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benedictinex.bsky.social
Gulf of Mexico
@benedictinex.bsky.social
Priest, monk, social worker, father
February 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Is this true? Did we pay for it?
A sitting US president posted this, yes it was Trump. He wants trans belly dancers and to frolic shirtless on a beach with Netanyahu. The whole thing is odd, even for MAGA
February 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Economic disparity was always theoretically headed to this extreme, it's just amazing it literally came down to the actual richest man on earth versus everyone else, the most extreme it could possibly get. We're living in an XKCD diagram.
February 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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It’s the end of the world as we know it
And I’m unfortunately much less aloof about it than R.E.M. led me to expect
February 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
For a dozen years I was a professional minister in a Big Box denomination. I got ousted for being pro-trans, but a few years later they became affirming. Lots of ministers who stood silent are now posing with rainbow flags, now that it’s safe. 1/?
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
February 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Taco Bell has launched a quirky Las Vegas-themed wedding package for couples who want a fun, unique ceremony. For $777, couples can get married at the Taco Bell Cantina on Las Vegas Boulevard with an Elvis impersonator, showgirls, and a taco feast.
February 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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WTaF?!

Change the name of Greenland to Red, White And Blue Land?

A thing. This is actually a thing that has been suggested. To Congress. By a grown up. In a position of authority

I don’t understand ANYTHING ANYMORE

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
There appears to be no d20 emoji and I need to know whom to sue
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The last few episodes of Cobra Kai just dropped on Netflix and I did not expect to be writing about how well-done and moving this show’s concluding arc turned out to be.
February 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Obama clapping back! Yes sir! The only legacy from Felon Don in 2020 were tax cuts. And mayhem.

youtube.com/shorts/5CzlB...
Barack Obama Says Donald Trump Is Taking Credit for His Economy
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
youtube.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The subtitles on the theme song of The Office say “rock music” and I need to know whom to sue.
February 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I just heard an NPR story where the guest said a particular nursing home practice was changed by the AR State Assembly because it was “too cruel even for Arkansas.”
February 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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This period under Musk/Trump feels like early February in 2020—when a terrible thing was happening with breakneck speed, and the people paying close attention were hair-on-fire about it while the rest of the country carried on as normal.
February 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The fact that you see how wrong this all is, means your faculties are intact, your mind is fully right, and your heart is working properly; you still have a soul doing what souls are supposed to do: keep you deeply human in profoundly inhumane times.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
Don't Gaslight Yourself. You're Right To Grieve What's Happening to America.
I know what you're thinking.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Within 5 seconds of completing the “Sign of Peace” in Mass (which my boys and I do as a hug), the older son had stolen the younger son’s toy.
February 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The thing about being bad at math is that I waited so long before having kids without considering what that would mean. It didn’t even occur to me that when they’re in college I’ll be 317.
February 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Look up what state produces the most rice
February 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My God, I feel this post as much as any I have read in the last month
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The new Monster Manual is fine, but if it had contained loadouts, tactics, and groupings, it would have been something truly special.
February 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Fourth Stooge:A Shempirical Analysis
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM