Dor HaMidbar
@dorhamidbar.bsky.social
Some Religion, some Conspiracism, some Māori wairuatanga | Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, ngā Pākehā
Religion for Breakfast does The God Helmet - the helmet that causes wearers to have religious experiences.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1T...
People Felt God Wearing This Helmet...But It Was Fake
YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast
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November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Religion for Breakfast does The God Helmet - the helmet that causes wearers to have religious experiences.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1T...
Ba boom ba diddly ba di boom ba ba boom
I WANNA BE ADORED
I WANNA BE ADORED
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Ba boom ba diddly ba di boom ba ba boom
I WANNA BE ADORED
I WANNA BE ADORED
Why did NZers vote for this US-think-tank-funded shit-arse government? Trans rights are everybody's right.
"For anyone who believes that Aotearoa is a country worth living in, this cannot stand."
"For anyone who believes that Aotearoa is a country worth living in, this cannot stand."
Puberty blockers banned: The reality of raising a trans child in 2025
Puberty blockers banned: The reality of raising a trans child in 2025
A parent shares their experience and fears as the government bans new prescriptions of puberty blockers for gender-affirming care....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Why did NZers vote for this US-think-tank-funded shit-arse government? Trans rights are everybody's right.
"For anyone who believes that Aotearoa is a country worth living in, this cannot stand."
"For anyone who believes that Aotearoa is a country worth living in, this cannot stand."
White supremacists as victims:
Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood, by David M. Higgins (2021)
Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood, by David M. Higgins (2021)
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
White supremacists as victims:
Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood, by David M. Higgins (2021)
Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood, by David M. Higgins (2021)
Little-known fact:
The Hebrew Bible was invented by Martin Noth and William Foxwell Albright in 1932 as an elaborate practical joke
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Little-known fact:
Handy overview of the "Seven Mountain Mandate" and the plan by Charismatic Evangelicals to take over the world (and fight the Devil):
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Handy overview of the "Seven Mountain Mandate" and the plan by Charismatic Evangelicals to take over the world (and fight the Devil):
@mrxdentith.com Have you ever seen a conspiracy theory timeline or chronology? I'm imagining it plotting the development of significant conspiracy theories over time. Like you get in the front of 'history of X' books.
Coz that would be cool.
Coz that would be cool.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
@mrxdentith.com Have you ever seen a conspiracy theory timeline or chronology? I'm imagining it plotting the development of significant conspiracy theories over time. Like you get in the front of 'history of X' books.
Coz that would be cool.
Coz that would be cool.
Nice lead:
"Zohran Mamdani wins, overcoming a lack of sex-pest scandals and lack of sex-pest endorsements."
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
"Zohran Mamdani wins, overcoming a lack of sex-pest scandals and lack of sex-pest endorsements."
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Bonus: SchadenFriday | Muslim, Millennial, Mr. Mayor Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani wins, overcoming a lack of sex-pest scandals and lack of sex-pest endorsements.
slate.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Nice lead:
"Zohran Mamdani wins, overcoming a lack of sex-pest scandals and lack of sex-pest endorsements."
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
"Zohran Mamdani wins, overcoming a lack of sex-pest scandals and lack of sex-pest endorsements."
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Once more time:
“Some of those who work forces
Watch the porn that’s with horses….”
“Some of those who work forces
Watch the porn that’s with horses….”
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Once more time:
“Some of those who work forces
Watch the porn that’s with horses….”
“Some of those who work forces
Watch the porn that’s with horses….”
"There are two critical elements to the blueprint. The first is that it prioritizes ending Israeli occupation and apartheid ahead of issues of governance. ... Crimes can’t be negotiated — they must end immediately." - Sarah Leah Whitson
www.972mag.com/from-aparthe...
www.972mag.com/from-aparthe...
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"There are two critical elements to the blueprint. The first is that it prioritizes ending Israeli occupation and apartheid ahead of issues of governance. ... Crimes can’t be negotiated — they must end immediately." - Sarah Leah Whitson
www.972mag.com/from-aparthe...
www.972mag.com/from-aparthe...
