Chaplain John
@chaplainjohn.medsky.social
Grateful for community, especially after so much plague! Palliative Care Chaplain focusing on caring and listening. He/him.
Lover of music, movies, MCU, Zelda, and all things silly.
Lover of music, movies, MCU, Zelda, and all things silly.
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Chaplain John
@chaplainjohn.medsky.social
· May 31
Hi, I’m a historian. My greatest hits include “Yes, people lived to 70+ in pre-modern ages; ‘average’ life span of 40 just accounts for all the kids dead before 5 with no #vaccines,” “Yes, birth control was around before Ancient Egyptians,” and “Yes, ffs, #transgender /LGBTQIA have ALWAYS been” 🗃️🧪🩺🏳️⚧️
Hi, I'm a social media Trust & Safety and policy expert. My greatest hits include "No, anonymity is not the problem", "that law is also unconstitutional", "that's not what that clause in that ToS means", "multiply your estimate of spam volume by, like, 10000x", and "people in groups are depressing".
Hi, I'm a chaplain. My greatest hits include: "That sucks," "Fuck cancer AND covid," "Actually, a lot of people in the Bible were angry at God," and "no one knows what they're doing, everybody needs to be weak sometimes."
Plus, don't miss my classic: "What if you still have a future?" ⚓️🛟🩺🧪
Plus, don't miss my classic: "What if you still have a future?" ⚓️🛟🩺🧪
What is grief if not love preservering, Charlie Brown.
If it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer, Charlie Brown
somehow, Palpitine returned, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What is grief if not love preservering, Charlie Brown.
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Read all of this. This is everything and everybody we were trying to warn about.
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Read all of this. This is everything and everybody we were trying to warn about.
So, that Man Ran!
Seriously though, this was an incredible and well balanced movie, using spectacle and heart in equal measure. Edgar Wright KNOWS HOW TO FILM™️
Would definitely recommend, good fun and message.
Seriously though, this was an incredible and well balanced movie, using spectacle and heart in equal measure. Edgar Wright KNOWS HOW TO FILM™️
Would definitely recommend, good fun and message.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
So, that Man Ran!
Seriously though, this was an incredible and well balanced movie, using spectacle and heart in equal measure. Edgar Wright KNOWS HOW TO FILM™️
Would definitely recommend, good fun and message.
Seriously though, this was an incredible and well balanced movie, using spectacle and heart in equal measure. Edgar Wright KNOWS HOW TO FILM™️
Would definitely recommend, good fun and message.
Off to see the new Edgar Wright masterpiece, wish me luck!
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Off to see the new Edgar Wright masterpiece, wish me luck!
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Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
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If this does turn into a pandemic, don’t worry, Jay Bhattacharya has a plan!
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If this does turn into a pandemic, don’t worry, Jay Bhattacharya has a plan!
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
You need to exercise! sciencebasedmedicine.org/bhattacharya...
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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“To be an American is not to be someone, but to believe in something.”
"There has been some talk recently that we aren’t and shouldn’t be a creedal nation.... I reject this position as passionately as I can."
Gordon Wood responds to JD Vance without mentioning him by name
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Gordon Wood responds to JD Vance without mentioning him by name
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Opinion | Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’
The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“To be an American is not to be someone, but to believe in something.”
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This is kinda brilliant
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is kinda brilliant
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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I don't think any of the Very Serious People in our society who helped Trump become President understand how dangerous he and his incompetent people will be to the entire world in an actual war
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I don't think any of the Very Serious People in our society who helped Trump become President understand how dangerous he and his incompetent people will be to the entire world in an actual war
🎶Comin' to you on a dusty road
Good lovin', I got a truckload
And when you get it, you got something
So don't worry 'cause I'm coming
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man (whoa)
I'm a soul man
That ain't all (look)
That's what I got, the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day🎶
Good lovin', I got a truckload
And when you get it, you got something
So don't worry 'cause I'm coming
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man (whoa)
I'm a soul man
That ain't all (look)
That's what I got, the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day🎶
🎶Now c'mon, take a bottle, shake it up
Break the bubble, break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love🎶
Break the bubble, break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love🎶
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
🎶Comin' to you on a dusty road
Good lovin', I got a truckload
And when you get it, you got something
So don't worry 'cause I'm coming
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man (whoa)
I'm a soul man
That ain't all (look)
That's what I got, the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day🎶
Good lovin', I got a truckload
And when you get it, you got something
So don't worry 'cause I'm coming
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man
I'm a soul man (whoa)
I'm a soul man
That ain't all (look)
That's what I got, the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day🎶
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Does Rubio understand that we do know of his previous statements today?
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Does Rubio understand that we do know of his previous statements today?
...trying to remember...as I begin to pray...exactly what denomination this person said earlier...
...knowing that praying wrong is like slapping somebody's grandma at the dinner table...
...knowing that praying wrong is like slapping somebody's grandma at the dinner table...
What’s your biggest, frequently encountered occupational risk?
I’d say for me it’s never remembering whether you should or should not pronounce an extra r in one particular word.
I’d say for me it’s never remembering whether you should or should not pronounce an extra r in one particular word.
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
...trying to remember...as I begin to pray...exactly what denomination this person said earlier...
...knowing that praying wrong is like slapping somebody's grandma at the dinner table...
...knowing that praying wrong is like slapping somebody's grandma at the dinner table...
Sinners came out this year.
Superman came out this year.
Superman came out this year.
The new ‘Wicked’ is unmistakably a parable about the Wizard (Trump) lying to the people of Oz (🇺🇸) to fearmonger as he persecutes a marginalized element of society (immigrants).
Hopefully that won’t be lost on those who most need to hear it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/22/e...
Hopefully that won’t be lost on those who most need to hear it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/22/e...
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sinners came out this year.
Superman came out this year.
Superman came out this year.
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My wife and I know exactly what it took for LGBTQ+ Texans to be recognized in our own communities. We’ve lived that fight. LGBTQ+ Texans have fought too hard and too long to be pushed out of public life. We belong here.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
LGBTQ+ rights are eroding in Texas under a pressure campaign
Conservative activists argue they’re protecting women and rebalancing the law that Democrats tilted in favor of LGBTQ+ people.
www.texastribune.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My wife and I know exactly what it took for LGBTQ+ Texans to be recognized in our own communities. We’ve lived that fight. LGBTQ+ Texans have fought too hard and too long to be pushed out of public life. We belong here.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
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Hell yeah @rianjohnson.bsky.social (reposting with alt text)
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hell yeah @rianjohnson.bsky.social (reposting with alt text)
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I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
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I'm really sorry to all the CDC employees pushing for good public health despite all obstacles. Hang on and go down with the ship, hoping to mitigate harm and continue to produce some good content below the radar, or jump ship? It's an impossible choice.
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm really sorry to all the CDC employees pushing for good public health despite all obstacles. Hang on and go down with the ship, hoping to mitigate harm and continue to produce some good content below the radar, or jump ship? It's an impossible choice.
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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Lmao no shit man
RFK Jr. revealed that he personally ordered the CDC to change its website to push the widely debunked claim that vaccines and autism are linked
CDC’s Autism Website ‘Update’ Came Directly From Kennedy, He Says
Ex-CDC vaccines chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis called the update a “national embarrassment.”
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Lmao no shit man
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him