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they/them, he/him
queer seminarian
they/them, he/him
queer seminarian
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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Nervous to be writing my first real sermon
August 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Nervous to be writing my first real sermon
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When Dorothee Soelle starts cooking you know you're in for something good (from her essay in "The Challenge of Liberation Theology: A First World Response").
August 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When Dorothee Soelle starts cooking you know you're in for something good (from her essay in "The Challenge of Liberation Theology: A First World Response").
Me glancing over to the guy at urinal next to me: Hey! Pissing hard or hardly pissing, am I right?
August 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Me glancing over to the guy at urinal next to me: Hey! Pissing hard or hardly pissing, am I right?
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i wrote an article about that stupid little question i asked a couple weeks ago, why i asked it, and how the answer to the question can be tremendously beneficial for ttrpg designers
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules?
Yes! No? Maybe? Why do you care? Why does it matter?
possumcreek.medium.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
i wrote an article about that stupid little question i asked a couple weeks ago, why i asked it, and how the answer to the question can be tremendously beneficial for ttrpg designers
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
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1 like = 1 unhinged ttrpg opinion. im going to sleep so you get the first one free because i like myself: dice are terrible no one should ever have or use dice ever
July 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1 like = 1 unhinged ttrpg opinion. im going to sleep so you get the first one free because i like myself: dice are terrible no one should ever have or use dice ever
I'm such a slut for local history
May 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm such a slut for local history
The fourth of May be with you, star wars fans!
May 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The fourth of May be with you, star wars fans!
Sinners really did rule so hard
April 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sinners really did rule so hard
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Citizen Sleeper 2 is the first must-play game of 2025. A success on every level.
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 is💫OUT NOW!💫
Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt, in this Dice Driven RPG.
“The perfect sequel, offering complexity, consequence, and quiet optimism in a world of strife.” - PCGamesN
links below 👇
Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt, in this Dice Driven RPG.
“The perfect sequel, offering complexity, consequence, and quiet optimism in a world of strife.” - PCGamesN
links below 👇
January 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Citizen Sleeper 2 is the first must-play game of 2025. A success on every level.
They should make a sequel to air bud where he gets deployed to Afghanistan
January 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
They should make a sequel to air bud where he gets deployed to Afghanistan
I've got the sort of narcissism where I have to be the funniest guy in this ER waiting room
January 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I've got the sort of narcissism where I have to be the funniest guy in this ER waiting room
Holy infant so tender and mild, batman!
December 24, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Holy infant so tender and mild, batman!
Calling my friends by their last names not in a cool sports team way but like I'm citing them in a paper
December 17, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Calling my friends by their last names not in a cool sports team way but like I'm citing them in a paper
What if people got really excited about movies and music about birthdays in the same way they do about Christmas movies and music
December 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
What if people got really excited about movies and music about birthdays in the same way they do about Christmas movies and music
Doing some data vis on my Top 30 listened songs of each year. These are the only artists that have appeared more than twice in the Top 30
December 5, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Doing some data vis on my Top 30 listened songs of each year. These are the only artists that have appeared more than twice in the Top 30
Both versions of sympathy is a knife were in my top 5 can anyone tell me if that's a sign of health
December 4, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Both versions of sympathy is a knife were in my top 5 can anyone tell me if that's a sign of health
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Descartes: I have it! I think; Therefore I am.
His father: Thank god. I was starting to worry that boy wasn't is
His father: Thank god. I was starting to worry that boy wasn't is
November 23, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Descartes: I have it! I think; Therefore I am.
His father: Thank god. I was starting to worry that boy wasn't is
His father: Thank god. I was starting to worry that boy wasn't is
Having a house kinda gay if you think about it... You're literally a homo-ner
November 18, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Having a house kinda gay if you think about it... You're literally a homo-ner
This would have killed on tumblr in 2015
November 18, 2024 at 3:54 AM
This would have killed on tumblr in 2015
Much love to the people of Sweden!
November 18, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Much love to the people of Sweden!
Who was I mad at
November 18, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Who was I mad at