Any thoughts on “America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs?” by Josh Tyrangiel at The Atlantic? Gift Link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/…
Did I really know any of Bad Bunny’s songs before yesterday? No (I’m not cool). But am I singing “¡DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS DE CUANDO TE TUVE!” at the top of my lungs while doing the dishes today? Sí.
Are there, like, anti-fascism tracts out there anywhere? Like gospel tracts, but they poke hole in authoritarianism and remind people what’s important, how to resist, etc.? I’m think small-format stuff you could print yourself and leave around.
Si una fiesta de bodas multiétnica te molesta, ¡tengo malas noticias! (Apocalipsis 19)
So far I think the “Relax your tight end, it’s a blood test” Super Bowl commercial has been my favorite 😂
Cheering for the “I never want to see the Patriots win another Super Bowl again” tonight!
I wish USA Christians were as upset by injustice (racism, pedophilia, rape, corruption, demonization of immigrants, etc.) as they so frequently are about Super Bowl halftime shows.
Fill-in the blank: “Nothing makes me doubt the truth of Christianity more than ___.”
Racist? Pedophile? Rapist? Perhaps the best-documented, most prolific liar in American history? Corruptly enriching himself at the expense of the people? Got it. And you say there are still Christians supporting this man as their political leader? Hmm. 🤔
Getting asked by the PCUSA church we attend to consider becoming “covenant partners” (I.e., “members”). In addition to my church baggage making me not ready to take that step yet, I’m also not sure where I even land on the concept of local church membership more generally. Any thoughts on this?
Ground News really needs to highlight the factuality of sources even at the free tier. Is something really a blind spot for, say, the “left” if most of the sources on the “right” reporting something are mixed/low factuality sources? C’mon.
Trying to start a letter-writing campaign of sorts with family and friends…with VERY limited success. Shout-out to @JohnBrady for being a great letter-replier, even just to online acquaintances! :)
Things feel so lonely, stressful, angry, and sad. I think I either need spring to get here fast, or for the fascism to crumble. Or maybe some more friends.
My trial subscription to The Dispatch is up in a week. Trying to decide whether to stick around. Lots of good stuff, but then pieces like this one about Biden’s “lawlessness” give me pause. I’m no Biden cheerleader, but, c’mon. thedispatch.com/article/b…
Does 2026 have, like, a 30-day return policy? Because good lort this all SUCKS.
Arresting journalists. Raiding election offices. Masked government agents trampling on constitutional rights by surveilling, terrorizing, disappearing, and killing people. Damn, I wish we had, like, a good word to describe all of this!
ICE spotted in downtown Toledo, OH. iceout.org/reportInf…
If you’re more conservative and your views have shifted toward opposing ICE’s current behavior, what specifically was most effective in changing your mind? How do we open more eyes?
If you’re trying to help conservative family and friends get up to speed about what ICE has really been up to and why people are mad, where would you point them, specifically? Is there a good catalog of abuses and critiques? Or at least a starting point?
From Ryan Holiday:
Immigration is a complicated issue. Crime is complicated. My dad was a cop for twenty years, I understand it’s a hard job. But this is not complicated.
Heavily armed masked agents should not be storming American streets demanding to see people’s papers. They should not be harassing citizens, making arrests and sorting things out later. They should not be harassing people because they don’t look or sound like citizens. They should not be entering schools or hospitals or courthouses or churches to try to take people away.
OK?
It should not be controversial to say that.