I love this photo @thetastate.bsky.social took of our dog, Chester.

After several days of intense anti-corruption protesting by thousands of Bulgarians, demanding accountability and transparency, the government of Bulgaria has resigned. Never believe protest doesn’t matter.

Just a reminder “the radical left scum” took down the empire.

No, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is not a carol devised to allow persecuted Catholics in Tudor England to catechize children. It predates Catholic persecution in England and is based on Renaissance love songs with gifts being added over time to make it a fun memory game. It’s not a “code”.

I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.

Unpopular opinion perhaps but “read the Bible in a month / 90 days / a year” programs are not always helpful - in fact they can be detrimental to growth in faith , because often the focus is simply on “reading” with little assistance given to understanding / interpreting / applying the text. /1

If TikTok celebrity pastors want to quote my social media posts word for word, for their viral Christmas reels that’s lovely - but it would be nice if they’d acknowledge the source of their (to quote one comment) “incredibly profound and relatable interpretation of scripture”. It’s just polite.

One wishes one enjoyed the snow as much as Chester does. #DailyChester ❄️☃️

Trump bombs Venezuelans to “kill drug dealers”….but he pardons drug dealers. Trump bombs Nigerians to “protect Christians” but Latino Christians won’t go to church out of fear of being kidnapped by ICE. Trump is against people illegally being in a country - but backs Russia and Israel.

All my life I was told that one reason so many Americans insist on owning guns is because they to need to protect themselves against the possibility of a tyrannical government. And all I can think now is “so how is that going?”

here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here