Alyssa Barringer
@alyssakaye.bsky.social
Improviser, Latin teacher, etc
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for example, Matthew 5:39, the "turn the other cheek" verse: this is not trad manly-man teaching. it's a radical inversion of that, strength in submission. present-day grifter types make up fake glosses on it (as they do with Mark 10:25, the "eye of the needle" verse) but they know they're wrong
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
for example, Matthew 5:39, the "turn the other cheek" verse: this is not trad manly-man teaching. it's a radical inversion of that, strength in submission. present-day grifter types make up fake glosses on it (as they do with Mark 10:25, the "eye of the needle" verse) but they know they're wrong
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I love the hymn Jerusalem because it is an absolute banger but also the obvious answer to each question it asks is "No, obviously not", in a way it is like the opposite of Mary Did You Know.
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I love the hymn Jerusalem because it is an absolute banger but also the obvious answer to each question it asks is "No, obviously not", in a way it is like the opposite of Mary Did You Know.
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Spoiler Alert: It was not good folks
New Podcast Episode with Joanna Sawatsky (a purity culture researcher who does very good surveying of Christian sub-cultures with the Bare Marraige team) about Purity Culture and its effects of autistic Christians and Ex-Christians. Link below:
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Spoiler Alert: It was not good folks
Before bed, he brainstormed ideas for a sensory friendly bowling alley, and u suspect this is an inherent impossibility.
Me, pulling up to a kid birthday party: we brought headphones in case you need them. Bowling alleys can be noisy.
10 year old: That’s why above a bowling alley is such a good place to keep hostages
Me: ?
10yo: because the bowling noise disguises any yelling
Me: ???
10 yo: so nobody will notice
10 year old: That’s why above a bowling alley is such a good place to keep hostages
Me: ?
10yo: because the bowling noise disguises any yelling
Me: ???
10 yo: so nobody will notice
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Before bed, he brainstormed ideas for a sensory friendly bowling alley, and u suspect this is an inherent impossibility.
Me, pulling up to a kid birthday party: we brought headphones in case you need them. Bowling alleys can be noisy.
10 year old: That’s why above a bowling alley is such a good place to keep hostages
Me: ?
10yo: because the bowling noise disguises any yelling
Me: ???
10 yo: so nobody will notice
10 year old: That’s why above a bowling alley is such a good place to keep hostages
Me: ?
10yo: because the bowling noise disguises any yelling
Me: ???
10 yo: so nobody will notice
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Me, pulling up to a kid birthday party: we brought headphones in case you need them. Bowling alleys can be noisy.
10 year old: That’s why above a bowling alley is such a good place to keep hostages
Me: ?
10yo: because the bowling noise disguises any yelling
Me: ???
10 yo: so nobody will notice
10 year old: That’s why above a bowling alley is such a good place to keep hostages
Me: ?
10yo: because the bowling noise disguises any yelling
Me: ???
10 yo: so nobody will notice
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I was there this morning alongside many other faith leaders. We are not imbecilic morons, nor were we violent rioters. But that didn’t stop the police from behaving violently. It was brutal, unnecessary, and unprovoked.
Official U.S. Government account refers to its citizens as "imbecilic morons".
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I was there this morning alongside many other faith leaders. We are not imbecilic morons, nor were we violent rioters. But that didn’t stop the police from behaving violently. It was brutal, unnecessary, and unprovoked.
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Just to be clear, it’s all convos with Satan
Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Just to be clear, it’s all convos with Satan
I admire these kids (and their parents!) very much.
I am so proud of these guys and the selfless courage they’ve shown.
Their family is a blessing and a witness at @advocatewheaton.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...
Their family is a blessing and a witness at @advocatewheaton.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...
West Chicago brothers are on the front lines against ‘Operation Midway Blitz.’ And they’re only teenagers.
The wave of youth activists who have been galvanized into action by “Operation Midway Blitz” follow a long tradition paved around the world by young activists.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I admire these kids (and their parents!) very much.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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Clergy in the ACNA can add their names to this open letter calling for the inhibition of the Archbishop during the investigation.
Given the ACNA’s refusal to inhibit Bp Ruch during his investigation and trial, this is an absolutely necessary step to take.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Given the ACNA’s refusal to inhibit Bp Ruch during his investigation and trial, this is an absolutely necessary step to take.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Our Vows and the Protection of the Flock:
Our Vows and the Protection of the Flock: An Open Letter to the ACNA College of Bishops Vows are not small matters in the Anglican tradition. The exhortation tells clergy of our duties: I now exhor...
docs.google.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Clergy in the ACNA can add their names to this open letter calling for the inhibition of the Archbishop during the investigation.
