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Kerry Buttram
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Transplanted Yank in the Netherlands. Anglican priest. Slow Dutch learner. Under sea level. Wobbly cyclist. Anti-fascist. Jesus loves us all, even the worst of the worst. No DMs pls.
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“…God’s love takes us on journeys we do not wish to go, makes us travel by roads we do not wish to use, so as always to take us to places we never wish to leave.”

J. Ashley Null (Performance Identity, p. 69.)
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13 November 1926 | A German Jewish girl, Suzanne Marion Rothschild, was born in Hamburg. She emigrated to Belgium.

On 4 August 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz in the first transport of Jews from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen. She did not survive.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Well said, US Catholic bishops!
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Just spitballing here, but maybe if we all took seriously the idea that character matters in a president we would all be better off.
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Faith is not the supposition that something might be true, but the assurance that Someone is there. — Met. Kallistos Ware
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m sharing this video from around 2015 from the US Embassy, The Hague youtube channel. If current attempts to erase the historic record of black American GIs in the anti-DEI climate of the Trump administration, it may not be available much longer. youtu.be/QE0QszXRg3k?...
Alabama to Margraten
YouTube video by U.S. Embassy The Hague
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November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This thread documents a perverse determination by the Trump administration attempting to erase the historical record of black G.I.’s who faithfully served in the European theater during WW2. They have no shame.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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On our YouTube page, we share videos about the history of Auschwitz, footage of commemoration events, educational materials, webinars, and podcasts.

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November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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1 November 1934 | A German Sinti girl, Mathilde Klein, was born in Niedermarsberg.

In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4792
She perished in the camp on 7 November 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So very sad. Yes, Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
There are no words for Sudan-- the "blood bath" conclusion marks the complete failure of the international community. This is a horrific situation & like so many other wars, I doubt there will be justice for these survivors & their families.
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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28 October 1938 | Dutch Jewish boy Rudi René Hond was born in Amsterdam.

In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Peace, peace; when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6.14)
This all makes sense.

I mean how could it be otherwise that Donald Trump would try to win a Nobel Peace Prize with a fake peace agreement?
Six days after Trump declared the "historic dawn of a new Middle East," the old Middle East shows itself with new strikes in Gaza. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
100% agree with this thread!
The entirety of Scripture goes out of its way to make the point that Israel came from unsettled nomads and that Christians are always resident aliens in the world; there is no group we should have more affinity with than those without citizenship in a particular polity.
October 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is unconscionable.
"A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons in countries with notorious human rights records."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy
Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.
www.motherjones.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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7 October 1916 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Sophie Slier-Roselaar, was born in Amsterdam.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today by the Amstel.
September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Some songs are more timely than others. youtu.be/x4KmbUCwkyE?...
Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man (live)
YouTube video by MikeSedated
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September 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
September 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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14 September 1906 | A Czech Jewish woman, Vilma Feiglová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive.
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Leland Sklar is an amazing person. One of the world’s finest session musicians, kind-hearted and full of amazing stories too. youtu.be/CadMopdrTs8?...
EXCLUSIVE! He's played on 2000 albums & picks 5 of his favourites!
YouTube video by VRP Rocks
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September 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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I forgot about this one 🥺

Now its time to Share/QP those #Peckers in you gallery for #WoodpeckerWednesday
Here's my set of Great Spotted Woodpeckers from my last visit to Clough Head

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #ukbirding #naturephotography #BirdLife #wildlifephotography
September 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This one spoke deeply to me today.

youtu.be/bk7l9MmaTsQ?...
R.S. Thomas reads his poem "The Bright Field."
YouTube video by Wdan Coyle
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September 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM