The closest we get at my org is a slack channel called "proverbial water cooler," and it gets about 2 posts a month.

What if we just make better men?

All of these are entirely normal positions of the Church which were also stated repeatedly by Francis and Benedict and John Paul II through various media

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Costly Tax Loophole Atrium Health Is Too Chicken To Talk About A fried chicken restaurant in North Carolina operates on hospital-owned land, raising serious tax questions. This is a story about a loophole Atrium Health is too "chicken" to explain.

Atrium Health is leasing tax-exempt land to a fried chicken restaurant—and won’t explain how that benefits the public.

They redacted the lease. Ignored questions. Claimed it’s “competitive healthcare information.”

My latest #investigation:

open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn...

Who asked for this presser?

Haven't been there in a looong time. Might have to check it out soon.

I converted to Catholicism last week. Here’s why it’s necessary for the United States to invade Vatican City and install its own pope.

The first bite of vegan cheese seems to hold promise, or at the very least, non-offense.
Each successive bite tastes of construction paper and broken dreams.

Girls with a time machine: Hello John Brown these are called "Kalashnikovs" Boys with a time machine: Hello John Brown these are called "Kalashnikovs"

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TAGGING ME IN ON THE VATICAN / PENTAGON BEEF HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

"sorry I can't come to your once-in-250-years party. I'll be busy doing something it would actually make much more logical sense to do four days later. I bumped it up on purpose so I could throw it in your face. eat shit forever, amen"

there is no hater on earth like a hater from Chicago

Every day gets weirder than the next.

They did the tweet!

A movie couple who would definitely have a podcast.

Our Trespasses follows the entangled stories of one Black family and one white Baptist church from Reconstruction through urban renewal. The book tracks how the theological history of US urban renewal has shaped present American cityscapes.
bookshop.org/p/books/our-...

Here's what the Iranian side is saying Trump has accepted in principle: • Security guarantees against future attacks on Iran • Iranian military control over the Strait of Hormuz • Lifting of all sanctions • Ending all Security Council resolutions against Iran • Acceptance of Iranian uranium enrichment • A withdrawal of all US forces from the region • A total discontinuation of attacks against both Iran and Lebanon • "Full compensation" to Iran for the costs of the war • The release of all frozen Iranian financial assets abroad • The codification of all of the above in a UN Security Council resolution

Woke up in the middle of the night to see the total humiliation of American Empire?

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly:

- Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat)
- Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex)
- Humming (stimulates vagus nerve)
- Exercise (anything helps, outside even better)
- Impeachment and removal

Donald Trump must be removed from office for threatening war crimes and genocide.

Speaker Johnson: bring the House back into session.

Invoking the 25th Amendment and impeachment must be on the table, but Congress should also move on a War Powers resolution to stop Trump.

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

This is no way to live, man

In every case, the headlines should read, "ICE shoots person, presumed innocent, in latest violence."

We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot.

We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Synagogue in Tehran ‘completely destroyed' in US-Israeli attack US-Israeli strikes destroy synagogue in Tehran, prompting outrage amid reports of 15 killed across Iran overnight.

US-Israeli strikes destroy synagogue in Tehran, prompting outrage amid reports of 15 killed across Iran overnight.

In case I have any Army generals following me, it’s pronounced “hoon-ta”. Military “hoon-ta”. Don’t let your fear of pronouncing words out loud that you’ve only read in text stop you from bringing up important conversations.

We're fighting one here in Charlotte as well, where the state DOT is determined to build toll lanes through downtown, further segregating the city and doing tremendous environmental harm in the process.

Or an LA or a 28?😭

A container of organic baby arugula. This batch is extra peppery, and a little too bitter, which seems on the mark.

Snacks for the apocalypse.