Baird
@bairdlinke.bsky.social
He/him. Pastor in MT, climate activist all over. Big fan of mountains, water, Gregory Alan Isakov, and my dog.
Views are my own and I’ll try to live up to my standards.
Views are my own and I’ll try to live up to my standards.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Convicted Fraud Sets Fraudster Free, Argues Fraud Good, Actually
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Convicted Fraud Sets Fraudster Free, Argues Fraud Good, Actually
I wonder if the Give a Mouse a Cookie gals ever made a statement about whether it was a fun idea for a book or their insane, weapons-grade libertarian view of human nature
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I wonder if the Give a Mouse a Cookie gals ever made a statement about whether it was a fun idea for a book or their insane, weapons-grade libertarian view of human nature
Proud to have stood in the cold with the good people of Missoula, MT against this regime and filled with rage that could power a zip code
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Proud to have stood in the cold with the good people of Missoula, MT against this regime and filled with rage that could power a zip code
There is no “apolitical” reading of the gospel. God is on the side of the poor and oppressed.
Gospel politics demand that we dismantle ICE, let living justice flow, and tear down every brick of this violence-worshiping regime.
It’s up to politicians to decide which side they’re on.
Gospel politics demand that we dismantle ICE, let living justice flow, and tear down every brick of this violence-worshiping regime.
It’s up to politicians to decide which side they’re on.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 AM
There is no “apolitical” reading of the gospel. God is on the side of the poor and oppressed.
Gospel politics demand that we dismantle ICE, let living justice flow, and tear down every brick of this violence-worshiping regime.
It’s up to politicians to decide which side they’re on.
Gospel politics demand that we dismantle ICE, let living justice flow, and tear down every brick of this violence-worshiping regime.
It’s up to politicians to decide which side they’re on.
It isn’t news or a daring experiment to find out if people can listen to each other for an hour. The question is whether powerful people will call a lie a lie even if a powerful person says it.
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It isn’t news or a daring experiment to find out if people can listen to each other for an hour. The question is whether powerful people will call a lie a lie even if a powerful person says it.
This song has been rolling in my head for days since I heard it. Burn and balm all in one.
“When Noah set to build his ark he cried a bunch and steeled his heart for a world that was falling apart and the shame of living through it”
Thanks @nathanevansfox.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/adO6_...
“When Noah set to build his ark he cried a bunch and steeled his heart for a world that was falling apart and the shame of living through it”
Thanks @nathanevansfox.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/adO6_...
Probably the last song I wrote before having a daggum nother bb
YouTube video by Nathan Evans Fox
youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This song has been rolling in my head for days since I heard it. Burn and balm all in one.
“When Noah set to build his ark he cried a bunch and steeled his heart for a world that was falling apart and the shame of living through it”
Thanks @nathanevansfox.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/adO6_...
“When Noah set to build his ark he cried a bunch and steeled his heart for a world that was falling apart and the shame of living through it”
Thanks @nathanevansfox.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/adO6_...
Watching the power flick on and off in my office as trees down power lines during a huge windstorm and thinking about how many dimensions of chess you have to be playing on to think we need less weather and atmospheric research
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Watching the power flick on and off in my office as trees down power lines during a huge windstorm and thinking about how many dimensions of chess you have to be playing on to think we need less weather and atmospheric research
I think it’s good and nice to be delighted in things
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I think it’s good and nice to be delighted in things
Wake Up Dead Man was so good. Really fun great acting and a thorough take down of Christian nationalism while being curious and generous toward faith.
Also Jeremy Renner bouncing down the stairs is going to be the thing that makes me snort in a quiet room from now till forever.
Also Jeremy Renner bouncing down the stairs is going to be the thing that makes me snort in a quiet room from now till forever.
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Wake Up Dead Man was so good. Really fun great acting and a thorough take down of Christian nationalism while being curious and generous toward faith.
Also Jeremy Renner bouncing down the stairs is going to be the thing that makes me snort in a quiet room from now till forever.
Also Jeremy Renner bouncing down the stairs is going to be the thing that makes me snort in a quiet room from now till forever.
The Left Hand of Darkness has entered the chat
enough transgender fiction about waifs some of us are built to survive winter
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The Left Hand of Darkness has entered the chat
@themountaingoats.bsky.social yall gave an incredible show in Missoula and on a Monday night no less thank you for the gift 🤟🏻
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
@themountaingoats.bsky.social yall gave an incredible show in Missoula and on a Monday night no less thank you for the gift 🤟🏻
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Increasing temperatures are already killing huge numbers of people.
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Increasing temperatures are already killing huge numbers of people.
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Faith in Jesus means an unrelenting pursuit of the truth regardless of how it serves the purposes of power. People claiming Christ while equivocating about abusing children are failing. They should come correct or admit they worship power and not God.
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Faith in Jesus means an unrelenting pursuit of the truth regardless of how it serves the purposes of power. People claiming Christ while equivocating about abusing children are failing. They should come correct or admit they worship power and not God.
Simultaneously furious and delighted that autocorrect absolutely insists that one of my favorite authors is Ursula K. Penguin
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Simultaneously furious and delighted that autocorrect absolutely insists that one of my favorite authors is Ursula K. Penguin
The Trump admin forcing SNAP recipients to reapply now on top of the recertifications they already have to make along with all of the other things that chew away poor people’s time is so infuriatingly petty and cruel while wearing the face of polite formality I’m going to scream in an airport.
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Trump admin forcing SNAP recipients to reapply now on top of the recertifications they already have to make along with all of the other things that chew away poor people’s time is so infuriatingly petty and cruel while wearing the face of polite formality I’m going to scream in an airport.
Every time I manage to say goodbye and leave the Zoom before the host ends the meeting I grow more powerful, my time reclaimed, my mystique more mystifying.
When the host ends it first I am dismissed—thrown into the cold and out of the grace of Zoom and discarded by colleague and friend alike.
When the host ends it first I am dismissed—thrown into the cold and out of the grace of Zoom and discarded by colleague and friend alike.
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Every time I manage to say goodbye and leave the Zoom before the host ends the meeting I grow more powerful, my time reclaimed, my mystique more mystifying.
When the host ends it first I am dismissed—thrown into the cold and out of the grace of Zoom and discarded by colleague and friend alike.
When the host ends it first I am dismissed—thrown into the cold and out of the grace of Zoom and discarded by colleague and friend alike.
Keep thinking I don’t write enough to be a writer while regularly writing more weekly than half the op ed writers at prestige newspapers
August 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Keep thinking I don’t write enough to be a writer while regularly writing more weekly than half the op ed writers at prestige newspapers
If your coworkers are using AI they should be treated like scabs at a strike
Almost one in five U.S. workers say they use A.I. semi-regularly for work, according to recent surveys. Twenty-one people told us how.
21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work
Yes, it still makes plenty of mistakes, but it has become part of the job for many.
nyti.ms
August 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If your coworkers are using AI they should be treated like scabs at a strike
I have been getting unreal amounts of Greek posts in my feed and it’s really driving home the shame of not being very good at Greek in seminary
August 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have been getting unreal amounts of Greek posts in my feed and it’s really driving home the shame of not being very good at Greek in seminary
New argument for making puberty blockers accessible to everyone just dropped
July 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
New argument for making puberty blockers accessible to everyone just dropped
If you’re a praying type I could use them as I preach against war this morning
June 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you’re a praying type I could use them as I preach against war this morning
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No matter what you believe politically or theologically about the LGBTQ+ community, the elimination of this lifeline should infuriate all of us.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
and yet, death
what defunding the suicide and crisis lifeline reminds us about maga america
amardpeterman.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
No matter what you believe politically or theologically about the LGBTQ+ community, the elimination of this lifeline should infuriate all of us.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
If Chuck Schumer could imagine a more influential, more powerful, perhaps a braver American to oppose ‘the rise of authoritarianism’ I wonder what that hypothetical person would be like and what they would do with the power of the minority leader.
America witnessed one of the largest peaceful demonstrations in our country's history on No Kings Day.
Nearly 5 MILLION Americans took to the streets to make their voices heard against the rise of authoritarianism.
It was inspiring. And I was so proud to be one of them.
Nearly 5 MILLION Americans took to the streets to make their voices heard against the rise of authoritarianism.
It was inspiring. And I was so proud to be one of them.
June 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
If Chuck Schumer could imagine a more influential, more powerful, perhaps a braver American to oppose ‘the rise of authoritarianism’ I wonder what that hypothetical person would be like and what they would do with the power of the minority leader.
I find it interesting that the conservative narrative around paid protestors (ex. Standing Rock) is always framed as if paid protestors are meant to legitimize a movement when the most cost efficient and historical reading is that paid protestors are deployed to undermine and delegitimize protests.
June 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I find it interesting that the conservative narrative around paid protestors (ex. Standing Rock) is always framed as if paid protestors are meant to legitimize a movement when the most cost efficient and historical reading is that paid protestors are deployed to undermine and delegitimize protests.