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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 23h

Photos showed seemingly overweight members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — despite Hegseth’s longstanding campaign against ‘fat troops’

#fatshamingfascism

Hegseth sends home overweight National Guard troops after viral photo

Photos showed seemingly overweight members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — despite Hegseth’s longstanding campaign against ‘...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 1d

For centuries, Rome’s most powerful leaders turned to forbidden prophecies locked away in sacred books that could never be read by ordinary citizens. These mysterious texts - the Sibylline Books - allegedly contained divine wisdom delivered by ancient prophetesses driven mad by their visions.

The Soothsayer, the Sibylline Books and the Last King of Rome

For centuries, Rome's most powerful leaders turned to forbidden prophecies locked away in sacred books that could never be read by ordinary citizens. These mysterious texts—the Sibylline Books—alleged...

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 1d

Some Crowley Sources

Every beast has an origin story!

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 1d

Arabic Folklore’s Most Terrifying Creature: The Ghoul

YouTube video by Let's Talk Religion

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 2d

"We are a society of altruists, governed by psychopaths."

George Monbiot

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 3d

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 4d

In lieu of which they permanently mistake it for dominance and agency, regardless the fact that these are merely aspects of subjugation (whether “voluntary” or enforced) to the all-prevailing status quo of, ha!, powerlessness…

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 4d

Heh

Wine for Holy Mass in Kenya Required to Bear Catholic Bishops’ “coat of arms,”

Wine for Holy Mass in Kenya must henceforth bear the “coat of arms” of the country’s Local Ordinaries, the Chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has d...

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 4d

Tantra Rediscovered: An Emic View of Its History and Practice

Tantra has received increasing interest among scholars and the public in recent years, but is there a possibility that Tantra is much older than we previously thought?

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Compliment of the day

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 6d

Fascism and its corporate enablers: let’s all take note!

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 6d

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 7d

Wouldn’t violate the law if he chose to die before…

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8d

The Trump administration plans to mint a $1 coin featuring Trump’s image, yet another illegal move. This violates the 1866 law, which states that only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency.

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Ralph @ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social · 7d

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