James Fields :verified:
@jfslicer.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy
Seeking to give God the glory. Ez34 & Jer23.
Servant of Jesus working in the board game industry in the PNW since 2007. Lover of hikes and nature.
יש לי ארץ בשמים
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Servant of Jesus working in the board game industry in the PNW since 2007. Lover of hikes and nature.
יש לי ארץ בשמים
[bridged from https://deacon.social/@jfslicer on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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This bizarre, hurried cut-and-paste Bluesky clone called "W" (wsocial.eu) says it will fill this huge gap in Europe where no social media platforms exist.
Meanwhile... https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/fediverse-near-me_828094#3/25.80/29.79
Meanwhile... https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/fediverse-near-me_828094#3/25.80/29.79
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 PM
This bizarre, hurried cut-and-paste Bluesky clone called "W" (wsocial.eu) says it will fill this huge gap in Europe where no social media platforms exist.
Meanwhile... https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/fediverse-near-me_828094#3/25.80/29.79
Meanwhile... https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/fediverse-near-me_828094#3/25.80/29.79
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“‘Christianity has in many cases stopped being the home to Jesus.’ That, I fear, is the crux of the issue. Christians need to provide the world evidence of the compelling beauty and truth of God, but we cannot show the world what we ourselves cannot see.”
#christianity has often been co-opted […]
#christianity has often been co-opted […]
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writing.exchange
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“‘Christianity has in many cases stopped being the home to Jesus.’ That, I fear, is the crux of the issue. Christians need to provide the world evidence of the compelling beauty and truth of God, but we cannot show the world what we ourselves cannot see.”
#christianity has often been co-opted […]
#christianity has often been co-opted […]
Minneapolis Police Chief made a statement about the Ice raids that are going on. You can see some of that statement in this podcast. It's pretty important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOjAk13xuA
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOjAk13xuA
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #ice
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief made a statement about the Ice raids that are going on. You can see some of that statement in this podcast. It's pretty important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOjAk13xuA
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOjAk13xuA
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #ice
January 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
These stories are not ok. We do not have to have identification on us, so asking for it under threat of punishment is completely unreasonable. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-approaching-people-minneapolis-demanding-proof-citizenship-rcna254247
#uspol Politics #uspolitics #ice #gestapo
#uspol Politics #uspolitics #ice #gestapo
Immigration officers around Minneapolis are approaching people and demanding proof that they’re U.S. citizens
U.S. citizens who are out walking or standing in public are not required to provide documentation or provide identification, one legal expert says.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
These stories are not ok. We do not have to have identification on us, so asking for it under threat of punishment is completely unreasonable. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-approaching-people-minneapolis-demanding-proof-citizenship-rcna254247
#uspol Politics #uspolitics #ice #gestapo
#uspol Politics #uspolitics #ice #gestapo
I proposed an idea at work today as a question of how to proceed, and then the person repeated it back to me as an instruction and asked me if it made sense.
"Why thank you, my idea didn't make sense to me until you said it."
I don't understand people sometimes.
"Why thank you, my idea didn't make sense to me until you said it."
I don't understand people sometimes.
January 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I proposed an idea at work today as a question of how to proceed, and then the person repeated it back to me as an instruction and asked me if it made sense.
"Why thank you, my idea didn't make sense to me until you said it."
I don't understand people sometimes.
"Why thank you, my idea didn't make sense to me until you said it."
I don't understand people sometimes.
Reposted by James Fields :verified:
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I read a Christian financial success book today and it was mostly good, but towards the end they tried to get all full of encouragement and started taking verses out of context to basically say “if you do all the things listed here, you’ll get rich.”
Which is just not a promise in Scripture. It […]
Which is just not a promise in Scripture. It […]
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deacon.social
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I read a Christian financial success book today and it was mostly good, but towards the end they tried to get all full of encouragement and started taking verses out of context to basically say “if you do all the things listed here, you’ll get rich.”
