Josiah Hawthorne
@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
Higgins was the lone "no" in the House vote on the Epstein files.
He says he voted no because releasing the files "will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt."
Five seconds of Googling later... Ahhh yep, THERE it is.
He says he voted no because releasing the files "will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt."
Five seconds of Googling later... Ahhh yep, THERE it is.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Higgins was the lone "no" in the House vote on the Epstein files.
He says he voted no because releasing the files "will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt."
Five seconds of Googling later... Ahhh yep, THERE it is.
He says he voted no because releasing the files "will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt."
Five seconds of Googling later... Ahhh yep, THERE it is.
"...Two Hispanic pastors who lead Southern Baptist churches in New England say that SBC President Clint Pressley and its executive board received briefings on the plan and discussed it with Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller and White House Border Czar Tom Homan."
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"...Two Hispanic pastors who lead Southern Baptist churches in New England say that SBC President Clint Pressley and its executive board received briefings on the plan and discussed it with Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller and White House Border Czar Tom Homan."
"Both attorneys also said that the Trump administration is pushing high-ranking Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) officials for public support of the plan, including Hispanic pastors..."
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"Both attorneys also said that the Trump administration is pushing high-ranking Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) officials for public support of the plan, including Hispanic pastors..."
Nope.
Look at the date of her affair with RFK, and look at the date of her half-finished letter at the end of the article.
Look at the date of her affair with RFK, and look at the date of her half-finished letter at the end of the article.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Nope.
Look at the date of her affair with RFK, and look at the date of her half-finished letter at the end of the article.
Look at the date of her affair with RFK, and look at the date of her half-finished letter at the end of the article.
Me as a teacher: “Ugh, these students didn’t do these projects. Their parents totally did it for them.”
Me as a parent the moment my oldest kid got a diorama assignment: “GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG”
Me as a parent the moment my oldest kid got a diorama assignment: “GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG”
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Me as a teacher: “Ugh, these students didn’t do these projects. Their parents totally did it for them.”
Me as a parent the moment my oldest kid got a diorama assignment: “GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG”
Me as a parent the moment my oldest kid got a diorama assignment: “GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG”
What? No, my D&D campaigns are never influenced by current events, why would you think that?
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What? No, my D&D campaigns are never influenced by current events, why would you think that?
Dammit, @christianityon.bsky.social made this joke last night.
All right, let me try an alternate that hopefully nobody has gotten to yet:
All right, let me try an alternate that hopefully nobody has gotten to yet:
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Dammit, @christianityon.bsky.social made this joke last night.
All right, let me try an alternate that hopefully nobody has gotten to yet:
All right, let me try an alternate that hopefully nobody has gotten to yet:
Babe, wake up, woke trans Gothard just dropped.
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Babe, wake up, woke trans Gothard just dropped.
Me: “What’s this?”
6yo: “I drew Jesus on the cross on the back of my schoolwork so I could show my friends how he died.”
Me: “…Is he screaming?”
6yo: “Well yeah. It hurt a lot when he died, right?
Me: “…”
(I’m going to get a call from the school social worker, aren’t I?)
6yo: “I drew Jesus on the cross on the back of my schoolwork so I could show my friends how he died.”
Me: “…Is he screaming?”
6yo: “Well yeah. It hurt a lot when he died, right?
Me: “…”
(I’m going to get a call from the school social worker, aren’t I?)
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Me: “What’s this?”
6yo: “I drew Jesus on the cross on the back of my schoolwork so I could show my friends how he died.”
Me: “…Is he screaming?”
6yo: “Well yeah. It hurt a lot when he died, right?
Me: “…”
(I’m going to get a call from the school social worker, aren’t I?)
6yo: “I drew Jesus on the cross on the back of my schoolwork so I could show my friends how he died.”
Me: “…Is he screaming?”
6yo: “Well yeah. It hurt a lot when he died, right?
Me: “…”
(I’m going to get a call from the school social worker, aren’t I?)
Oh I forgot this was why the Oath Keepers was founded. 😆😆😆
Whoops.
Whoops.
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh I forgot this was why the Oath Keepers was founded. 😆😆😆
Whoops.
Whoops.
A loud far-right pastor on the Other Social Media Site just married his second wife and a couple accounts are defending him.
![From Rich Tidwell: "Birth rates in the West are collapsing. Islam has the highest fertility on Earth." [Basically he's offering polygamy as a tool to "out-breed" nonChristians.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xscgjalwch462y4go5fbf32c/bafkreig2p5cfwtsixros7t6jmlxr6gv3vqsbk4jnvsnlfb5rmgx7a3hxx4@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A loud far-right pastor on the Other Social Media Site just married his second wife and a couple accounts are defending him.
BREAKING: the Trump Administration announces its intention to designate the Harpers as a "terrorist organization."
![The Harpers as an organization was actually anything but organized. Rather, it was a confederation of individuals from contrasting cultures and backgrounds who bonded over the shared goals of maintaining peace, preserving knowledge, and protecting the downtrodden. Some Harper agents worked in small groups—often alongside friends and close allies—while others operated as lone operatives,[25][32] who kept only informal ties with the group at large.[11] Throughout the many years it endured, the Harpers had disbanded and fallen apart several times, only to reform later in some new iteration.[29][30]
The Harpers' informality and lack of formal structure lent to its continuance as true secret society.[9] Some members took on specific roles, such as 'spymasters', 'handlers', and 'agents',[30] but maintained no hierarchy or ranking over their fellows. It was said that nothing could be truly "official" within the Harpers; the group was poorly defined, with contradictory operational standards, no formal roster, and a public face that was inconsistent from one locale to the next.[9]
There did remain one consistent representation of the Harpers across the Realms, however: their symbol. The Harpers' symbol comprised a silver harp and crescent moon, set upon a field of black or royal blue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xscgjalwch462y4go5fbf32c/bafkreihhpv7nog7blfporvqnm7pndx6nmwh25hamw7fkh6fgadog2drtty@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: the Trump Administration announces its intention to designate the Harpers as a "terrorist organization."
It’s neat to see the Sadducees are getting into filmmaking.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s neat to see the Sadducees are getting into filmmaking.
Oh we already know.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Oh we already know.
Cauliflowers are the ghosts of dead broccolis.
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Cauliflowers are the ghosts of dead broccolis.
My 6yo got this at the school Christmas Shopping sale to give to someone at Christmas.
She doesn’t have a stepmom.
She doesn’t have a stepmom.
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My 6yo got this at the school Christmas Shopping sale to give to someone at Christmas.
She doesn’t have a stepmom.
She doesn’t have a stepmom.
I couldn’t keep the power lines out of the shot this time.
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I couldn’t keep the power lines out of the shot this time.
Speaking of “Let them fight”:
Look what in found in a BJU Press “Biblical Worldview” high school textbook.
Look what in found in a BJU Press “Biblical Worldview” high school textbook.
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaking of “Let them fight”:
Look what in found in a BJU Press “Biblical Worldview” high school textbook.
Look what in found in a BJU Press “Biblical Worldview” high school textbook.
“The guy who endorsed me will take over the city if you don’t vote for me.”
I mean, to be fair, “Nice place you got here, it sure would be a shame if something happened to it” is historically a very New York way of doing politics, especially in Little Italy.
I mean, to be fair, “Nice place you got here, it sure would be a shame if something happened to it” is historically a very New York way of doing politics, especially in Little Italy.
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“The guy who endorsed me will take over the city if you don’t vote for me.”
I mean, to be fair, “Nice place you got here, it sure would be a shame if something happened to it” is historically a very New York way of doing politics, especially in Little Italy.
I mean, to be fair, “Nice place you got here, it sure would be a shame if something happened to it” is historically a very New York way of doing politics, especially in Little Italy.
It's more or less what they did to our last Democratic Socialist mayor.
![Dinkins entered office in January 1990 pledging racial healing, and famously referred to New York City's demographic diversity as "not a melting pot, but a gorgeous mosaic".[22] The crime rate in New York City had risen alarmingly during the 1980s, and the rate of homicide in particular reached an all-time high of 2,245 cases during 1990, the first year of the Dinkins administration.[23] The rates of most crimes, including all categories of violent crime, then declined during the remainder of his four-year term. That ended a 30-year upward spiral and initiated a trend of falling rates that continued and accelerated beyond his term.[24][25] However, the high absolute levels, the peak early in his administration, and the only modest decline subsequently (homicide down 12% from 1990 to 1993)[26] resulted in Dinkins's suffering politically from the perception that crime remained out of control on his watch.[27][28] Dinkins in fact initiated a hiring program that expanded the police department nearly 25%. The New York Times reported, "He obtained the State Legislature's permission to dedicate a tax to hire thousands of police officers, and he fought to preserve a portion of that anticrime money to keep schools open into the evening, an award-winning initiative that kept tens of thousands of teenagers off the street."[28][29]
Dinkins's term was marked by a greater push toward accountability and oversight regarding police misconduct, which led to friction between Dinkins and the city's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA). In 1992, Dinkins proposed a bill to change the leadership of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the oversight body that examined complaints of police misconduct, from half-cop–half-civilian to all civilian and make it independent of the New York Police Department.[30] Following the Washington Heights Riot, fueled by the beating of Jose "Kiko" Garcia, an undocumented Dominican immigrant, by a police officer, Dinkins attempted to defuse tensi…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xscgjalwch462y4go5fbf32c/bafkreievrrdv3ku4muxl44lzulgfc3357koces4epqthp4dakhlymexm4q@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's more or less what they did to our last Democratic Socialist mayor.
All my elections tomorrow are hyperlocal elections unlikely to sway anything monumental, but I will be THERE the moment the polls open. I'm waking up early and everything.
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
All my elections tomorrow are hyperlocal elections unlikely to sway anything monumental, but I will be THERE the moment the polls open. I'm waking up early and everything.
Well, I have no idea what this means, but now I know!
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well, I have no idea what this means, but now I know!