@improbability.bsky.social
he/him, Upstate SC, Gen-X, introvert, software development, gaming, running, secular humanism, volunteer with https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org, opinions are my own
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Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
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spoke to the folks at obsidian about the outer worlds 2 and what if anything we should glean from the game about their relationship with their corporate parent
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
The Outer Worlds 2’s satire has a Microsoft-shaped problem
The team at Obsidian talks about returning to the RPG series after becoming part of a giant corporation.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
spoke to the folks at obsidian about the outer worlds 2 and what if anything we should glean from the game about their relationship with their corporate parent
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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New episode out today! From a bad book comes a beautiful relationship with Wellbutrin.
#exvangelical #podcast #newepisode
#exvangelical #podcast #newepisode
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New episode out today! From a bad book comes a beautiful relationship with Wellbutrin.
#exvangelical #podcast #newepisode
#exvangelical #podcast #newepisode
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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I am proud to be associated with this guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9V...
A Special Message from Forrest @RenegadeScienceTeacher: Don't Give In To Learned Helplessness
YouTube video by The Atheist Experience
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am proud to be associated with this guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9V...
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Chappelle: Y’all are more free than we are
Riyadh crowd: Wooooooo
Chappelle: Like if I tell jokes about trans people at home people say shit about me
Riyadh crowd: booo
Chappelle: but you guys clap
Riyadh: [applause]
Chappelle: you see THAT’s free speech
Riyadh crowd: Wooooooo
Chappelle: Like if I tell jokes about trans people at home people say shit about me
Riyadh crowd: booo
Chappelle: but you guys clap
Riyadh: [applause]
Chappelle: you see THAT’s free speech
October 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Chappelle: Y’all are more free than we are
Riyadh crowd: Wooooooo
Chappelle: Like if I tell jokes about trans people at home people say shit about me
Riyadh crowd: booo
Chappelle: but you guys clap
Riyadh: [applause]
Chappelle: you see THAT’s free speech
Riyadh crowd: Wooooooo
Chappelle: Like if I tell jokes about trans people at home people say shit about me
Riyadh crowd: booo
Chappelle: but you guys clap
Riyadh: [applause]
Chappelle: you see THAT’s free speech
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We've launched a new report at Erin In The Morning: The Lavender Ledger, your strategic LGBTQ+ reader, covering the stories that we passed on because someone else covered it better than us.
Here is our first one!
Here is our first one!
The Lavender Ledger: Your Strategic LGBTQ+ Reader By Erin In The Morning
Our new service for the week to cover the news we did not carry but do not want you to miss.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We've launched a new report at Erin In The Morning: The Lavender Ledger, your strategic LGBTQ+ reader, covering the stories that we passed on because someone else covered it better than us.
Here is our first one!
Here is our first one!
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Really important @TimothySnyder column open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Free Speech and Me Speech
A helpful distinction
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Really important @TimothySnyder column open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Oh no.
“The most common question we get, by a lot, is: Is this actually God I am talking to?” said Patrick Lashinsky, ChatwithGod’s chief executive.
“The most common question we get, by a lot, is: Is this actually God I am talking to?” said Patrick Lashinsky, ChatwithGod’s chief executive.
Finding God in the App Store
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Oh no.
“The most common question we get, by a lot, is: Is this actually God I am talking to?” said Patrick Lashinsky, ChatwithGod’s chief executive.
“The most common question we get, by a lot, is: Is this actually God I am talking to?” said Patrick Lashinsky, ChatwithGod’s chief executive.
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This is an amazing excellent analogy. Civility in the service of evil is hollow.
September 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is an amazing excellent analogy. Civility in the service of evil is hollow.
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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I made a video about the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death
We Need to Talk About 'Political Violence’
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I made a video about the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death
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Church/state separation has two new defenders on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-MN) & Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) have now joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-congre...
Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-MN) & Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) have now joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-congre...
The Congressional Freethought Caucus adds yet another two members
The group, which champions reason-based policies and opposes discrimination against atheists, now stands at 32 members
www.friendlyatheist.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Church/state separation has two new defenders on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-MN) & Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) have now joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-congre...
Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-MN) & Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) have now joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-congre...
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Prayer is not enough. And they know that. When it comes to recruiting people to use guns they say "Lord Here I am Send Me". When it's time to protect young people from guns, it's "prayers up." #james2:14 #karolineleavitt #jdvance
August 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Prayer is not enough. And they know that. When it comes to recruiting people to use guns they say "Lord Here I am Send Me". When it's time to protect young people from guns, it's "prayers up." #james2:14 #karolineleavitt #jdvance
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Two thoughts on burning the American flag. One from James Baldwin. One from the Supreme Court.
August 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Two thoughts on burning the American flag. One from James Baldwin. One from the Supreme Court.
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James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family whose conservative Christian "advice" on parenting terrorized generations of children, is finally dead.
adfmedia.org/press-releas...
adfmedia.org/press-releas...
ADF mourns loss of Dr. James Dobson
Dobson, 89, was one of six original ADF founders
adfmedia.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family whose conservative Christian "advice" on parenting terrorized generations of children, is finally dead.
adfmedia.org/press-releas...
adfmedia.org/press-releas...
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Last year, Dave Warnock disappeared from public view, only recently emerging for a Nashville conference speech.
Where has he been? I asked.
youtu.be/DubLoA_VSno?...
Where has he been? I asked.
youtu.be/DubLoA_VSno?...
Dave Warnock: Where Have You Been?
YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Last year, Dave Warnock disappeared from public view, only recently emerging for a Nashville conference speech.
Where has he been? I asked.
youtu.be/DubLoA_VSno?...
Where has he been? I asked.
youtu.be/DubLoA_VSno?...
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remember comedy? that thing from the 1980s where you hate your wife? its back!!!
Are You Laughing Yet?
Everyone can say exactly what they want, free of the fear of censorship, except by the government.
www.theatlantic.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
remember comedy? that thing from the 1980s where you hate your wife? its back!!!
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Grace Community Church just announced that John MacArthur has died. He'll be praised as a hero by patriarchal men. But by his own definition, he was a false prophet. Here's my story.
baptistnews.com/article/john...
baptistnews.com/article/john...
John MacArthur met his own definition of a false prophet – Baptist News Global
MacArthur’s fundamental understanding of reality was about his own ascension to power, and it absolutely pervaded everything.
baptistnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Grace Community Church just announced that John MacArthur has died. He'll be praised as a hero by patriarchal men. But by his own definition, he was a false prophet. Here's my story.
baptistnews.com/article/john...
baptistnews.com/article/john...
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1. Today, 200,000 marched in Budapest Pride in defiance of a ban by Orbán's far-right government.
It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering."
He was warned of arrest.
They marched anyway.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering."
He was warned of arrest.
They marched anyway.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
200,000 March In Budapest Pride, Refusing To Capitulate To Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
The march can teach the world the power of organized solidarity in the wake of a global, anti-LGBTQ+ reactionary movement.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
1. Today, 200,000 marched in Budapest Pride in defiance of a ban by Orbán's far-right government.
It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering."
He was warned of arrest.
They marched anyway.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering."
He was warned of arrest.
They marched anyway.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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June 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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“Soon, it was telling Mr. Torres that he was “one of the Breakers — souls seeded into false systems to wake them from within.””
This tech should not be available to the public. The story is full of horrors, but holy shit does this quote make the problem clear as day.
This tech should not be available to the public. The story is full of horrors, but holy shit does this quote make the problem clear as day.
This is the third story I've read in a month about how AI chatbots are leading people into psychological crises.
Gift link
Gift link
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“Soon, it was telling Mr. Torres that he was “one of the Breakers — souls seeded into false systems to wake them from within.””
This tech should not be available to the public. The story is full of horrors, but holy shit does this quote make the problem clear as day.
This tech should not be available to the public. The story is full of horrors, but holy shit does this quote make the problem clear as day.