Steph
@eristicenigma.bsky.social
Smells-and-bells Presbyterian. Here for church nerdery, misc. nerdery, fat liberation, dismantling amatonormativity. Advent fan.
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What is WITH the banality of this evil?!
July 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
What is WITH the banality of this evil?!
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Even if it is a riot, even if it is not "peaceful" or "non-violent," sheriffs should not call for the immediate summary execution of civilians
Hate to tell you this Mr. Sheriff-Man but the NO KINGS non-violent, peaceful, political protest is not a riot, it’s a non-violent, peaceful, political protest.
#Florida
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#Florida
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‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters | CNN
As protests over the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators ...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Even if it is a riot, even if it is not "peaceful" or "non-violent," sheriffs should not call for the immediate summary execution of civilians
Preparing for my Memorial Day Weekend roadtrip by taking the snow shovel, rock salt, and kitty litter out of my car. So if we get a freak blizzard this week, it's my fault.
May 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Preparing for my Memorial Day Weekend roadtrip by taking the snow shovel, rock salt, and kitty litter out of my car. So if we get a freak blizzard this week, it's my fault.
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I’m a huge lover of the arts and worked as a theatre critic for nearly a decade, but I would not set foot in the Kennedy Center until this policy is overturned.
Vote with your dollar and boycott. Mask up in solidarity with those who are now being told they can’t.
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Vote with your dollar and boycott. Mask up in solidarity with those who are now being told they can’t.
Alt text in next post /5
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m a huge lover of the arts and worked as a theatre critic for nearly a decade, but I would not set foot in the Kennedy Center until this policy is overturned.
Vote with your dollar and boycott. Mask up in solidarity with those who are now being told they can’t.
Alt text in next post /5
Vote with your dollar and boycott. Mask up in solidarity with those who are now being told they can’t.
Alt text in next post /5
Tonight I drove my white Prius to the home of a friend whose own white Prius was parked in her driveway, where we were joined by folks who arrived in a third white Prius. I'm glad my car was able to socialize with its friends this evening, too.
April 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Tonight I drove my white Prius to the home of a friend whose own white Prius was parked in her driveway, where we were joined by folks who arrived in a third white Prius. I'm glad my car was able to socialize with its friends this evening, too.
Tonight I had the joy of accompanying my 7-month-old godson to Baby's First Maundy Thursday Service. I even got to take him up to have his feet washed, which he LOVED! When we got back to the pew, his mom put his socks back on, and he spent the rest of the service pulling them off again
April 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tonight I had the joy of accompanying my 7-month-old godson to Baby's First Maundy Thursday Service. I even got to take him up to have his feet washed, which he LOVED! When we got back to the pew, his mom put his socks back on, and he spent the rest of the service pulling them off again
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You'd think college administrators would realize that allowing ANY of your students to be disappeared is an excellent way to make your school undesirable to potential future students.
April 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You'd think college administrators would realize that allowing ANY of your students to be disappeared is an excellent way to make your school undesirable to potential future students.
I feel like I am single-handedly holding down the upper-left corner
This week, I was discussing the deep lore of #WAT, which legitimately coalesced around this 4-point graph.
March 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I feel like I am single-handedly holding down the upper-left corner
Can anyone point me to good examples of policies regarding use of church* social media accounts? Or resources about best practices?
*congregation, denominational body, church-adjacent organization, etc. would all be of interest!
*congregation, denominational body, church-adjacent organization, etc. would all be of interest!
February 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can anyone point me to good examples of policies regarding use of church* social media accounts? Or resources about best practices?
*congregation, denominational body, church-adjacent organization, etc. would all be of interest!
*congregation, denominational body, church-adjacent organization, etc. would all be of interest!
Friends, I would really appreciate your prayers for a job interview I have today!!! 💛
February 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Friends, I would really appreciate your prayers for a job interview I have today!!! 💛
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"What is the Trump administration doing about bird flu?" The same thing as the last administration. Nothing. The real question is what are *you* doing about it? Don't sit around waiting for a failed government to tell you what to do. Mask up and clean the air.
JUST IN: Dairy worker in Nevada tests positive for H5N1 bird flu, according to CNN.
The case is awaiting confirmation from the CDC. It would be the first human case in Nevada.
The case is awaiting confirmation from the CDC. It would be the first human case in Nevada.
February 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"What is the Trump administration doing about bird flu?" The same thing as the last administration. Nothing. The real question is what are *you* doing about it? Don't sit around waiting for a failed government to tell you what to do. Mask up and clean the air.
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North Dakota becomes the latest state to try & enact a mask ban
Pay particular attention to this part of the bill
“With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask”
Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime
Pay particular attention to this part of the bill
“With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask”
Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime
February 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
North Dakota becomes the latest state to try & enact a mask ban
Pay particular attention to this part of the bill
“With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask”
Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime
Pay particular attention to this part of the bill
“With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask”
Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime
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The reason the right side is winning over young men is because college guys don’t have indie rock phases like they used to
January 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The reason the right side is winning over young men is because college guys don’t have indie rock phases like they used to
How is it still 2025
how is it only wednesday. how is it still january. HOW.
