ClaritySabbath
@clarityharp.bsky.social
Priest, harpist, antifascist. Pan + NB (they/them). Settler child on stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ territory.
https://claritysabbath.substack.com/
https://claritysabbath.substack.com/
Putting my sweater on @ Mum's care home, listening to Pentatonix slaying "I can't help falling in love with you," melancholy because Mum really won't eat much anymore...and the big adorable Filipino male nurse croons in his highest register "Iiiii CaN't HeLpPpP" and really humanity is beautiful.
December 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Putting my sweater on @ Mum's care home, listening to Pentatonix slaying "I can't help falling in love with you," melancholy because Mum really won't eat much anymore...and the big adorable Filipino male nurse croons in his highest register "Iiiii CaN't HeLpPpP" and really humanity is beautiful.
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She writes in a way that sounds like good writing to people who don’t like to read and apparently there are a lot of powerful people who don’t like to read
Even her political commentary — the thing she is allegedly good at — is fucking gibberish. We're supposed to overlook her execrable ethics for this?!
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
She writes in a way that sounds like good writing to people who don’t like to read and apparently there are a lot of powerful people who don’t like to read
I cannot tell you how many books over the last few years I have realized were never seen by an editor, and frankly it has done wonders for my Imposter Syndrome wrt writing
this is enough for me to say no one involved in this project cared about what they were doing, not one iota
at no point was quality or effort part of the process. these are notes app jumping off point paragraphs without any jumping off. she said she wrote it on her phone hiking and i believe her.
at no point was quality or effort part of the process. these are notes app jumping off point paragraphs without any jumping off. she said she wrote it on her phone hiking and i believe her.
I just want to stress that this has nothing to do with the rest of the chapter. She has an epigraph, a bizarre intro paragraph, a description of Britney Spears dancing in 2002 and then a section about Donald Trump promoting birtherism.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I cannot tell you how many books over the last few years I have realized were never seen by an editor, and frankly it has done wonders for my Imposter Syndrome wrt writing
This is some backrooms-ass shit.
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received never-before-seen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein's private island that are a harrowing look behind Epstein’s closed doors.
See for yourself. We won’t stop fighting until we end this cover-up and deliver justice for the survivors.
See for yourself. We won’t stop fighting until we end this cover-up and deliver justice for the survivors.
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is some backrooms-ass shit.
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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Reading old court transcripts and, I mean, whomst
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reading old court transcripts and, I mean, whomst
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i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
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Just think of the great writers out there who can't get a break & can't break through because Olivia Nuzzi's publishing trash books about fucking the brain worm man for brain worms.
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just think of the great writers out there who can't get a break & can't break through because Olivia Nuzzi's publishing trash books about fucking the brain worm man for brain worms.
First of all, love this.
www.polygon.com/vampire-quee...
www.polygon.com/vampire-quee...
Vampires are inherently queer, says the author of 2025's best queer vampire novel
V.E. Schwab, author of the terrific 2025 bestseller Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, explains the queer vampire symbolism that precedes Dracula.
www.polygon.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
First of all, love this.
www.polygon.com/vampire-quee...
www.polygon.com/vampire-quee...
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not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
a paywalled substack chat is an interesting marketing strategy
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
ART, BABY.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ART, BABY.
F---ing. CHURCH. Is where I see this the most, of course, as a queer and trans person, both on an individual parish level and in the wider diocesan/regional levels.
Shortly after I came out as trans, @katta.bsky.social introduced me to the concept of Epistemic Exploitation, and it has haunted me ever since.
"Epistemic exploitation occurs when privileged persons compel marginalized persons to educate them about the nature of their oppression."
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"Epistemic exploitation occurs when privileged persons compel marginalized persons to educate them about the nature of their oppression."
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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
F---ing. CHURCH. Is where I see this the most, of course, as a queer and trans person, both on an individual parish level and in the wider diocesan/regional levels.
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
www.rawstory.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
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Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
In my online young-onset Alzheimer's caregivers' support group, noticing of course how often caregiving is undertaken by women...and becoming so annoyed with the men my groupmates are talking about, men I've never met who are whingeing about how hard it all is AS IF IT'S NOT HARD FOR US. 😆
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
In my online young-onset Alzheimer's caregivers' support group, noticing of course how often caregiving is undertaken by women...and becoming so annoyed with the men my groupmates are talking about, men I've never met who are whingeing about how hard it all is AS IF IT'S NOT HARD FOR US. 😆
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
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This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Dude this is so beyond alarming.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US says countries with DEI policies as infringing human rights
US officials say the rules will stop "destructive ideologies" but others argue it is redefining human rights principles for Trump's goals.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dude this is so beyond alarming.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
You cannot make this shit up.
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You cannot make this shit up.
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Somehow I spoke to more anthropologists for my silly little podcast than Yuval Harari did for his bestselling book
Really enjoyed chatting with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social for this episode! In addition to being a delight to talk to, Michael was _extremely_ committed to getting the facts right & engaged very earnestly with our feedback. A scientist's dream.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Somehow I spoke to more anthropologists for my silly little podcast than Yuval Harari did for his bestselling book
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Reminds me of this on Rush Limbaugh:
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reminds me of this on Rush Limbaugh:
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
Lol okay I don't want to be one of those smarmy denominational know-it-alls taking potshots from a burning building, but this article could not be less informed about North American Christian evolution.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mor...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mor...
More Americans than ever attend nondenominational churches. Experts say it's a major shift in U.S. Christianity.
In 1972, fewer than 3% of Americans identified as nondenominational Christians. Now, it's up to 14%, or nearly 40 million people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Lol okay I don't want to be one of those smarmy denominational know-it-alls taking potshots from a burning building, but this article could not be less informed about North American Christian evolution.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mor...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mor...