Testudo Aubrei
@ritterteufeltod.bsky.social
Queer Episcopalian thirty something. History, theology, trees, heavy metal.
Soc-Dem Left-Lib I guess, with a soft spot for anarchist thought
Soc-Dem Left-Lib I guess, with a soft spot for anarchist thought
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Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Was expecting WAKE UP DEAD MAN to be a fun @rianjohnson.bsky.social mystery flick and it absolutely was but was NOT expecting it to be one of the best movies about the Church that I have ever seen?!
I feel like I knew all those characters. And a sacramental formula brought me tears?!
Was expecting WAKE UP DEAD MAN to be a fun @rianjohnson.bsky.social mystery flick and it absolutely was but was NOT expecting it to be one of the best movies about the Church that I have ever seen?!
I feel like I knew all those characters. And a sacramental formula brought me tears?!
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Was expecting WAKE UP DEAD MAN to be a fun @rianjohnson.bsky.social mystery flick and it absolutely was but was NOT expecting it to be one of the best movies about the Church that I have ever seen?!
I feel like I knew all those characters. And a sacramental formula brought me tears?!
Was expecting WAKE UP DEAD MAN to be a fun @rianjohnson.bsky.social mystery flick and it absolutely was but was NOT expecting it to be one of the best movies about the Church that I have ever seen?!
I feel like I knew all those characters. And a sacramental formula brought me tears?!
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Did a tent company write this?
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Did a tent company write this?
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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went to college and they tried to “cancel” me because I “can’t read”
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
went to college and they tried to “cancel” me because I “can’t read”
I mean it has to be some golden age stalwart right?
Jimmy Stewart would be solid. So would Bogart. Katherine Hepburn. Or for foreign films Toshiro Mifume. For modern stars maybe Denzel?
Jimmy Stewart would be solid. So would Bogart. Katherine Hepburn. Or for foreign films Toshiro Mifume. For modern stars maybe Denzel?
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I mean it has to be some golden age stalwart right?
Jimmy Stewart would be solid. So would Bogart. Katherine Hepburn. Or for foreign films Toshiro Mifume. For modern stars maybe Denzel?
Jimmy Stewart would be solid. So would Bogart. Katherine Hepburn. Or for foreign films Toshiro Mifume. For modern stars maybe Denzel?
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"The median voter is a bastard, and we need a vanguard party of the decent" is pretty much my stance.
February 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"The median voter is a bastard, and we need a vanguard party of the decent" is pretty much my stance.
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Unscientific vibe shift prediction: wouldn't be surprised if you saw a shift among liberal artists who take politics more seriously/are very tapped into the zeitgeist from "you can't trust THE MAN, who has AN AGENDA" to "you can't trust selfish people who won't cooperate when it's needed"
February 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Unscientific vibe shift prediction: wouldn't be surprised if you saw a shift among liberal artists who take politics more seriously/are very tapped into the zeitgeist from "you can't trust THE MAN, who has AN AGENDA" to "you can't trust selfish people who won't cooperate when it's needed"
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I think the reason that ‘civic duty socialism’, or ‘socialism with small c conservative characteristics’ is having a moment in left of center circles is that the long hangover of the 60s, where the assumption was that the median citizen would be a square too trusting, too patriotic, is finally over.
February 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I think the reason that ‘civic duty socialism’, or ‘socialism with small c conservative characteristics’ is having a moment in left of center circles is that the long hangover of the 60s, where the assumption was that the median citizen would be a square too trusting, too patriotic, is finally over.
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Christian: "Nothing But a Child", Steve Earle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icco...
Secular: "Christmas in Washington", Steve Earle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jk4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icco...
Secular: "Christmas in Washington", Steve Earle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jk4...
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Christian: "Nothing But a Child", Steve Earle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icco...
Secular: "Christmas in Washington", Steve Earle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jk4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icco...
Secular: "Christmas in Washington", Steve Earle.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jk4...
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Thats the thing people have forgotten, in the military, the judicial system, the media, etc.
