Andrew Wetzel
@circlereader.bsky.social
Human first, then: curious, Christian, parent.
Other Evangelical.
#YouCannotServeGodAndMammon
#TheKingdomOfGodIsNotAPoliceState
He/him.
🔗🌳/CircleReader
Other Evangelical.
#YouCannotServeGodAndMammon
#TheKingdomOfGodIsNotAPoliceState
He/him.
🔗🌳/CircleReader
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Violent conflict over water hit a record last year
Violent conflict over water hit a record last year
Violence over water is on the rise worldwide. Researchers counted a record 420 incidents of conflict in 2024, many in Ukraine and the Middle East.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Violent conflict over water hit a record last year
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November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Also, they're coming for the disappearing messages in your @signal.org group chats:
d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/17_H_R_6257_...
d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/17_H_R_6257_...
d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Also, they're coming for the disappearing messages in your @signal.org group chats:
d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/17_H_R_6257_...
d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/17_H_R_6257_...
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Features of the House #KOSA that leap out at a first read:
* no exemption for nonprofit entities, which the Senate version had
* any feature that users like is bad, per 2(5)(A)
* your tiny Mastodon instance must have an annual 3rd-party audit, per 6(a)
* no exemption for nonprofit entities, which the Senate version had
* any feature that users like is bad, per 2(5)(A)
* your tiny Mastodon instance must have an annual 3rd-party audit, per 6(a)
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Features of the House #KOSA that leap out at a first read:
* no exemption for nonprofit entities, which the Senate version had
* any feature that users like is bad, per 2(5)(A)
* your tiny Mastodon instance must have an annual 3rd-party audit, per 6(a)
* no exemption for nonprofit entities, which the Senate version had
* any feature that users like is bad, per 2(5)(A)
* your tiny Mastodon instance must have an annual 3rd-party audit, per 6(a)
Pecan pie (in quote) is "a blob of sugar with nuts *on* it?!?"
PECAN PIE IS DIVISIVE BECAUSE NONE OF YOU PEOPLE MAKE IT CORRECTLY
STOP MAKING GIANT BLOBS. IT'S ABOUT THE PECANS! THE PECANS! GET YOU SOME MOLASSES. WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING
STOP MAKING GIANT BLOBS. IT'S ABOUT THE PECANS! THE PECANS! GET YOU SOME MOLASSES. WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Pecan pie (in quote) is "a blob of sugar with nuts *on* it?!?"
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PECAN PIE IS DIVISIVE BECAUSE NONE OF YOU PEOPLE MAKE IT CORRECTLY
STOP MAKING GIANT BLOBS. IT'S ABOUT THE PECANS! THE PECANS! GET YOU SOME MOLASSES. WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING
STOP MAKING GIANT BLOBS. IT'S ABOUT THE PECANS! THE PECANS! GET YOU SOME MOLASSES. WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
PECAN PIE IS DIVISIVE BECAUSE NONE OF YOU PEOPLE MAKE IT CORRECTLY
STOP MAKING GIANT BLOBS. IT'S ABOUT THE PECANS! THE PECANS! GET YOU SOME MOLASSES. WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING
STOP MAKING GIANT BLOBS. IT'S ABOUT THE PECANS! THE PECANS! GET YOU SOME MOLASSES. WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING
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More reps should do clips like this, featuring the messages we're leaving, because almost everyone I know is calling on the regular.
Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
More reps should do clips like this, featuring the messages we're leaving, because almost everyone I know is calling on the regular.
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I was flipping through a book of letters by a Korean Buddhist nun (Kim Iryŏp [1896–1971]) and ran into this discussion of her apostasy from Christianity I was fascinated by how clearly yet unintentionally it shows the difference between patristic/mystical theology and evangelicalism
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I was flipping through a book of letters by a Korean Buddhist nun (Kim Iryŏp [1896–1971]) and ran into this discussion of her apostasy from Christianity I was fascinated by how clearly yet unintentionally it shows the difference between patristic/mystical theology and evangelicalism
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Someone I know linked me this piece recently and I think about it a lot: www.jofreeman.com/joreen/trash...
Trashing: The Dark Side of Sisterhood
www.jofreeman.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Someone I know linked me this piece recently and I think about it a lot: www.jofreeman.com/joreen/trash...
