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Darklene McBoo!

@darlenemcleod.bsky.social

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uOttawa PhD student specializing in ritual studies; researching ritual in Christo-fascism in Canada and abroad; if I pin you, it's probably research; granola aficionado; bike commuter; 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally; probably posting with a dog in my lap 🇨🇦

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · Nov 6

"And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’" - Luke 4:6-7

And a majority of America bent the knee to the devil.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

Delayed thing about this: The pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls is from the PC(USA), the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S.

You know who else used to be a member of that tradition?

Donald Trump.

But in 2020, he stopped IDing that way, saying he's now non-denominational.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 10h

The "don't call us Nazis" crowd sure has a lot of swastikas

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 9h

I definitely think the years and life experience are a huge advantage; the teen drama (and melodrama) are certainly not helpful. But it's no longer *my own* drama/melodrama, so I have that going for me.

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 10h

This thread might not go where you think it will. And it's delightful.

RevDaniel 🇨🇦 @revdaniel.bsky.social · 16h

Out walking Chester and a group of school children - obviously a PE class -all ran by us.

One girl was half walking - half running behind everyone, clearly struggling.

Another girl looked back, saw them and slowed down, then walked alongside the slower child, saying “Let’s walk together”.
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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 10h

To find the assumed age of a white Republican you have to divide the cardiovascular age by the number of presidential elections they’ve voted in

MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 11h

Here are the grown “kids”. That one guy looks late 40’s. These are the Hitler lovers.

Vermont state senator Sam Douglass. Bland white guy with glasses and beard. Brown hair.

Man in poorly fitting dark suit with glasses and dark hair. Yes he’s white. William Hendrix who is the communications assistant to vile Kris Kobach, Kansas AG.

Bobby Walker, dark hair and dressed exactly like trump. Not a kid at all. He’s vice chair of New York State young republicans. I guess young means under 50.

Peter Giunta looks like he’s in his 40’s. I don’t know his age. Also dressed like trump in an ill-fitting suit. He has one of the worst combovers I’ve ever seen. Beard and mustache. He’s the chair of the NY state young republicans. He looks like the type of guy that looks through your windows at night.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 11h

not to repeat the obvious but: if they are doing this to one of the most famous Western activists alive, imagine what they are doing to the people whose names we will never know

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 11h

Greta is an immensely impressive human being and despite her well-intentioned downplaying of her experience what she endured was torture. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Frank Domenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social · 10h

Why are so many criminal cases in Ontario being dropped and why did this spike start under Doug Ford? #ontario #onpoli #dougford #canada #frankdomenic🍁

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 11h

Look at this good news!

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 15h

At a raid on the drop-off line at a local elementary school, hundreds of parents had ICE surrounded within three minutes. ICE gave up and fled.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 11h

So has the Charlie Kirk Show now become state-run media?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 11h

He's just the worst. Such an embarrassing, bellicose fool of a man. Lord, but he is humiliating.

Premier Ford says he told Home Depot shoplifter, 'I'm going to kick your ass' | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he threatened to beat up a Home Depot shoplifter over the summer.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 13h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 12h

men love to tell women why their ideas won't work

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

First they came for the woodwind section, and I said nothing ...

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 16h

In #Switzerland, fine for a speeding driver is based (1) on how far over the limit the driver is going
(2) on how much the driver earns.

One man caught driving his Ferrari at 137 km/h the in an 80 km/h zone in a village near St. Gallen was fined 300,000 Swiss Francs (today, $375,000 US).

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

By now, foreign governments must have put their least effective and competent spies on the job of spying on us. It's just too easy.

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 1d

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 15h

Any time I mention that I (a white Christian woman) homeschooled for several years I immediately add "but not for crazy reasons." I had to curate who I associated with very carefully, though. And now that TPUSA has free 'homeschooling resources' it's going to get even worse among white women.

Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 15h

It's my next project, honestly.

Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 15h

My working theory is that the Christian Nationalist pipeline and the science-sceptic women pipeline have the same entry point: feelings of vulnerability and isolation. Not an excuse, absolves absolutely nothing, but understanding the cause is the first step to combatting the problem.

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 16h

Oh yeah. That girl with the glitter was terrifying. You know how hard it is to get rid of glitter?!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 1d

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 16h

When social media was still new and less reliant on algorithms to source feeds, this was happening. Social media's current functionality is exacerbating the issue multifold, exposing people—and particularly women—to increasingly extreme worldviews.

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Darklene McBoo! @darlenemcleod.bsky.social · 16h

I'll even go a step farther that this isn't a purely algorithmic issue. The intersection of parenting/motherhood Internet communities, institutional skepticism, and right-wing apologism is real, though I haven't yet done the work to tease it apart. I've seen it and brushed elbows with it.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17h

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17h

🤭 Oh my 😶‍🌫️ #Canada #USA

London, Ont., teens hope to 'make board games great again,' creating one in face of Trump's 51st-state threats
#AmericanDictator game draws inspiration from Trump's 2nd term as U.S. president

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American Dictator is a new board game by a group of Ontario teens aiming to shed light on Trump threats | CBC News

A group of London, Ont., teens have created a board game called American Dictator, which pokes fun at U.S. President Donald Trump's activities since he began his second term in office. They hope other...

www.cbc.ca

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17h

Sure a car can do this, but the goal of good urban design is to give people the freedom to choose a better tool for the trip.

That's not always a huge cargo bike, it can be walking, a simple bike with panniers, or even public transit. In the end, each choice helps evaporate car traffic in cities.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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