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"Luxuriates in the crepuscular." Gay 🏳️‍🌈 Bitter. Anglican (TEC). PhD candidate studying Jansenism. Views are mine alone. He/him.

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · Apr 2

Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

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Herman Melville @melvillequotes.bsky.social · 1h

"Look not too long in the face of the fire, O man! Never dream with thy hand on the helm! Turn not thy back to the compass; accept the first hint of the hitching tiller; believe not the artificial fire, when its redness makes all things look ghastly."
—Moby-Dick

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 3h

Oh? Members of Congress are “growing concerned” after the US military has murdered 27 foreign civilians in international waters at the direction of the President?

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3h

This administration’s policy of serial open murders on the high seas is starting to make some members of Congress mildly uncomfortable. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

www.nbcnews.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 3h

the admin that imprisoned and tried to deport a student over a pro-Palestinian op-ed, calling it anti-semitism, calls outrage over "I love Hitler" texts by young Republicans "pearl-clutching"

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Anita Bryant Pie Day to all who celebrate

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 16h

Jesus Christ man

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Senator @corybooker.com declines to call Netanyahu a “war criminal”

(And @mizzwelch.bsky.social @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social @pumpspumpspumps.bsky.social call him out for it)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

SEN. BOOKER: “I don’t take corporate PAC money.”

@mizzwelch.bsky.social : “What about AIPAC money?🤔 — There was a photo shoot with you with Netanyahu, and I was like: what in the actual fuck? We want credible messengers.”

Full @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social ep: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc?...

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 1d

If I were a Mainer, and I'm not a Mainer, and the Senate election were today, I'd vote for Graham Platner to take on Susan Collins. Simply put, I can't think of a metric by which Janet Mills would be better against Collins, better for Maine, or better for the Democratic Party than Platner. THREAD.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 22h

A Tudor at the court of James II

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 22h

Bridget Holmes, 1686. By John Riley Holmes, d. 1691, at reputed age of 96, James II & VII's 'Necessary Woman', cleaning & preparing the bedchamber, polishing & dusting, laying fires, mopping and sweeping, & emptying chamber pots and close stool pans. (Royal Collection, HM CIII)

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 23h

Chuck Schumer should be focused on fighting Donald Trump and protecting healthcare for millions of Americans, not meddling in a Maine primary.

DC's choice has lost to Susan Collins five times in a row. We can't afford a sixth.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

I recruited Janet Mills to run for Senate because, at 72, Susan Collins is too young for the job.

by Chuck Schumer

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High-Octane Ultramontane @trueletterjc.bsky.social · 1d

Ask not for whom the Charlie Kirks

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

My experience in right-wing world is (a) this is par for the course and (b) a bad dynamic is some of them are engaging in tasteless humor but wouldn’t actually want to hurt Jews and some of them really mean it and it’s hard to tell the difference www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to steal my lunch!

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Booooo

The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Favorite and least favorite Reformation leaders

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Just discovered Cranach the Elder’s portrait of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony, and suddenly wishing I were a 16th century Lutheran

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The Amish Anglo-Catholic @amishcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Just discovered Cranach the Elder’s portrait of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony, and suddenly wishing I were a 16th century Lutheran

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Haunted Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 2d

Reading Dietrich Von Hildebrand’s memoir about his resistance to Nazism. He relates his horror at the VP of the Catholic Academic Association rejoicing that he had a polite note from the Nazi government commending a conference, because the prior government “would never have bothered to do the same”

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: On Friday, I had this eye-popping story in @zeteo.com. A private jet owned by pro-Israel billionaires with close ties to Trump flew 10 ICE detainees to a prison in Eswatini, a country to which they have no ties.

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

zeteo.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, so it’s illegal to make plans with friends now

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