Dr Ieithydd (Carys)
@yrieithydd.bsky.social
Christian, Tertiary (TSSF), Verger, ASNC PhD, linguist,
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ICE actions are not a radical break but an intensification and extension of bipartisan consensus on the need for punitive immigration policy. Since its post-9/11 creation, people have warned that the tools given to ICE would eventually be turned on citizens.
January 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
ICE actions are not a radical break but an intensification and extension of bipartisan consensus on the need for punitive immigration policy. Since its post-9/11 creation, people have warned that the tools given to ICE would eventually be turned on citizens.
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You know, many of us said the post 9/11 War on Terror measures were Orwellian bullshit at the time, from DHS to ICE. The Patriot Act was chilling as well.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
You know, many of us said the post 9/11 War on Terror measures were Orwellian bullshit at the time, from DHS to ICE. The Patriot Act was chilling as well.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
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when a DHS assistant secretary said that if he wants to stand with the vulnerable he should support ICE (lol), the bishop replied thus:
"It's definitely our Christian responsibility to extend love even to our enemies."
"It's definitely our Christian responsibility to extend love even to our enemies."
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
when a DHS assistant secretary said that if he wants to stand with the vulnerable he should support ICE (lol), the bishop replied thus:
"It's definitely our Christian responsibility to extend love even to our enemies."
"It's definitely our Christian responsibility to extend love even to our enemies."
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As Pratchett said:
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
As Pratchett said:
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Indeed. Everyone wants to be the *second* person to oppose the administration and not the *first*.
I always wondered, when I read Suetonius, how everyone could put up with Caligula for so long.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Indeed. Everyone wants to be the *second* person to oppose the administration and not the *first*.
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This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it
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If all instruments were named like the hurdy-gurdy:
Accordion = The breezy-wheezy
Saxophone = The showy-blowy
Violin = The stringy-pingy
French horn = The horny-prawny
Accordion = The breezy-wheezy
Saxophone = The showy-blowy
Violin = The stringy-pingy
French horn = The horny-prawny
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
If all instruments were named like the hurdy-gurdy:
Accordion = The breezy-wheezy
Saxophone = The showy-blowy
Violin = The stringy-pingy
French horn = The horny-prawny
Accordion = The breezy-wheezy
Saxophone = The showy-blowy
Violin = The stringy-pingy
French horn = The horny-prawny
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But while I’m not keen on the conventional the “we triangulate theologically between Protestantism and Catholicism” misinterpretation of the phrase, I have to admit it’s less harmful that the idea that we can never pick a side in the face of injustice.
January 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
But while I’m not keen on the conventional the “we triangulate theologically between Protestantism and Catholicism” misinterpretation of the phrase, I have to admit it’s less harmful that the idea that we can never pick a side in the face of injustice.
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Fun fact, when John Donne coined the term he was talking SPECIFICALLY about liturgy and the “middle way” was between Lutheranism* and the Reformed.
* yes, back then the Lutheran ones were the traditional types still using Eucharistic vestments, and the Church of England was in choir dress at best.
* yes, back then the Lutheran ones were the traditional types still using Eucharistic vestments, and the Church of England was in choir dress at best.
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Fun fact, when John Donne coined the term he was talking SPECIFICALLY about liturgy and the “middle way” was between Lutheranism* and the Reformed.
* yes, back then the Lutheran ones were the traditional types still using Eucharistic vestments, and the Church of England was in choir dress at best.
* yes, back then the Lutheran ones were the traditional types still using Eucharistic vestments, and the Church of England was in choir dress at best.
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and listen I have a lot of sympathy for “well shit man I didn’t think this was a thing I’d be facing in a Christian nation in 2026” but I do not have any sympathy for “I didn’t sign up for this”
yes you did. or perhaps you never meant what you taught, in which case, quit
yes you did. or perhaps you never meant what you taught, in which case, quit
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
and listen I have a lot of sympathy for “well shit man I didn’t think this was a thing I’d be facing in a Christian nation in 2026” but I do not have any sympathy for “I didn’t sign up for this”
yes you did. or perhaps you never meant what you taught, in which case, quit
yes you did. or perhaps you never meant what you taught, in which case, quit
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Listen I’m not a Christian but I know a bit about it and it seems to me like, whether or not you ever expect to actually be in the situation, committing yourself to following Jesus of Nazareth does in fact mean committing yourself to being willing to die to save other people
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Listen I’m not a Christian but I know a bit about it and it seems to me like, whether or not you ever expect to actually be in the situation, committing yourself to following Jesus of Nazareth does in fact mean committing yourself to being willing to die to save other people
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Following Jesus has always led to one place: the cross. Being baptized into his death and resurrection is literally signing up to be a martyr
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Following Jesus has always led to one place: the cross. Being baptized into his death and resurrection is literally signing up to be a martyr
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I’ve been thinking more about this. I think a failure to recognize that to truly follow Christ means willingness to die for others is the failure that underlies every other petty common uncharity and ordinary, defensible selfishness
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I’ve been thinking more about this. I think a failure to recognize that to truly follow Christ means willingness to die for others is the failure that underlies every other petty common uncharity and ordinary, defensible selfishness
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The new Barbie comes with a range of accessories to reflect her status as an autistic woman, such as:
- noise-cancelling headphones
- a fidget spinner
- intense social media scrutiny about how she's Being Autistic Wrong
- noise-cancelling headphones
- a fidget spinner
- intense social media scrutiny about how she's Being Autistic Wrong
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The new Barbie comes with a range of accessories to reflect her status as an autistic woman, such as:
- noise-cancelling headphones
- a fidget spinner
- intense social media scrutiny about how she's Being Autistic Wrong
- noise-cancelling headphones
- a fidget spinner
- intense social media scrutiny about how she's Being Autistic Wrong
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I am attached to the BBC, despite its faults, since it is almost the only media not owned by billionaires.
