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Barb @spicedrum.bsky.social · 2h

The Wraith!

a cartoon of homer simpson laying on the floor

Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson laying on the floor spinning like Curly in The 3 Stooges

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 2h

Years ago, we all drank water. It was fun and it brought us together. Then Musk started adding mercury to it. It has started to make me sick. My hair is falling out and my skin looks like tracing paper. Some people started drinking something else but I still drink mercury. Were they wrong to stop?

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 5h

That should be “editing” not “exciting” in the first post!

Also: Diane Keaton’s wardrobe — both her high powered career look and her Vermont look — are incredible. The best wool coats!

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 5h

It feels like these movies are pulling off a magic trick. But it’s not magic. It’s just skill — skill that’s either been lost in the streaming era, or not valued

It’s really instructive, for example, to watch 1984’s “Romancing the Stone” and 2022’s “The Lost City” back to back because… 😮‍💨

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 5h

I rewatched 1987’s “Baby Boom” in the wake of Diane Keaton’s passing and a thing that’s so consistent when you watch even middlebrow stuff from the 80s and 90s is that it plays like a masterpiece compared to so much of what gets made today because the scripts and exiting are TIGHT

Official Trailer BABY BOOM (1987, Diane Keaton, Sam Sheppard, Harold Ramis, Charles Shyer)

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

John Candy was one of the most beloved comedic actors of his time, with starring roles in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. His life and work are celebrated in a new Amazon Prime documentary by Colin Hanks, John Candy: I Like Me.

Sorry, dad! Colin Hanks says John Candy was the 'nicest guy in Hollywood'

John Candy was one of the most beloved comedic actors of his time, with starring roles in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. His life and work are celebrated in a new Amazon Prime documentary by Colin Hanks, John Candy: I Like Me.

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Barb @spicedrum.bsky.social · 6h

Now we stop proposing ridiculous porn bans and instead promote legal protections for sex workers.

Barb @spicedrum.bsky.social · 6h

It's fucking crazy that The Church is bringing hope into my life after several decades of bullshit.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h

Because boy, howdy, nobody knows ritual and symbolism like the Catholic Church, and having it turned squarely back on the Very Bad Catholics who have been the public standard-bearers of wielding it for evil for so long is really good to see.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h

What Fr Dowling is doing here was not just "offering communion to detainees". A full on Eucharistic Procession is a really fucking big deal. In Catholic theological framing, those folks were the honor guard with the very great privilege of escorting Jesus himself to the detention center.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h

Also, for those who don't speak Catholic, the "monstrance" he references is a real, physical object that has centuries of tradition and ritual behind it: www.catholicshare.com/the-meaning-...

What Is the Meaning and Power of the Monstrance?

The monstrance has roots in the medieval period of the Catholic Church. It emerged around the 13th century as devotion to the Eucharist grew among the faithful. This time saw an increased focus on the...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

goddammit I JUST noticed that the original post didn’t have alt text and now it’s gonna be buried in the thread I’M SO SORRY BESTIES HERE U GO

FULL CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT

I had the privilege this morning of leading a Eucharistic Procession from St. Eulalia Church in Maywood, IL to the ICE Detention Center in Broadview. We went to pray and have a few of us clergy and religious women bring Holy Communion and the love of the Christian community to the men and women detained there under inhumane conditions.
Over 1,000 Catholics and other Christians marched in peaceful prayer and song, facilitated by the Maywood and Broadview Police Departments and the Illinois State Police. I cannot speak more highly of these public safety officers in providing us safe passage.
Upon arrival, it was a different story. There were no ICE or Federal representatives there. When requesting to talk with a representative from Homeland Security and ICE, the State Police reached out on our behalf to make the request over the phone, After a brief wait, the answer came back very clearly:
NO, YOU CANNOT BRING A HINT OF COMPASSION AND PRAYER INTO THIS PLACE!
NO, YOU CANNOT OFFER ANY SOLACE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN FEARFUL AND SUFFERING INSIDE!
NO, YOU CANNOT BRING JESUS, THE SON OF GOD. THE LOVE OF GOD. INTO THIS PLACE!

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.
What we have been able to do for detainees for the past several years, which is written into Illinois law, was refused by this current Federal Government.
"Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing."
"Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing. Touch their hearts and transform them from stony hearts into fleshy, life-giving hearts."
"Only through, with and in God will hearts be changed!"
The battle for hearts and minds, compassion and mercy, continues...
Please pray especially for the children, for the mothers and fathers who are being treated inhumanely.
Please step up and speak out.
Silence is supporting this abuse of these members of God's family.
Peace! Fr. Larry Dowling

photo of a large crowd with protest signs and journalists crowded around a fancy gold tent where you can see a priest, several deacons and at least one nun gathered around. I think the tent is over the monstrance though I can’t see it

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17h

when we talk about political theatre sometimes being Good, Actually™️, this is what we mean. the trads are the reason Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament came back in fashion in the youth ministry world (where I learned about it). they take it REALLY seriously. this priest weaponized that so adroitly

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17h

this is more than just marching in full regalia to Broadview and praying outside of it

this is very deftly trapping ICE into the position of having to literally - LITERALLY, to them - turn Christ away from the door

any Catholic ICE officer was probably shook, I’m really not exaggerating

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17h

to Catholics, the monstrance is considered the literal presence of Christ. outside of Mass it’s often used for what’s called Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, which is anything from sitting in silence to a whole prayer service with readings and music, with the monstrance on the altar

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17h

if you’re not Catholic, let me real quick tell you about the breathtaking audacity of bringing the monstrance with him

a monstrance is a big bedazzled gold ornament with a round glass window in the middle where you put a consecrated wafer, usually the bigger ceremonial one and not the bite-size

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 23h

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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Barb @spicedrum.bsky.social · 21h

Dolly.

Dolly & LeVar

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 23h

I was raised Catholic & grew up singing "whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers, that you do unto me." The people I saw in vans with their hands ziptied, people inside ICE Broadview... they are our siblings. Our neighbors. And they are being denied everything, including visits from clergy

skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 1d

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 1d

they’re not doing it because it’s legal or because it makes sense

they’re doing it to strike fear into the hearts of everyone who doesn’t toe the fascist line

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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