The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew

I recently re-listened to the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I don't reread books; I certainly don't re-listen. But this one may deserve a third hearing. It's THAT good.

Y'all I just learned Craigslist still exists, and I thought you should know

⬇️ I wish this surprised me but based on what I know it’s accurate. And this kind of harassment happens even now, even today, in all spheres of life.

Now that’s a lede. Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social. Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language. Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.” Note the language in second photo.

Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.

New Gallup data shows a historic shift: only 49% of Americans now say religion is important in their daily lives, down from 66% in 2015. Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year. news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...

A pastor, somewhere: "I would never use the lectionary. Nobody's going to tell me what to preach." That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."

Here's something I didn't learn as a kid but plan to pass on to my own kids: Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

Why do Premium saltines come in full sleeves and Lance saltines come only in packets of two? Is there some sort of ancient curse involved?

sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure

I’m as Protestant as they come—I mean, I’m a pastor who is happily married to a clergywoman, for goodness sake-but I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that the pope is an American

Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing

“It’s really the melting pot of Athens.” ‘Automatic for the People:’ Weaver D’s still bonds the Classic City as era nears end www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...

we picked the wrong time to close Religious Studies programs

We call it the Connection, and it’s my favorite part about being a United Methodist. This is how we do church!

You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires

My feed right now

Oof

This is unbearably funny

HA *stitches

Hi. I have had stickers in my mouth for the better part of ten days and I would like them to come out now thank you very much

I just heard Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary" (a book I love) described as a treatise on "the question of, if the universe depended on it, can adult men make friends?" and it's the best thing I've heard in months

Uncles are always getting roasted on here and I'm tired of it. The only misinformation I tell my nephew is that he's good at drumming and his mother loves snakes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

ICYMI: In a landmark restructuring in the UMC following a costly splintering, United Methodists outside the U.S. have more say over their practices. It's what many are calling the "decolonizing" of a major global Protestant group. #UMC www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...

BREAKING: The United Methodist Church overwhelmingly voted to ratify regionalization, a plan to restructure the denomination giving regions across the globe more autonomy. The UMC Council of Bishops just announced the results, story coming soon. #UMC www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/u...

For those who may not realize, it's a really important moment in the United Methodist Church. We are expecting final results on a potentially historic restructuring, so here's a 🧵 on what that is and why we went to Zimbabwe last week... #UMC

“I called her and she didn’t answer but I left a voicemail and told her I would help as long as she changed her platform to mine” is some real sore loser stuff

There is no legitimte patriotic argument to the contrary, regardless of your views

I’ll never tire of election night. It’s so often unpredictable, and it happens to matter quite a lot to all our daily lives

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is the President openly announcing that he will violate court orders - two courts had concluded that the Trump regime withholding SNAP funding was illegal - and that the government had to pay out (at least reduced) SNAP benefits starting this week

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

okay *now* nobody deserves to be a billionaire

Love him or hate him you can't deny that this is beautiful, concise prose.

man come on

Learn from my mistakes: do not order pizza on Halloween. I ordered two hours ago, I have been waiting for 45 minutes, and I just heard them say they weren’t paying attention and my pizza fell off the conveyor belt and onto the floor

This is not how a functioning government operates.

When are we going to stop PRETENDING that it is OKAY for CARTOON CHARACTERS to wear THE SAME EXACT CLOTHES EVERY DAY

People: Churches should take care of poor people. Churches: Okay. People: No, not like that. Now we’re suing you. episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/10/30/a...

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

I have been FLYING through 11/22/63 by Steven King. I can barely put it down to sleep or eat. It’s that good

I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)

Dear pants makers, please stop putting zip up cell phone pockets in our pants. We don’t like them, and they make us feel like dorks. Regular pockets work just fine.