Given the ACNA’s refusal to inhibit Bp Ruch during his investigation and trial, this is an absolutely necessary step to take.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Given the ACNA’s refusal to inhibit Bp Ruch during his investigation and trial, this is an absolutely necessary step to take.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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once again thinking about how America was founded by religious freaks who were so annoying that ENGLAND put them on BOATS and said GO THAT WAY
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
once again thinking about how America was founded by religious freaks who were so annoying that ENGLAND put them on BOATS and said GO THAT WAY
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Weird how every other neurodivergent person has somehow avoided doing a world-historical genocide; it’s almost as if these things are unrelated
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Weird how every other neurodivergent person has somehow avoided doing a world-historical genocide; it’s almost as if these things are unrelated
Did you know that people detained by ICE and eligible for release still have to pay a bond? $1,500 plus legal fees.
Here is a fund to help cover that cost:
www.mibfc.org
Here is a fund to help cover that cost:
www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Did you know that people detained by ICE and eligible for release still have to pay a bond? $1,500 plus legal fees.
Here is a fund to help cover that cost:
www.mibfc.org
Here is a fund to help cover that cost:
www.mibfc.org
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I cannot tell you how much I long to know less about this entire situation (which is not in any way displeasure with anybody for sharing).
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I cannot tell you how much I long to know less about this entire situation (which is not in any way displeasure with anybody for sharing).
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In an MRI machine is not the ideal place to relisten to the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album, but it’s nice(?) while in a machine to think of being shipwrecked with someone as his prophecies become increasingly unhinged.
0/10 for MRI percussion contributions though
0/10 for MRI percussion contributions though
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In an MRI machine is not the ideal place to relisten to the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album, but it’s nice(?) while in a machine to think of being shipwrecked with someone as his prophecies become increasingly unhinged.
0/10 for MRI percussion contributions though
0/10 for MRI percussion contributions though
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At what part of the Sorcerer's Apprentice story is AI currently at?
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
At what part of the Sorcerer's Apprentice story is AI currently at?
I fear I have hit the “but have you got a 27b/6?” phase of this grad program application process.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I fear I have hit the “but have you got a 27b/6?” phase of this grad program application process.
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If only those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to acquiesce to state-sanctioned terrorism.
As Chicago suffers state-sanctioned terror, the Christians who once were so vocal have become strangely silent.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If only those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to acquiesce to state-sanctioned terrorism.
Report: I* am in this picture and I don’t like it**
*an autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalist
**not having much hope for near term societal change
*an autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalist
**not having much hope for near term societal change
New Podcast with Helen Roy just dropped!
In this episode we talk about the strange world of autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalists, a group of disillusioned progressive and conservative women trying to figure out what to do about both gender and Christianity.
In this episode we talk about the strange world of autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalists, a group of disillusioned progressive and conservative women trying to figure out what to do about both gender and Christianity.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Report: I* am in this picture and I don’t like it**
*an autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalist
**not having much hope for near term societal change
*an autistic Christian radfem adjacent gender fatalist
**not having much hope for near term societal change
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Believers have been gathering weekly outside the Broadview ICE facility to pray for *19 years*. Yesterday the U.S. government told them, “no more prayer … because it's the state.”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Believers have been gathering weekly outside the Broadview ICE facility to pray for *19 years*. Yesterday the U.S. government told them, “no more prayer … because it's the state.”
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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“While on staff, Gross said, he heard a “credible report” that Wood and Sutton had a conversation about a possible presentment…they were “floating the possibility” of a “bishop-friendly” Board of Inquiry…stacking [it] with clergy and parishioners deferential to senior leadership.”
wapo.st/43Obygs
wapo.st/43Obygs
Second woman says U.S. Anglican Church archbishop sexually harassed her
A new allegation adds to a crisis facing the denomination founded by conservatives who split from the Episcopal Church in the early 2000s over an openly gay bishop.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“While on staff, Gross said, he heard a “credible report” that Wood and Sutton had a conversation about a possible presentment…they were “floating the possibility” of a “bishop-friendly” Board of Inquiry…stacking [it] with clergy and parishioners deferential to senior leadership.”
wapo.st/43Obygs
wapo.st/43Obygs
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if you prefer to listen to the album on cassette by a fire we also have you covered because this video is exactly that
Everyone with a soul & an hour should experience this new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9VP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9VP...
the Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan (Full Cassette Playback)
YouTube video by the Mountain Goats
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
if you prefer to listen to the album on cassette by a fire we also have you covered because this video is exactly that
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I for one welcome the Mountain Goats’ rock opera era
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I for one welcome the Mountain Goats’ rock opera era
I am sadly unsurprised that there are multiple complainants now.
Some of Gross’s allegations here are also unsettling.
Some of Gross’s allegations here are also unsettling.
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am sadly unsurprised that there are multiple complainants now.
Some of Gross’s allegations here are also unsettling.
Some of Gross’s allegations here are also unsettling.