Chaplain John
@chaplainjohn.medsky.social
Grateful for community, especially after so much plague! Palliative Care Chaplain focusing on caring and listening. He/him.
Lover of music, movies, MCU, Zelda, and all things silly.
Lover of music, movies, MCU, Zelda, and all things silly.
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Chaplain John
@chaplainjohn.medsky.social
· May 31
Hi, I’m a historian. My greatest hits include “Yes, people lived to 70+ in pre-modern ages; ‘average’ life span of 40 just accounts for all the kids dead before 5 with no #vaccines,” “Yes, birth control was around before Ancient Egyptians,” and “Yes, ffs, #transgender /LGBTQIA have ALWAYS been” 🗃️🧪🩺🏳️⚧️
Hi, I'm a social media Trust & Safety and policy expert. My greatest hits include "No, anonymity is not the problem", "that law is also unconstitutional", "that's not what that clause in that ToS means", "multiply your estimate of spam volume by, like, 10000x", and "people in groups are depressing".
Hi, I'm a chaplain. My greatest hits include: "That sucks," "Fuck cancer AND covid," "Actually, a lot of people in the Bible were angry at God," and "no one knows what they're doing, everybody needs to be weak sometimes."
Plus, don't miss my classic: "What if you still have a future?" ⚓️🛟🩺🧪
Plus, don't miss my classic: "What if you still have a future?" ⚓️🛟🩺🧪
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Hey folks:
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Dr. Joanne Freeman
Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hey folks:
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
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They 100% are doing this. It's the logical endpoint of the data based economy. The ultimate data-collection can happen when you're alone, sharing your most intimate thoughts with Amazon, Google, et al. An AI chat bot can always support and encourage you to share more, be more authentic etc.
My conspiracy theory is that AI companies are not so subtly pushing people towards a life without others, just their computers.
just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
They 100% are doing this. It's the logical endpoint of the data based economy. The ultimate data-collection can happen when you're alone, sharing your most intimate thoughts with Amazon, Google, et al. An AI chat bot can always support and encourage you to share more, be more authentic etc.
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actors and athletes are often perceived as being especially entitled *because* they are labor (and because they are often Black/women/LGBT) 1
beyond just being wrong on the merits, the thing that bugs me about people dismissing actors and athletes as labor is that, historically, they’ve been at the forefront of a lot of labor victories that have helped labor more broadly
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
actors and athletes are often perceived as being especially entitled *because* they are labor (and because they are often Black/women/LGBT) 1
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Here’s a quick tip for everyone: the proper response to a disabled person saying “abled society is awful about this” is: I need to look out for that and make sure I’m not doing it and stand up to anyone that is.
The improper response is: “no they’re not.”
The improper response is: “no they’re not.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Here’s a quick tip for everyone: the proper response to a disabled person saying “abled society is awful about this” is: I need to look out for that and make sure I’m not doing it and stand up to anyone that is.
The improper response is: “no they’re not.”
The improper response is: “no they’re not.”
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Usually, Congress passes something like a hundred laws per year.
In 2025, Republicans have only passed one, yes just one, law and it's not beautiful. It's awful!
In 2025, Republicans have only passed one, yes just one, law and it's not beautiful. It's awful!
as GOP tears itself apart with the MTG-Trump fights, everyone gets that this OBBA bill will be the only legislative "achievement" of the GOP this Congress right? Every faction of the GOP came together for 4500 billion dollars of tax cuts to the rich and corporations & cuts to public spending. Thread
6/ "1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history. 2) Kills solar industry, raising prices 3) almost a trillion dollar cut to Medicaid 4) nursing homes shutting down 5) energy shortages 6) 4.5 trillion in NEW DEBT. — I promise you this bill is worse than you think." - @brianschatz.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Usually, Congress passes something like a hundred laws per year.
In 2025, Republicans have only passed one, yes just one, law and it's not beautiful. It's awful!
In 2025, Republicans have only passed one, yes just one, law and it's not beautiful. It's awful!
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
This is, truly, an unholy abomination. I am not kidding.
People die. We need to grieve them. That is what helps us move forward and live. We carry their memory with us. This perversion just keeps you addicted to your phone, and prevents actual grief.
It is truly a danger to us all. 🩺⚓️📕🛟
People die. We need to grieve them. That is what helps us move forward and live. We carry their memory with us. This perversion just keeps you addicted to your phone, and prevents actual grief.
It is truly a danger to us all. 🩺⚓️📕🛟
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is, truly, an unholy abomination. I am not kidding.
People die. We need to grieve them. That is what helps us move forward and live. We carry their memory with us. This perversion just keeps you addicted to your phone, and prevents actual grief.
It is truly a danger to us all. 🩺⚓️📕🛟
People die. We need to grieve them. That is what helps us move forward and live. We carry their memory with us. This perversion just keeps you addicted to your phone, and prevents actual grief.
It is truly a danger to us all. 🩺⚓️📕🛟
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?
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Literally EVERYTHING the Trump admin does is about identity, it's just a white male Christian identity. Democrats don't talk about identity more than Republicans to, we just have the gall to include OTHER IDENTITIES.
