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David Christianson

@dpchristianson.bsky.social

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Blended and Online Learning History and Theology hobbyist Christian, but not the mean kind ⚓ Inquirer He/Him My best skeets feature my Frenchie-Pugs (#frugs) Loving your neighbor is resistance to tyranny

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · Jul 22

Everything is awful,
but Violet would like you to get the ball,
and that kind of makes it better.

Violet, a brindle colored Frenchie-Pug, looks just past the camera with clear brown eyes, teeth from her underbite just showing, while holding a purple ball with a frayed end that she would like me to try and get.

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the best one-liner in movie history?

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 4d

The first fact made me laugh so life my dogs came to see what was happening 🤣

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Jesse Zaneveld @jessezaneveld.bsky.social · 5d

Feels like an easy one "Quick question: if a drug was $100, what will it cost after the 650% discount?"

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 5d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 5d

Unsolicited stick pic

A happy bulldog prances toward the camera holding a large stick

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment.

Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.

He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 8d

I’m not sure if FB reels will work here, but here is a former Faux News reporter “congratulating” them on 29 years of fear mongering.

www.facebook.com/share/v/1BGP...

Redirecting...

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 9d

I am reading Corrie ten Boom's "The Hiding Place" for the first time. I wish it was not so relevant, but I take heart from the tale that the resistance of ordinary people matters. The love and faith of ordinary people matters. Loving our neighbors is resistance to tyranny. ⚓

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 9d

Fun! I got to guest lead a Sunday school class that is exploring, different denominations and world religions, and I got to lead a discussion on my former denomination, Church of Christ. There was a “fun” sermon on Habakkuk, a pet blessing, and lots of song and prayer about peacemaking

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 10d

We have established this fact. What are we going to DO about it?

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 11d

a little girl is sitting at a table and asking why not both ?

Alt: a little girl is sitting at a table and asking why not both ?

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 15d

First Concert: Ted Nugent 1994 (embarrassed to admit this I was young don’t hate me)
Best Concert: Billy Joel and Sting, 2024
Last Concert: Billy Joel and Sting, 2024

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 15d

What was your:
First Concert:
Best Concert:
Last Concert:

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 16d

"If there is something useful that has come of the Trump era, and there’s not much, it is that it has offered a diagnostic CT scan of much of American Christianity."

Mike @mike-teevee-1971.bsky.social · 16d

“Donald Trump, following Erika Kirk, said “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie,” Trump said. “I hate my opponents. And I don’t want the best for them.” He added, “I’m sorry, Erika.” The audience began to laugh and to cheer”
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Fully MAGA-fied Christianity

Politics, especially culture-war politics, now provides many fundamentalists and evangelicals with a sense of community and a common enemy.

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 16d

But it is also the abbreviation for Adobe illustrator which makes it even more confusing lol

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 16d

We really need a sans serif font that adds the crosses on the top and bottom of the capital i. It would help clear up so much.

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 16d

Violet the Frug wears a purple collar and plays with a purple toy

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 16d

I think that counts as vegan, so it’s healthy!

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 17d

We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 20d

It is excellent writing.

If you have kids, make sure they are not around for the first 2 episodes. Well, almost all the episodes.

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 20d

This is excellent! Thank you for sharing it for others to use, @jessicacalarco.com!

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20d

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 21d

Saying “that’s AI” instead of “that’s bullshit” is an excellent idea!

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 21d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 22d

Did the rapture predictor indicate what time, and in what time zone, the rapture would take place today? Or did it already happen? I've been in my office all day so I only know about the people who keep emailing me.

a woman wearing headphones stands in front of a microphone with the words did it happen below her

Alt: a woman wearing headphones stands in front of a microphone with the words did it happen

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David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 22d

Wonderful!

David Christianson @dpchristianson.bsky.social · 23d

I just sent this to a student and thought it was worth sharing here, too.

Try not to treat your slides as a document. They are a visual support for your spoken words.