Joshua Giddens
@dawntreader.bsky.social
Believer, Ragamuffin, Husband, Father, Anglican. | Ich/Du
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Also let’s smash the idea that all play must reach a goal of masking autism.
They’re autistic kids, let them play in autistic ways, dammit!
Good post op!
They’re autistic kids, let them play in autistic ways, dammit!
Good post op!
No kid should be in "therapy" for 40 hours/week. And no one would do that to a non-autistic kid; why is it OK for autistic kids?
#BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity
#BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Also let’s smash the idea that all play must reach a goal of masking autism.
They’re autistic kids, let them play in autistic ways, dammit!
Good post op!
They’re autistic kids, let them play in autistic ways, dammit!
Good post op!
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No cognitive dissonance here. Turns out I can pretty easily abhor violence AND ALSO simultaneously abhor statements and behaviors designed to foment and incite violence. 🤷♀️
September 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
No cognitive dissonance here. Turns out I can pretty easily abhor violence AND ALSO simultaneously abhor statements and behaviors designed to foment and incite violence. 🤷♀️
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if the shooter was actually a democrat, Kirk would have probably just gotten poked really hard by the strongly-worded letter folded into a paper airplane hitting him in the face
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
if the shooter was actually a democrat, Kirk would have probably just gotten poked really hard by the strongly-worded letter folded into a paper airplane hitting him in the face
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“Zis ’Charizard’ you say? His tail burns with ze fires of hell? And ze little yellow electric mouse? It is charged by the loins of Zeus?!”
July 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Zis ’Charizard’ you say? His tail burns with ze fires of hell? And ze little yellow electric mouse? It is charged by the loins of Zeus?!”
So serious question now: Is Stephen Colbert going to run for President of the United States in 2028?
July 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
So serious question now: Is Stephen Colbert going to run for President of the United States in 2028?
The piety of the Puritans is always astounding to me. They were so pious that when they looked upon people made in God’s image they were repulsed.
July 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The piety of the Puritans is always astounding to me. They were so pious that when they looked upon people made in God’s image they were repulsed.
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Just so we’re clear, it’s also wrong to put criminals in swampy concentration camps.
July 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just so we’re clear, it’s also wrong to put criminals in swampy concentration camps.
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“Other Presidents said I was daft to build a prison on the swamp. But I built it all the same to show ‘em! It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank in the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up!—“
July 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Other Presidents said I was daft to build a prison on the swamp. But I built it all the same to show ‘em! It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank in the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up!—“
This is evil. Abolish ICE. Reveal the identity of all agents. Arrest and prosecute them. #ArrestIceIceBarbie
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is evil. Abolish ICE. Reveal the identity of all agents. Arrest and prosecute them. #ArrestIceIceBarbie
Ope!
June 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ope!
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the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
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Finally a corporation is reacting to what’s happening here. Don’t be surprised that it’s not a car company or a shampoo brand. They’re all still pretending that life is normal.
It’s a bookstore.
Barnes and Noble fills their store display windows with Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.
It’s a bookstore.
Barnes and Noble fills their store display windows with Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.
June 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Finally a corporation is reacting to what’s happening here. Don’t be surprised that it’s not a car company or a shampoo brand. They’re all still pretending that life is normal.
It’s a bookstore.
Barnes and Noble fills their store display windows with Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.
It’s a bookstore.
Barnes and Noble fills their store display windows with Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.
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Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
Whatever this company is paying Heidi ain’t enough. I’d have noped out after my first reply.
June 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Whatever this company is paying Heidi ain’t enough. I’d have noped out after my first reply.
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I object on aesthetic and maybe quasi-moral grounds to language like “devout” and “deeply religious” in this context. If his fanaticism adhered to a different faith, he’d get “fanatic,” “extremist,” “zealot” etc. Perverting the Cross to commit murder exempts you from “devout”
“Friends and former colleagues interviewed by AP described Boelter as a devout Christian who attended an evangelical church and went to campaign rallies for President Donald Trump” apnews.com/article/minn...
Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative
The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a...
apnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I object on aesthetic and maybe quasi-moral grounds to language like “devout” and “deeply religious” in this context. If his fanaticism adhered to a different faith, he’d get “fanatic,” “extremist,” “zealot” etc. Perverting the Cross to commit murder exempts you from “devout”
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ICE Agents hate this one trick…
June 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
ICE Agents hate this one trick…
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As long as they’re hiding their faces, badges and names we should stop calling them “federal agents.”
Call them masked goons or unidentified thugs or whatever, unless and until they provide proper ID.
Call them masked goons or unidentified thugs or whatever, unless and until they provide proper ID.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As long as they’re hiding their faces, badges and names we should stop calling them “federal agents.”
Call them masked goons or unidentified thugs or whatever, unless and until they provide proper ID.
Call them masked goons or unidentified thugs or whatever, unless and until they provide proper ID.
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What I mean when I say I want masculinity without toxicity
June 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
What I mean when I say I want masculinity without toxicity
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I think they should do a Final Destination where it’s ONE PERSON unknowingly almost being killed for 90 minutes, shot in real time, just an unbroken string of Mr. Magooian almost-deaths and then at the end the person dies of a sudden heart attack and Death throws a controller at the TV
June 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I think they should do a Final Destination where it’s ONE PERSON unknowingly almost being killed for 90 minutes, shot in real time, just an unbroken string of Mr. Magooian almost-deaths and then at the end the person dies of a sudden heart attack and Death throws a controller at the TV
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Fox News brings on Rebekah Koffler to talk about the military parade, but she seems to be heavily intoxicated so they cut away with quickness
June 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Fox News brings on Rebekah Koffler to talk about the military parade, but she seems to be heavily intoxicated so they cut away with quickness
That moment when you realize that Ice Age is just a remake of Three Men and a Baby.
June 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
That moment when you realize that Ice Age is just a remake of Three Men and a Baby.
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is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
January 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.