Francis Day. Interacted with and taught students basically constantly from 9am-5pm. Then came home and set fire to a chicken. Actual fire. A new one for me. Don't know what Sainsbury's are feeding those birds these days. Napalm?

two men are trying to put out a fire in a kitchen with failarmy on the bottom

Alt: Two mean are pulling a baking tray out of the oven. The tray is on fire.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 5d

Good fact!

Stephanie @stephanieoffer.bsky.social · 5d

Fun fact: Dame Sarah Mullally is the second medical professional to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Archbishop Thomas Secker (1758-1768) qualified as a medical doctor before being ordained #ArchbishopOfCanterbury

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 5d

So pleased and proud that Sarah Mallally is new Archbishop of Canterbury! What a historic day!

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 5d

Yaaaaaay!!! Pray for Sarah our Archbishop!!!

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 5d

I love that a BBC tech person in a lanyard doing checks is the anglican equivalent of the red curtains on St Peters.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 5d

Can we have an Ipswich Council style laser show as well? And the other candidates being dumped into buckets of purple custard?

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 7d

I will be praying the rosary on 7th October as a member of the Society of Catholic Priests, praying for peace in the world. Join us in prayer for peace wherever you are and whenever you can.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY 7th Oct 2025 Anytime
Join members of the Society of Catholic Priests in praying the rosary for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary with a special intention for peace in the world.
www.societyofcatholicpriests.com

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 8d

Forsythia in the ground. Salvia in the ground, replacing a bush that we hate. Offspring of the bush that we hate potted and preserved for next season to provide ground cover in a bit of the garden we can’t see.

Now for a deep breath.

Forsythia (centre) next to a shed (right) with an acer in front of the shed and a passion flower (left).

Twiggy stump of salvia in centre, clay in foreground and leaves behind.

Little plants in black pots on grey flagstones.

Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 8d

I'm finally reading some Ken Leech. Spirituality and Pastoral Care. Mind-blowingly good pastoral theology. How is his work not on every ministerial theology reading list? #theosky

a man with glasses is surrounded by a glowing circle and the website pmitf.com is displayed below him

Alt: a man with glasses and black top is gesturing that his mind is blown whilst an explosion radiates out from his head.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 10d

Its a contender for worst selfie ever, but please pray for these graduates of St Augustines who were licensed as Readers at Canterbury Cathedral tonight!

Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 11d

I received my inheritance from my Grandma today. Emotional going through some things that were meaningful for her and are for me. Here a portrait from before the premiere of Vaughan Williams’ Concerto Grosso, for which she played.

Adrian Boult (?) and Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 14d

Please pray for these wonderful graduates of St Augustine's who were licensed as Lay Ministers in the Diocese of Chichester last week.

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 15d

Authenticity isn’t the same as chaos.

Being authentic means showing up as your whole self - within boundaries, within consent, within context.

Unmasking is not dumping pain on whoever is near.

It’s truth with relationship at its center.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 15d

And all the autistic people said, “Amen.”

purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 15d

Welcome Autumn 🍂

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 15d

LIMERICK

It was the Medical Council’s belief,
That as a form of effective relief,
Paracetamol would
Be next to no good
From the pain of the Satsuma-in-Chief.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 19d

a man in a white hat is holding a candle and says `` excommunicate and anathema '' .

Alt: Thomas Becket in white mitre with white candle shouting “Excommunicate and anathema”

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 19d

Lord Carey has no legitimacy to be heard in public. He should have been ejected from the Lords long ago on the basis of his safeguarding record.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 21d

"Cutting the NHS budget" is never an acceptable reason to permit the killing of the elderly and disabled. It is however a good prompt to have a really grown up conversation about what treatments are appropriate to offer, and to refocus our resourcing on quality of life rather than extending life.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 22d

Tis the season to get bulby…

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milo edwards @miloedwards.bsky.social · 23d

imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 25d

Nothing tastes worse than a bad cup of tea, because it carries with it the disappointment that it should've been a good one.

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