Increasing literacy about world religions among Americans will help reduce hatred.

When some lefty progressive dude running for a local city council office plasters posters around showing him (w a bad haircut) smiling and doing a bad version of the Black power clenched fist....(puts on the pass list).

Judging by the lyrics of "San Franciscan Nights" by Gabor Szabo, the dude was never here, or the weather was weird on the no more than 3 days he was here, because "the warm San Franciscan nights" - uh, warm? *Really*?

Beshear: He said, “I thought that I was being depicted as a doctor.” If I was ever in an operating room and somebody walked in in Jesus robes with orbs in his hand, I would have thought that it did not go well for me that day.

I know some of you are wisely watching your tone & saying this more articulately, so I'm sorry to feel I have to get it out my system: JDV is a smarmy little punk b*tch. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

yeah Pope Leo needs to look up this whole 'just war' theory, I hear there's more than a thousand years of it, I'm sure he's deeply unfamiliar, being, you know, an ********AUGUSTINIAN********

This made me laugh so much, I nearly spit out my coffee...

I'm somewhat religious in my own way, myself, but - 🤮

HOWLING

As a response to the far too numerous recent references On Here to "moneylenders in the Temple" (usually meaning Trump), here's a thread about why that phrasing is not merely incorrect, but a carryover from medieval Christian antisemitism & actively harmful to Jews today. 1/

OMG, this guy is the BEST at my brand of snark! Enjoy!

I'm dyyyyyiiinnngggg 🤣🤣☠️ This made me feel better about being trapped at my desk on a Monday.

Average GOP Congressman: We err...uhhh...don't uh need uh...oversight of the DoD because uh...we trust the President to decide what's best Donald Trump: I AM JESUS CHRIST RETURNED TO EARTH THE POPE ISN'T MAGA AND HE'S WEAK ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS I AM GOING TO BUILD A HOTEL ON THE MOON

"Trump finally releases his healthcare plan."

I don't know, guys. The president started a war with no plan and crashed the world economy, is building immense monuments to himself, is making billions off the presidency, and is now attacking the Pope while presenting himself as Jesus. Maybe the political class should abandon the inside voice.

THE DALAI LAMA IS WEAK ON MONETARY POLICY.

A wonderful friend of mine, my metal show and beer drinking buddy, died young, at 40, of pancreatic cancer. It was awful. I still miss him. I think this is a travesty.

This is so cute I just can't! And as a lover & grower of lavender, I think it's awesome, too.

This!

Katie Porter is super smart and tough. And a mom. And she takes no bullshit. If she'd been a man, the tough language she'd used on occasion & the 'tude woulda been glossed over. But there's a double standard. I haven't been particularly happy with any candidate, but I've always been a fan of hers.

Go Katie. She's effin smart, takes no shit.

The Trump Administration Is in a Psychotic State www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

Hey Canada, Jays beat the Dodgers today! 🎉🎉🎷

I remembered Boss Keloid today - they're a magnificent & little known prog metal band. This live version of "Gentle Clovis" from their last record is proggily face-melting. The whole record is amazing. Just ordered it in vinyl. #musicsky #metalsky youtu.be/ljqA7gFeIZ4?...

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There are 600+ MILLION evangelical Christian Zionists globally. Their political theology and eschatology is genocidal wrt Jews and Muslims.

My son Kryler's extracurriculars (Hitler-Jugend USA, 3x Jubilee video participant) and application essay "Knowledge is gay (derogatory)" somehow didn't get him into any of the Ivies

I'm sorry - why did we trade promising pitchers for Devers again? I don't see this guy being much better than anyone else who hits an occasional HR. #SFGiants

So how much of this latest threat, per Snyder, is 'you know who' trying to set up a false flag so that Iran 'does a terrorism' on US soil, thereby rallying everyone to you know who's side and saving his ass, I mean the midterms? Seriously - get the word out so everyone expects the possibility.

We're only 10 games in, so I'm trying not to be too negative. The Giants are simply not playing well. The Mets deserved the victories. We have management to blame most, and I'm praying we don't turn into the Oakland As 2.0 with their gutter ownership. #sfgiants

When folks say things like "Christian nationalists aren't real Christians", it's usually said w/o understanding what's truly being said. Here Karen Park notes that MAGA invocations of Scripture & material displays like the rosary are severed from any coherent Christian theological tradition. 1/

I was not at Hunky Jesus / Foxy Mary today, but Jesus Ken should have won. I mean, is he hunky? Hell (oops sorry) yes. Look at him! But Renewable Energy Jesus won because I'm sure he said all the right things about saving the earth. Plus apparently they thought he was hunkier (I disagree).

The thing about Republicans having Jesus Has Risen messages is that they know damn well, they'd put him in a concentration camp.

And quite frankly, right now, who can blame her?

I can't watch the Giants get creamed again, even by the Mets, who I also love. Fuck it, I'm watching Seattle.

We are screwed….

❌👑 except...

I just discovered that Teresa of Ávila is the patron saint of chess♟️. I thought it was kind of cool that chess has a patron. That is all.

Creating a market of millions of people who are unable to write or think may be the only viable business model for LLMs. They are selling their product below cost now, but people who are dependent on it will end up paying whatever it takes, right?

Ok, the purists are at again, so it’s time for a lesson. There will NEVER be a politician who checks all of the boxes. Politicians are imperfect people just like we are. I have voted in seven presidential elections, voted Democrat each time, but none of them checked off every single box for me. 1/3

christians hold up wine in a sacred glass and say "this is literally the blood of god" jews hold up wine in a sacred glass and say "it sure is nice that god made grapes"

I believe in Vitello and that this will be a season worth watching for the building up of the team. Go SF Giants!

Ya can't win wit dis guy, can ya?! (Excuse me while I fetch my microscopic violin).

"Out on the winding, windy moors we'd roll and fall in green..."

Nice!

We continue the classic orientals theme today w Ciara, 1973. A puff of orris-floral powder quickly fades to raspberry & strong resins, with mild narcotic florals & some grounding herbaceousness. This is sunshine and 70s rock, Indian gauze shirts & Dr. Pepper. #fragrancesky #sotd

Drinking tea grandpa style for the first time and it's really good!

Cleveland beats LA - 4-1! Woo hoo! Put it in the books! A much better pursuit to watch than Mr. Hotairbag!

No need to listen to Mr Word Salad this evening. Who fkn cares? He never shuts up anyway. Every day, it's some random blather that contradicts the blather from the previous day. I'm sure you could watch sports instead. Or do something useful.