One strange quirk of The Office is the way they play some sense of “corporate loyalty” straight—like when Jim says “Michael Scott wouldn’t have done THAT” about when Josh took the Staples job or when everyone is mad about the clients MSPC took from the DM.
February 4, 2026 at 4:58 AM
One strange quirk of The Office is the way they play some sense of “corporate loyalty” straight—like when Jim says “Michael Scott wouldn’t have done THAT” about when Josh took the Staples job or when everyone is mad about the clients MSPC took from the DM.
Andrew Root makes the great point that one place neoevangelicalism and the counterculture of the 60s converged was thinking there was a “The Society” they could set up a parallel society against, but the problem is there is no a “The Society”
the problem is that it’s not true that it’s actually a parallel society. the people who liaise with mainstream society hold the power. this means real power dynamics. pretending that the countercultural stuff erases that actually *gives more power to the privileged*
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Andrew Root makes the great point that one place neoevangelicalism and the counterculture of the 60s converged was thinking there was a “The Society” they could set up a parallel society against, but the problem is there is no a “The Society”
I gotta say, in looking at a number of Spiritual Direction resources that seek to distinguish it from discipleship work or spiritual "coaching," there seems to be a lot of splitting hairs and unhelpful distinction of "thinking/reflection" in order to provide job security for spiritual directors. 🕯️
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I gotta say, in looking at a number of Spiritual Direction resources that seek to distinguish it from discipleship work or spiritual "coaching," there seems to be a lot of splitting hairs and unhelpful distinction of "thinking/reflection" in order to provide job security for spiritual directors. 🕯️
Ugh. The main anti-ICE group in Washington which has 44k followers on Facebook and has been going around to communities promoting classes is now promoting this anti-whistle nonsense for "harm reduction" reasons as well.
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This is WOKE 1, there is no place for it in WOKE 2
You're just not supposed to do that. You're not allowed to gas peaceful protests. You're not allowed to gas kids. It's not how things are supposed to go. There ought to be consequences for assaulting people like that. But I have no idea if there will be.
February 1, 2026 at 4:39 AM
You're just not supposed to do that. You're not allowed to gas peaceful protests. You're not allowed to gas kids. It's not how things are supposed to go. There ought to be consequences for assaulting people like that. But I have no idea if there will be.
A cabal of pedophiles conspired to destroy the US government from within by seeding fascist ideas into online forums, spreading conspiracy theories about the opposition based on their own actions, and devised an alternative currency to upend the global economy. Now they run the US government and CBS
February 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The first season finale of TNG was more subtle and believable.
A cabal of pedophiles conspired to destroy the US government from within by seeding fascist ideas into online forums, spreading conspiracy theories about the opposition based on their own actions, and devised an alternative currency to upend the global economy. Now they run the US government and CBS
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A cabal of pedophiles conspired to destroy the US government from within by seeding fascist ideas into online forums, spreading conspiracy theories about the opposition based on their own actions, and devised an alternative currency to upend the global economy. Now they run the US government and CBS
I may go a little hard tomorrow in saying that the main reason the majority of (white) Christians in the US do not hear about the overwhelming witness of scripture to God siding with the underdog, oppressed, and marginalized is that we are not those groups and we are profoundly uncomfortable w/that.
January 31, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I may go a little hard tomorrow in saying that the main reason the majority of (white) Christians in the US do not hear about the overwhelming witness of scripture to God siding with the underdog, oppressed, and marginalized is that we are not those groups and we are profoundly uncomfortable w/that.