Note, this is from The Convocation Unscripted, the other participants are @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social, @robertpjones.bsky.social, and @jemartisby.bsky.social

I am 100% behind this idea from @kkdumez.bsky.social . The orange one doesn't get to redefine patriotism and make it all about himself. Rather than focus on him, let's have a massive party that takes all attention away from him and puts it where it should be on the people of the Unitied States.

I was called super woke for calling it Western Asia in my dissertation, which I kind of get. But this is wacky - it's literally the name of the region.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social continuing to do the work he was sent to Congress to do. This is helpful.

Being knowledgeable of history has to be an automatic disqualifier for this regime. It literally hurts me on a daily basis at this point. There are obvious examples of proposal X being a bad idea and yet here we go again. I just can't anymore.

I honestly think this is a Republican talking point that they're just conceding. Bring the receipts or shut up. I don't think this is actually a thing.

This has to exist in the Hallmark canon. If it doesn't that's a major oversight on their part.

I was just talking to my partner yesterday about what a menace these things are becoming. If you're going to be going that fast you need to - at the least - not be on the sidewalk.

It's also about deciding the "story" you're trying to tell with the paper. Off loading that to an AI is almost like not writing the paper. At the most you're filling in blanks.

A full thread breaking down halftime. This is what social media is for

I love how, for the government, following the law is somehow unrealistic these days. Like everything that is being requested is already the policy of every other law enforcement organization. It's not like we're asking for them all to become holograms or something.

Signal chats and google sheets VS Plantir and their AI driven intelligence database. I'm pretty sure these folks are still outgunned - by a lot. 🙄

The enshitification of everything continues.

Do ICE agents have qualified immunity? (I'd guess we're about to find out)

He so desperately wants to be one of the cool kids. It's really pathetic.

I'm sure you've clocked that she's now the mayor of the city that Bezos Inc calls home. As such this headline is not unexpected.

I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.

on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.

Screen shot of a book order for "A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance" by Diana Butler Bass. It lists the book as backordered.

I ordered the new book by @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social and bookshop.org has it listed as backordered. I hope this means it's selling really well. We all need a little hope right now and DBB is someone I trust for that.

That's progress at least

I'm sorry. I was really rooting for her. Sucks that the party is more about themselves than the people they represent.

Those pants and a leather sofa bear a striking resemblance.

It's a good article. I'm going to start using uv for the limited Python development I use. I got there from the TLDR newsletter this morning.

Not just all-white, but all-white and Christian.

It's not just white men that fail upwards.

It's also within the stated norms of how a judge is supposed to consider sentencing. Diddy's lawyers can try that line of attack, but no judge on earth is going to accept the idea that their powers are more limited than they are.

Feed cleanse

Having switched from a music diet of almost entirely CCM and worship music to basically none, I think she's right about the rational fear white Evangelicals have that if their folks discover the secular music world they won't come back. I can only hope the pattern holds for MAGA -> ANTIFA.

Imagine being a 3 or 4 star general who has spent the last 30 or 40 years studying just war theory, combat techniques, and ethics and having to sit through this morally corrupt, high school football coach pep talk about war based entirely on what he saw in a Rambo movie. Just embarrassing.

It's the same methodology the tech applies to everything. I agree it probably doesn't apply when copyright is already stated, but heaven knows they're gonna try and see if anyone complains.

My wife loves this show and I don't really understand why. It's fine for filling time, but I'm not sure it's much more than that. Of course if all the actors realized it's a terrible farce it could be fun.