Dalton Rushing
@daltonrushing.com
“Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest” (Mark Twain). United Methodist Christian. Senior Pastor, http://decaturfirst.org.
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The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew
I recently re-listened to the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I don't reread books; I certainly don't re-listen. But this one may deserve a third hearing. It's THAT good.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I recently re-listened to the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I don't reread books; I certainly don't re-listen. But this one may deserve a third hearing. It's THAT good.
Y'all I just learned Craigslist still exists, and I thought you should know
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Y'all I just learned Craigslist still exists, and I thought you should know
⬇️ I wish this surprised me but based on what I know it’s accurate. And this kind of harassment happens even now, even today, in all spheres of life.
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
⬇️ I wish this surprised me but based on what I know it’s accurate. And this kind of harassment happens even now, even today, in all spheres of life.
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
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New Gallup data shows a historic shift: only 49% of Americans now say religion is important in their daily lives, down from 66% in 2015.
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World
The 17-percentage-point drop in U.S. religiosity over the past decade is among the largest declines measured in the Gallup World Poll.
news.gallup.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New Gallup data shows a historic shift: only 49% of Americans now say religion is important in their daily lives, down from 66% in 2015.
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
A pastor, somewhere: "I would never use the lectionary. Nobody's going to tell me what to preach."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A pastor, somewhere: "I would never use the lectionary. Nobody's going to tell me what to preach."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
Here's something I didn't learn as a kid but plan to pass on to my own kids:
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Here's something I didn't learn as a kid but plan to pass on to my own kids:
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
Why do Premium saltines come in full sleeves and Lance saltines come only in packets of two? Is there some sort of ancient curse involved?
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Why do Premium saltines come in full sleeves and Lance saltines come only in packets of two? Is there some sort of ancient curse involved?
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sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
I’m as Protestant as they come—I mean, I’m a pastor who is happily married to a clergywoman, for goodness sake-but I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that the pope is an American
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m as Protestant as they come—I mean, I’m a pastor who is happily married to a clergywoman, for goodness sake-but I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that the pope is an American
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Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
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“It’s really the melting pot of Athens.”
‘Automatic for the People:’ Weaver D’s still bonds the Classic City as era nears end www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
‘Automatic for the People:’ Weaver D’s still bonds the Classic City as era nears end www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
‘Automatic for the People:’ Weaver D’s still bonds Athens as era nears end
After feeding everyone from R.E.M. to Brian Kemp, and coining a phrase that went global, Dexter Weaver is preparing to close his storied Athens soul food restaurant.
www.ajc.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“It’s really the melting pot of Athens.”
‘Automatic for the People:’ Weaver D’s still bonds the Classic City as era nears end www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
‘Automatic for the People:’ Weaver D’s still bonds the Classic City as era nears end www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...
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we picked the wrong time to close Religious Studies programs
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
we picked the wrong time to close Religious Studies programs
We call it the Connection, and it’s my favorite part about being a United Methodist. This is how we do church!
Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We call it the Connection, and it’s my favorite part about being a United Methodist. This is how we do church!
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
www.eonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
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Oof
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oof
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This is unbearably funny
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is unbearably funny
HA *stitches
Hi. I have had stickers in my mouth for the better part of ten days and I would like them to come out now thank you very much
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
HA *stitches
Hi. I have had stickers in my mouth for the better part of ten days and I would like them to come out now thank you very much
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hi. I have had stickers in my mouth for the better part of ten days and I would like them to come out now thank you very much