Pro Tip: You don't have to retcon your personal views to meet modern values, just own up to it & be a voice for #change. I know we made the jokes for years, & it seems like "all of a sudden it's offensive." No, it was always gross, we just didn't care enuf to realize it 'til now. #LetsBeBetter.

running for office is fun because you learn cool stuff about yourself like how your boyfriend who runs a comedy website is a billionaire and you don’t actually live in rogers park despite living in rogers park and your mom is an oil baroness or something and

U kno y I refer to dictionaries? Bc I learned reading very early & have a large vocabulary of words (I often mask by trading simple words in to avoid difficulty) I can't define myself, but I know how to use bc they just FEEL correct when I use them in a certain way. I use a dictionary for u, not me.

@paulogia.bsky.social uploaded a ~45 min response to a kind of Council of Bloviating Sophists, led by Jordan "Metaphysical Substrate" #Peterson. Personally, I can't take quite 15 minutes of it, but if you can, here's conceited #windbags in a cerebral circle jerk. #Christianity #Religion #Philosophy

Please don't #pray for me without my #consent youtu.be/33rHJU21leg

🗣️ Attention, please: 👇 🚫 🤖🧠

This is why we need legislative representation.

Thank you, #science, for the revelation of such amazing phenomena in the #universe! #Astronomy #Research "You can liken it to the teacups ride at a theme park. Each galaxy is like a spinning teacup, but the whole platform- the cosmic filament -is rotating too." — Co-lead author Dr Lyla Jung

Trump and Republicans promised to lower costs on day one—and as we can see, that was a lie. Prices shot up, and health care will spike again because they refuse to extend the ACA credits. Now they claim “affordability” is a con job. Since when is feeding your family or seeing a doctor a scam?

Sad to hear about the passing of Bob Barnes :( He founded and organized a really incredible annual event in Ontario, built an excellent team to run it, and kept growing BAHACon at a time when similar events for atheists were going out of existence. Sending love to his family.

Holy shit. But also, I wonder: did anyone talk to Samantha to explain plainly to her, without judgement or hyperbole, how she's literally contradicting herself re: free speech & gender norms? Maybe we could reach her. (Tho she's actually a *junior* and this is the level of writing!)

In response to an #atheist I follow on YouTube talking about #Christian #apologetics, I had some thots to share: I think most of us in the atheist communities of social media recognize that discourse with #apologists is never going to alter the opinion of the apologists or likely ourselves. 1/6

#ICE #FDT #FuckICE #NoKings #AntiFa

600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead. Quick summary by me:

Men are still getting married all the time bro. Maybe be a better person #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news

"Orderliness grows through humble phenomena." — Either Jordan Peterson, Deepak Chopra, or made up nonsense from a gibberish generator script. You decide. #JordonPetersonMaybe #DeepakChopraMaybe #FuckWoo #ReligiousIdiots

#SacrilegiousDiscourse I love how it's always Husband: "Are you ready?" Wife: "Sure! OH! Hey, here's a random thot." H: "Answer to random thot." W: "Meandering commentary." H: "Distractedly following the rabbit trail." W: "Ha. Random question?" H: "I guess. Podcast?" W: "I've been waiting on you!"

Yeah yeah yeah, I get it. The OT: 1. Jews Gone Wild, 2. YHWH goes ballistic, 3. Jews get in line and cower in fear, 4. YHWH self-satisfied, 5. Time passes, 6. Return to 1. #HebrewBible #Tanakh #Bible

#NotADragQueen #NotATransPerson #ReligionKills #AntiTheism

This is one reason we don't use Facegram or Instabook, people. No More Meta Products!! They're bad for you.

This is worth the read.

Someone paid attention to the real MTG for all these years. How is that person still in office? WTF, Amerikkka? ... Oh, right.

#SolarOpposites: S4:E5 "The Birth-a-Day Present" "You can't go in there, it's too big a risk! You don't even know if he's worth saving: what if he likes defending Jordan Peterson in comment threads?" #SickBurn #JordanPetersonSucks #FuckPhilosophers

I mean, you all saw #MegynKelly, right? #GOPedofiles #FDT #EpsteinFiles #PedoPologists

#CoSoMusic #FernRadio #80sRemixed youtu.be/Rm0esDRXu_k

@sacrilegiousdiscourse.com Husband: "Okay, professional effort." Wife: "I pooped a hammer!" H: "..." W: "Hey, you can't look at me in that tone of voice!" H: "Look, I just —" W: "Why are your arms so long? Look at them! They're so long!" H: "Wait, what?" W: "STOP RUBBING YOUR LEGS!!!"

