Christopher Walsh
@deflatermaus.bsky.social
PhD candidate & book historian studying text, memory, & heritage @Rutgers. 🌈. Interests include Chinese history, East Asian languages, religious and theological book & print culture. Episcopal layman. Ritualist “in the modern sense of the word.”
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welcome to all the new followers and sorry in advance for all my very bad posts
I genuinely think that the right-wing's media ecosystem and their relationship to knowledge has resulted in a delusion about their actual power over narrative. They think they can just blame the Democrats and everyone will just... not be angry about not being able to buy food!
Fighting courts to cut off the grain dole is facially an insane thing for a government to do! Just begging to get blamed for an extremely destabilizing move for no benefit!
you would think this website knows about the existence of hyperbole
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I genuinely think that the right-wing's media ecosystem and their relationship to knowledge has resulted in a delusion about their actual power over narrative. They think they can just blame the Democrats and everyone will just... not be angry about not being able to buy food!
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
Pretty much, yeah.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Pretty much, yeah.
Gotta love T. Noyes Lewis
From the Prayer Book Society of Canada: Today is All Souls’ Day (transferred from November 2). Image: “Place of Meeting,” Thomas Noyes-Lewis, 1862-1946).
A fitting image indeed for this last day of Allhallowtide with Remembrance Day next week ⚓
A fitting image indeed for this last day of Allhallowtide with Remembrance Day next week ⚓
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Gotta love T. Noyes Lewis
O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
www.ncronline.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
lol what an incredible misreading of what I actually posted
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
lol what an incredible misreading of what I actually posted
I'm a big old Anglo-Catholic and am broadly in favor of enculturation in the Episcopal Church but I would not like to see Dia de los Muertos altars in the sanctuaries of our churches. absolutely does not belong. Put it in the parish hall or the gym or the common room or wherever else.
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm a big old Anglo-Catholic and am broadly in favor of enculturation in the Episcopal Church but I would not like to see Dia de los Muertos altars in the sanctuaries of our churches. absolutely does not belong. Put it in the parish hall or the gym or the common room or wherever else.
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NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Went to a book sale at the seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church (for $1 a book, hard to pass up) and left with a variety of oddities including a translation of the Armenian liturgy, a two-volume work of the life of Cardinal Manning, and a few unusual 20th century service books.
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Went to a book sale at the seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church (for $1 a book, hard to pass up) and left with a variety of oddities including a translation of the Armenian liturgy, a two-volume work of the life of Cardinal Manning, and a few unusual 20th century service books.
I would go so far as to say that using AI for any pastoral work is akin to the sin of the Golden Calf, or the misuse of the brass serpent the necessitated its destruction.
it is always nerve-wracking to take a position on a question not-yet-resolved, but that's the only time when taking a position can actually be meaningful, so
I think that using AI to "automate pastoral work" is an indefensible abdication of, and damning misunderstanding of, one's duty as a cleric
I think that using AI to "automate pastoral work" is an indefensible abdication of, and damning misunderstanding of, one's duty as a cleric
“AI assistants for automating pastoral work”
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I would go so far as to say that using AI for any pastoral work is akin to the sin of the Golden Calf, or the misuse of the brass serpent the necessitated its destruction.
a consequence of the aesthetic victory of the Anglo-Catholic movement in TEC is that broad church parishes that have adopted soft catholic practices often totally ignore the tradition and theology behind them or go off-piste into the realm of folk religion
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
a consequence of the aesthetic victory of the Anglo-Catholic movement in TEC is that broad church parishes that have adopted soft catholic practices often totally ignore the tradition and theology behind them or go off-piste into the realm of folk religion
so what I'm hearing is that John Calvin would have hated Jeffrey Zucker's 1990 film "Ghost"
i mean the ghosts can demonstrably move on which means that some kind of moral/ethical restitution and purgation is possible after death but unfortunately this conversation will lead to the protestant reformation so
Maybe crimes committed after you're dead don't count?
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
so what I'm hearing is that John Calvin would have hated Jeffrey Zucker's 1990 film "Ghost"
I feel like the kind of guy who would take, like, two-three shots at the exam, never pass, and then end up a slightly embittered owner of a private provincial training school who gets a lot of students just on the fact I tried.
