Yusuf Aslanoğlu
@yusuf-hoca.bsky.social
Revert to Islam. Student of the world’s religions & languages. Lover of God, of Creation, and of humans. I’ll say more when I think of it.
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Yusuf Aslanoğlu
@yusuf-hoca.bsky.social
· Jun 17
📷 Studio Photograph of a Toddler in Mevlevi (Whirling Dervish) Attire, Izmir, 1900s (Western Türkiye)
"The heart of the enlightened one is like that of a child — pure and innocent.
It holds no grudges and knows nothing of deceit." #Rumi
"The heart of the enlightened one is like that of a child — pure and innocent.
It holds no grudges and knows nothing of deceit." #Rumi
Rumi was a great lover of Jesus (°s), and it shows. “Unless you become as one of these little ones . . .”
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I wonder what Jeane Dixon would have said about this
Police in the country have threatened to lock up prophets who can’t prove that their predictions have eventually come true
Ghana tries to regulate online prophecies
It is part of a wider effort to tackle misinformation
econ.st
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I wonder what Jeane Dixon would have said about this
Read pretty far down a NIMBY-ful thread before I worked out what ZPG stands for. Hot take: if we don't deal with global warming, you'll get your zero population growth -- at the cost of the animals and birds. Is that #OKBoomer?
What is wrong with wanting to keep the charm which drew you to an area? I bought wooded acreage on Puget Sound for that reason: I love having peace and quiet and animals and birdsong. And it's going to stay that way. ZPG!
December 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Read pretty far down a NIMBY-ful thread before I worked out what ZPG stands for. Hot take: if we don't deal with global warming, you'll get your zero population growth -- at the cost of the animals and birds. Is that #OKBoomer?
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Boycott Eurovision
Boycott every artist from the Eurovision
Boycott every song from the Eurovision
This competition is allowing a Genocidal, Murderer, Demonic country to participate and whitewash it's crimes
Boycott every artist from the Eurovision
Boycott every song from the Eurovision
This competition is allowing a Genocidal, Murderer, Demonic country to participate and whitewash it's crimes
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Boycott Eurovision
Boycott every artist from the Eurovision
Boycott every song from the Eurovision
This competition is allowing a Genocidal, Murderer, Demonic country to participate and whitewash it's crimes
Boycott every artist from the Eurovision
Boycott every song from the Eurovision
This competition is allowing a Genocidal, Murderer, Demonic country to participate and whitewash it's crimes
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The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism
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I hope those observing had a fantastic Christmas, that those observing have the most Kwanzaa blessings ever, and that you all have amazing New Years'.
Here's to a 2026 full of health, safety, care, inspiration, righteous doings, love, joy, connection and solidarity. ❤️🔥
And making meaningful change.
Here's to a 2026 full of health, safety, care, inspiration, righteous doings, love, joy, connection and solidarity. ❤️🔥
And making meaningful change.
December 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I hope those observing had a fantastic Christmas, that those observing have the most Kwanzaa blessings ever, and that you all have amazing New Years'.
Here's to a 2026 full of health, safety, care, inspiration, righteous doings, love, joy, connection and solidarity. ❤️🔥
And making meaningful change.
Here's to a 2026 full of health, safety, care, inspiration, righteous doings, love, joy, connection and solidarity. ❤️🔥
And making meaningful change.
Despite drawing the ire of the Gileadites, Chick-Fil-A’s attitude toward LGBTQ+ is still complicated:
FRC: “Chick-fil-A Has Rebelled Against Christian Values” www.joemygod.com/2025/12/frc-...
FRC: "Chick-fil-A Has Rebelled Against Christian Values" - Joe.My.God.
From the Family Research Council’s website: It’s one thing to catch a local Chick-fil-A rebelling against Christian values — and quite another for headquarters to defend it. After this month’s…
www.joemygod.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Despite drawing the ire of the Gileadites, Chick-Fil-A’s attitude toward LGBTQ+ is still complicated:
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
Su asla eskimez.
Water never grows old. — Turkish saying
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Su asla eskimez.
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The most vocal Christians never mention the Beatitudes. They demand the 10 Commandments be posted in public buildings. That's Moses; not Jesus. No one demands the Beatitudes be posted anywhere.
Blessed are the merciful in a courtroom? Blessed are the peacemakers in the Pentagon? — Kurt Vonnegut
Blessed are the merciful in a courtroom? Blessed are the peacemakers in the Pentagon? — Kurt Vonnegut
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver. — C.S. Lewis
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver. — C.S. Lewis
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'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones.' But if you fill these, what next? Will you tear them down again and build up once more? What could be more ridiculous — laboring to build and tearing down again? If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor. —St Basil the Great
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones.' But if you fill these, what next? Will you tear them down again and build up once more? What could be more ridiculous — laboring to build and tearing down again? If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor. —St Basil the Great
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People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do. — Jim Palmer
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do. — Jim Palmer
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Nationalism is simply selfishness in group form. — Robert Ashton
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Nationalism is simply selfishness in group form. — Robert Ashton
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The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
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Jesus, forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped. — Steven Price
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jesus, forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped. — Steven Price
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It matters not if you have stood with the great. What really makes a difference is if you have sat with the broken, walked with the lost, and loved the lonely. — Sheri Bessi Eckert
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It matters not if you have stood with the great. What really makes a difference is if you have sat with the broken, walked with the lost, and loved the lonely. — Sheri Bessi Eckert
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📷 An Elderly Boatman in Istanbul
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📷 An Elderly Boatman in Istanbul
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
Sadly, #MeToo was barely a ripple in the ocean of powerful men getting away w/ victimizing women & then blaming *them* for getting victimized. (For the hard-of-thinking, “victimize” is a euphemism b/c I don’t wanna get blocked) “How long, O Lord, how long?”
Many are obsessed with Virginia naming names in her memoir.
What if I told you… we already know them—she already said them in court
and nothing ever happened…
What if I told you… we already know them—she already said them in court
and nothing ever happened…
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sadly, #MeToo was barely a ripple in the ocean of powerful men getting away w/ victimizing women & then blaming *them* for getting victimized. (For the hard-of-thinking, “victimize” is a euphemism b/c I don’t wanna get blocked) “How long, O Lord, how long?”