DouglasK
@douglask.ca
Tech geek, antique glass collector, knitter, SJA volunteer, Serving Member of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospitalers of St. John of Jerusalem.
@6canrebf.bsky.social this may interest you
Texas is expected to be where IRS’ new stance on religious leaders endorsing candidates will matter most, one expert said. More than 200 megachurches call Texas home.
“Texas will be the epicenter for testing all these ideas out,” the expert said.
W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
“Texas will be the epicenter for testing all these ideas out,” the expert said.
W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.
While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas -- with more than 200 megachurches -- will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
www.propublica.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@6canrebf.bsky.social this may interest you
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This is what politicization of the Justice Department results in.
September 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is what politicization of the Justice Department results in.
If you’re feeling lonely, watch a horror movie at night. It will make you feel like someone else is in the room with you! So sweet.
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If you’re feeling lonely, watch a horror movie at night. It will make you feel like someone else is in the room with you! So sweet.
These folk are clearly crazy. They are, in fact... In Seine.
If swimming in the River Seine in Paris was on your bucket list this summer, but you thought you might have missed the boat, don’t worry — there’s still time. The city will extend its experiment with public bathing in the river for two more weeks, its mayor said.
Paris Will Keep Seine River Open to Swimmers for 2 More Weeks
The city will extend its experiment with public bathing in the river until mid-September. Swimming there had been banned for a century over health risks.
nyti.ms
August 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
These folk are clearly crazy. They are, in fact... In Seine.
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The history of the Internet is filled with people who have been dismayed to discover the medium is fundamentally public, and leaky
Are there people who post on public social media with the expectation that it cannot be shared or stay in the public?
August 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The history of the Internet is filled with people who have been dismayed to discover the medium is fundamentally public, and leaky
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HELPLESS MAN ATTACKED BY A PACK OF WOLVES
[P] In honor of #NationalDogDay, and in the interest of posting something that’s not completely doom-filled, here a video of me getting buried under fourteen golden retriever puppies back in 2021.
Genuinely one of the best memories of my life.
Genuinely one of the best memories of my life.
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
HELPLESS MAN ATTACKED BY A PACK OF WOLVES
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"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."
Analysis | ‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.
The parents of a teen fentanyl poisoning victim are finding allies in Congress for a bill intended to save others from the same fate.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."
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Kaiju Preservation Society. And to be clear, what got published was the better book. The serious book was a struggle, and also, it wasn't great. Kaiju, on the other hand, was fuckin' spot on what I wanted it to be. I'm very proud of that book.
I feel like I just read a Scalzi book with an author's note that said, "I was having a lot of trouble writing a serious book, and as soon as I gave myself permission to not write the serious book, this silly book fell right out of my pen." Maybe Constituent Service?
August 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Kaiju Preservation Society. And to be clear, what got published was the better book. The serious book was a struggle, and also, it wasn't great. Kaiju, on the other hand, was fuckin' spot on what I wanted it to be. I'm very proud of that book.
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"Sir! I challenge you to a duel!"
"Very well, sir! As the challenged party, I believe it is my prerogative to choose weapons?"
"Go ahead!"
"I choose swords!"
"Then I will choose mode of transport!"
"Wait, what?"
"I choose unicycles!"
"What?"
"I'll see you at dawn, sir!"
"Very well, sir! As the challenged party, I believe it is my prerogative to choose weapons?"
"Go ahead!"
"I choose swords!"
"Then I will choose mode of transport!"
"Wait, what?"
"I choose unicycles!"
"What?"
"I'll see you at dawn, sir!"
August 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Sir! I challenge you to a duel!"
"Very well, sir! As the challenged party, I believe it is my prerogative to choose weapons?"
"Go ahead!"
"I choose swords!"
"Then I will choose mode of transport!"
"Wait, what?"
"I choose unicycles!"
"What?"
"I'll see you at dawn, sir!"
"Very well, sir! As the challenged party, I believe it is my prerogative to choose weapons?"
"Go ahead!"
"I choose swords!"
"Then I will choose mode of transport!"
"Wait, what?"
"I choose unicycles!"
"What?"
"I'll see you at dawn, sir!"
This rap came to mind today. A classic done by a bunch of high school students up here in Canada. Worth a listen/watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqo...
Mista Dobalina (Music Video)
YouTube video by JELCC Music-Sound & R/TV Rob Hendrix
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This rap came to mind today. A classic done by a bunch of high school students up here in Canada. Worth a listen/watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqo...
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Cartoon: Inspired by a cosplay I saw on someone's IG of Jedi Master Obiclaus-Kenobi by Santa Mike of Eastern North Carolina santamikeenc.com. Enjoy :)
August 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Cartoon: Inspired by a cosplay I saw on someone's IG of Jedi Master Obiclaus-Kenobi by Santa Mike of Eastern North Carolina santamikeenc.com. Enjoy :)
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Kamala was right about everything.
She warned everyone about the future under our president. She warned he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid & Medicare, ignore court orders, alienate our allies, give massive tax cuts to the rich.....
What she missed was was the capitulation...
She warned everyone about the future under our president. She warned he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid & Medicare, ignore court orders, alienate our allies, give massive tax cuts to the rich.....
What she missed was was the capitulation...
August 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Kamala was right about everything.
She warned everyone about the future under our president. She warned he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid & Medicare, ignore court orders, alienate our allies, give massive tax cuts to the rich.....
What she missed was was the capitulation...
She warned everyone about the future under our president. She warned he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid & Medicare, ignore court orders, alienate our allies, give massive tax cuts to the rich.....
What she missed was was the capitulation...
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Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
Kahlil Gibran
Photo by Alain Baumgarten,
"Vertigo"
youtu.be/TJZDyIz-0lk?...
Kahlil Gibran
Photo by Alain Baumgarten,
"Vertigo"
youtu.be/TJZDyIz-0lk?...
June 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
Kahlil Gibran
Photo by Alain Baumgarten,
"Vertigo"
youtu.be/TJZDyIz-0lk?...
Kahlil Gibran
Photo by Alain Baumgarten,
"Vertigo"
youtu.be/TJZDyIz-0lk?...
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Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it. Here's what a New York Times investigation found.
The Spy Factory
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it. Here's what a New York Times investigation found.
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A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated and an alien emerged. It skittered to a notice board and carefully studied one of the posters.
It returned to the spaceship and soon came out carrying a cat and a mobile phone.
"Hi, we have found your cat Pebbles...Yes... Our secret base on Ganymede."
It returned to the spaceship and soon came out carrying a cat and a mobile phone.
"Hi, we have found your cat Pebbles...Yes... Our secret base on Ganymede."
May 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated and an alien emerged. It skittered to a notice board and carefully studied one of the posters.
It returned to the spaceship and soon came out carrying a cat and a mobile phone.
"Hi, we have found your cat Pebbles...Yes... Our secret base on Ganymede."
It returned to the spaceship and soon came out carrying a cat and a mobile phone.
"Hi, we have found your cat Pebbles...Yes... Our secret base on Ganymede."
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Your reminder that someone can appear to be at the top (of the world, of their field, etc) and feel rather dramatically differently. I'm glad Jim worked through his issues, is still here with us and is still writing the books so many people love.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
14 Million Books Later, Jim Butcher Thinks His Wizard Detective Needs a Hug
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Your reminder that someone can appear to be at the top (of the world, of their field, etc) and feel rather dramatically differently. I'm glad Jim worked through his issues, is still here with us and is still writing the books so many people love.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
Hey, @torbooks.bsky.social before the Pandemic, you offered a monthly free eBook, generally the first of a series to promote whatever is new in the Authors current work. I discovered many great authors and bought a bunch of books because of it. I really miss it. Any chance it will return?
May 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hey, @torbooks.bsky.social before the Pandemic, you offered a monthly free eBook, generally the first of a series to promote whatever is new in the Authors current work. I discovered many great authors and bought a bunch of books because of it. I really miss it. Any chance it will return?
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You can't kiss in a space suit.
Nor hug or caress.
Of course, that would raise the heart rate, consuming more oxygen, and we have so little, so little left.
There's a chance help will arrive before it runs out.
If it doesn't, I'll regret not defying the vacuum and-
They're here. They're here.
Nor hug or caress.
Of course, that would raise the heart rate, consuming more oxygen, and we have so little, so little left.
There's a chance help will arrive before it runs out.
If it doesn't, I'll regret not defying the vacuum and-
They're here. They're here.
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You can't kiss in a space suit.
Nor hug or caress.
Of course, that would raise the heart rate, consuming more oxygen, and we have so little, so little left.
There's a chance help will arrive before it runs out.
If it doesn't, I'll regret not defying the vacuum and-
They're here. They're here.
Nor hug or caress.
Of course, that would raise the heart rate, consuming more oxygen, and we have so little, so little left.
There's a chance help will arrive before it runs out.
If it doesn't, I'll regret not defying the vacuum and-
They're here. They're here.
@nancej.bsky.social , this may interest you
It’s not your imagination. Climate change is making seasonal allergy season longer and more intense. Here's what to do when the pollen count is high, how to improve your indoor air quality, and the differences between allergy medications. nyti.ms/3YIuo6i
May 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@nancej.bsky.social , this may interest you
Why am I not surprised?
NEW: A DOGE staffer who is helping carry out the downsizing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling, ProPublica has found.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potentia...
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Why am I not surprised?
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It would not be the worst thing in the world if Bluesky became known as the social media site people just hung out at and enjoyed themselves with
April 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It would not be the worst thing in the world if Bluesky became known as the social media site people just hung out at and enjoyed themselves with
Neuroscientist on brain science and addiction. Really worth the watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azup...
#science #drugs #addiction #sociology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azup...
#science #drugs #addiction #sociology
"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths about Addiction
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Neuroscientist on brain science and addiction. Really worth the watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azup...
#science #drugs #addiction #sociology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azup...
#science #drugs #addiction #sociology