Its that the law is first and foremost interpreted by we the people. Judges are not there to interpret the law, but to decide on edge cases what the law means.
Its that the law is first and foremost interpreted by we the people. Judges are not there to interpret the law, but to decide on edge cases what the law means.
anyways read theory. american soldiers do not swear loyalty to the commander-in-chief. they swear loyalty to the constitution. the difference matters--not in sunny skies and good weather, but on bad days, when you are pressed to the breaking point--that is precisely when it matters most.
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thats the thing people have forgotten, in the military, the judicial system, the media, etc.
Its that the law is first and foremost interpreted by we the people. Judges are not there to interpret the law, but to decide on edge cases what the law means.
Its that the law is first and foremost interpreted by we the people. Judges are not there to interpret the law, but to decide on edge cases what the law means.
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unbelievable. the canonical example of an illegal order in the Law of War Manual is "an order to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
unbelievable. the canonical example of an illegal order in the Law of War Manual is "an order to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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He’ll try to march on Rome and get beaten up and robbed by a roving band of underemployed priest-bandits before succumbing to the plague
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
He’ll try to march on Rome and get beaten up and robbed by a roving band of underemployed priest-bandits before succumbing to the plague
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The main thing that's annoying and offensive about this is it's usually not framed as simply a factual observation about all the obvious hurdles, as if anybody needs reminding. It's how it's said in a mood of cynical, condescending hostility to even advocating for accountability. Ditto impeachment.
While this usually isn't the intent, "no one will ever be held accountable for this" doomerism is an excuse not to try.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
There'll be at least some accountability if enough Americans work for it. And this time really is different. Doesn't guarantee the aftermath will be, but it increases the chances.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The main thing that's annoying and offensive about this is it's usually not framed as simply a factual observation about all the obvious hurdles, as if anybody needs reminding. It's how it's said in a mood of cynical, condescending hostility to even advocating for accountability. Ditto impeachment.
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"Republicans won't vote for it." "But the Supreme Court..." etc. etc.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Republicans won't vote for it." "But the Supreme Court..." etc. etc.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
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"We get to invade you and you're being hateful if you get mad"
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"We get to invade you and you're being hateful if you get mad"
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My wife just said Johnny Depp dresses like a coat rack in the back of a local theater that's doing productions of Seven Brides and Pirates of Penzance simultaneously
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My wife just said Johnny Depp dresses like a coat rack in the back of a local theater that's doing productions of Seven Brides and Pirates of Penzance simultaneously
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This is not an academic paper. She doesn't even cite her fucking Bible sources. Never mind that her reading of the biblical sources is entirely off -- that's another fisking for another day -- she does not say, "From an evangelical Christian pov, this approach does not hold. +
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is not an academic paper. She doesn't even cite her fucking Bible sources. Never mind that her reading of the biblical sources is entirely off -- that's another fisking for another day -- she does not say, "From an evangelical Christian pov, this approach does not hold. +
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Far from the first person to make this observation, but they really need to be selling merch 🏳️⚧️
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Far from the first person to make this observation, but they really need to be selling merch 🏳️⚧️
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When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
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Lincoln’s original proclamation of Thanksgiving Day from 1863 doesn’t really go into colonist-native relations, but it does recommend “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” www.battlefields.org/learn/primar...
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Lincoln’s original proclamation of Thanksgiving Day from 1863 doesn’t really go into colonist-native relations, but it does recommend “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” www.battlefields.org/learn/primar...
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damn this fascist ideology to hell, and damn the blasphemous theologies that support it
The White Christian Supremacism of this administration is so extreme that it seems like it’s got to resolve with either a massive rejection of such illiberalism, or a violent, authoritarian imposition of it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
damn this fascist ideology to hell, and damn the blasphemous theologies that support it
I remember the Berlin Wall falling but I actually kind of followed desert storm as well as I could (not well, I was 5).
1. What was the first major news story you remember as a child?
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I remember the Berlin Wall falling but I actually kind of followed desert storm as well as I could (not well, I was 5).
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This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.