It's China's own version of the "I could definitely win a fistfight against a grizzly bear" Type Of Guy
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I feel like the kind of guy who would take, like, two-three shots at the exam, never pass, and then end up a slightly embittered owner of a private provincial training school who gets a lot of students just on the fact I tried.
"so uh yeah buddy, there's like three or four Dyckman streets so you gotta be specific about which one 'cus it's a pain in the ass to transfer."
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"so uh yeah buddy, there's like three or four Dyckman streets so you gotta be specific about which one 'cus it's a pain in the ass to transfer."
There's a few Sliwas in every small-town bar in America and that's why he's so intelligible. Weirdo, mostly harmless, full of crazy and funny stories that make you go "what is he talking about;" nailing down his politics is like nailing jelly to the wall
sliwa is a truly fascinating Type of Guy
Sliwa: Going after the criminals is the job of ICE. But now they have these quotas and they’re going around to courthouses and restaurants and let me tell you I have three kids and they’re not doing any of that kinda work. These migrants are essential workers
Unrelated but I may be having a stroke
Unrelated but I may be having a stroke
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
There's a few Sliwas in every small-town bar in America and that's why he's so intelligible. Weirdo, mostly harmless, full of crazy and funny stories that make you go "what is he talking about;" nailing down his politics is like nailing jelly to the wall
gotta love new york baby
Sliwa notes he got shot in the back of a cab by a gambino hitter
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
gotta love new york baby
I love Fredson Bowers
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Where are your gloves?
Where are your gloves?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I love Fredson Bowers
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You've been appointed chair.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You've been appointed chair.
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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.”
I know they get huge hate but I absolutely love classic 70s/80s Catholic hymns like "Here I am, Lord" and "One Bread, One Body" and go absolutely bonkers when my Episcopal parish puts them into rotation. If I ever end up in ordained ministry those are top choices for a post-ordination services.
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I know they get huge hate but I absolutely love classic 70s/80s Catholic hymns like "Here I am, Lord" and "One Bread, One Body" and go absolutely bonkers when my Episcopal parish puts them into rotation. If I ever end up in ordained ministry those are top choices for a post-ordination services.
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Y'all my AIM away messages would have been absolutely insufferable if I'd had Conan Gray's WISHBONE at my disposal.
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Y'all my AIM away messages would have been absolutely insufferable if I'd had Conan Gray's WISHBONE at my disposal.
Speaking of interwar fascist sympathizers; I've been studying the book collections of T.E. Scott-Ellis, 8th Lord Howard de Walden, noted for his medievalism and interest in fencing and armour, and discovered that he was an officer in English Mistery, probably the weirdest of British far-right groups
"bisexual Nazi" was like 30 percent of the English aristocracy of that generation
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Speaking of interwar fascist sympathizers; I've been studying the book collections of T.E. Scott-Ellis, 8th Lord Howard de Walden, noted for his medievalism and interest in fencing and armour, and discovered that he was an officer in English Mistery, probably the weirdest of British far-right groups
I'm reminded that I don't like this guidance because it relies on a volunteer journalism guide that proscribes, incorrectly, "The Reverend Doctor." Debrett's is silent on the use, but Emily Post says it's acceptable. In any case, by longstanding custom clergy with doctorates are "the Rev. Dr." !
October 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I'm reminded that I don't like this guidance because it relies on a volunteer journalism guide that proscribes, incorrectly, "The Reverend Doctor." Debrett's is silent on the use, but Emily Post says it's acceptable. In any case, by longstanding custom clergy with doctorates are "the Rev. Dr." !
Reminds me slightly of the Tale of Genji's second chapter. Genji strikes out with the beautiful Utsusemi, the wife of the Iyo Deputy, so instead he sleeps with her brother. Waley's circumspect translation is that he "found the boy no bad substitute for his ungracious sister."
The opening poem of the Man'yoshu, the very first anthology of Japanese poems dating from 759 AD, is the Emperor hitting on a peasant woman.
September 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Reminds me slightly of the Tale of Genji's second chapter. Genji strikes out with the beautiful Utsusemi, the wife of the Iyo Deputy, so instead he sleeps with her brother. Waley's circumspect translation is that he "found the boy no bad substitute for his ungracious sister."