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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself

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Like if Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer were your camp counselor. he/it. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✝️🕉️ 🔥 Coal of Fire 🔥 comes out 11/1 from Past-Itch Press: lulu.com/spotlight/pastitch

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 24d

Some ~personal news:~

My first chapbook with Pastitch Press is coming in November! “Coal of Fire” includes translations from the Hebrew Bible, as well as poems and two essays exploring translation, identity, and the sacred.

I’m so excited and proud of this little book.

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4h

This is a good thread.

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 4h

people of all different capacities want to join a movement against a violent, extremist state force. how to figure out what is effective, regardless of your capacity, is to measure how much effort it takes from you and how much effort it takes from your opposition.

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matt prindle @griefbison.bsky.social · 4h

Yard skeletons are not yet gigantic enough. We must strive on.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 4h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4h

I’m like…have you SEEN the disenchanted world. Why would you want that. Why

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4h

Sorry, I’m still inpatient and feeling just a tad bitter about the arc of the last fifteen years

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4h

this is what you get when you train someone as a bible scholar and priest and then throw them away. Literally what the fuck do I care

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4h

This is not a dig, by the way! (A dig would be noting how infrequently the biblical scholarship bearing this title demonstrates either historiographic or critical acumen)

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 4h

clownery/absurdity in the face of extremism and violence function to take the wind out of the sails of whatever volatile opposition is being stood up against.

that tactic, though, only works if there’s a direct confrontation.

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely fucking nothing is nothing more mythologizing than the “historical critical method of biblical studies”

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 13h

Your reelection in my heart is a sure thing

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if all the people braying about the "war on Christianity" might raise some objections if it were a *Democratic* administration who had its armed thugs shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and waiting outside Catholic Churches to disappear parishioners?

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · Apr 8

T4t vibes tho

Steve Martin and Michael Caine as the titular characters in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so excited for you

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🏳️‍⚧️ valissa @valisdheart.bsky.social · 8d

i have my book with @josie.zone about philip k dick and a brand new book with two horror stories by @merrittk.com and @shaydh.bsky.social out now!! and more on the way…!!

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Past-Itch Publishing Presents... For the first time in print, these two tales in one volume, written by merritt k and drawn by shaydh , explore horror in personal, intimate terms. The War Follows...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4d

Your brand is strong

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4d

They’re basically dogs

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4d

I’m grateful for you guys.

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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.bsky.social · 4d

The most relatable content to ever relate.

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4d

Marking World Mental Health Day in the usual way (breakdown) 🫠

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4d

Marking World Mental Health Day in the usual way (breakdown) 🫠

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 4d

FYI this is entirely correct

Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · May 28

Pet Rats vs Pet Mice

A dumbo rat with big sad eyes, captioned, "RATS." Text: Dude, if I don't see my bros in like 2 hours I'm gonna be cowabummed out...

An illustration of a fancy mouse with white patches, captioned "MICE." Text: If I see another man in my house I will slit him open from mouth to anus and wear him like a jacket.

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Bridget 🧟‍♀️ Oooo Brains @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 4d

im addicted to this catholicism game. ive acquired a bunch of loot (medals and icons are my favorite, but low-level bosses mostly just drop prayer cards) & the levels are pretty repetitive, but at least there’s wine.

some people arent into the new leo dlc but theyve been unhappy for like 10 years.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 4d

if they admit to the fact that there is a fascist takeover of the united states government taking place right now, somebody might expect them to do something about it

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burnunit @burnunit.mom · 4d

top 3 customer service reps when you tell them you want to use a different name from the deadname:
1. trans women who are in the same position
2. Gay cis ladies with trans partners
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3. cis people who apologize that their system won’t let them add a preferred name but have a trans nephew

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