One of the struggles of the #deconstruction process is "giving up" the comforts we had habitualized, like the self-soothing ritual of prayer. Parasocial relationships w/ imaginary beings can have meaningful, real impact on our mental health, & you can't just give that up w/o a loss.

I think "befuddled" in this instance lacks the expression of what they were "beffuddled" *about*. If it were me, I'd let you know, I'm befuddled how people can be so completely incompetent at epistemological honesty.

Seriously, this weird shit is why #Christians are losing the culture war they started; they shoot themselves in the foot.

It's interesting to me that #Christians have a tendency to accuse #atheists of having #faith, & frame it in this way. In a way that tacitly states that my stance is absurd, & therefore demands more faith, belief w/o evidence, than their view & also imply that this is bad. More faith = more absurd.

This incredible quote by playwright and #humanist George Bernard Shaw (recited here by Jeff Goldblum) feels like the perfect way to start a new week: Shaw’s words remind us that life isn’t something to be cautiously preserved or merely endured: it’s something to be lived with purpose✨

#Jesus #AthestMemes #YMCA

Look, when I told you this morning that I needed coffee, I was not trying to imply that the coffee would make ME less difficult, it's that it makes OTHER PEOPLE easier to tolerate. ☕

Some broflakes fall early in the season. Come to bsky, immediately start seeking to feel persecuted and superior, have someone let you know that there's no need to be fragile about it, and then they instantly show what testicles they are. Poor little "Christian" conservative.

Exactly. We don't need to act bc of our beliefs (or lack) about a god, but bc we care about reducing harm to our fellow human beings, regardless of their #politics. Remember: MAGA have been duped; they suffer, too, but are brainwashed to think it's someone else's fault. #CareLikeMrRogers

J: It's a personal relationship I want with you. I love you, I want you to love me back, that's all. Me: Um, well, look, you seem nice enuf, but I don't really feel that way about you. J: Look, that's your choice, but if you keep denying me, I'll tie you to this chair & set you on fire. 1/X

Time for the annual release of this, cuz it still applies: #FuckXmas #XmasMusicSucks #Pain

Ooh, I would love to see this fiery furball at the #OrangeCat coffee shop. I have so many scritchies behind the ears to give.

Vote with your pocketbook.... or send a message anyway. Yes I'm still buying from the big guys but what I buy is greatly reduced for sure. I'm not loading up at Walmart or Target or Amazon this year. I'm finding indie shops and businesses to support and shift to making everyday purchases.

Gather Restaurant|Bar is a very bougie place, and I'm in here scumming it up with my low class. I'm cool with it, tho, and the wait staff have been terribly kind. #NiagaraFalls #Restaurant

#Porter #Jesus #Beer

YouTube Commenter: "Boo, this video used AI! It's gross and bad an steals from artists!" While I agree with your accusations, let's remember that you're on YOUTUBE making the comment (engaging w/ the content), where several different LLMs are in play, & owned by Google/Alphabet, operating Gemini.

I replied to the below with the acknowledgement that what they proposed was indeed crazy, but not representative of actual atheism. They were, apparently, perplexed, asking if I was "fucking serious?" Absolutely. And I offered to have a conversation, if they wanted. They blocked me. Figures.

Why couldn't *I* have been Sydney's accident? youtu.be/xo5wBUm6040

Another awesome little space, but further north in the #Niagara (NY) area, Orange Cat Coffee Co, in #Lewiston. #OrangeCat is a cozy, semi-rustic little house-turned-coffee-shop with very fancy #coffee & #tea options, some eats, & a heap of charm. (Plus a killer logo.) Very #local, very chill.

Apparently whoever titled this video has no idea what atheism is, or how argumentation functions. bsky.app/profile/ev3r...

Been kicking around Niagara Falls (NY side) for a few days for work, and found the Misty Guild Cafe (or @mistyguildcafe.bsky.social, if you're nasty). Hell yeah, the place to be. I'm sad about the lack of Tuesday & Wednesday options, but for any other day, choice spot. #Niagara #Coffee #Nerd

Are you an #atheist who lost #faith? Do you have a #Jesus substitute? Or an #AntiChurch practice? I like to spend a couple hours on Sundays (the day my former faith has church service) diving into #Christian #bible contradictions & failings, verifying whether my stance was/is justified or not.