Luke Martinez
fatherluke.bsky.social
Luke Martinez
@fatherluke.bsky.social
Episcopal Priest, Teacher, RPGer, occasional comic writer

Here for Nerdy stuff and Weird Anglican Twitter
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Yesterday, the President called for the murder of Congressional Democrats.

Today, dozens of Congressional Democrats voted to condemn the left.

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BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.

Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.

Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is horrendous. She has likely cost many people their physical and mental health, and probably their lives, and she is not ashamed or remorseful whatever that she did it for nebulous credibility with the worst people on Earth.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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What sucks about dragging Imane Khelif into the transgender sports thing again and again is she so dearly and articulately wants girls (especially Muslim girls) to feel strong and like they, too, can box. And we keep making her thing about our own anxieties and fears.
“This is a response to something entirely unrelated”
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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In case you missed it, read Andy’s deep dive on how Vought used his position as budget chief to dismantle entire federal agencies, use the government shutdown as a way to fire civil servants, and put workers “in trauma”:
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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say or do something crazy? consult the handy NET WORTH SANITY CALCULATOR:

$0-$99,999: criminal
$100k-$999,999: crazy
$1 mil to $999,999,999: eccentric
$1 billion+: genius
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This whole thread
“The boat was suspected of carrying Colombians affiliated w/Colombian terrorist organizations, the sources said, but the Pentagon was unable to determine the individual identities of each person on the boats before they struck them.”
They don’t even know their names, but insist they are terrorists!
Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.

The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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actor on tv: “you’re being coy”

the captions “you’re being koi”
they added me to the group chat and all i sent was this
October 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I've gotten to the point of my ministry career where I just want to say: if you don't believe God wants us to exist in the future, that God will bring the Church into the future, then get out of my way ⚓
October 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Maybe the first time ever I’ve agreed 100% with Mother Jones. It’s time to unhook the Federalism fire escape. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is what I and others have advocated for for a long time - using the tools we have to resist, namely Federal tax revenue.
The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop

If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
The Point Of No Return
We Are At War, Whether We Want To Be Or Not
www.bannedinyourstate.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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October 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Incurious banter is the perfect description of the Discourse
October 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Reconstruction 2: We Must Insist
October 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I told the Reverend he made me proud to be a Christian.
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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You don't need to bother with Christianity to chase ego & wealth

But if you want to put your chips on the God of the slaves and follow the footsteps of his son—who lived and died as a "loser" in the eyes of empire—it just might just be your bag
I told the Reverend he made me proud to be a Christian.
September 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM