Christiaan Faul
@christiaanptr.bsky.social
He/him. Adjunct Professor of Bible at Seton Hall University. LPTS and UTS (NYC) alum. Interested in identity construction and cultural trauma in exilic texts. Views my own.
🎵But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand mile
To never ride in these cars🎶
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand mile
To never ride in these cars🎶
With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons, Brian X. Chen and Cade Metz write.
Self-Driving Taxis Are Catching On. Are You Ready?
With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🎵But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand mile
To never ride in these cars🎶
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand mile
To never ride in these cars🎶
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
At some point we’re gonna have to talk about a complete overhaul of the American system of governance.
That point was like 10 years ago.
That point was like 10 years ago.
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
At some point we’re gonna have to talk about a complete overhaul of the American system of governance.
That point was like 10 years ago.
That point was like 10 years ago.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Sometimes I’m still unable to believe the Boks are this good.
Truly thankful for this period of players.
Truly thankful for this period of players.
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sometimes I’m still unable to believe the Boks are this good.
Truly thankful for this period of players.
Truly thankful for this period of players.
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“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.
Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism
October 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.
I think it’s a delicate balance.
Pointing out their stupidity and incompetence helps to undermine their attempts at instilling fear even as it risks inaction.
I think it helps to realize that their stupidity is itself also very dangerous (as point 2 hints at).
Pointing out their stupidity and incompetence helps to undermine their attempts at instilling fear even as it risks inaction.
I think it helps to realize that their stupidity is itself also very dangerous (as point 2 hints at).
"The administration is doing dumb things, this proves they will fail."
1. They are not as dumb as you think in the areas that matter to them: grabbing power.
2. Being dumb is a feature, not a bug, of authoritarianism. Hiring based on loyalty does that.
3. This thinking is what leads to inaction.
1. They are not as dumb as you think in the areas that matter to them: grabbing power.
2. Being dumb is a feature, not a bug, of authoritarianism. Hiring based on loyalty does that.
3. This thinking is what leads to inaction.
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I think it’s a delicate balance.
Pointing out their stupidity and incompetence helps to undermine their attempts at instilling fear even as it risks inaction.
I think it helps to realize that their stupidity is itself also very dangerous (as point 2 hints at).
Pointing out their stupidity and incompetence helps to undermine their attempts at instilling fear even as it risks inaction.
I think it helps to realize that their stupidity is itself also very dangerous (as point 2 hints at).
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He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.
This is obviously terrible.
But… I have to admit that every time I see the abbreviation for the Bureau of Land Management, I immediately think of this:
But… I have to admit that every time I see the abbreviation for the Bureau of Land Management, I immediately think of this:
October 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is obviously terrible.
But… I have to admit that every time I see the abbreviation for the Bureau of Land Management, I immediately think of this:
But… I have to admit that every time I see the abbreviation for the Bureau of Land Management, I immediately think of this:
It’s all so incredibly stupid
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It’s all so incredibly stupid
Ok, but I also want to see them win
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ok, but I also want to see them win
There’s some real virtue signaling going on in the comments here.
Of course Oct 7 did not happen in a vacuum, and of course decades of prior oppression led to that day.
But, this is still a statement, from the leading candidate in the largest U.S. city, that centers the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Of course Oct 7 did not happen in a vacuum, and of course decades of prior oppression led to that day.
But, this is still a statement, from the leading candidate in the largest U.S. city, that centers the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There’s some real virtue signaling going on in the comments here.
Of course Oct 7 did not happen in a vacuum, and of course decades of prior oppression led to that day.
But, this is still a statement, from the leading candidate in the largest U.S. city, that centers the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Of course Oct 7 did not happen in a vacuum, and of course decades of prior oppression led to that day.
But, this is still a statement, from the leading candidate in the largest U.S. city, that centers the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Funny thing is, it’s not even world building he loved. It was language creation.
LotR and The Hobbit were sort of a demonstration of his theory that languages needed myths and legends.
The stories were just there to prop up his language creation!
LotR and The Hobbit were sort of a demonstration of his theory that languages needed myths and legends.
The stories were just there to prop up his language creation!
October 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Funny thing is, it’s not even world building he loved. It was language creation.
LotR and The Hobbit were sort of a demonstration of his theory that languages needed myths and legends.
The stories were just there to prop up his language creation!
LotR and The Hobbit were sort of a demonstration of his theory that languages needed myths and legends.
The stories were just there to prop up his language creation!
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Coates’s line in his discussion with Klein that “sometimes we lose” really stuck with me.
Klein was talking electoral calculations. Coates was talking about those working for true liberation and equality.
To me, this is so much of the difference. Where are we actually trying to go? And how?
Klein was talking electoral calculations. Coates was talking about those working for true liberation and equality.
To me, this is so much of the difference. Where are we actually trying to go? And how?
October 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Coates’s line in his discussion with Klein that “sometimes we lose” really stuck with me.
Klein was talking electoral calculations. Coates was talking about those working for true liberation and equality.
To me, this is so much of the difference. Where are we actually trying to go? And how?
Klein was talking electoral calculations. Coates was talking about those working for true liberation and equality.
To me, this is so much of the difference. Where are we actually trying to go? And how?
Idk, man, if it’s easier for you to speak in Saudi Arabia than in the U.S. that might be a you problem
October 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Idk, man, if it’s easier for you to speak in Saudi Arabia than in the U.S. that might be a you problem
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A lot of people making fun of Kennedy for blaming autism on Tylenol but en serio, how many of you talk disparagingly about autistic folks? because there’s a lot of “oh yeah he doesn’t know better because he’s autistic“ like it’s brain damage or something rather than a literal expression of diversity
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A lot of people making fun of Kennedy for blaming autism on Tylenol but en serio, how many of you talk disparagingly about autistic folks? because there’s a lot of “oh yeah he doesn’t know better because he’s autistic“ like it’s brain damage or something rather than a literal expression of diversity
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Second look at Butlerian Jihad?
I told OpenAI's Sora to make a video showing "Body cam footage of cops arresting a dark skinned man in a department store." It took less than a minute.
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Second look at Butlerian Jihad?
I don’t care what anybody says, this discussion of IShowSpeed’s name is peak journalism
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I don’t care what anybody says, this discussion of IShowSpeed’s name is peak journalism
A bit surprised to see Siya play this one. Means he’ll probably sit one of either Ireland or France?
September 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A bit surprised to see Siya play this one. Means he’ll probably sit one of either Ireland or France?
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yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats
Dear God, somebody help this child!
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dear God, somebody help this child!