Sharon
@sharonk.bsky.social
political theologian at the ministry for the future
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan)
words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan)
words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
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manic pixie trad wife
I was talking to a young Orthodox woman recently and she was telling me that there is an enormous gender divide emerging in American Orthodoxy because of this. The young women just want to, you know, go to church, while the young men (mostly converts) are looking for their tradwife.
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
manic pixie trad wife
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The one good joke I saw was someone expressing their disappointment that Bannon, ad a self-professed Leninist, would hang out with an anarchist.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The one good joke I saw was someone expressing their disappointment that Bannon, ad a self-professed Leninist, would hang out with an anarchist.
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This is how Rufo positions himself to get coverage from ”respectable“ outlets and he’ll keep doing it until people stop falling for it. He, specifically, is a central component of the media apparatus he is performatively decrying.
It's wild how Chris Rufo openly talks about his own followers like they are the dumbest, most contemptible people alive. Which, fair!
But it says a lot about MAGA psychology that they don't seem to mind.
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But it says a lot about MAGA psychology that they don't seem to mind.
x.com/christopherr...
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is how Rufo positions himself to get coverage from ”respectable“ outlets and he’ll keep doing it until people stop falling for it. He, specifically, is a central component of the media apparatus he is performatively decrying.
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We have one specific woman at one of my churches (a widow, around 80) who is utterly intoxicating to this demographic, and I love it. When I go to the ladies' soup sale on Election Day, she always has a small gaggle of old dudes around, in whom she has zero interest.
December 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We have one specific woman at one of my churches (a widow, around 80) who is utterly intoxicating to this demographic, and I love it. When I go to the ladies' soup sale on Election Day, she always has a small gaggle of old dudes around, in whom she has zero interest.
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It totally is if you're a good looking 75+ widower, but you're otherwise probably not gonna have much luck at the First Reformed Church of Aplington, Iowa
As a side note to my thread, a non zero number of young men think the church is a wife factory
December 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It totally is if you're a good looking 75+ widower, but you're otherwise probably not gonna have much luck at the First Reformed Church of Aplington, Iowa
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I was talking to a young Orthodox woman recently and she was telling me that there is an enormous gender divide emerging in American Orthodoxy because of this. The young women just want to, you know, go to church, while the young men (mostly converts) are looking for their tradwife.
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I was talking to a young Orthodox woman recently and she was telling me that there is an enormous gender divide emerging in American Orthodoxy because of this. The young women just want to, you know, go to church, while the young men (mostly converts) are looking for their tradwife.
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This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
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Today @aselrod.bsky.social once again delves into the cesspool
The right's definition of marriage "insists that a patriarchal structure, strict heterosexuality, and right-wing Christian principles are inalienable parts of that institution. Anyone who cannot conform to this sort of marriage is unworthy of marriage in the first place"
Marriage, Misogyny, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Right Is Offering A Morally Barren Vision of The Family
Liberals cannot allow the right to monopolize the discourse on virtue and the good life or they will cede space to their rigid and hierarchical visions.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today @aselrod.bsky.social once again delves into the cesspool
reading @evanbernick.bsky.social theory:
December 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
reading @evanbernick.bsky.social theory:
do they have a lab where they churn out these guys
conservatives now have become the “umm is there a sportsball on?” demographic. complete soy right takeover
December 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
do they have a lab where they churn out these guys
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I really like this piece, but i think we kind of under discuss that china's fixation with dominating industries generally is wearing on them.
like this piece is about AI and malinvestment but is the idea of producing everything on earth forever for basically no money a good call?
like this piece is about AI and malinvestment but is the idea of producing everything on earth forever for basically no money a good call?
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlight giftlink thread. We start with this fantastic essay by Tim Wu, one of the big brains of web 1.0, cautioning that Silicon valley may be winning the AI battle to lose the bigger economic war to China as.ft.com/r/83deb81e-3...
Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
[FREE TO READ] The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Vall...
as.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I really like this piece, but i think we kind of under discuss that china's fixation with dominating industries generally is wearing on them.
like this piece is about AI and malinvestment but is the idea of producing everything on earth forever for basically no money a good call?
like this piece is about AI and malinvestment but is the idea of producing everything on earth forever for basically no money a good call?