Which is just not a promise in Scripture. It […]
Which is just not a promise in Scripture. It […]
When I saw that Hilton was standing up to ICE, I booked my next trip through them. The next day I heard that they dropped that hotel from their chain. Now with ICE's murder of a US Citizen... enough is enough. I've emailed Hilton to tell them they've lost a customer, and I think others should to […]
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deacon.social
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
When I saw that Hilton was standing up to ICE, I booked my next trip through them. The next day I heard that they dropped that hotel from their chain. Now with ICE's murder of a US Citizen... enough is enough. I've emailed Hilton to tell them they've lost a customer, and I think others should to […]
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My niece comes to the U.S. most years from Europe to visit her grandfather.
This year she was stopped at the airport, taken into an interrogation room, accused of being a prostitute, had her phone taken and scanned, and released.
You know, in case you were wondering why tourism to the U.S. is […]
This year she was stopped at the airport, taken into an interrogation room, accused of being a prostitute, had her phone taken and scanned, and released.
You know, in case you were wondering why tourism to the U.S. is […]
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mastodon.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
My niece comes to the U.S. most years from Europe to visit her grandfather.
This year she was stopped at the airport, taken into an interrogation room, accused of being a prostitute, had her phone taken and scanned, and released.
You know, in case you were wondering why tourism to the U.S. is […]
This year she was stopped at the airport, taken into an interrogation room, accused of being a prostitute, had her phone taken and scanned, and released.
You know, in case you were wondering why tourism to the U.S. is […]
You ever fix something and realize just how janky everything is holding together?
We have a couple doors in our house that have always sagged and wiggled when you moved them. I finally learned how to fix this problem and did it last night. The first one someone tried to hold up with machine […]
We have a couple doors in our house that have always sagged and wiggled when you moved them. I finally learned how to fix this problem and did it last night. The first one someone tried to hold up with machine […]
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deacon.social
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
You ever fix something and realize just how janky everything is holding together?
We have a couple doors in our house that have always sagged and wiggled when you moved them. I finally learned how to fix this problem and did it last night. The first one someone tried to hold up with machine […]
We have a couple doors in our house that have always sagged and wiggled when you moved them. I finally learned how to fix this problem and did it last night. The first one someone tried to hold up with machine […]
I posted on the bad place that kidnapping/arresting the leader of a foreign government is illegal.
Someone has asked me "as a legal nerd, why don't we have authority to arrest people in other countries?"
And... just... what a wild question. I'm so frustrated by the framing and the […]
Someone has asked me "as a legal nerd, why don't we have authority to arrest people in other countries?"
And... just... what a wild question. I'm so frustrated by the framing and the […]
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deacon.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I posted on the bad place that kidnapping/arresting the leader of a foreign government is illegal.
Someone has asked me "as a legal nerd, why don't we have authority to arrest people in other countries?"
And... just... what a wild question. I'm so frustrated by the framing and the […]
Someone has asked me "as a legal nerd, why don't we have authority to arrest people in other countries?"
And... just... what a wild question. I'm so frustrated by the framing and the […]
MGT breaking with Trump over Epstein has been such a shocking bad welcome change. It really shows how MAGA is falling apart. To hear that Trump called her and yelled at her so loud her staff heard him because releasing the Epstein files would hurt “his friends” is so interesting. I hope this […]
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deacon.social
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
MGT breaking with Trump over Epstein has been such a shocking bad welcome change. It really shows how MAGA is falling apart. To hear that Trump called her and yelled at her so loud her staff heard him because releasing the Epstein files would hurt “his friends” is so interesting. I hope this […]
Not a fun video to watch, but when your government is censoring things, you gotta see it and think "why?"
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
#uspolitics #uspol #cecot
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
#uspolitics #uspol #cecot
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Not a fun video to watch, but when your government is censoring things, you gotta see it and think "why?"
