an unexpected occasion of mercy is cause for joy and reflection. people sometimes like to detail, in response, the gruesome crimes of people the state seeks to execute, but it doesn't matter what anyone did: state sanctioned execution is barbaric, no less so than any crime it seeks to punish.

The Berlin Zoo named their baby Hippo Brötchen. :) (Bread roll 🥖)

YOU - Suffering will only make me stronger. ENDURANCE - It's probably this way of thinking that got you where you are.

Nonsense!

“Just finished Star Trek TNG. Moving on to Return of the Jedi next”

The number of people who play Elden Ring and then move on to Dark Souls 3 is ludicrous. Start with the beginning of the series, you dummies!

Someone needs to write a book on the phenomenology of time for people with ADHD, because I’m convinced we just don’t experience the passage of time the same way everybody else does

and it's up! works.hcommons.org/records/7crf...

How on earth am I just now learning about Tawney for the first time???

If only I could be so grossly incandescent!

[dark souls font] Cat Petted

This is something that’s baked into the very foundation of Christian belief and practice. Jesus’s own teachings are chock-full of references to the defining characteristics of “true disciples” vs false ones.

BY NOT LETTING THEM OUTSIDE!

Nintendo FINALLY exploring the untapped video game market of thumb war enthusiasts

That’s one hell of a pull quote

Recently we got a wifi-enabled security cam for our backyard. I laid it on our living room couch while I configured all the network settings, and this is the first image it took when I brought it online

My wife is convinced that republicans are literally incapable of discerning what an inappropriate relationship actually looks like. I’ll say this: that would explain…a lot of

Think I’m going to stream a playthrough of Dark Souls Remastered sometime soon

“It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.” Mervyn Peake, ‘Titus Groan’

I’m curious about typos in old books that have gone through multiple editions. Is this something that has always been here since the original manuscript? Was it accidentally introduced in a subsequent printing?

Weird Christian friends: What’s a good *ecumenical* resource for officiating weddings? Looking for something that approaches the topic similarly to how Lynch & Long’s ‘The Good Funeral’ approaches funerals. ⚓️

Remember when people would roll their eyes at their friends posting on Facebook and Instagram what they had for lunch? I kind of miss those days. Now 90% of social media is misleading clickbait about politicians and AI-generated ragebait posts from people you don’t know.

I think Wikipedia is great but actually there’s quite a lot about the qualia of human experience we haven’t yet figured out how to deliver in wiki form

Basic religious literacy is important. It’s crazy to me that so many religious studies departments are shuttering at the same time stuff like this is happening.

Just one more thing. If it’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” does that mean that Alvin isn’t a chipmunk?

*puts on grumpy old man hat* It should be illegal to sell food items in recyclable containers with non-recyclable wrapper labels.

When I gave you that flame, I gave you a part of myself.

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Highly recommend Mausritter, a rules-light OSR that’s a lot of fun for folks new to TTRPGs 🐭🗡️🛡️

Getting rid of a bunch of religion, theology, and biblical studies books. All free, plus the cost of shipping (Venmo or Cash App are fine). Just DM me your address and which books you’d like and I’ll drop them in the main for you. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I want to say one thing about this. This has been the hiring process for low wage workers for awhile. Wal Mart et al have been using automated job application systems to gamify everything from postings to schedules. The crisis, such that it is, is that it is now happening in middle skills jobs.

Radicalize anyone in under a minute by making them watch this

The writing in this game is impeccable

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Holding my beautiful, wide-eyed, three-week-old daughter. Me: “You’re so pretty. You’re just like your mama.” Her: O.O Me: … Her: o.O Me: … Her: … *belches*

INLAND EMPIRE - Imagine it. An explosion. Of *stars*. Goodbye world of men, money and machines.

Ah, oh! Well, how are you, then?

At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.

As someone hyperfixated on medieval monasticism I can tell you the Hegseth types certainly don't fit any idea of "Christian manhood."

Too early for an official figure but it looks like BACKROOMS will debut to $81 million this weekend in the United States, and $118 million worldwide. The film's budget? $10 million. Kane Parsons, ladies and gentlemen.

in this video in like 4 different ways and I hate that

I love how AMC trailers are now 1. Trailers 2. Ad for Amazon 3. More trailers 4. AMC ad telling you you’re at a movie 5. AMC ad reminding you that you’re at a movie 6. 5-sec cut of Nicole Kidman reminding you you’re at the movies 7. TURN OFF YOUR PHONE 8. Did you know you’re at the movies

I think part of the reason people are reacting so strongly to Magnifica Humanitas is that most of us are longing for someone with power, anyone, to stand up against the soul-crushing machinery (and with regular people) and say "no, this is wrong, and I am on your side."

It’s remarkable how this administration has done every single thing conservatives pretended liberals were doing when Biden was in charge.

BREAKING: Judge opens inquiry into settlement of Trump-IRS lawsuit with $1.8B "Anti-Weaponization Fund." Judge Kathleen Williams (Obama/SDFL) says if fatally flawed suit was filed just to justify a settlement, it could merit sanctions. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Yeah, I work for a company that relies on SMEs for course content, and our most prolific contract writer absolutely uses GenAI, despite telling us otherwise. In addition to the usual indicators (“X is not just Y—it’s also Z!”) this writer’s scripts all possess an eerie lack of specificity.