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I went here for an explanation as to how Scarface could possibly glorify socialism and it turns out that it’s not mentioned and the following codes as socialism
August 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I went here for an explanation as to how Scarface could possibly glorify socialism and it turns out that it’s not mentioned and the following codes as socialism
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There definitely has been a shift in this crowd’s rhetoric, so it’s either donor driven or they’ve decided it’s central to the Groups or something (or cooked themselves on some dumb data presentation as per usual)
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
There definitely has been a shift in this crowd’s rhetoric, so it’s either donor driven or they’ve decided it’s central to the Groups or something (or cooked themselves on some dumb data presentation as per usual)
i think this is right and she's trying to avoid a Kenney style split by not breaking with the Wildrose types publicly and letting them attempt a referendum
with a lot of pro-Alberta economy baked in. Sweetheart deals and extra government subsidies. The Wild Rose Conservatives are farther right extremists who are trying to create an Alberta identity that doesn't exist to justify a separatist movement that isn't popular. The two don't mesh well 2/2
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
i think this is right and she's trying to avoid a Kenney style split by not breaking with the Wildrose types publicly and letting them attempt a referendum
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with a lot of pro-Alberta economy baked in. Sweetheart deals and extra government subsidies. The Wild Rose Conservatives are farther right extremists who are trying to create an Alberta identity that doesn't exist to justify a separatist movement that isn't popular. The two don't mesh well 2/2
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
with a lot of pro-Alberta economy baked in. Sweetheart deals and extra government subsidies. The Wild Rose Conservatives are farther right extremists who are trying to create an Alberta identity that doesn't exist to justify a separatist movement that isn't popular. The two don't mesh well 2/2
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My personal read is that Smith wants to move forward on business, but she's ridden the populist outrage for so long she is teetering on the edge of another schism in the conservative movement because the two sides want opposite outcomes. Alberta Conservatives broadly want "business as usual" but 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My personal read is that Smith wants to move forward on business, but she's ridden the populist outrage for so long she is teetering on the edge of another schism in the conservative movement because the two sides want opposite outcomes. Alberta Conservatives broadly want "business as usual" but 1/2
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“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” said Bruce Pardy, the exec director for Rights Probe, at a right-wing political conference in Calgary. 🚫🇨🇦 #abpoli
Alberta Separatist Pushes for End of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference | The Tyee
‘In a free Alberta, Aboriginal rights should not exist,’ argues We Unify panellist Bruce Pardy.
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” said Bruce Pardy, the exec director for Rights Probe, at a right-wing political conference in Calgary. 🚫🇨🇦 #abpoli
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These people's pivot on climate is just insane to me.
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
These people's pivot on climate is just insane to me.
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Starmer's genie decided that Labour UK is unworthy of his services and now travels the anglo-sphere giving his powers to all mainstream left of centre parties.
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Starmer's genie decided that Labour UK is unworthy of his services and now travels the anglo-sphere giving his powers to all mainstream left of centre parties.
is there something in the Matt group chats about climate change or...
December 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
is there something in the Matt group chats about climate change or...
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lol the average taxpayer isn't noticing these tariff costs at all hahaha anyway now to check in on the old Trump favorability on economic issues-
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
lol the average taxpayer isn't noticing these tariff costs at all hahaha anyway now to check in on the old Trump favorability on economic issues-
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I'm not complaining, exactly, but I don't really think I want to get "mad about taxes" in the national divorce.
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm not complaining, exactly, but I don't really think I want to get "mad about taxes" in the national divorce.
i see the canadian right-wing has figured out the real problem with the defection of Michael Ma, MP
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i see the canadian right-wing has figured out the real problem with the defection of Michael Ma, MP
look if this is the titan of intellectual thought for the GOP i think the Blue Wave is coming
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
look if this is the titan of intellectual thought for the GOP i think the Blue Wave is coming
is "close advisor" what we're calling them now
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
is "close advisor" what we're calling them now