ok am I allowed to get my Shiba a Japanese robe if I’m not Japanese? (I’m definitely not) www.etsy.com/listing/1494...

there was a Shiba parade in San Francisco and all the shibas wore yukatas it’s too much

corporate dei in 2026 is one corporation self-identifying as fascist and all the other corporations being like “that’s valid”

Georgie in the pink

the pope is correct about the war bc he is correct on the merits and not because he is the pope likewise Trump is wrong about the war on the merits and not bc heads of state should never criticize religious leaders or engage in blasphemy which is actually fine thank you for coming to my ted talk

“We're very much and clearly winning. Like, really, really easily.”

sorry I’m a secular dumdum lollipop but is it normal to “pick a favorite Testament between the two”?

she is such a good girl

sometimes I feel kind of bummed that no one has ever tried to recruit me to join a cult/intelligence service

I’m not saying that it’s *good* but I wouldn’t necessarily say that it’s *bad* if Kash Patel is too intoxicated to go to work every day

every year around this time Georgie gets seized by the urge to simply slather tree pollen all over her body at every conceivable opportunity and ngl it’s driving me a bit mad

I really like how the art here captures the wide range of emotional responses to this news in the raccoon community, from mad (l) to sad (r)

stegosaurus is obviously the best dinosaur wtf

just heard the archbishop of Miami take a swing at secular Calvinists on the bbc hot medieval summer continues apace

Again, there is literally no one covering Hegseth’s Pentagon worship services more closely than @briankaylor.bsky.social.

apparently people get excommunicated all the time

inside you there are 5.6 million bees

it was kind of a lot at the time but I’m so glad that I learned a little bit about the crusades and just war theology last month just so I can enjoy jd Vance beclowning himself now

every time I think that I’ve come up with a story idea that’s not existentially upsetting I do a little reading and get hella upset

DOJ prosecutes a California man who was shot in the face by ICE agents DOJ/DHS say Carlos, 36, "assaulted" officers with his car, but video doesn't show his car hitting officers + officials haven't claimed an agent was injured. FBI's complaint says it has "not been able" to interview key ICE agents

We did this in 2019 and it was v funny bc actual human comedians made sure the jokes came out actually funny

i tried to use gemini to convert a web table to a csv and it wouldn't do it because there were more than 500 entries which is a) why i wanted it to do it in the first place b) the whole fucking point of ai, no?

ICYMI I spent the past month trying to understand what Pete Hegseth believes and how that relates to the war on Iran. He belongs to an extreme Calvinist denomination whose founder prefers the constitution of the Confederacy to that of the US; Hegseth certainly conducts himself as if he agrees.

something deeply wrong with a religious movement that is okay with bombing schools full of children but draws the line at blasphemous slop memes anyways here’s my most recent article

hello if anyone has any ideas for what my next story should be about my suggestion box is open

hello if anyone has any ideas for what my next story should be about my suggestion box is open

every time I see an aerial shot of grand army plaza my brain makes a sapphic joke they’re not even good jokes they just happen to be

wet hot medieval summer

it’s giving crusades it’s giving Avignon papacy

hot medieval summer

kind of obsessed with the mecha moth man in the sky

it’s crazy that Trump just straight up lost a war to Iran and no one really knows what to say or do about it

for sure, congratulations to magyar. but the real heroes imo are those in civil society & journalism & rank-and-file opposition & academia who have fought against the disintegration of rule of law, the weaponization of the courts/media, & so much more for so long. 🇭🇺

no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

Sunday in the park with Georgie

ICYMI I spent the past month trying to understand what Pete Hegseth believes and how that relates to the war on Iran. He belongs to an extreme Calvinist denomination whose founder prefers the constitution of the Confederacy to that of the US; Hegseth certainly conducts himself as if he agrees.

pretty girl

Temu Templar

Those who believe absurdities commit atrocities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools. I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.

fwiw reporting this story is how I became pope-curious, much to my mother’s continuing dismay

TIL hegseth is out here promising soldiers eternal life

An excellent insight into the fervent religiosity of the moment. “The Crusades, like the Confederacy, ended in ignominious defeat. But as with other “lost causes”, they maintain a powerful appeal to reactionary minds who luxuriate in grievance and take comfort in glorious hypotheticals. “

"Hegseth’s distinct combination of piety and bloodlust was most prominently on display at the 25 March worship service at the Pentagon, the first since the war in Iran began, when he prayed for 'overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

An exceptionally good survey of the Protestant theological currents feeding this holy war.

A must read in depth & alarming reporting on how “the Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East” tracing the roots of Hegseth’s reported right-wing Christian faith 2 not just the Crusades but also 2 genocide of Native Americans & 2 confederacy.

lowkey tearing up cause I got a nice email from a professor of history

This is a fascinating and revealing examination of Pete Hegseth’s particular sect of Calvinist evangelicalism, by @joolia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...