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In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
religionnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Stranger Things season 4 got me listening to Dio, and now season 5 has brought on the Deep Purple.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Stranger Things season 4 got me listening to Dio, and now season 5 has brought on the Deep Purple.
Damn, I was hoping for an Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out blu-ray in the @vinsyn.bsky.social Partners Only debuts this year. Come on, somebody! Put this out for me!
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Damn, I was hoping for an Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out blu-ray in the @vinsyn.bsky.social Partners Only debuts this year. Come on, somebody! Put this out for me!
Someone who annoys me advised me to read Candide, and I did not tell them that I literally read it forty years ago. So, yay me?
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Someone who annoys me advised me to read Candide, and I did not tell them that I literally read it forty years ago. So, yay me?
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Paused my playlist when I left my desk for a minute. The video wasn't visible on the screen. When I came back, I discovered I'd stopped it here.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Paused my playlist when I left my desk for a minute. The video wasn't visible on the screen. When I came back, I discovered I'd stopped it here.
What the FUCK!
HOPE has been banned from St. John's University. www.2600.com/content/hope...
HOPE CONFERENCE BANNED BY ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY | 2600
www.2600.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What the FUCK!
I have decided I want to hibernate for a year and read the Barchester & Palliser novels. Sadly, life is going to interfere with this notion.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have decided I want to hibernate for a year and read the Barchester & Palliser novels. Sadly, life is going to interfere with this notion.
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lol amazing headline
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
lol amazing headline
Not interested in the Bruce Springsteen movie, but its existence reminded me how great Nebraska is, so that's a plus.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Not interested in the Bruce Springsteen movie, but its existence reminded me how great Nebraska is, so that's a plus.
"Tree falls in the forest" kind of question: if nobody but me cares about a thing, & no one officially tells me about it, should I bother caring about it?
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Tree falls in the forest" kind of question: if nobody but me cares about a thing, & no one officially tells me about it, should I bother caring about it?
Not me being sick the weekend after Halloween.
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Not me being sick the weekend after Halloween.
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As the lights go out all over the world, be a shining beacon
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
As the lights go out all over the world, be a shining beacon
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find it
The darker it gets, the more you shine
Do not lose your humanity
Mental Floss headline just referred to Harry Houdini as a "historical figur". Uff da, as we say at the Sons of Norway.
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Mental Floss headline just referred to Harry Houdini as a "historical figur". Uff da, as we say at the Sons of Norway.
Reading a book on communication styles & "passive aggression is NOT a cultural communication style" is one of the hills I'll at least collapse on.
October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reading a book on communication styles & "passive aggression is NOT a cultural communication style" is one of the hills I'll at least collapse on.
In other news, I saw an article about decluttering your coffee table that said you shouldn't have random items like mugs on it. On the coffee table.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In other news, I saw an article about decluttering your coffee table that said you shouldn't have random items like mugs on it. On the coffee table.
I get why they changed it, but I liked it when the Chainsaw Awards were based on the calendar year. It seems weird to have nominees that came out almost a year and a half ago up against ones from four months ago.
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I get why they changed it, but I liked it when the Chainsaw Awards were based on the calendar year. It seems weird to have nominees that came out almost a year and a half ago up against ones from four months ago.
Digging through invoices and figuring out problems, when I can barely add up 3 dice in a role for Perception!
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Digging through invoices and figuring out problems, when I can barely add up 3 dice in a role for Perception!
Of course it is. futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations
Hallucinating AI platforms are spitting out nonexistent landmarks and it's putting tourists in dangerous situations.
futurism.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Of course it is. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Have not found a solid Halloween read this year, so ordered myself a batch of Arthur Machen collections! (Thumbnail says "out of print titles," but paperbacks are available). darklybrightpress.com/catalog-arth...
Catalog: Arthur Machen
OUT OF PRINT TITLES
darklybrightpress.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Have not found a solid Halloween read this year, so ordered myself a batch of Arthur Machen collections! (Thumbnail says "out of print titles," but paperbacks are available). darklybrightpress.com/catalog-arth...
Another Halloween tradition: Vintage Obscura Halloween Mixes have started!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQO...
Vintage Obscura Halloween Mix [2025] -- Side A
YouTube video by Vintage Obscura
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another Halloween tradition: Vintage Obscura Halloween Mixes have started!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQO...
An instant pre-order! @helleborezine.bsky.social's magazine is beautiful, and I can't wait for this.
Exciting news! HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology is here! 9 new tales of the supernatural and the strange by Ramsey Campbell, Ally Wilkes, Reggie Oliver, Helen Grant and more, set in some of the most beguiling locations of Occult Britain.
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Pre-order now to secure your copy: helleborezine.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
An instant pre-order! @helleborezine.bsky.social's magazine is beautiful, and I can't wait for this.