Jon Coutts
@joncoutts.bsky.social
Scotch-Canadian theologian writing a book on Bonhoeffer. Film lover and lifelong fan of #LFC and the #Canucks.
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✍️ http://thissideofsunday.blogspot.com
I've still got films to see, but here's my rank of 2025 shows & docs so far
January 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I've still got films to see, but here's my rank of 2025 shows & docs so far
This #LFC game is a clear example why there is embellishment in football. Ekitike is fouled in the box but stays up and gets no penalty. Moments later the Leeds defender flops at the lightest touch and gets a whistle.
January 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This #LFC game is a clear example why there is embellishment in football. Ekitike is fouled in the box but stays up and gets no penalty. Moments later the Leeds defender flops at the lightest touch and gets a whistle.
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
2025 sucked but still had highlights:
Academic: Gave paper on AI
Travel: Saw Berlin, Munich, Ettal, Sigtuna, Flossenburg, Buchenwald
Sports: Liverpool won the PL
Concerts: Wilco rocked
Book: Chelsea Manning's memoir
Film: One Battle After Another
Mostly: Friends and family who stuck in there 🧡
Academic: Gave paper on AI
Travel: Saw Berlin, Munich, Ettal, Sigtuna, Flossenburg, Buchenwald
Sports: Liverpool won the PL
Concerts: Wilco rocked
Book: Chelsea Manning's memoir
Film: One Battle After Another
Mostly: Friends and family who stuck in there 🧡
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 AM
2025 sucked but still had highlights:
Academic: Gave paper on AI
Travel: Saw Berlin, Munich, Ettal, Sigtuna, Flossenburg, Buchenwald
Sports: Liverpool won the PL
Concerts: Wilco rocked
Book: Chelsea Manning's memoir
Film: One Battle After Another
Mostly: Friends and family who stuck in there 🧡
Academic: Gave paper on AI
Travel: Saw Berlin, Munich, Ettal, Sigtuna, Flossenburg, Buchenwald
Sports: Liverpool won the PL
Concerts: Wilco rocked
Book: Chelsea Manning's memoir
Film: One Battle After Another
Mostly: Friends and family who stuck in there 🧡
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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*Bitterly excited George voice*
Oh you want qualms? I've got qualms! It's all qualms, nothing BUT qualms!
Oh you want qualms? I've got qualms! It's all qualms, nothing BUT qualms!
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
*Bitterly excited George voice*
Oh you want qualms? I've got qualms! It's all qualms, nothing BUT qualms!
Oh you want qualms? I've got qualms! It's all qualms, nothing BUT qualms!
Come for the infographic history of transatlantic communication, laugh-cringe at the bluster of early techbros, and stay for the truly insightful writing about masculinity and human connection
FOOL TIME, part 4 of 4
"THE DUMBEST GUY IN HISTORY'
now free to watch on youtube
youtu.be/_HGk0WQF_Z4?...
"THE DUMBEST GUY IN HISTORY'
now free to watch on youtube
youtu.be/_HGk0WQF_Z4?...
The dumbest guy in history | Fool Time, Part 4 of 4
YouTube video by Secret Base
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Come for the infographic history of transatlantic communication, laugh-cringe at the bluster of early techbros, and stay for the truly insightful writing about masculinity and human connection
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All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
*exasperated Elaine Benes voice*
Do I have any qualms? Do I have any QUALMS?! Not until now! How many qualms should I have?!
Do I have any qualms? Do I have any QUALMS?! Not until now! How many qualms should I have?!
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
*exasperated Elaine Benes voice*
Do I have any qualms? Do I have any QUALMS?! Not until now! How many qualms should I have?!
Do I have any qualms? Do I have any QUALMS?! Not until now! How many qualms should I have?!
And the ones that do get it sorta close are always about privileged ivy leaguers of a bygone era
perennial complaint, i know: but c'mon if you're gonna spend all that time and money to make a movie and it's about academia, like spend twenty minutes talking to somebody to see if your script makes any sense. this is about sorry, baby.
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
And the ones that do get it sorta close are always about privileged ivy leaguers of a bygone era
*1930s-Germany vibes intensifying
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
*1930s-Germany vibes intensifying
Double headers that would make for great group discussion events:
- 12 Angry Men + Women Talking
- True Grits
- God's Not Dead + Hail Caesar
- Andrei Rublev + Dersu Uzala
- Winter Light + First Reformed
- 2001 + Barbie
- Her + Lars and the Real Girl
- Anora + Little Miss Sunshine
- 12 Angry Men + Women Talking
- True Grits
- God's Not Dead + Hail Caesar
- Andrei Rublev + Dersu Uzala
- Winter Light + First Reformed
- 2001 + Barbie
- Her + Lars and the Real Girl
- Anora + Little Miss Sunshine
December 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Double headers that would make for great group discussion events:
- 12 Angry Men + Women Talking
- True Grits
- God's Not Dead + Hail Caesar
- Andrei Rublev + Dersu Uzala
- Winter Light + First Reformed
- 2001 + Barbie
- Her + Lars and the Real Girl
- Anora + Little Miss Sunshine
- 12 Angry Men + Women Talking
- True Grits
- God's Not Dead + Hail Caesar
- Andrei Rublev + Dersu Uzala
- Winter Light + First Reformed
- 2001 + Barbie
- Her + Lars and the Real Girl
- Anora + Little Miss Sunshine
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I'll be sadly unsurprised if the unrepentant founders of the great man model of church leadership die clinging to their idols, but it troubles me that there's still a GLS and that many of our churches still have not reckoned with their indebtedness to it youtu.be/5BqoOXXXREo?...
Honoring the Abuser: John Maxwell praises Bill Hybels at the Global Leadership Summit
YouTube video by Julie Roys
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'll be sadly unsurprised if the unrepentant founders of the great man model of church leadership die clinging to their idols, but it troubles me that there's still a GLS and that many of our churches still have not reckoned with their indebtedness to it youtu.be/5BqoOXXXREo?...
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Four children who inherited their wealth and a crypto entrepreneur who went to prison.
That’s…a look.
That’s…a look.
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Four children who inherited their wealth and a crypto entrepreneur who went to prison.
That’s…a look.
That’s…a look.
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What nobody wants to admit is that feminism IS the answer to the so-called masculinity crisis.
December 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What nobody wants to admit is that feminism IS the answer to the so-called masculinity crisis.
People still blaming feminism for an alleged masculinity crisis, while bell hooks' The Will to Change has been sitting there for two decades
December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
People still blaming feminism for an alleged masculinity crisis, while bell hooks' The Will to Change has been sitting there for two decades
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we’ve definitely gained things from the digital transition, but we’ve lost so much in the process
Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
we’ve definitely gained things from the digital transition, but we’ve lost so much in the process
December 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
Winter prairie driving
December 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Winter prairie driving
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An interesting piece that shines a light on the industrialisation of podcasts, with celebrities putting out bland, pointless content at heart of it all. For me podcasts are an audio medium produced by people who care about that and have something interesting to say. They’re out there. Seek them out.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
An interesting piece that shines a light on the industrialisation of podcasts, with celebrities putting out bland, pointless content at heart of it all. For me podcasts are an audio medium produced by people who care about that and have something interesting to say. They’re out there. Seek them out.
If being a freelance theologian means regularly having to come up with self promotion and clickbait, I'm just not going to make it. (No shade on those few who manage to do it with integrity).
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If being a freelance theologian means regularly having to come up with self promotion and clickbait, I'm just not going to make it. (No shade on those few who manage to do it with integrity).