This whole debate is stupid and I'm annoyed Buttigieg is engaging with it.
This whole debate is stupid and I'm annoyed Buttigieg is engaging with it.
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Literally EVERYTHING the Trump admin does is about identity, it's just a white male Christian identity. Democrats don't talk about identity more than Republicans to, we just have the gall to include OTHER IDENTITIES.
This whole debate is stupid and I'm annoyed Buttigieg is engaging with it.
This whole debate is stupid and I'm annoyed Buttigieg is engaging with it.
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For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).
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hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
there’s a decent crowd of protesters already here and more folks trickling in.
leaders across faith traditions have organized this morning’s demonstration to demand ice to stop kidnapping community members.
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Folks, we are truly through the looking glass here.
This statement - from Senator Jim Banks - could have been taken verbatim from an article lamenting the censorious left.
This statement - from Senator Jim Banks - could have been taken verbatim from an article lamenting the censorious left.
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Folks, we are truly through the looking glass here.
This statement - from Senator Jim Banks - could have been taken verbatim from an article lamenting the censorious left.
This statement - from Senator Jim Banks - could have been taken verbatim from an article lamenting the censorious left.
Heh, realized too late it said FIRST Trek movie.
Beyond is the best, but you never forget your first:
Save the Whales. All day. Every day.
Beyond is the best, but you never forget your first:
Save the Whales. All day. Every day.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Heh, realized too late it said FIRST Trek movie.
Beyond is the best, but you never forget your first:
Save the Whales. All day. Every day.
Beyond is the best, but you never forget your first:
Save the Whales. All day. Every day.
Okay, Trek nerds, post a picture from your first #StarTrek movie.
Look, TOS and TNG made great movies, consider First Contact and Undiscovered Country a close 2nd and 3rd...
But to get someone who understands Trek(like Pegg) and understand how a camera can MOVE(like Lin), Best Trek Movie. Ever.
Look, TOS and TNG made great movies, consider First Contact and Undiscovered Country a close 2nd and 3rd...
But to get someone who understands Trek(like Pegg) and understand how a camera can MOVE(like Lin), Best Trek Movie. Ever.
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Okay, Trek nerds, post a picture from your first #StarTrek movie.
Look, TOS and TNG made great movies, consider First Contact and Undiscovered Country a close 2nd and 3rd...
But to get someone who understands Trek(like Pegg) and understand how a camera can MOVE(like Lin), Best Trek Movie. Ever.
Look, TOS and TNG made great movies, consider First Contact and Undiscovered Country a close 2nd and 3rd...
But to get someone who understands Trek(like Pegg) and understand how a camera can MOVE(like Lin), Best Trek Movie. Ever.
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Just because someone crossed the border between ports of entry and is in removal proceedings in immigration court doesn’t mean they’ve been charged — much less convicted — of the crime of entering without inspection. That’s a whole separate thing!
I keep seeing rhetoric that seems to conflate “criminal” and “in the country without legal status.”
Entering without inspection *is* a crime, though it’s rarely prosecuted.
But overstaying a visa? Not a crime.
And immigration courts are administrative, not criminal.
Entering without inspection *is* a crime, though it’s rarely prosecuted.
But overstaying a visa? Not a crime.
And immigration courts are administrative, not criminal.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just because someone crossed the border between ports of entry and is in removal proceedings in immigration court doesn’t mean they’ve been charged — much less convicted — of the crime of entering without inspection. That’s a whole separate thing!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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If the Biden administration had sent federal agents to do a law enforcement operation 10X milder in a white suburban neighborhood in order to apprehend a serial pedophile and violent domestic abuser who happened to be a white Christian pastor, the MAGA crew would have reduced the country to rubble.
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If the Biden administration had sent federal agents to do a law enforcement operation 10X milder in a white suburban neighborhood in order to apprehend a serial pedophile and violent domestic abuser who happened to be a white Christian pastor, the MAGA crew would have reduced the country to rubble.
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this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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“Meeting at their annual conference in Baltimore, the bishops voted 216-5 (with three abstentions) to approve a ‘Special Message’ on immigration — the first such action in 12 years.
After the overwhelming vote, the assembly of bishops stood and applauded, underscoring the moment’s importance.”
After the overwhelming vote, the assembly of bishops stood and applauded, underscoring the moment’s importance.”
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“Meeting at their annual conference in Baltimore, the bishops voted 216-5 (with three abstentions) to approve a ‘Special Message’ on immigration — the first such action in 12 years.
After the overwhelming vote, the assembly of bishops stood and applauded, underscoring the moment’s importance.”
After the overwhelming vote, the assembly of bishops stood and applauded, underscoring the moment’s importance.”
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Ah yes, the soft rollout of the, ‘Well, she was 15 when Trump allegedly raped her, so was she really a “child?”’ defense. Also, the answer is yes. Yes, she was. Also, rape is rape so …
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Ah yes, the soft rollout of the, ‘Well, she was 15 when Trump allegedly raped her, so was she really a “child?”’ defense. Also, the answer is yes. Yes, she was. Also, rape is rape so …
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yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.
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