m.a.m
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poetry, piety, politics, program (odaat) | RB 4.74
such a bummer when the most brilliant old people you know start really getting into YouTube
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
such a bummer when the most brilliant old people you know start really getting into YouTube
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
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Dinosaur fact: The iguanadon made all the regular iguanas kiss its ring.
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Dinosaur fact: The iguanadon made all the regular iguanas kiss its ring.
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The non-technical term for "ephebophelia" is "well, actually."
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The non-technical term for "ephebophelia" is "well, actually."
fellas, help with the laundry
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
fellas, help with the laundry
and tone-deaf to irony in an obviously ironic title, but whatever, why should i expect bskiers to do the reading
the people dismissing that nyer piece about men…didn't read it?
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
and tone-deaf to irony in an obviously ironic title, but whatever, why should i expect bskiers to do the reading
the people dismissing that nyer piece about men…didn't read it?
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
the people dismissing that nyer piece about men…didn't read it?
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In this paragraph, we have a heartbreakingly bleak portrait of American society as it actually exists.
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In this paragraph, we have a heartbreakingly bleak portrait of American society as it actually exists.
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And then to follow up that ableist admonishment with "Did I stutter?" truly we are operating at a peak here
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
And then to follow up that ableist admonishment with "Did I stutter?" truly we are operating at a peak here
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You been hit by a smooth hymnal
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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damn these epstein emails are crazy
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
damn these epstein emails are crazy
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
so what’s gonna happen?
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
so what’s gonna happen?
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Over the years I’ve come around to basic bitch FDR-to-LBJ liberalism (without whitewashing the things both did that were illiberal and I am obviously against) www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
![But mitigation alone is not enough. In order to achieve a society where, as Rebecca Tiffany put it, “Every trans eighteen-year-old who is stuck living with unsupportive family [is] able to afford an apartment in a vibrant urban space with transit on a minimum wage job,” you need a significant amount of institutional and social infrastructure in place. You need schools that actually empower students to navigate a dynamic society. You need enough housing and transportation infrastructure of all kinds to be able to leave an untenable living situation without risking homelessness. You need economic and welfare policies that enable both general prosperity and set a high floor on personal wealth. Freedom from want is not a noble ideal just because it mitigates against the suffering inherent in poverty—it is also a key pillar in making a society truly open, as personal wealth is nearly synonymous with choice in a modern, commercial society.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r75unbj372lvbim6syioaueo/bafkreigynaxd7zzafv2jrkpq2cznej53sboxtrx2qz7wzoqbai7ledrd5u@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Over the years I’ve come around to basic bitch FDR-to-LBJ liberalism (without whitewashing the things both did that were illiberal and I am obviously against) www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
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a watched inbox never boils
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
a watched inbox never boils
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I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands
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when i have a breakthrough in therapy
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
when i have a breakthrough in therapy
The pope’s fav movie list is very American Pope coded
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The pope’s fav movie list is very American Pope coded
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“Jesus did not create bishops’ conferences.” -Pope Francis
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Jesus did not create bishops’ conferences.” -Pope Francis
My gut was telling me it would be Coakley all along. Could be worse, I guess.
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My gut was telling me it would be Coakley all along. Could be worse, I guess.
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You just don't understand. It's important to maintain open lines of communication with senior officials in this Administration, which we in no way can be seen as "criticizing!" Just trust the plan OK? Something something Good True and Beautiful, oh look here's a Gothic cathedral with wafting incense
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You just don't understand. It's important to maintain open lines of communication with senior officials in this Administration, which we in no way can be seen as "criticizing!" Just trust the plan OK? Something something Good True and Beautiful, oh look here's a Gothic cathedral with wafting incense
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“In all history, popes & bishops and father abbots seem to have been blind & power-loving & greedy. I never expected leadership from them. It is the saints that keep appearing all through history who keep things going.” —Dorothy Day
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“In all history, popes & bishops and father abbots seem to have been blind & power-loving & greedy. I never expected leadership from them. It is the saints that keep appearing all through history who keep things going.” —Dorothy Day
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.