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I wish I could contribute, but I’m on part-time rn w/o benefits so it’s a daily grind. But I did want to at least put in that I think you do amazing work.
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I wish I could contribute, but I’m on part-time rn w/o benefits so it’s a daily grind. But I did want to at least put in that I think you do amazing work.
I think you’re reading too much into that. It looks like a kind of arms out shrug-type gesture. His hands are on the podium and the way he’s leaning means he can’t make the gesture with both shoulders/arms.
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I think you’re reading too much into that. It looks like a kind of arms out shrug-type gesture. His hands are on the podium and the way he’s leaning means he can’t make the gesture with both shoulders/arms.
You’ve never lived in deeply rural America, have you? I was a military brat so home has always been where my feet happen to land, so I was stunned when I developed relationships with people for whom the very idea of moving away from their community would be soul-shattering. But they exist.
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM
You’ve never lived in deeply rural America, have you? I was a military brat so home has always been where my feet happen to land, so I was stunned when I developed relationships with people for whom the very idea of moving away from their community would be soul-shattering. But they exist.
The land that gave us Kierkegaard? That was never in the cards. 😂
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The land that gave us Kierkegaard? That was never in the cards. 😂
Yeah, his psychogical perspicacity can be stunning. When I picked up his work on the Trinity thinking I was going into one of the most abstruse areas of Christian theology, and then I was plunged into a compelling analysis of human psychology/cognition…🤯
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Yeah, his psychogical perspicacity can be stunning. When I picked up his work on the Trinity thinking I was going into one of the most abstruse areas of Christian theology, and then I was plunged into a compelling analysis of human psychology/cognition…🤯
Again, part of that strong pastoral side that comes through. He recognizes people are complicated and that motives/motivations might be layered with a sort of feedback effect of recognition of them or mere rationalization of them. Augs is much more sophisticated than, say, Aquinas in that respect.
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Again, part of that strong pastoral side that comes through. He recognizes people are complicated and that motives/motivations might be layered with a sort of feedback effect of recognition of them or mere rationalization of them. Augs is much more sophisticated than, say, Aquinas in that respect.
Yeah, no gainsaying that Augs (not from Augsburg though, whose Confession he would’ve abhorred) was situated in a time and place and carried sociocultural mores into his writing. But if it helps any, he’s also pretty blistering about his own (male) sexuality in Confessions.
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Yeah, no gainsaying that Augs (not from Augsburg though, whose Confession he would’ve abhorred) was situated in a time and place and carried sociocultural mores into his writing. But if it helps any, he’s also pretty blistering about his own (male) sexuality in Confessions.
There are other strains running through Christian thought too, though. I’m most familiar with Catholic theology, but just look at the entire Jesuit charism for a contrast to the “worry about the next life, not thus one” line of thinking.
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
There are other strains running through Christian thought too, though. I’m most familiar with Catholic theology, but just look at the entire Jesuit charism for a contrast to the “worry about the next life, not thus one” line of thinking.
That is one of dominant strains in Christian thought for sure (Augustine will somewhat endorse, but he was also an actual, active bishop with pastoral responsibilities. You’ve already noted it above. That is also a constant tension: theological purity versus pastoral concern for facts on the ground)
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
That is one of dominant strains in Christian thought for sure (Augustine will somewhat endorse, but he was also an actual, active bishop with pastoral responsibilities. You’ve already noted it above. That is also a constant tension: theological purity versus pastoral concern for facts on the ground)
Also expect to see more of this since they FINCEN put a Geographic Targeting Order on MN requiring reporting of any transaction involving $3,000 or more. Saw it in the Federal Register the other day. Now seems obvious why.
January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Also expect to see more of this since they FINCEN put a Geographic Targeting Order on MN requiring reporting of any transaction involving $3,000 or more. Saw it in the Federal Register the other day. Now seems obvious why.
Except the thing that got people’s backs up was the very tired/tiresome “Southern accent == dumbfuck” trope. I was a military brat growing up, so I landed in the South by happenstance and do not have a Southern accent and am clear-eyed about the issues. The trope still annoys me.
January 20, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Except the thing that got people’s backs up was the very tired/tiresome “Southern accent == dumbfuck” trope. I was a military brat growing up, so I landed in the South by happenstance and do not have a Southern accent and am clear-eyed about the issues. The trope still annoys me.
Yes, that is your not unreasonable interpretation. My only point was that the other wasn’t as *unreasonable* (barring clarification) as some were making it out to be.
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Yes, that is your not unreasonable interpretation. My only point was that the other wasn’t as *unreasonable* (barring clarification) as some were making it out to be.
That I agree with. Not to mention that once you’ve indicated your stance, I don’t see much point in continuing to bang the drum at him. 🤷♂️
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
That I agree with. Not to mention that once you’ve indicated your stance, I don’t see much point in continuing to bang the drum at him. 🤷♂️
The “no, wait, I actually like science, I wasn’t trying to demolish it” Latour?
January 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The “no, wait, I actually like science, I wasn’t trying to demolish it” Latour?
Benefit of the doubt. I will never not suck at phone typing.
January 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Benefit of the doubt. I will never not suck at phone typing.
No, I understood, but I think there was enough ambiguity (just in terms of the way it was framed) that I also understand the other interpretation. (Even if people are setting their hair on fire when you’ve demonstrably earned the be of the doubt, which sucks.)
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
No, I understood, but I think there was enough ambiguity (just in terms of the way it was framed) that I also understand the other interpretation. (Even if people are setting their hair on fire when you’ve demonstrably earned the be of the doubt, which sucks.)
It’s a dead ringer for the way people dealt with John Yoo and Jay Bybee. “They’re not bad people necessarily, but their lawyering in the torture memos was so bad it should be sanctionable.” No, actually, they are bad people. But professional politeness prevailed, and now one of them is a fed judge.
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
It’s a dead ringer for the way people dealt with John Yoo and Jay Bybee. “They’re not bad people necessarily, but their lawyering in the torture memos was so bad it should be sanctionable.” No, actually, they are bad people. But professional politeness prevailed, and now one of them is a fed judge.
I usually enjoy when you do this, but while Kreis eviscerates Worman as a pseudo-scholar in the thread, the first post does very much soften that evisceration, no matter what Kreis intended. And the rest of the thread was in earnest, as the first post appeared to be.
January 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I usually enjoy when you do this, but while Kreis eviscerates Worman as a pseudo-scholar in the thread, the first post does very much soften that evisceration, no matter what Kreis intended. And the rest of the thread was in earnest, as the first post appeared to be.
Then there’s this (doggie pool but representative of bath reaction too).
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Then there’s this (doggie pool but representative of bath reaction too).
St. Maximilian Kolbe has entered the chat.
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
St. Maximilian Kolbe has entered the chat.
John 15:13 definitely and definitively commends God’s people to live in comfort and not worry about other people too much.
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Bible Gateway passage: John 15:12-13 - New International Version
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
www.biblegateway.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
John 15:13 definitely and definitively commends God’s people to live in comfort and not worry about other people too much.
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
@orinkerr.bsky.social thinks Kavanaugh was just stating what the law is and thinks it not a big deal. Orin’s a good guy, but I failed to get through to him on this one. 🤷♂️
January 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
@orinkerr.bsky.social thinks Kavanaugh was just stating what the law is and thinks it not a big deal. Orin’s a good guy, but I failed to get through to him on this one. 🤷♂️