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Andrew Stout
@thomasacstout.bsky.social
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librarianship | theology | religious studies | philosophy | book reviewing | #BlackLivesMatter | #STLCards

"the face of (theological) liberalism and creeping infidelity"

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Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · Jul 29
My review essay on Peter Leithart's "Creation" and Marilynne Robinson's "Reading Genensis" in the journal Presbyterion
works.hcommons.org/records/ed87...
The covers Creator by Peter Leithart and Reading Genensis by Marilynne Robinson A screenshot of the first page of the essay
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thomasacstout.bsky.social
If I refuse to respond to Happy Birthday texts, do I still turn 40?
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
When will leaders in Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches be calling for Hegseth to repent and denying him communion?
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 5h
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
If I refuse to respond to Happy Birthday texts, do I still turn 40?
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Posting through it, and "it" is turning 40

Goddamn
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
You can't say anything anymore
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation…
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
This turkey done did trot
thomasacstout.bsky.social Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 20h
My running stride is weird
A 30 or 40 year-old-man crossing a finish line
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
My running stride is weird
A 30 or 40 year-old-man crossing a finish line
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
I feel fat just THINKING about what I'm about to do to my body
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
I love e recipes that include the bacon grease

It's like, I absolutely will not pour this down the drain, but I will ingest it
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Why does this feel like a threat?
riotgrlerin.bsky.social RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 1d
the muppets do deviled eggs: thread
Elmo looking evil as fuck in a tiny dark room with maybe a dangly lightbulb only or something. Devilish looking red eyeball themed deviled eggs I’m hoping.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Another Turkey Trot in the books. My last year in the 30-39 age bracket, and I'm not getting any faster #TurkeyTrot #5K #HappyThanksgiving
5K results
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
I can never really get into the spirit of Blackout Wednesday cos I always sign up for a Turkey Trot early on Thanksgiving morning

Small consolation, but there will be beer after the 5K
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Requiring everyone in my family to read this before we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner. We're gonna talk harvests, rivers, canyons, and catch and kills over turkey
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Where I am mentally right now:
a page from the new york times shows a woman in a car
ALT: a page from the new york times shows a woman in a car
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
I don't watch reality TV, but if Nuzzi, Lizza, RFK Jr, and Cheryl Hines filmed a show where they all lived in the same house for a month, I would watch the show, listen to the official podcast, and go deep on the reddit threads
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
It would be cute if this made them get back together
davekarpf.bsky.social Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 2d
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.

And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.

We're all agree on that, right?
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Netflix be crashin'
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Nevermind, found it
bsky.app/profile/bgru...
thomasacstout.bsky.social Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 1d
I'm obviously not paying for part 3. Is anybody sharing it?
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
I'm obviously not paying for part 3. Is anybody sharing it?
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Rendon, chillin' on the IL and collecting checks
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
"Won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation" is now my excuse for opting out of every AI tool
vulture.com Vulture @vulture.com · 2d
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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thomasacstout.bsky.social
The Nuzzi / Lizza / RFK Jr saga is disgusting, and I'm obsessed with it

But even if you're a better person than me, you should read this hilarious piece about it:
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
I really need Marc Maron to ground me right now

WTF
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
thomasacstout.bsky.social
Define "too many"
jowolff.bsky.social Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 5d
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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thomasacstout.bsky.social
It's me, a librarian, standing by this signage waggling my eyebrows as people pass by 📚
mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social It’s “Mrs. Powers” during my day job @mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social · 3d
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM