Ivan Plis
@ivanplis.bsky.social
Not into “fun facts.” Human editor and church guy in DC. Pronounce me: https://ipa-reader.com/?text=i%CB%88v%C9%91%CB%90n%20pl%C9%AAs
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· Mar 14
I just gave ivanplis.com some much-needed spring cleaning — after all, the @acesediting.bsky.social conference is coming! Take a look:
This is because English capitalism is a whole different bundle of heresies and demon-conjurings (McCarraher, 2019)
my favorite part of the "the protestant reformation caused a work ethic that caused the industrial revolution and capitalism" theory is that england, the birthplace of capitalism, was not part of the protestant reformation and banned all properly protestant sects
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is because English capitalism is a whole different bundle of heresies and demon-conjurings (McCarraher, 2019)
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
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MUPPET MOLIERE
The Jim Henson Company's 70th Anniversary Auction is today. If I had the funds, I would love to expand @ransomcenter.bsky.social's collection of author busts by purchasing these props from The Muppet Christmas Carol.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
MUPPET MOLIERE
I appreciate that podcasters need to earn money, but it’s undignified to hear posh old @willdalrymple.bsky.social on Empire singing the praises of business-to-business CRM software or whatever. He should not know what that is! Leave him alone!! The nice lady can handle the late capitalism
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I appreciate that podcasters need to earn money, but it’s undignified to hear posh old @willdalrymple.bsky.social on Empire singing the praises of business-to-business CRM software or whatever. He should not know what that is! Leave him alone!! The nice lady can handle the late capitalism
this skeet has never seen the inside of the homes of my relatives in Russia
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
this skeet has never seen the inside of the homes of my relatives in Russia
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A fiery excerpt from St. Basil the Great's homily on today's Gospel reading, Luke 16:12-21 (the rich man who tears down his barns so as to build new ones):
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A fiery excerpt from St. Basil the Great's homily on today's Gospel reading, Luke 16:12-21 (the rich man who tears down his barns so as to build new ones):
As I always like to say, Protestants reinvented the Qur’an from first principles
when people analyze scripture, they assume every sentence is endowed with deep significance not just in terms of the story being told but about the universe and morality, these revelations are inherently true and cannot be questioned because they come from God himself
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
As I always like to say, Protestants reinvented the Qur’an from first principles
Is the only truly inclusive winter holiday… Soviet New Year??
Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Is the only truly inclusive winter holiday… Soviet New Year??
They got rid of USAID so I’m unemployed now.
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They got rid of USAID so I’m unemployed now.
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The rather baffling entry for “X” in The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800). See the other 25 letters here: http://buff.ly/1QGXAjR
And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for
And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The rather baffling entry for “X” in The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800). See the other 25 letters here: http://buff.ly/1QGXAjR
And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for
And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for
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Also certain classes of people could self-select into professions that were compatible with florid unmanaged ADHD, in jobs that essentially don't exist anymore.
I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Also certain classes of people could self-select into professions that were compatible with florid unmanaged ADHD, in jobs that essentially don't exist anymore.
Great news from Telos (the nice Orthodox initiative for invigorating parish life for all ages, why, what did you think I was talking about) mailchi.mp/crossroadins...
CrossRoad Welcomes 21 New Telos Project Parishes!
mailchi.mp
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Great news from Telos (the nice Orthodox initiative for invigorating parish life for all ages, why, what did you think I was talking about) mailchi.mp/crossroadins...
🎵para bailar Labubu🪘
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🎵para bailar Labubu🪘
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What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)
Okay who told @ruthgraham.bsky.social the Orthodox lightbulb joke.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Okay who told @ruthgraham.bsky.social the Orthodox lightbulb joke.
Referring to transferring baby custody during contact naps as “the Temple of Doom” (I know it’s from Raiders, but the term fits)
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Referring to transferring baby custody during contact naps as “the Temple of Doom” (I know it’s from Raiders, but the term fits)
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your whales must be seen before they can be killed
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
your whales must be seen before they can be killed
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sorry it just occurred to me that this is functionally equivalent of a car-free city dweller complaining that it takes far too long by bus to get to suburban shopping or cultural destinations, which is a 100% legit complaint that would be laughed out of any op-ed page in the country
One thing that’s so frustrating living in a city center is the pervasive belief among suburbanites that your neighborhood is nothing more than a consumer experience for them and that the city should bend over backwards to ensure they can speed as fast as possible on their way to buy treats in it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
sorry it just occurred to me that this is functionally equivalent of a car-free city dweller complaining that it takes far too long by bus to get to suburban shopping or cultural destinations, which is a 100% legit complaint that would be laughed out of any op-ed page in the country
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Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
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Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
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Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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there’s a verse near the very end of the Bible that says anyone who adds new words to it will have an equal amount of torments added to their time in hell.
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
there’s a verse near the very end of the Bible that says anyone who adds new words to it will have an equal amount of torments added to their time in hell.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Excellent news
Rus Uz, Russian and Uzbek Authentic Cuisine, coming to the La Perla space!! - That was fast: www.popville.com/2025/11/rus-...
Rus Uz, Russian and Uzbek Authentic Cuisine, coming to the La Perla space!! - PoPville
Thanks to all who messaged us about Rus Uz after our post about La Perla closing. Rus Uz's website says: "Rus Uz an inspired blend of Russian and Uzbek cuisine. We have two locations in the Washington...
www.popville.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Excellent news