ian lasch
@ianlasch.bsky.social
autistic episcopal priest | أبو إلياس و أبو عزرا | theology & liturgy nerd | cleveland/osu sports | “the boy who cried serious” | phd student @ aberdeen
things are going great
January 30, 2026 at 11:53 PM
things are going great
breaking: my savings account in merger talks with my checking account ahead of planned major purchase
omg
*SPACEX IN MERGER TALKS WITH XAI AHEAD OF PLANNED IPO: REUTERS
*SHARES OF XAI WOULD BE EXCHANGED FOR SHARES IN SPACEX: REUTERS
*TWO ENTITIES SET UP IN NEVADA TO FACILITATE TRANSACTION: RTRS
*SPACEX IN MERGER TALKS WITH XAI AHEAD OF PLANNED IPO: REUTERS
*SHARES OF XAI WOULD BE EXCHANGED FOR SHARES IN SPACEX: REUTERS
*TWO ENTITIES SET UP IN NEVADA TO FACILITATE TRANSACTION: RTRS
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of planned IPO, source says
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for later this year. The combination would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social...
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
breaking: my savings account in merger talks with my checking account ahead of planned major purchase
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“Whenever the Episcopalians get around to revising the Book of Common Prayer, I want to make some suggestions regarding Prayer #37: For Prisons and Correctional Institutions.”
– @philipchristman.bsky.social
www.christiancentury.org/voices/bette...
– @philipchristman.bsky.social
www.christiancentury.org/voices/bette...
A better prayer for prisons
I love the Book of Common Prayer. I have some problems with Prayer...
www.christiancentury.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 PM
“Whenever the Episcopalians get around to revising the Book of Common Prayer, I want to make some suggestions regarding Prayer #37: For Prisons and Correctional Institutions.”
– @philipchristman.bsky.social
www.christiancentury.org/voices/bette...
– @philipchristman.bsky.social
www.christiancentury.org/voices/bette...
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Adding the first woman’s name to a list that starts at 597 AD. Does that matter? Yeah, it does.
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Adding the first woman’s name to a list that starts at 597 AD. Does that matter? Yeah, it does.
q: why is that small group off doing its own thing apart from the main squadron?
a: escadrille issue.
a: escadrille issue.
Q. Why couldn't the whale catch any food?
A. Krill issue.
A. Krill issue.
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
q: why is that small group off doing its own thing apart from the main squadron?
a: escadrille issue.
a: escadrille issue.
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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it me
I think a trip back to Scotland might fix me.
January 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
it me
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You may not know what the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is, but it's the central advisory panel for autism in the federal government. @rosebroderick.bsky.social reports that RFK Jr. is loading it up with autism conspiracy theory cranks.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k...
Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear
Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.
www.statnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You may not know what the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is, but it's the central advisory panel for autism in the federal government. @rosebroderick.bsky.social reports that RFK Jr. is loading it up with autism conspiracy theory cranks.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k...
this is haunting, powerful stuff
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
this is haunting, powerful stuff
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I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
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Support For Abolishing ICE:
Support: 46% (+1)
Oppose: 41% (-4)
YouGov / Jan 24, 2026
(% Change With Jan 19, 2026)
Support: 46% (+1)
Oppose: 41% (-4)
YouGov / Jan 24, 2026
(% Change With Jan 19, 2026)
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Support For Abolishing ICE:
Support: 46% (+1)
Oppose: 41% (-4)
YouGov / Jan 24, 2026
(% Change With Jan 19, 2026)
Support: 46% (+1)
Oppose: 41% (-4)
YouGov / Jan 24, 2026
(% Change With Jan 19, 2026)
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The people have MN have rapid response set up to deploy peaceful observers to deescalate ICE raids and document them.
DHS & DoJ have rapid response to deploy insane lies to Twitter and newspapers the second one of their people commits a heinous act of violence.
DHS & DoJ have rapid response to deploy insane lies to Twitter and newspapers the second one of their people commits a heinous act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The people have MN have rapid response set up to deploy peaceful observers to deescalate ICE raids and document them.
DHS & DoJ have rapid response to deploy insane lies to Twitter and newspapers the second one of their people commits a heinous act of violence.
DHS & DoJ have rapid response to deploy insane lies to Twitter and newspapers the second one of their people commits a heinous act of violence.
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Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
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There is nothing “you can do differently”
no compliance
No orders you can follow …
It’s never enough
no compliance
No orders you can follow …
It’s never enough
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
There is nothing “you can do differently”
no compliance
No orders you can follow …
It’s never enough
no compliance
No orders you can follow …
It’s never enough
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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oh god, the other angle of video just dropped. it's as bad as you could possibly imagine
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
oh god, the other angle of video just dropped. it's as bad as you could possibly imagine
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So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
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💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens.
So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens.
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There is video, do not seek it out, it clearly shows an execution.
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
There is video, do not seek it out, it clearly shows an execution.
then, the representatives of the collective united states armed forces asked, "penguin, why when we invaded antarctica was there only one set of footprints?"
"because," the penguin replied, "it was then that i carried you."
"because," the penguin replied, "it was then that i carried you."
January 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
then, the representatives of the collective united states armed forces asked, "penguin, why when we invaded antarctica was there only one set of footprints?"
"because," the penguin replied, "it was then that i carried you."
"because," the penguin replied, "it was then that i carried you."
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A reminder that disabled kids with 1:1 aides generally receive no education during this kind of remote schooling, which is likely illegal.
A remote school day? No. A snow day is a snow day. Give the kids the day off.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday assured New Yorkers the city is ready for its first major snowstorm in years, promising plowed streets and, if needed, a remote school day for public school students on Monday.
January 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A reminder that disabled kids with 1:1 aides generally receive no education during this kind of remote schooling, which is likely illegal.
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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everyone can do something
Yesterday, I drove refugees that had been shipped off to Texas all the way back home to St. Paul
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
Seeing them reunite with their families reminded me this is their home.
So keep sending them to Texas. I’ll keep driving ‘em back and introducing them to Bucc-ee’s and KC barbecue along the way.
January 23, 2026 at 11:29 AM
everyone can do something