The Founders wouldn't be shocked by the abolition of slavery, though perhaps more by equality and integration, and ditto for women. Nor even by technological progress as much as we might think. Such ideas were not unknown to them. But they would be flabbergasted and astonished by an American pope.

Confident in my ability to minister to the laity, I take the church. I smile at my opponent; Leo does not return the gesture. He'd be more handsome if he did, I think. He serves. The excommunication passes cleanly through my soul, condemning me to eternal hellfire instantly.

Elderly family are great because if they see a photo of you in a suit, you are “handsome” and not “an overdressed potato”.

It is 9:00 AM and already hotter than I want it to be. But I need some things, so off I go.

I saw people were talking about journalists whining about bluesky but then I saw it was Stephen Pollard and FFS that's not even a fucking journalist man. He's a right wing blowhard that repeatedly has had to pay fines or caused publications he works for to pay fines for right wing blowharding.

Ruins everything it touches

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City dresses their statue of Baby Jesus in whatever uniform the national team is wearing in each game. My God I love the World Cup, just incredible things happening everywhere. Also, Sister Michael would no doubt approve, she loves a good statue.

This is like watching a 30 For 30 get made at the factory.

Some of you are still posting about politics and I need you to understand that Bluesky is now a Cabo Verde stan platform thank you for your attention

Transfer value of the Argentinian national team: $1 billion GDP of Cabo Verde: $3.45 billion

I thought I had one beer left, but I was wrong, and it is too hot to go outside, so I am going to be grumpy and drink water instead.

Vozinha is going to be on stamps within the year.

Moving some furniture and I have masks stuffed everywhere in my bookshelves.

South Pacific is such a strange musical, it's from 1949 and definitely bears the fingerprints of that era but has such songs as: - Racism is Bad - Don't Pay Attention to Posters Who Only Doompost - My Wife Has a Fat Ass

I wrote about this fact after the Spain shutout Something beautiful to me about a guy watching the 1986 World Cup, deciding he HAS to name his son after the guy who just scored a big goal, and then, 40 long years later, that kid becoming a star at the World Cup sports.beehiiv.com/p/today-in-s...

I don't care how big a Messi fan you are, it is incumbent on all of us to root for Cape Verde to dump out Argentina before the Round of 16. It would be the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of the sport

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

ok new rule. if you see this post, for every minute you spend arguing today on bluesky you have to spend two minutes reading a book.

I went through and provided context to an MLB dot com article on the recent CBA proposal that seemed to leave a lot of it out. I've made that article completely free to read for anyone who wants to:

Did you know there was a Broadway adaptation of Clavell's "Shogun"? It was a failure, lasting only a couple of months in New York, but Clavell remained very proud of it. It was a spectacle show (shipwreck! earthquake!) but I haven't been able to find much of the score.

Name the Boy Band: The Means of Production

This is what we mean by the whole “not everything is digitized” — not everything is fully *catalogued* yet! This is at the UK National Archives at Kew.

we’re in the middle of the anniversary of Gettysburg so a few book recommendations if you’re interested in diving into how the battle unfolded. these are the obvious picks but may be useful for people who are curious but haven’t read a ton yet 🧵

*sigh*

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I was asked if I was 55 and therefore qualified for a senior discount on my groceries. I said I was 54 because I am scrupulously honest and also resent anyone thinking I am “senior”. (They gave me the discount anyway, which is good because everything is so expensive.)

okay here's my pitch: XCOM 3: Terror From the Deep, and this thing is your base

For decades, game animators could not get boobs right. Welcome to the brave new future.

Habsburg derby let's goooo winner gets Naples.

Signed up for that new Canadian @gandersocial.ca platform – not sure I will continue using it Shared a link from CBC News only to discover Gander adds ideological bias labels for news orgs based on ratings from a dubious American website called “Media Bias Fact-Check”…

It's giving "this parking lot is the heart of the community" vibes

Quite overdue for a rewatching of DEATH OF STALIN, I think.

Never mind

Did we expect no score at the half?

Saying we should all go back to physical media I think misses the point. I actually *like* buying games and movies digitally for a bunch of reasons. What we need is better consumer protections so the things we do buy digitally are actually owned and companies cant delete/revoke access!

People say this a lot, but there is a legit DEATH OF STALIN or OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH type historical comedy here about an enslaved man freeing himself through the power of audacity.

lol wtf Belgium

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

The update from the publisher of this graphic novel is appalling, and in tone quite reminiscent of the kind of blustering bald-faced denials one sees from others caught doing clear wrong, like elite media plagiarists, AI company executives, or members of the Trump administration.

Apologies, we for got the alt text! Here it is.

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

Levi has good mechanics and was behind too many guys in Buffalo. This could be a good pickup in net for the Oilers.

Well this isn’t a very big deal given how cheap digital storage is. Now to take a big sip of water and open Newegg

If you're curious what a non-preservationist gaming ecosystem looks like, you can look at the mobile stores, where most of the shit you remember does not exist in any form anymore.

"The Voyageurs have tried the Kids In The Hall song, ”These Are The Daves I Know,” which appeals to a relatively narrow slice of Canada." I vote for this.

The schism is not medieval. These chucklefucks aren't interesting enough for a real antipope. You don't need a historian of the Avignon Papacy or the 11th century for this, you need someone studying Vatican II and the archconservatives who refute it.

I sometimes get pitches from Influencer Manager teams who are sure that their 5 million sub home-and-lifestyle content creator is a good fit for Crusader Kings. Somehow. The pitch is just "you make a popular thing and we have a popular person". Stop.