Ren Aguila
@renaguila.bsky.social
Independent writer/scholar/curator from Manila, Philippines. Theologian in art writer’s clothing.
Back on here; I’m pretty excited for this year.
May 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Back on here; I’m pretty excited for this year.
Just a note that I have a new project coming up next week, and that you can support my work by buying me a coffee. Also, I have a small goal to meet, so yes.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Just a note that I have a new project coming up next week, and that you can support my work by buying me a coffee. Also, I have a small goal to meet, so yes.
ko-fi.com/renaguila
ko-fi.com/renaguila
Briefly coming online to note that i badly need reassurance.
April 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Briefly coming online to note that i badly need reassurance.
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Any pathway to peace in Palestine & Israel should be determined by Palestinians & Israelis themselves. This is what drew me to A Land for All – a framework created by Palestinians & Israelis – based on principles of shared interests, lived experience & context: www.alandforall.org/english/?d=l...
A Land For All
GOOD ANSWERS TO TOUGH QUESTIONS
“Five Miles and a World Apart, Younger Activists Dream of a New Peace Process”, The New York Times, 2023
“Thirty
www.alandforall.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Any pathway to peace in Palestine & Israel should be determined by Palestinians & Israelis themselves. This is what drew me to A Land for All – a framework created by Palestinians & Israelis – based on principles of shared interests, lived experience & context: www.alandforall.org/english/?d=l...
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The ancient Christians predicted social media.
February 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The ancient Christians predicted social media.
This morning: hearing Japanese learners discuss how Manila and Bangkok’s traffic issues affect their tourism. Hehe.
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This morning: hearing Japanese learners discuss how Manila and Bangkok’s traffic issues affect their tourism. Hehe.
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This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Depr.management
February 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
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"As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together the words 'the intolerant left' and occasionally criticize Trump, you have a home here on our opinion pages. Because this is what conservatism is now, and we have to respect that. "
In Order to Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We Are Hiring More Dipshits
Here at the New York Times, we believe that all sides of the story should be tolerated and explored, from white supremacists being actually kinda c...
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together the words 'the intolerant left' and occasionally criticize Trump, you have a home here on our opinion pages. Because this is what conservatism is now, and we have to respect that. "
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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I’ve seen a lot of live TTRPG shows. It’s a peculiar kind of form, especially blockbuster ones that lean heavily into callbacks.
I’m *exceptionally* biased, but I believe this was the best live show I’ve yet seen, somehow both maximalist & minimal, & full of joy that felt audience-aware but human.
I’m *exceptionally* biased, but I believe this was the best live show I’ve yet seen, somehow both maximalist & minimal, & full of joy that felt audience-aware but human.
You can tag me, but I won’t be answering for a while… been a wild week y’all.
January 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’ve seen a lot of live TTRPG shows. It’s a peculiar kind of form, especially blockbuster ones that lean heavily into callbacks.
I’m *exceptionally* biased, but I believe this was the best live show I’ve yet seen, somehow both maximalist & minimal, & full of joy that felt audience-aware but human.
I’m *exceptionally* biased, but I believe this was the best live show I’ve yet seen, somehow both maximalist & minimal, & full of joy that felt audience-aware but human.
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A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Warning—you might have a physical reaction to this recording. The harmonies take me from goosebumps to gasping. Vienna Teng's 2013 "The Hymn of Acxiom" is about your life being tracked as data then remade by companies. (I'll link to the lyrics below.) See you around.
Vienna Teng - The Hymn Of Acxiom
YouTube video by Nadezhda Balakireva
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January 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Warning—you might have a physical reaction to this recording. The harmonies take me from goosebumps to gasping. Vienna Teng's 2013 "The Hymn of Acxiom" is about your life being tracked as data then remade by companies. (I'll link to the lyrics below.) See you around.
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Just reminding myself of something for future reference. Don’t mind me. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17p...
January 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just reminding myself of something for future reference. Don’t mind me. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17p...
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Celebrating the Life & Thought of John Cobb
Homebrewed Christianity · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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There’s quite a crew of faithful Episcopalians on here from all over the Episcopal Church - if you’re trying to find someplace to try it out this Sunday, feel free to reply here with your city or town and we’ll see if people know specific parishes in your area they can recommend! (Feel free to RT) ⚓️
January 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s quite a crew of faithful Episcopalians on here from all over the Episcopal Church - if you’re trying to find someplace to try it out this Sunday, feel free to reply here with your city or town and we’ll see if people know specific parishes in your area they can recommend! (Feel free to RT) ⚓️
Listening to a conversation between Philip Clayton and @trippfuller.bsky.social on the recently departed John Cobb and this is probably the most compelling listen I’ve had this week on a commute.
January 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Listening to a conversation between Philip Clayton and @trippfuller.bsky.social on the recently departed John Cobb and this is probably the most compelling listen I’ve had this week on a commute.
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I had to explain Zeno's paradox and play "livin' on a prayer" to my kids for them to understand this joke.
Worth it.
Worth it.
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Zeno’s Karaoke
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Zeno’s Karaoke
January 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I had to explain Zeno's paradox and play "livin' on a prayer" to my kids for them to understand this joke.
Worth it.
Worth it.
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Hello! I need a job badly! I am a longtime game writer and narrative designer. I wrote the mobile smash hit Lily’s Garden, board/card games, casual mobile, PC/console sims…I’m a character- and dialogue-focused writer who loves jokes and feelings. If you have a remote opportunity please get in touch
Stella Sacco - Saber Interactive | LinkedIn
Veteran in narrative, content, and creative direction for hit games like Lily’s Garden… · Experience: Saber Interactive · Education: Sage College · Location: New York · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. V...
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January 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hello! I need a job badly! I am a longtime game writer and narrative designer. I wrote the mobile smash hit Lily’s Garden, board/card games, casual mobile, PC/console sims…I’m a character- and dialogue-focused writer who loves jokes and feelings. If you have a remote opportunity please get in touch
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have you ever noticed that people are v reluctant to admit that they were being unreasonable after something triggers their defenses and they reflexively create a story about it. you can see this kind of thing happening online if you look very carefully
January 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
have you ever noticed that people are v reluctant to admit that they were being unreasonable after something triggers their defenses and they reflexively create a story about it. you can see this kind of thing happening online if you look very carefully
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my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History
This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.
www.teenvogue.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
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“Why haven’t Black people ever built a prosperous town or their own?!”
We did…several times. They just killed us, looted our homes and burned it down. Tulsa is likely the most well known of these incidents but there are many more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We did…several times. They just killed us, looted our homes and burned it down. Tulsa is likely the most well known of these incidents but there are many more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review
DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Why haven’t Black people ever built a prosperous town or their own?!”
We did…several times. They just killed us, looted our homes and burned it down. Tulsa is likely the most well known of these incidents but there are many more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We did…several times. They just killed us, looted our homes and burned it down. Tulsa is likely the most well known of these incidents but there are many more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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i have seen the theory that Trump is so obsessed with Greenland because he doesn't understand the Mercator projection and i cannot stop laughing. one hundred percent that's what's going on
January 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
i have seen the theory that Trump is so obsessed with Greenland because he doesn't understand the Mercator projection and i cannot stop laughing. one hundred percent that's what's going on
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A few facts and thoughts on fact-checking 🧵
• Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse.
• Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]
• Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse.
• Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A few facts and thoughts on fact-checking 🧵
• Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse.
• Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]
• Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse.
• Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]
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If you live in LA make sure your devices are charged and do whatever else you need to do to be prepared in an emergency. The power is starting to go on and off.
January 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you live in LA make sure your devices are charged and do whatever else you need to do to be prepared in an emergency. The power is starting to go on and off.