“It's a shame that the Pope has made the Catholic Church political” is one of the most amazing sentences ever uttered by a politician. Elite stuff. Arguably the most wrong a person could be, including rejecting basic arithmetic.

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

Literal blasphemy.

People have been shocked that an AI company is offering chats with an AI Jesus for $1.99/minute but it's important to remember and respect the fact that a core part of American evangelicalism is being financially defrauded by people who claim to speak for god

The USPS can't "run out of money," the sole question is the people in charge of the federal government believe delivering mail is worth funding the same way they already fund armed kidnapping gangs, concentration camps, and blowing up girls' schools.

I would like it if the people seeking the highest office in the land had a vision for the country that goes beyond a belief that power is good and they should be the one in charge.

check yo self before you dox yo self

after a quick review of my timeline i feel the need to point to the sign

Actually do it in Independence Hall

Trump started a pointless and illegal war with Iran, he lost it almost immediately, he crushed America's economy and America's partners while making Iran and our rivals much stronger. He did it for no reason he can articulate.

In any decent nation, he'd be forced to resign immediately.

Shout-out to every other Gen Xer that was holding their breath the entire time for the first five mintues of the launch

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Leavitt contradicts Jesus, who explicitly says in Matthew 6:5-6 to not do the exact thing she does here

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

The DC Metro

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi.

The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

you, boring, trite: I hate mariano rivera because of his politics

me, wise, sophisticated: I hate mariano rivera because he was a damn yankee

maybe your news website is dying because every 3 millimeters of scrolling leads to a new video ad or "sign up for our newsletter!" pop-up modal I have to X out of and then the new ads that auto-load fuck up the text and now I have to scroll half a page to read the paragraph I was just on fuck you

I live in rural New South Wales in Australia and diesel was $3.20 a litre (roughly $12 AUD or about $8.30 USD a gallon) yesterday, so if this holds, I dont think people understand how bad it's going to get. Groceries are next.

Oil price spikes are driving a surge of interest in electric vehicles The clear signal this trend data sends is that Australians are a pragmatic lot. If using an EV might save them money, then they are interested.

The clear signal this trend data sends is that Australians are a pragmatic lot. If using an EV might save them money, then they are interested.

What’s next for you? We’re trying to figure out how to scale the mutual aid model—not just keeping our hub going but offering it as almost a pilot program for voter turnout to candidates across the country, especially at the state and local level. A lot of people running have already reached out asking for advice on working with 501(c)(3)s, making events accessible, keeping the barrier to entry low. We want this to be the expectation, not the exception.

Kat Abughazaleh to @anamariecox.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com about what's next for her:

Kat Abughazaleh on Losing, Mutual Aid, and What Comes Next The upstart candidate for the Illinois House fell short on election night, but she may have pioneered a new way of community-based campaigning.

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Ok Mr Trump it's getting serious now. Have to finish the war in time for the cricket season.

A middle aged baseball fan wearing a "Jesus Hates The Yankees" t-shirt has a small grey kitten named Orpehus curled up in his arms.

Orpheus and I wish a very happy Opening Day to all who celebrate! (I'm wearing my "Jesus Hates The Yankees" t-shirt!) Let's go Orioles!

Crammed Test cricket schedule risks leaving Australian summers unrecognisable | Geoff Lemon Four matches in four weeks for the men’s team compromises the quality of the sport – and makes the Test season a contradiction in terms This has long been on the way, and here it is. Test season, the centrepiece of Australia’s summer, will next time around consist of four matches played over four weekends, not starting until the second week of December and done a week into January. Cricket Australia will instead claim to have expanded the schedule to seven Tests, but their tropical excursion against Bangladesh is in August, and the pink-ball sideshow masquerading as the 150th anniversary Test will have half its overs in March darkness. Both are distant islands to the summer mainland. Unlike most cricket countries, Tests are still Australia’s most substantial earner and site of interest. Yet in a world of sports trying to claim more of the calendar, Australian administrators are in voluntary retreat. Even as recent decades have squeezed the format into shorter series, while tour matches are euthanised and preparation is eroded as an outdated luxury, there still has to be time within a series itself. Two matches could run back to back, maybe three, but any longer and there has to be space built into the tour, gaps of a week or 10 days to offset the physical demand. Those pauses also gave the audience time for breath; they let players rest and storylines compound. Much of the rhythm of cricket is in waiting. Continue reading...

Crammed Test cricket schedule risks leaving Australian summers unrecognisable | Geoff Lemon

I'm GenX and I wouldn't trust the laptop, I only make major purchases on the desktop. Those are Big Computer jobs.

bluesky: the official app of major league baseball*

*not actually approved by major league baseball but come on you know it’s true

An RPG community in Iraq takes their first steps outside D&D Rascal talks to 3 Iraqi players about the good stuff.

“People sometimes feel embarrassed of acting in Arabic, so they try to act in English. I'm trying to encourage them to roleplay in Arabic, but sometimes [even] I feel a little bit shy."

Members of an Iraqi tabletop club discuss growing, teaching, and the oddities of RPG cultural barriers.

Absolutely getting bowled by Marnus Labuschagne.

Trump looks trapped over Iran as markets gyrate and oil shortage hits heartland Donald Trump appears to be fast running out of exits on his Iran war folly.

Donald Trump appears to be fast running out of exits on his Iran war folly.

Your life isn't shitty because of Trans people. Your life is shitty because of billionaires and republican legislation.

Still my favorite (Final Fantasy 6)