Why does the media continue to use the word "Millennial" as code for "young person"? That's not what it means. It's literally in the name. A Millennial is someone at least a thousand years old.

Reporting back- I did not see a Gita Society table, but they do have miniature ponies for kids to ride. AND, the Yemeni grill is selling nachos and chicken tenders.

At an Eid street festival in the Tenderloin in SF. Just saw a little Yemeni kid hand his full chador mom an Arabic language copy of the Bhagavad Gita 🤷‍♂️ Apparently the International Gita Society is here handing out literature. Will investigate.

"In the distance, a brigade of inflatable frogs is doing warmups" a mere year ago this (beautiful, poignant) sentence would have not have been possible

Why do I love this so much? www.instagram.com/reel/DV8PHQr...

This is the best gift I could have imagined this morning. Who am I kidding, no way could I have imagined it

today in demonology: how the enlightenment failed to exorcise our demons.

The line between 'indie craft enthusiast' and 'radicalized polo shirt enthusiast' has never been thinner.

San Francisco, specifically Valencia St., feels a lot like Portland today- everything is very precious and twee. Also, it’s a little hard to tell but, it seems like a disproportionately large number of people could be Proud Boys going to brunch with their moms and aunts.

We lifted sanctions on Iran? While we went to war with them? This makes no sense. And still the Iranian people suffer. It’s just not right.

An interesting case study for the philologists and the gastronomists amongst us- "فهوة" made the jump from coffee to green tea when referencing this Kashmiri beverage called “kahwa.”

the thing Paul is unwilling to get is that the so called "political" difference - his being against helping refugees resettle - actually can cause or allow violence (to humans fleeing violence). so often the things that get cast as political differences ARE political violence -just to someone else.

Interesting read.

Third spaces. A fun thread.

“The unexamined life… yada yada.”

Whole ass eastern philosophies and religions centered on the concept of introspection, but okay.

Profoundly simplistic, ahistorical understanding of Western history and philosophy. May I introduce you to Augustine, for example.

Listening to these two windbags bloviate was possibly the most pointless waste of time I’ve subjected myself to in don’t know how long.

we need some good ol' religious feuding to distract us from geopolitics --Martin Luther, probably

For posterity: youtu.be/WpbGF7l-t2w

In a staff meeting discussing long term plans, “This year it’s been difficult to put time into Thought Leadership.” 😂🤷‍♂️

Chinese traditional cotton fluffing 🎸🤘 www.instagram.com/reel/DVjA9jf...

Will watch.

“When congregations of various faiths – Christian, Jewish, Quaker, Unitarian, Buddhist and more – declared themselves “sanctuaries” in the 1980s, they invoked old religious traditions of protecting the stranger.” 😬 This article needs the expertise of a religion journalist. Calling @jackjenkins.me

Haha, order sparkling Meyer lemonade, and, it turns out, you make it yourself. #interactivegastronomy

Sister-in-law in Abu Dhabi currently receiving emergency alerts of “potential missile threats”

Sidebar but I am reading about India/Pakistan partition and boy religious nationalism leads to some really bad places, probably should stick with liberal pluralism.

Perhaps this will brighten your day: www.instagram.com/reel/DVgtxBD...

Possibly the greatest high school level transition-to-conclusion piece of writing I have ever read: “However, it is now time to conclude the purpose of this bunch of writing and bundle it up together to see what we can conclude. In conclusion…”

Spent about 20 minutes in the bathroom away from windows after a missile alert sounded earlier this hour in Dubai. Wild feeling to have for the first time. But for many worldwide, such alerts are a constant occurrence. Or, even worse, not publicly available before the bombs fall.

"We had indicators that they intended to use it potentially, preemptively, but if not, if not simultaneous, against with any actions against them, immediately against us,"

I post exclusively so the Void won't be lonesome.

A couple of zurkhaneh videos. The first is a short Al-jazeera explainer and the second is for the sights and sounds alone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlg... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPSh...

Every news story is now “State Senator Randy Pervert (R-Springfield) was indicted on 8 counts of lewd behavior with a child under 12 and has been put on paid leave from his two jobs as Border Patrol liaison and youth pastor at First Presbyterian (PCA) where parishioners say they were ‘blindsided.’”

What's your favorite Robert Duvall film? And why is it The Apostle? www.imdb.com/title/tt0118...

sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really

A little further context: I mean that as a young person just out of my teens, this film challenged some of my deep-held, Protestant-informed assumptions about belief, religion, being a “good person,” and so forth. And it did so in a pretty uplifting manner!

I think that I can credit Duval’s performance in The Apostle (1997) as a pivotal moment in my evolving interest in religious studies. Raised Baptist, explored a little Orthodoxy, Buddhism, etc, The Apostle was maybe the 1st time I started thinking about religion as something other than just belief.

i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions

Opening ceremonies for the winter games in Kyrgyzstan. www.instagram.com/reel/DTmiEPK...

AI simply cannot stand in front of a classroom, gesticulating wildly and writing semi-illegibly on chalkboards, both of which are key to building rapport and convincing your students you are worth learning from

Hahaha, as someone who has spent the better part of my fifty years on this planet seeking out all manner of musical expression, this seems like a pretty tame, dare I say even boring, schedule of performers. Nevertheless, I will accept, welcome, and love them, and maybe even get into it a little bit.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

So I just learned about the 1986 airplane hijacking attempt in #Oulu, #Finland, and now you too are going to. Because I burst out laughing in a train reading about it. It has: ✔️beer (lots)! ✔️hijinks! ✔️weird occult Nazis! ✔️✔️✔️"HYPNOTIC-MAGNETIC GAZE!" Why oh why this isn't a movie yet! (a THREAD.)

I received two compliments about my hair this morning (both from students 🤯), so I decided to go get my passport renewal photo during my lunch break 💅

My halftime show. Also, adding to this growing thread. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTLXlAx...

Can we please have this. Also, click on the post to enjoy the hilarious climax of this film.

Yesterday, I encountered this brilliant little graffitied tableau in one of the restrooms at my place of employment. The only other graffiti was a little pen-scrawled statement about putting rats in your pants, which I have no interest in entertaining.