sigh

If you see this, quote with a title screen that’s iconic to you.

Beside the point, but horrible to read this doom fantasy from the past while apparently living through it

where’s waldoooOOOH MY GOD

i’m a radical pacifist by religion, but even so—this disgraces us all. insult to injury is that we collectively decided to fund this person’s education! and now these greedy bigots are trying to line their pockets by kicking our finest to the curb and robbing them on graduation day. what a disgrace.

and i am once again begging people to exhibit a SHRED of narrative literacy before referencing these movies

it’s a fascinating and surprisingly empathetic read from Ruth Graham, but Renn tells on himself almost immediately. Everything he has to say about the “negative world” and how to behave in it has been the christian conservative’s playbook since the Scopes trial (and, arguably, emancipation).

oh this always goes well!

these 2 paragraphs from Carter’s 1978 “Crisis of Confidence” speech sure are hitting different in 2025

I’d argue that while language often supports binary thinking, it isn’t the basis for it. There’s a fundamental relationship between binaries and power; it’s not the only form of it, but power through division is notoriously effective.

Some excerpts from a sermon I preached on the subject: