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Tristan Cooper @tristanacooper.bsky.social · 1h

Reading Tom Bombadil lore and analysis: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me reading the actual chapters with Tom Bombadil singing endlessly: Well this fucking sucks. What the dol merry dol ring a dong dillo

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · Dec 18

This will be celebrated by some because of Olasky's antagonism to Trump. But as a homeschool alum, I remember how Olasky and World justified George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq (www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/o....

A screenshot of an announcement from Christianity Today that says, "Marvin Olasky Joins Christianity Today as Executive Editor of News and Global."

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · Dec 18

...and deflected blame from the Bush administration for Abu Ghraib (web.archive.org/web/20041011....

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · Dec 18

...and promoted Christian Patriarchy advocates like Doug Phillips and Kevin Swanson (homeschoolersanonymous.net/2014/06/17/c....

Christian Patriarchy Just Made WORLD Magazine $11,200 Richer

“In WORLD’s most recent print edition, their ‘2014 Books Issue,’ the magazine features two full page ads for the biggest names in Christian Patriarchy.”

homeschoolersanonymous.net

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Stephan Krosecz @stephank.bsky.social · 6h

I can't remember if I ever promoted this here, but I produced an album for the score I made for Tales Unwritten. I'm really taking it seriously and putting a LOT of thought and time into the music of the show.

Still happy with these tracks, which is a big deal for me lol

Tales Unwritten @talesunwritten.com · 6h

We clearly don't have a social media manager, because we somehow forgot to actually post that the Book 1 Album was out!

You can find it on YouTube for free and also anywhere you can buy and stream music other than Spotify, because fuck Spotify.

- Stephan

Tales Unwritten: Book 1 (Original Score) | Full Album

YouTube video by Tales Unwritten

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 4h

Ryan Waters needs to be charged with Constitutional violations. He's from McAlester. That's where our state prison is located. We need to send him home.

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students.

apnews.com

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VGArtAndTidbits @vgartandtidbits.bsky.social · 4h

McDonald's Japan has released three TV commercials for their new Street Fighter Street Burgers...

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 10h

Seems like something massive spiders that mean people harm would say

New study suggests the massive spiders are gentle giants, mean people no harm

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Worm @bagworms.bsky.social · 9h

a silly pony. I do also take pony commissions btw.

#MLPsky #MLPoc #digitalart #commissionsopen #MLP #Pony

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Patrick King @patrickkingart.com · 4h

Tis the season

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Vashti Initiative @vashticares.bsky.social · 4h

@rlstollar.bsky.social talks about his own journey healing and deconstructing from #evangelicalism.

"Therapy has helped me regain a sense of selfhood, that I belong to myself, and that I have a right to speak up when others’ actions harm me." #churchtoo

vashtiinitiative.org/2022/01/27/y...

You Are Not Your Own: And Other Lies Evangelicalism Taught Me

Creative commons courtesy of Pixabay, Patrizia08. By Ryan Stollar “You best learn to live while you’re alive.” — Cloud Cult Healing from any trauma, but especially religious traum…

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 8h

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 5h

As a Californian, I’m at a loss for words w/ how genuinely insane this is.

This seems like the dumbest plan ever to try to reduce turnout for No Kings (won’t work lol).

It’s the kind of thing a dictator pull before their own generals oust him. CA’s not going to rest until he’s removed from power

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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👻🐈‍⬛🎃Pumpkin Spice Witch's Brew 🎃🐈‍⬛👻 @redvioletpanda.bsky.social · 5h

On that note, I actually remember hearing that she wants to be in one of the new Avatar movies, which in itself is a movie series that deals with alien hybrids sort of.

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laura (comms open) @shardikart.bsky.social · 5h

the never ending hunger,unicron #transformers #maccadams

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Dec 27

ME: Hey Stephen King, what’s your book about
STEPHEN KING: There’s this extradimensional spore that takes over a small town
ME: Oh that could be interesting sure
STEPHEN KING: Humans call it Uncle Ding-Dong
ME: They…call it—
STEPHEN KING: Uncle Ding-Dong
ME: Why
STEPHEN KING: idk

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

I used to quip that my hobby was having existential crises

Jackie Schilling @jeschilling.bsky.social · 1d

This piece pretty much restated my childhood anxiety mantra nearly word for word. (Am I really saved? How do I know for sure? What if I have just been faking the whole time?)

A friend of mine once asked me what the overall “vibe” of evangelicism is, and I told her “fear and anxiety.”

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 1d

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

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Rebecca Diamond ✡️🧶🇺🇸🇨🇦 @rebeccadiamond.online · 12h

The amount of folks I see using “fake Christian” when they mean “awful person who is part of my own religion but that is too uncomfortable to acknowledge”…

And yet they just say “Jew” or “Muslim” when talking about Jewish or Muslim folks who are also awful people 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gosh why could that be?

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JP Rindfleisch IX 🌈📚| CheshirePope @jprindfleisch.bsky.social · 11h

Botanical Alchemy: What’s the worst that could happen?

Apparently sentient fungus.

Mosswood Apothecary is a cozy queer fantasy about a botanical alchemist who ventures north to research waning magic, but discovers love.

shop.jprindfleischix.com/products/mos...

#queerbook #booksky #cozyfantasy

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Julie. W 🍂 @owlyjules.bsky.social · Oct 4

Wisptober Day 4 : Horn
“Hidden amongst the tall grass, a young unicorn unsteadily rises unsteadily to their feet. Their horn is closer to that of a beetle, shaped like a crescent moon, and it is plain to see that this sweet foal might just be one of a kind...” #wisptober #unicorn

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lilmommaprods @lilmommaprods.bsky.social · 4d

I vicariously enjoy Toby's ascendancy still because every early aughts indie circle jerk participant who shit on Japanese games to some extent would fucking kill to be in this picture. Who would've thought the guy that openly loves his inspirations would be the successful one? Go fig.

Stealth40k @stealth40k.bsky.social · 4d

Masahiro Sakurai shared a photo of a Game Director dinner meeting he had for Tokyo Gameshow!

Participants:
- Hideki Kamiya
- Toby Fox
- Yoko Taro
- Jiro Ishii
- Kazutaka Kodaka
- Keiichiro Toyama

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Elakha Alliance @elakhaalliance.bsky.social · 12h

It’s Otterween! 🦦🎃 Grab our limited-edition “It’s Spooky Without Sea Otters in Oregon!” shirt - 100% of profits go to Elakha Alliance to help bring sea otters home. Available now on Bonfire (tees, hoodies, kids’ sizes).

Shop: www.bonfire.com/its-spooky-w...

#seaotters #halloween #oregon #otters

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12h

The witch knows water as spirit carrier, knows it as resonator between our bodies and enfolding otherworlds. Whether gifted as puddle in lane or hollow of felled tree, scrying mirrors are everywhere. Her fluid auguries suffer no drought. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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