My Word document keeps auto-typing the phrase
"tea o Marama"
At first I thought: bloody racist autocorrect!
But no, it turns out that the Green Party co-leader loves a good cuppa gumboot.
#kaputī #teaomarama #NZPol @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
"tea o Marama"
At first I thought: bloody racist autocorrect!
But no, it turns out that the Green Party co-leader loves a good cuppa gumboot.
#kaputī #teaomarama #NZPol @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My Word document keeps auto-typing the phrase
"tea o Marama"
At first I thought: bloody racist autocorrect!
But no, it turns out that the Green Party co-leader loves a good cuppa gumboot.
#kaputī #teaomarama #NZPol @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
"tea o Marama"
At first I thought: bloody racist autocorrect!
But no, it turns out that the Green Party co-leader loves a good cuppa gumboot.
#kaputī #teaomarama #NZPol @nzgreensglobal.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social
Nobody has a higher Christology than John Marco Allegro.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Nobody has a higher Christology than John Marco Allegro.
"old [Rangatira] Mate never would adopt Christianity, he said that the Pakeha was not a whit more honest or virtuous than the Maori – they in fact robbed each other, and were only working to get hold of the country, which they would, to a certainty, eventually get"
- Charles E. Nelson, 30 Nov 1888
- Charles E. Nelson, 30 Nov 1888
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"old [Rangatira] Mate never would adopt Christianity, he said that the Pakeha was not a whit more honest or virtuous than the Maori – they in fact robbed each other, and were only working to get hold of the country, which they would, to a certainty, eventually get"
- Charles E. Nelson, 30 Nov 1888
- Charles E. Nelson, 30 Nov 1888
Reposted by Dor HaMidbar
“Peter Thiel “drew on a wide swath of religious thinkers, including… the **Nazi jurist** Carl Schmitt, whose work he said helped create the core of his own beliefs” … 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Peter Thiel “drew on a wide swath of religious thinkers, including… the **Nazi jurist** Carl Schmitt, whose work he said helped create the core of his own beliefs” … 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"... we will simply see ongoing cycles of war, just the same way we did before October 7th, or what Israelis have tended to call an October 6th way of thinking. The real October 6th way of thinking was simply to not address those root causes"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3x...
Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
YouTube video by +972 Magazine
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"... we will simply see ongoing cycles of war, just the same way we did before October 7th, or what Israelis have tended to call an October 6th way of thinking. The real October 6th way of thinking was simply to not address those root causes"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3x...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3x...
Former Dunedin teacher John Hayden discusses "leaving teaching to pursue an unhealthy obsession".
A Swiftie! Give that man an exorcism!!
www.odt.co.nz/entertainmen...
A Swiftie! Give that man an exorcism!!
www.odt.co.nz/entertainmen...
Hooked on classics
As Taylor Swift introduces literary allusion to a whole new generation, Weekend Mix music reviewer John Hayden discusses her role in the discipline...
www.odt.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Former Dunedin teacher John Hayden discusses "leaving teaching to pursue an unhealthy obsession".
A Swiftie! Give that man an exorcism!!
www.odt.co.nz/entertainmen...
A Swiftie! Give that man an exorcism!!
www.odt.co.nz/entertainmen...
Happy 30th birthday, Underground!
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy 30th birthday, Underground!
'Lectorial'!
Most ridiculous portmanteau since 'glocal'!!
When I heard the word, I laughed so much that I sharted.
Most ridiculous portmanteau since 'glocal'!!
When I heard the word, I laughed so much that I sharted.
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
'Lectorial'!
Most ridiculous portmanteau since 'glocal'!!
When I heard the word, I laughed so much that I sharted.
Most ridiculous portmanteau since 'glocal'!!
When I heard the word, I laughed so much that I sharted.
Typical Dunedin storm: tree comes down, but drivers of 3 cars stuck behind it happen to have chainsaws:
"About 15 people, three with chainsaws on hand, from different cars got out and started cutting off and pulling at branches to clear a path."
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"About 15 people, three with chainsaws on hand, from different cars got out and started cutting off and pulling at branches to clear a path."
share.google/TndZ6DU00xNq...
Wild weather topples trees and cuts power
A burst of wild weather has cut power, toppled trees, closed roads and sent shipping containers tumbling like Lego in Dunedin after wreaking havoc...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Typical Dunedin storm: tree comes down, but drivers of 3 cars stuck behind it happen to have chainsaws:
"About 15 people, three with chainsaws on hand, from different cars got out and started cutting off and pulling at branches to clear a path."
share.google/TndZ6DU00xNq...
"About 15 people, three with chainsaws on hand, from different cars got out and started cutting off and pulling at branches to clear a path."
share.google/TndZ6DU00xNq...
"...So it shouldn't surprise us that Germany the perpetrator of Shoah is the strongest supporter of Israel in Europe. Paradoxically, the anti-semitism of the supporters of Israel was supplemented by the fascist tendencies in Zionism itself..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Xg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Xg...
Slavoj Žižek on how Israel internalized Hitler's logic
YouTube video by The Žižek Times
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"...So it shouldn't surprise us that Germany the perpetrator of Shoah is the strongest supporter of Israel in Europe. Paradoxically, the anti-semitism of the supporters of Israel was supplemented by the fascist tendencies in Zionism itself..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Xg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Xg...
What a story!
"The catalyst for this article was a rumor about Makere that has been going around in local academic circles for twenty-plus years: that she claims an “invented” or “made-up” Māori identity."
- Makere Stewart-Harawira et al
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
@puanga.bsky.social
"The catalyst for this article was a rumor about Makere that has been going around in local academic circles for twenty-plus years: that she claims an “invented” or “made-up” Māori identity."
- Makere Stewart-Harawira et al
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
@puanga.bsky.social
View of “Under Erasure”: Suppressed and Trans-Ethnic Māori Identities
scholarworks.iu.edu
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What a story!
"The catalyst for this article was a rumor about Makere that has been going around in local academic circles for twenty-plus years: that she claims an “invented” or “made-up” Māori identity."
- Makere Stewart-Harawira et al
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
@puanga.bsky.social
"The catalyst for this article was a rumor about Makere that has been going around in local academic circles for twenty-plus years: that she claims an “invented” or “made-up” Māori identity."
- Makere Stewart-Harawira et al
scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/...
@puanga.bsky.social
Shit, it's gone. That was quick!
Join us for our next free webinar event with Christian Smith titled "Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith" on Friday November 7th, 2025 @ 2pm EST. Register to attend the free event here: uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Shit, it's gone. That was quick!
'The Golden Bough': good reading, but only on mescaline.
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
'The Golden Bough': good reading, but only on mescaline.
The National, Scotland, 13 October 2025:
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The National, Scotland, 13 October 2025:
Jerusalem, October 2025.
In 1953, 'Jacobson introduced his friend [Harry S. Truman] to the assembled theologians: "This is the man who helped create the State of Israel." Truman retorted, "What do you mean, "helped to create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus."'
christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/art...
In 1953, 'Jacobson introduced his friend [Harry S. Truman] to the assembled theologians: "This is the man who helped create the State of Israel." Truman retorted, "What do you mean, "helped to create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus."'
christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/art...
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Jerusalem, October 2025.
In 1953, 'Jacobson introduced his friend [Harry S. Truman] to the assembled theologians: "This is the man who helped create the State of Israel." Truman retorted, "What do you mean, "helped to create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus."'
christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/art...
In 1953, 'Jacobson introduced his friend [Harry S. Truman] to the assembled theologians: "This is the man who helped create the State of Israel." Truman retorted, "What do you mean, "helped to create"? I am Cyrus. I am Cyrus."'
christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/art...