"It is not disagreement…conflict…opposition. These are ordinary phenomena which, when engaged in mutually, honestly, & not excessively, are necessary…. Trashing is a particularly vicious form of character assassination which amounts to psychological rape. It is manipulative, dishonest, & excessive."
Someone I know linked me this piece recently and I think about it a lot: www.jofreeman.com/joreen/trash...
Trashing: The Dark Side of Sisterhood
www.jofreeman.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"It is not disagreement…conflict…opposition. These are ordinary phenomena which, when engaged in mutually, honestly, & not excessively, are necessary…. Trashing is a particularly vicious form of character assassination which amounts to psychological rape. It is manipulative, dishonest, & excessive."
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i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
Listen dude, you can try and ride for this guy all you want, but the trans userbase of this platform fucking hates him because he picks on them. I'm going to listen to the trans people I know who are telling me he's bad. Plus I've been in these threads and seen it
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
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From capitalist system that brought you 'quiet quitting' comes 'device hoarding.'
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
From capitalist system that brought you 'quiet quitting' comes 'device hoarding.'
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funny how the propaganda machine never talks about how wealth hoarding hurts the economy
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
funny how the propaganda machine never talks about how wealth hoarding hurts the economy
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Is he used to lying without consequences?
This one feels more likely to me. He's operated in an environment in which he can say anything and deny reality. He's not been required to acknowledge reality. He's been rewarded for the lying. So he lies.
But now in this context, truth may matter. 3/3
This one feels more likely to me. He's operated in an environment in which he can say anything and deny reality. He's not been required to acknowledge reality. He's been rewarded for the lying. So he lies.
But now in this context, truth may matter. 3/3
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Is he used to lying without consequences?
This one feels more likely to me. He's operated in an environment in which he can say anything and deny reality. He's not been required to acknowledge reality. He's been rewarded for the lying. So he lies.
But now in this context, truth may matter. 3/3
This one feels more likely to me. He's operated in an environment in which he can say anything and deny reality. He's not been required to acknowledge reality. He's been rewarded for the lying. So he lies.
But now in this context, truth may matter. 3/3
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Help me out out here folks.
Is it biased perception and attention?
I really think it is hard to deny evidence when it is presented on a video just a moment prior. Maybe he was so focused on the other person who missed his own actions. Limited and focused attention limiting encoding. Maybe. 2/3
Is it biased perception and attention?
I really think it is hard to deny evidence when it is presented on a video just a moment prior. Maybe he was so focused on the other person who missed his own actions. Limited and focused attention limiting encoding. Maybe. 2/3
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Help me out out here folks.
Is it biased perception and attention?
I really think it is hard to deny evidence when it is presented on a video just a moment prior. Maybe he was so focused on the other person who missed his own actions. Limited and focused attention limiting encoding. Maybe. 2/3
Is it biased perception and attention?
I really think it is hard to deny evidence when it is presented on a video just a moment prior. Maybe he was so focused on the other person who missed his own actions. Limited and focused attention limiting encoding. Maybe. 2/3
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I am trying to figure this out.
There is apparently video of Bovino tackling an older man. And Bovino denies that he tackled the man.
Does he really not see what is depicted in the video? I'm not sure any cognitive bias is that strong.
Is he completely used to lying and getting away with it? 1/3
There is apparently video of Bovino tackling an older man. And Bovino denies that he tackled the man.
Does he really not see what is depicted in the video? I'm not sure any cognitive bias is that strong.
Is he completely used to lying and getting away with it? 1/3
Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![A 5-question exchange in which Greg Bovino is asked if he sees an older gentleman, "expressing his disagreement with [Bovino's] presence in Chicago [who] doesn't like the fact that you are instructing him to move down, right?"
Bovino responds, no, "That individual is failing to follow instructions to vacate the area."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibxlni2hq5i7mycqssosneb3ahdrtvw3ullnbi6y66dtomevhyhh4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I am trying to figure this out.
There is apparently video of Bovino tackling an older man. And Bovino denies that he tackled the man.
Does he really not see what is depicted in the video? I'm not sure any cognitive bias is that strong.
Is he completely used to lying and getting away with it? 1/3
There is apparently video of Bovino tackling an older man. And Bovino denies that he tackled the man.
Does he really not see what is depicted in the video? I'm not sure any cognitive bias is that strong.
Is he completely used to lying and getting away with it? 1/3
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
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The union is calling, Starbucks! Pick up the phone!
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The union is calling, Starbucks! Pick up the phone!