I think we should cling on to our public broadcaster and not leave the field totally in the hands of oligarchs.
I think we should cling on to our public broadcaster and not leave the field totally in the hands of oligarchs.
January 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM
I am attached to the BBC, despite its faults, since it is almost the only media not owned by billionaires.
I think we should cling on to our public broadcaster and not leave the field totally in the hands of oligarchs.
I think we should cling on to our public broadcaster and not leave the field totally in the hands of oligarchs.
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"I have one very simple thing to say. Please generate two screenfuls of padding to put the point across in a pointlessly obscure way."
This panders to a pretty common mindset among people who aren't used to written communication, and speaking as an editor it's a fucking nuisance.
This panders to a pretty common mindset among people who aren't used to written communication, and speaking as an editor it's a fucking nuisance.
Last night I met a guy who said everyone in his office uses ChatGPT "because you just type in two lines and it generates a whole email for you!"
And I *very correctly* replied that "no one wants that 'whole email' they just want the two lines - and they all hate you"
And I *very correctly* replied that "no one wants that 'whole email' they just want the two lines - and they all hate you"
January 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"I have one very simple thing to say. Please generate two screenfuls of padding to put the point across in a pointlessly obscure way."
This panders to a pretty common mindset among people who aren't used to written communication, and speaking as an editor it's a fucking nuisance.
This panders to a pretty common mindset among people who aren't used to written communication, and speaking as an editor it's a fucking nuisance.
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I really never expected to see the Greenlandic flag as many times as I have in the past week.
January 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I really never expected to see the Greenlandic flag as many times as I have in the past week.
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In today's Teesside Lead I look into the hardline fundamentalist Christians who supported the Darlington nurses' case, and reveal how much the legal action cost the local NHS trust.
The fundamentalist Christians who bankrolled the Darlington nurses
As a tribunal came to pass, we look into Christian Concern are who appeared alongside the nurses in their case against the County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust
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January 18, 2026 at 8:07 AM
In today's Teesside Lead I look into the hardline fundamentalist Christians who supported the Darlington nurses' case, and reveal how much the legal action cost the local NHS trust.
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Just out here with his whole chest saying "I have no comprehension of either baptism or my vocation and also I am under the delusion that I am somehow irreplaceable"
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Just out here with his whole chest saying "I have no comprehension of either baptism or my vocation and also I am under the delusion that I am somehow irreplaceable"
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Sad things I have said today: "Well, I'm too pale to be likely to be subject to a Kavanaugh stop, but I'm bringing my passport anyway."
January 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Sad things I have said today: "Well, I'm too pale to be likely to be subject to a Kavanaugh stop, but I'm bringing my passport anyway."
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This morning's sermon, which changed its shape a bit part-way through the week
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What was I a made for? A sermon for the second Sunday of epiphany — Hannah Swithinbank
“What was I made for?” I wonder if this is a question you’ve ever asked yourself. Perhaps in frustration; perhaps in curiosity. It also a line that recurs in a song by the pop star Billie Eilish...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM
This morning's sermon, which changed its shape a bit part-way through the week
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important
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A statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on unity and representation of the Christian communities in the Holy Land - Custodia di Terra Santa
Recent activities undertaken by local individuals who advance damaging ideologies, such as Christian Zionism, mislead the public, sow confusion, and harm the
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January 18, 2026 at 11:03 AM
important
www.custodia.org/en/news/a-st...
www.custodia.org/en/news/a-st...
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Doddering old authoritarian leaders with daft ideas about owning other countries are the chief threat to peace and prosperity for the rest of us
We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Doddering old authoritarian leaders with daft ideas about owning other countries are the chief threat to peace and prosperity for the rest of us