Beau
@beaupihlaja.bsky.social
he/him/his, Rhetoric, tech. comm, politics, religion, humor. All views are my own. Shared posts are not endorsements.
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V good: 'My Socialism is a Christian Socialism, an actual redemption of a Christian Evangelicalism I have rejected, where I had read, 'Blessed are the poor', and immediately amended it with 'in spirit' to deflect it, to not have to deal with the open wound in our society that Socialism addresses.'
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
V good: 'My Socialism is a Christian Socialism, an actual redemption of a Christian Evangelicalism I have rejected, where I had read, 'Blessed are the poor', and immediately amended it with 'in spirit' to deflect it, to not have to deal with the open wound in our society that Socialism addresses.'
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
Friends IS the goal
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Friends IS the goal
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize trans people has completely lost touch with the common humanity."
August 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize trans people has completely lost touch with the common humanity."
Vinny remains. undefeated.
August 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Vinny remains. undefeated.
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.
“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
(real, one-shot :p )
August 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.
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This will have to count as my Supreme Court term review.
I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.
My latest in @thenation.com
I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.
My latest in @thenation.com
The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US
The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.
www.thenation.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This will have to count as my Supreme Court term review.
I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.
My latest in @thenation.com
I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.
My latest in @thenation.com
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“Pedocon theory does not involve secret networks of underground tunnels where adrenochrome is harvested for reptilian overlords. Pedocon theory is not hiding beneath twelve layers of misdirection. Pedocon theory is rooted in the basic politics of the reactionary right.”
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection been Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“Pedocon theory does not involve secret networks of underground tunnels where adrenochrome is harvested for reptilian overlords. Pedocon theory is not hiding beneath twelve layers of misdirection. Pedocon theory is rooted in the basic politics of the reactionary right.”
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Doing some work on 'what is a professor' for an article and found this fun quote...
"In The Uses of the University (2001), former University of California President Clark Kerr admits
that he often thinks of his faculty as “a series of entrepreneurs with a common grievance over
parking.”
"In The Uses of the University (2001), former University of California President Clark Kerr admits
that he often thinks of his faculty as “a series of entrepreneurs with a common grievance over
parking.”
July 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Doing some work on 'what is a professor' for an article and found this fun quote...
"In The Uses of the University (2001), former University of California President Clark Kerr admits
that he often thinks of his faculty as “a series of entrepreneurs with a common grievance over
parking.”
"In The Uses of the University (2001), former University of California President Clark Kerr admits
that he often thinks of his faculty as “a series of entrepreneurs with a common grievance over
parking.”
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July 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fantastic read. This line...
"Consider the influence of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Once holding such a monopoly on a generation’s attention, it is now localized to the Shore Store, which exists with all the enthusiasm and obligation of a land acknowledgment at a City Council meeting."
"Consider the influence of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Once holding such a monopoly on a generation’s attention, it is now localized to the Shore Store, which exists with all the enthusiasm and obligation of a land acknowledgment at a City Council meeting."
I went to the Jersey Shore to read the crass novelty t-shirts and all I got was this lousy magnum opus! www.thecut.com/article/jers...
The Vibe of Summer 2025, According to Jersey Shore T-Shirts
Should Rick and Morty run for office? Am I not as gay as you drunk I am? I learned the answers Pew Research couldn’t.
www.thecut.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fantastic read. This line...
"Consider the influence of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Once holding such a monopoly on a generation’s attention, it is now localized to the Shore Store, which exists with all the enthusiasm and obligation of a land acknowledgment at a City Council meeting."
"Consider the influence of MTV’s Jersey Shore. Once holding such a monopoly on a generation’s attention, it is now localized to the Shore Store, which exists with all the enthusiasm and obligation of a land acknowledgment at a City Council meeting."
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I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
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Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Come back the next day and say “how’s my little fish buddy doing? Where’s Gary?” And watch him panic
October 18, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Come back the next day and say “how’s my little fish buddy doing? Where’s Gary?” And watch him panic
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the world is just better with trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in it
full stop
full stop
June 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
the world is just better with trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in it
full stop
full stop
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I dream of a future where history holds Skrmetti in the same dustbin as it holds Dred Scott
June 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I dream of a future where history holds Skrmetti in the same dustbin as it holds Dred Scott
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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@beaupihlaja.bsky.social and @ekalodnermar.bsky.social are here at the Editors' Roundtable answering questions about TCSJ! If you're at #ATTW25 (in person or on Zoom), come on by.
June 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@beaupihlaja.bsky.social and @ekalodnermar.bsky.social are here at the Editors' Roundtable answering questions about TCSJ! If you're at #ATTW25 (in person or on Zoom), come on by.
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GOD: time to decide which activities should burn calories
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: well, I was thinking we should do kindness and sharing and teaching and reading, oh and saying thank you and...
GOD: running it is
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: oh okay wow
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: well, I was thinking we should do kindness and sharing and teaching and reading, oh and saying thank you and...
GOD: running it is
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: oh okay wow
June 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
GOD: time to decide which activities should burn calories
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: well, I was thinking we should do kindness and sharing and teaching and reading, oh and saying thank you and...
GOD: running it is
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: oh okay wow
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: well, I was thinking we should do kindness and sharing and teaching and reading, oh and saying thank you and...
GOD: running it is
CHUBBY QUIET ANGEL: oh okay wow
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Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
June 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
New research idea just dropped "RQ1: Why won't the b*stards just admit it?"
May 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
New research idea just dropped "RQ1: Why won't the b*stards just admit it?"
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Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
Hardest I've laughed in response to a post on this site so far
young men, playing video games all day will not make you happy. only getting married and having a family will make you truly and permanently content, as illustrated by the collective output of 20th century male novelists
April 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hardest I've laughed in response to a post on this site so far
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oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts
Six men charged after forcibly removing woman from North Idaho town hall
The Coeur d'Alene City Attorney's Office has filed charges against six men involved in the forced removal of a woman at a Kootenai County town hall in February.
www.kivitv.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts
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It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”
April 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”