Ah, well. Nevertheless

I have lost so much respect for Brene Brown

I’m still thinking about Helen DeWitt and what we mean when we talk about “invisible disability.” Not a barrier that no one has noticed, but one that we have collectively decided not to countenance.

don’t think any of these would make the front page today

Unresolved anxiety

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Brent has a real gift for this kind of savagery

This is peak spiritual practice

This story hit me pretty hard.

Got my ass

In a country that took the humanities seriously, way more of the medievalists you’re seeking out to explain Avignon would have actual academic jobs.

client feedback in the GenAI era

“Charlie Brown had hoes” come on friends

New shirt

I think this is right. Our revolutionary strength comes from community, born of hardship and joy. The only reason that this align with certain bodies is b/c our oppressors organize around fash, eugenic logic.

Let the reader understand: no sexual or gender configuration, no quirk of body or desire, is inherently liberatory

It's been a few years, but I still think about Ferguson a lot.

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

More people than ever in Massachusetts say they don’t have enough food to eat, according to the latest Massachusetts Food Access Report from the Greater Boston Food Bank and Mass General Brigham.

Yeah an intellectual with racism is not a hard cheese with mold situation it’s a soft cheese with mold situation, you gotta throw the whole thing away now

There is a path. It’s the path that Michael Vick walked. He has worked with the Humane Society for the last 17 years to educate folk about animal cruelty. He says he’ll do that work for the rest of his life. Call me when Louis or Kanye devotes even one weekend to making reparation.

Me, joking: I can’t believe we chose “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally” Conservatives, dead serious: it was a tough choice, but I’m glad we picked “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

Often, the proclamation of truth is obscured by what we today call “fake news” — lies, insinuations, and unfounded accusations. Yet, in the face of such obstacles, the truth does not remain hidden; rather, it comes forth to meet us, living and radiant, illuminating even the deepest darkness.

try it

Anyway, if u are in Baltimore and u sing alto (or countertenor) and u need a choir, hit me up

guy goes to a doctor, says he can't read any more. doctor says what are you reading? guy says, 16th-century gothic cursive. doctor says look, the great palaeographer is in town, why don't you go see him. guy says, but doctor...

1/x: Many people, even in trans communities, have forgotten what the term "deadname" was supposed to convey. In a world of anti-trans murders and media hostility to the idea that we might know ourselves better than others do, it literally meant, "The name they will call me when I'm dead."

Happy Easter from the overflow section of the choir stalls

He is Rizzo

This is gonna haunt my dreams

I was about to be like “there are no bad cities 💕💕💕” and then I remembered Waterbury Connecticut

THIS IS THE NIGHT

This is the night, when Christ broke the bonds of death and hell, and rose victorious from the grave. How wonderful and beyond our knowing, O God, is your mercy and loving-kindness to us, that to redeem a slave, you gave a Son.

This is the night, when you brought our fathers, the children of Israel, out of bondage in Egypt, and led them through the Red Sea on dry land. This is the night, when all who believe in Christ are delivered from the gloom of sin, and are restored to grace and holiness of life.

I think one of the things cis people don’t get about the Harry Potter thing is how much the beginning of the first book IS a trans narrative. You’ve got this kid who doesn’t fit in, who knows something is wrong with them and who is getting mistreated by people who are supposed to love them—

i am getting the lads seersucker shorts and tiny little baby blue penny loafers for sure and i'm looking for some straw boaters hats and none of this is for easter, this is for vacation this summer and then to get recycled into regular gardening camping playground clothes

If you work for a church and/or sing in a church choir: Drink a full glass of water. Really. Right now.

At this time every year I must draw your attention to the demon who appeared to have the misfortune to be standing by the door and was squished looney-tunes style when the harrowing commenced

Discovered that both @bridgetemob.bsky.social and I have been tapped to play Jesus in Passion liturgies this year

The fight we’ve been waiting for, the Battle of Brattle: Waymo vs. Cambridge turkey. @universalhub.com

1. "Here's an extreme idea. We're platforming it, so that people can watch out." 2. "This idea is gaining traction. We're publishing an op-ed in favour, for balance." 3. "This idea is popular now. Why does the left refuse to consider it?"

If the wealthy can get you thinking about who deserves basic needs and who doesn't, they win. They don't care if you think wealthy people are the ones who don't deserve; establishing that it must be earned is the key. With that done, they can just keep expanding the definition of "undeserving."

Woke up with a line from a song on my heart, and that song was “hail Satan.” I hope you sick freaks are happy

Just to remind everyone, Pope Leo, an Augustinian friar, was a missionary and then bishop in Peru, where he became a citizen, which is the country where Gustavo Gutierrez, a Dominican friar, founded Liberation Theology.

Means testing costs money and burdens clients as well as service providers. It's the red tape conservatives claim to hate. Excluding the rich makes the service feels like charity to those who qualify, and it ensures that those who don't qualify have no stake in protecting the program.

Happy one day a year when autocorrect is right that I want to wish strangers and coworkers a Good Friday

Holy Week and Trans Visibility - in which I reflect on Jesus' body, Trans Day of Visibility, and how our bodies come to have meaning 🕯️

Despite it all, inside it all, alongside it all: I just really like being in church.