david
@davidfpotter.bsky.social
priest | writer | anam cara
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District Life + #WashingtonSpirit +
Contemplative Activism
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District Life + #WashingtonSpirit +
Contemplative Activism
Some quick highlights:
• Antifa Pope, Pius XI
• Presidents are temporary
• And of course, Constitutional Peasants
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• Antifa Pope, Pius XI
• Presidents are temporary
• And of course, Constitutional Peasants
⚓️
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Some quick highlights:
• Antifa Pope, Pius XI
• Presidents are temporary
• And of course, Constitutional Peasants
⚓️
• Antifa Pope, Pius XI
• Presidents are temporary
• And of course, Constitutional Peasants
⚓️
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
re: NWSL salary cap
The league is growing exponentially, driven by the talent on the pitch.
Players deserve to get paid what they’re worth.
The league is growing exponentially, driven by the talent on the pitch.
Players deserve to get paid what they’re worth.
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
re: NWSL salary cap
The league is growing exponentially, driven by the talent on the pitch.
Players deserve to get paid what they’re worth.
The league is growing exponentially, driven by the talent on the pitch.
Players deserve to get paid what they’re worth.
From the Washington 4 to Pauli Murray preaching in the pulpit, there are just so many reasons I’m proud of where I was sponsored for ordination:
34 years ago today
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
From the Washington 4 to Pauli Murray preaching in the pulpit, there are just so many reasons I’m proud of where I was sponsored for ordination:
Hooked on phonics ain’t workin for Ally.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hooked on phonics ain’t workin for Ally.
Spirit looking about as good as this NWSL+ camera work
November 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Spirit looking about as good as this NWSL+ camera work
September 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
catching up on emails
delay in email replies due to blatant neglect in light of pending rapture
significant delays due to backlog following anticipation of false rapture, or failed personal rapture
please accept my sincerest apologies
significant delays due to backlog following anticipation of false rapture, or failed personal rapture
please accept my sincerest apologies
September 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
catching up on emails
delay in email replies due to blatant neglect in light of pending rapture
significant delays due to backlog following anticipation of false rapture, or failed personal rapture
please accept my sincerest apologies
significant delays due to backlog following anticipation of false rapture, or failed personal rapture
please accept my sincerest apologies
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
delay in email replies due to blatant neglect in light of pending rapture
significant delays due to backlog following anticipation of false rapture, or failed personal rapture
please accept my sincerest apologies
significant delays due to backlog following anticipation of false rapture, or failed personal rapture
please accept my sincerest apologies
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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The people who got everyone here simply aren't going to be the ones to get us out.
August 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The people who got everyone here simply aren't going to be the ones to get us out.
August 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
man, I love my neighborhood
and on the old subway, no less
and on the old subway, no less
August 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
man, I love my neighborhood
and on the old subway, no less
and on the old subway, no less
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BREAKING: Trump’s masked D.C. officers tase delivery man
August 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BREAKING: Trump’s masked D.C. officers tase delivery man
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"Free D.C.! Free D.C."
Chants of protest against Trump break out in the 51st minute of tonight's Washington Spirit game at Audi Field.
Chants of protest against Trump break out in the 51st minute of tonight's Washington Spirit game at Audi Field.
August 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"Free D.C.! Free D.C."
Chants of protest against Trump break out in the 51st minute of tonight's Washington Spirit game at Audi Field.
Chants of protest against Trump break out in the 51st minute of tonight's Washington Spirit game at Audi Field.
Free DC chant goal was even worse than the happy birthday serenade goal
August 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Free DC chant goal was even worse than the happy birthday serenade goal
Then they came for my city, and I did not speak out
—because I knew it was only a distraction.
—because I knew it was only a distraction.
August 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Then they came for my city, and I did not speak out
—because I knew it was only a distraction.
—because I knew it was only a distraction.
fallen for so many “distractions” I can no longer remember the plot line
August 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
fallen for so many “distractions” I can no longer remember the plot line
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The full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
August 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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The triumphant return of Trinity Rodman.
Presented by Google Pixel
Presented by Google Pixel
August 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The triumphant return of Trinity Rodman.
Presented by Google Pixel
Presented by Google Pixel
Starting season two of Shiny Happy People… Honestly, what an incredible testament to transformation i.e. salvation—because I can barely recognize the world from which I came (and survived).
And I am so damn grateful for this life I now live.
And I am so damn grateful for this life I now live.
July 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Starting season two of Shiny Happy People… Honestly, what an incredible testament to transformation i.e. salvation—because I can barely recognize the world from which I came (and survived).
And I am so damn grateful for this life I now live.
And I am so damn grateful for this life I now live.
what in the world, France
July 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
what in the world, France