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
#uspolitics #uspol #cecot
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
#uspolitics #uspol #cecot
I've never heard the term Chesterton's Fence until today... this perfectly encapsulates why DOGE and Musk were a problem with our government.
https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence
https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence
Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking
A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.
fs.blog
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I've never heard the term Chesterton's Fence until today... this perfectly encapsulates why DOGE and Musk were a problem with our government.
https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence
https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence
There have been some dumb religious fights with the government in recent years. People claiming religious reasons to not wear a mask has no basis in Scripture. But this... this is a great thing to fight with the government on. We are called to help out the less fortunate […]
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deacon.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There have been some dumb religious fights with the government in recent years. People claiming religious reasons to not wear a mask has no basis in Scripture. But this... this is a great thing to fight with the government on. We are called to help out the less fortunate […]
A few years ago someone on here made me aware of a free Bible conference it’s was on a very specific topic that I hadn’t heard covered before: animals and humans, so I opted to go.
Every so often I’m reminded that one of the papers I heard presented made this off handed comment that we were […]
Every so often I’m reminded that one of the papers I heard presented made this off handed comment that we were […]
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deacon.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A few years ago someone on here made me aware of a free Bible conference it’s was on a very specific topic that I hadn’t heard covered before: animals and humans, so I opted to go.
Every so often I’m reminded that one of the papers I heard presented made this off handed comment that we were […]
Every so often I’m reminded that one of the papers I heard presented made this off handed comment that we were […]
I’ve been looking at Micah 6:8 for awhile now and have been surprised by a few things:
1) In the phrase “Love mercy,” “‘mercy” is הסד (hesed). Hesed is the word we most often translate as “loving kindness” or some would say godly love. So this phrase could be translated as “love love.” Which is […]
1) In the phrase “Love mercy,” “‘mercy” is הסד (hesed). Hesed is the word we most often translate as “loving kindness” or some would say godly love. So this phrase could be translated as “love love.” Which is […]
Original post on deacon.social
deacon.social
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I’ve been looking at Micah 6:8 for awhile now and have been surprised by a few things:
1) In the phrase “Love mercy,” “‘mercy” is הסד (hesed). Hesed is the word we most often translate as “loving kindness” or some would say godly love. So this phrase could be translated as “love love.” Which is […]
1) In the phrase “Love mercy,” “‘mercy” is הסד (hesed). Hesed is the word we most often translate as “loving kindness” or some would say godly love. So this phrase could be translated as “love love.” Which is […]
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November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Watched a seminar yesterday that still has me frustrated. Some Christians believe that anything thought up by non Christians must be wholly rejected because their fallen nature means that their ideas will have falsehoods attached to them. Taking one part of their idea and leaving the rest can’t […]
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deacon.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Watched a seminar yesterday that still has me frustrated. Some Christians believe that anything thought up by non Christians must be wholly rejected because their fallen nature means that their ideas will have falsehoods attached to them. Taking one part of their idea and leaving the rest can’t […]
I just acquired four boxes of Bible commentaries. If I have the energy tomorrow, I can get one or two more too. (Did not bring enough boxes on this trip to handle all this!)
#biblicalstudies #bible
#biblicalstudies #bible
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I just acquired four boxes of Bible commentaries. If I have the energy tomorrow, I can get one or two more too. (Did not bring enough boxes on this trip to handle all this!)
#biblicalstudies #bible
#biblicalstudies #bible
Reading something in another language and noticed that it uses two words that are synonyms and translated “normally” create a weird statement in English.
In this case the words would normally be translated “love love. As in, you should love love. But I think because it sounds weird and because […]
In this case the words would normally be translated “love love. As in, you should love love. But I think because it sounds weird and because […]
Original post on deacon.social
deacon.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reading something in another language and noticed that it uses two words that are synonyms and translated “normally” create a weird statement in English.
In this case the words would normally be translated “love love. As in, you should love love. But I think because it sounds weird and because […]
In this case the words would normally be translated “love love. As in, you should love love. But I think because it sounds weird and because […]
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM