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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

the good news for donald trump is that he could sincerely repent of his sins and he would be welcomed into the arms of a loving god. the bad news for donald trump is that he's donald trump.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 8h

I'm forming a new heresy: universalism with one exception.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 9h

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 4h

There is someone that can save the soul of Donald Trump. It’s not Donald Trump.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 4h

Really obvious that one of the “preachers” surrounding him has spent a lot of time just telling him how great heaven is as a way of attempting to get him to convert. Predictable results (completely bastardized cultural “Christian” word vomit).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks! Yeah I am not ND but my husband is (which helps!) — I am just very attuned to the fact that neurotypical parents’ experiences are sometimes unhelpful or worse if not balanced by ND perspectives.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 11h

This is like if you did not have to go into an actual grocery store for a rotisserie chicken and if they were always amazing.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 11h

The little Parisian roasted chicken storefront, as a phenomenon, would be an incredible addition to any city dense enough to support it. This tiny kiosk specializes in selling you a piping hot, perfectly roasted spatchcocked whole chicken for you to take home for your dinner????

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 11h

anyways if any of yous have good suggestions for books about parenting a very adhd child, I would love them (bonus points if you are adhd/neurodivergent yourself). It’s gotten much more pronounced since the move, and she’s older so a lot of our earlier methods are ceasing to work.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 11h

yes she did spend 20 mins repeating the title of a book she found funny while unable to process anything else said to her

But also she was deep in thought in the Napoleon III apartments and then said “Some bad guys win what they want to do, like Eric Adams got to be mayor. But we still fight back.”

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 11h

It’s always fun hanging out with parents of kids who do not have ADHD because they look at my five year old and ask “how long does she keep this going?”

Meanwhile I’m busy trying to trick her into answering a question instead of barking like a dog

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 1d

What is described here is the destruction of the US’s capacity to combat emerging diseases abroad before they reach our shores, to respond to epidemics here, and to ID bioterrorism.

Congressional Republicans are content to think that nobody will blame them if catastrophe strikes. Disgusting.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 1d

I love this because it recognizes that trans people’s organizing & struggle is a story with relevance for all people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 1d

The MMWR allowed public health workers in New York to start piecing things together — the beginnings of recognizing a major epidemic (and then a pandemic). It is unspeakably important.

Of course this administration is at war with the notion that there is a public, or a society.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 1d

With news that they are trying to fire the staff of the MMWR, I thought I would note that AIDS first came to the attention of public health workers broadly from an MMWR report describing an unusual cluster of pneumonia in gay men in San Francisco.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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hyperplanes.bsky.social @hyperplanes.bsky.social · 2d

yes, the billionaire conspiracy continues to be the most underrated part of all this. Trump does not win, and certainly does not get away with all this, without the sudden turn in all the formerly liberal/moderate/apolitical billionaires buying up the media, buying votes, going all-in for trump

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 2d

Somewhere between Brooklyn and Berlin.

(Berlin’s bike lane structure is extremely logical and, while it occasionally involves going from grade-separated sidewalk lanes to street lanes, it’s very clearly signed.)

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 2d

Spent all day ebiking around Paris. I understand the scale of the transition here, it is generally pleasant to bike, but also much of the system is illogical — feels like an “awkward teenager.” Unclear lane changes and diversions, many common routes switching from one way to bidirectional & back…

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 3d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 4d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

religionnews.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 3d

Just started getting our child allowance from the German government, which is substantially more generous than the US child tax credit (and with monthly disbursement, and up front rather than a tax credit)… despite the lower cost of living and lower salaries here.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 4d

When Russell Moore is right, he’s right: on seriousness and gravity. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/hegs...

The Loss of One Forgotten Virtue Could Destroy the Country - Christianity Today

We’ve all become numb to this unserious, trivializing age.

www.christianitytoday.com

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 4d

it is very minor in the grand scheme of things but the 2024 election result also really amplified the menace beneath eric adams's hilarity. much harder to laugh at the guy now.

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