@lizgloyn.bsky.social you seen this?

h/t @ichatterjea.bsky.social

That means a quarter of Americans are prepared to invade and annex the territory of another country...

🧵"A review of professional peer-reviewed literature in the fields of religion and psychology revealed no consistent benchmarks or validity measures regarding the relationship of psychological evaluation results and success in ministry"/...

That is a very unpleasant historical echo, though I imagine that if you’re Lakota it doesn’t feel so much like a historical irony as a mask-off moment.

It's #buyastrangerabook day. Now then, if you'd like a book, but aren't quite sure what, just let @melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kinda stuff you like reading. Melissa will then reply with a choice of four books. You can choose your favourite & Melissa will pay for it! Get in touch! UK only

"Nazi shingles."

There are some incredibly touching stories here, perhaps particularly from Ruby Wax and Tom Felton - but they're all great. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

That's more like it. Seriously, every pro-ICE Democrat needs to be primaried

*side-eyes Mum and Grandpa (her dad), Dad and Granny (his mum)...*

Wow! I'm old enough to remember getting goose-bumps when reading about polls giving @plaidcymru.bsky.social 7 or 8% of the Welsh vote - this is just staggering!

Particularly beautiful dawn chorus this morning as I walked to Matins. And it *is* definitely getting lighter. #TinyJoys

Fucks sake, if this error is used to say “they shouldn’t have banned Maccabi fans” I shall be so pissed off, because they were quite clearly right to. The fans are violent thugs and I absolutely do not say that easily. Also, the government pushes people to use AI and then they do and it’s shit.

More horrifying violence, paid for by American taxpayers.

An absolutely brilliant iconic ad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #VoteSNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🗳️

An unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offer from last week. In memory of a friend who died at the end of last year, @lancslass.bsky.social offered to buy TWO people a book each of their choice, up to £15. One's gone, but one's still up for grabs, so if there's a book you'd like, get in touch. UK only

And Wales/Cymru will do the same! Pay for ENGLISH vanity projects that are of NO PURPOSE OR GAIN for Scotland and Cymru,yet we foot the bill! It really is time to Fk Westminster and it's parasitic union off! OUR Money,OUR resources, OUR riches & assets belong in Scotland & Wales pockets not Englands

A useful list for the UK. I think we’re still at the 2nd or 3rd thing in this list but …

This one is even madder than the Senedd one in many ways.

Here's another groovy #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about. @writelikeashark.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £15! So, if there's a particular book that you're after, just get in touch. UK only

It's only one poll, polling is wonky in Wales anyway, we're years from a general election, there's all these factors in play, etc. etc. etc. AND YET that there's even a hint of Labour losing every single seat in what was, until Starmer, the most Labour country on Planet Earth is absolutely crazy.

This better not be classified as England and Wales. Cheating us again if so.

Only the Lib Dems can win here. 😂

What are your home hills or mountains? Mine are the East Yorkshire wolds.

10 Owen Archer mysteries are currently in the top 100 Medieval Historical Fiction list on amazon, plus the omnibus (1-4). Wow. I am all teary. Thank you, readers! 🥰

h/t @mbkplus.bsky.social

Guys, gals and non-binary pals, the seemingly impossible has been achieved: For I think the first time in I think nine years, if not much longer, I have found the bottom of my main work mailbox. #TinyJoys (but honestly, not so tiny)

I give up... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Standard centre left"

I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.

Colleague signed off their email, ‘toodlehoo’ 😌 #TinyJoys

THE SCREAM I LET OUT, JESUS WEPT

We could really do with Bishop Whipple going full medieval vengeful saint at this point.

Meet the new right, same as the old…

Hen Galan hapus/blwyddyn newydd dda i'r pobl o cwm gwaun heno!

Supporting the Iranian people, eh?

Klan imagery, too. Revolting.

The Humber

My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river. Mine is the Patuxent.

Important to note here that it will be Christian narratives used to justify a shallow idea of healing, which paints over cracks, rather than rebuilding the house. We have a duty to proclaim the radical re-creation of all things in Christ, a healing whose companion is judgement + witness.

I …. Whut?!

For those who don’t know, Bishop Whipple was an advocate for Native American rights and is best known for his appeals for clemency for the Dakota who had been sentenced to death after the US-Dakota War (they hanged 38, but Lincoln pardoned 265, an unpopular decision). Whipple would be protesting.

Missing from worries about defence readiness is any reference to the nuclear deterrent. Even during the Cold War, I doubt the UK military planned for full scale, non-nuclear, war in Europe. The nuclear deterrent was supposed to make war unthinkable. So what's changed? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#tinyjoys moving Mr Smith to the flat

Leicester folk. Is it pronounced: Donington LE heath or Donington LEE heath? Cheers!

FFS! Will EVERBODY PLEASE STOP posting content from the other place on Bluesky??!! This place isnt supposed to be a retweet repository for their bullshit. Keep it where it was.

Everytime conversations about toxic social media use collapses into the "Kids these days with their phones" narrative, I like to remind people that the biggest social media car crash in these parts in on Nextdoor... ...And oh my days, those aren't teenagers posting that silage...

This organisation take PayPal, so I was able to contribute from abroad. (Not a lot - really not boasting here - just did what I could.) Non US folks, perhaps share this around a bit?