January 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
How is it still 2025
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What is abundantly clear in many of the negative responses to Bishop Budde’s invitation to mercy is that many Christians either do not know Jesus or have simply rejected him.
But there is a better way.
Today is the day of salvation.
But there is a better way.
Today is the day of salvation.
January 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What is abundantly clear in many of the negative responses to Bishop Budde’s invitation to mercy is that many Christians either do not know Jesus or have simply rejected him.
But there is a better way.
Today is the day of salvation.
But there is a better way.
Today is the day of salvation.
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Do not call it a white elephant gift exchange unless you are doing WEIRD gifts. This is a hill I will die on.
"A game where amusing & impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable item."
"A game where amusing & impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable item."
December 17, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Do not call it a white elephant gift exchange unless you are doing WEIRD gifts. This is a hill I will die on.
"A game where amusing & impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable item."
"A game where amusing & impractical gifts are exchanged. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable item."
Join @annarosas.bsky.social and me TONIGHT at 7:00 EST on Zoom for our 4th annual Advent Poetry Night! Bring your favorite Advent poem to read, or just come and listen. Comment below, and one of us will send you the Zoom link.
December 15, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Join @annarosas.bsky.social and me TONIGHT at 7:00 EST on Zoom for our 4th annual Advent Poetry Night! Bring your favorite Advent poem to read, or just come and listen. Comment below, and one of us will send you the Zoom link.
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If you consider yourself an ally to disabled and marginalized individuals - but you’re no longer masking in public - we need you to start right now.
If a mask ban passes in NYC - it may not be long before we see them across the country.
The best thing you can do for us is wear a mask.
If a mask ban passes in NYC - it may not be long before we see them across the country.
The best thing you can do for us is wear a mask.
At every step of the way - disabled advocates have begged the public to take these bans more seriously.
To consider that they’re another step in escalating fascism. Wild government overreach clearly designed to aid surveillance systems and NOT to prevent crime.
But no one helps us. /13
To consider that they’re another step in escalating fascism. Wild government overreach clearly designed to aid surveillance systems and NOT to prevent crime.
But no one helps us. /13
December 10, 2024 at 9:04 PM
If you consider yourself an ally to disabled and marginalized individuals - but you’re no longer masking in public - we need you to start right now.
If a mask ban passes in NYC - it may not be long before we see them across the country.
The best thing you can do for us is wear a mask.
If a mask ban passes in NYC - it may not be long before we see them across the country.
The best thing you can do for us is wear a mask.
Today was the day I finally needed the paper road atlas that's been languishing in my car for years and years.
December 8, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Today was the day I finally needed the paper road atlas that's been languishing in my car for years and years.
Please join is for the 4th annual Advent Poetry Night on December 15 at 7:00 PM EST!
Read a poem or simply listen. Join us as poetry gets us ready to experience the mystery and beauty of the incarnation.
DM me for any questions and for the ZOOM link.
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DM me for any questions and for the ZOOM link.
Co-hosteded by @eristicenigma.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Please join is for the 4th annual Advent Poetry Night on December 15 at 7:00 PM EST!
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Early this morning, an autonomous group of New Yorkers reclaimed an F train car, replacing ads with signage reading “A MAN WAS LYNCHED HERE” and Jordan Neely’s name, as a jury deliberates over whether to convict Daniel Penny, Neely’s killer, with his death last May.
December 5, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Early this morning, an autonomous group of New Yorkers reclaimed an F train car, replacing ads with signage reading “A MAN WAS LYNCHED HERE” and Jordan Neely’s name, as a jury deliberates over whether to convict Daniel Penny, Neely’s killer, with his death last May.
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Do you think my body would consider a jubilee year regarding the score it’s keeping
December 3, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Do you think my body would consider a jubilee year regarding the score it’s keeping
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These are hard times for many of us and likely to get harder, at least for the present, and I find the Advent theme of Christ’s coming as judge to put things right helpful. Trying to live the life of the Kingdom may feel like “fighting the long defeat,” but victory does not depend on us. So hope. ⚓️✝️
December 1, 2024 at 9:44 AM
These are hard times for many of us and likely to get harder, at least for the present, and I find the Advent theme of Christ’s coming as judge to put things right helpful. Trying to live the life of the Kingdom may feel like “fighting the long defeat,” but victory does not depend on us. So hope. ⚓️✝️
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This is just to say
I have sold
the shoes
that were in
the closet
and which
you were probably
saving
for the baby
I have sold
the shoes
that were in
the closet
and which
you were probably
saving
for the baby
I heard there were some baby shoes,
The ad said they were never used,
But you don’t really care for footwear, do ya?
The ad said they were never used,
But you don’t really care for footwear, do ya?
For sale: baby shoes, questionable provenance
November 29, 2024 at 4:09 AM
This is just to say
I have sold
the shoes
that were in
the closet
and which
you were probably
saving
for the baby
I have sold
the shoes
that were in
the closet
and which
you were probably
saving
for the baby