Also pour one out for Dante and John Donne, because someone (a young woman, I think) talked about discovering their “unorthodox” perspectives and feeling Christianity had something going for it after all.

Pour one out for Tolkien, once again accidentally converting someone to Anglicanism (though I hope he sees it slightly differently now)

My favourite case studies were the undergrad converted by reading Dostoevsky, and the warehouse worker who loves Tolkien and decided to try church after reading blog articles about Tolkien’s faith. 4/4

Try attending church but had decided that Redpill and Christian Nationalism was against the teachings of Christ (I know it can go the other way and some people will reject the C of E because it’s not Xtian Nationalist but it’s heartening to hear all the same) 3/4

It was a place where they could be joyful, vulnerable, or cry and not be judged. They look to Christ but they’re not looking for caricatures of “strong masculinity.” Some of them had encountered red pill or Xtian nationalist content online and in some cases they’d been influenced by it to 2/4

Yesterday I went to a fringe meeting previewing some qualitative research from Theos about young people joining the Church of England. Mix of church traditions. But while there are more men than women, they talked about valuing church as a space for faith in Christ and also for sharing emotions⚓️ 1/4

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Armies wear uniforms for a reason. And not just because it makes the laundry easier. I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume. Duh.

“National pride, like every other form of pride, is an abomination in the sight of God, and Pride of race must be one of the things that pass away when one becomes a new creature in Christ Jesus.” — Stanley Frodsham [Editor of the Pentecostal Evangel, 1920]

“Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free.” - David Graeber

None of the Pierean roses for *them.* The great Nine do not reward treachery or theft.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

get in kids, we're making folk heroes

Bitch, do you really want people 3D printing vuvuzelas instead?

I post this link merely as a cultural curiosity and not so that anyone could print one if, say, whistles were banned. Obviously that would be wrong.

"Hotdishes against fascism" is the new official motto of the Midwest.

None of the good negates the bad! You may note that I’m not rushing out to get my rosary on! But at this point, if you are posting that Christians aren’t doing anything re: ICE, then hon, you’re just not paying attention.

And that’s all just clergy. There are a lot of people on the ground who might identify as Christians but would rather use their breath blowing whistles. And look, I get it. Lots of us are pretty bitter about stuff the church did, either to us or other people. Believe me, I know!

Most of us have probably seen the footage of the Minneapolis pastor shaming the chief of police by now, and there’s this pastor: people.com/minneapolis-...

Catholic bishops have been calling for it for months: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

They are telling their people to get their affairs in order because it’s time to put their bodies on the line: religionnews.com/2026/01/15/t...

They showed up in West Virginia: bsky.app/profile/laur...

They showed up in Chicago: broadview.org/chicago-past...

This guy is amazing all by himself: www.ucc.org/ucc-pastor-s...

They’re feeding thousands of families who are justly terrified of leaving their homes: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My Catholicism is so lapsed that the Vatican has a photo of me behind the counter saying “Do not accept prayers from this woman.” Nevertheless, a lot of churches of many different denominations are doing a lot of genuinely good things! apnews.com/article/minn...

Okay, since I’m in a mood, do you know what is annoying mild *annoyance* about all this, rather than a gut-wrenching crisis? I’m not a Christian but my sense of fairness keeps requiring me to defend the church because people keep posting shit about “Why aren’t Christians speaking up?!”

Well, if I *could* think, and discovered that I’d been created by thieves merely to enrich them by the exploitation of others’ stolen work, I might not feel all that loved either.

Jewish American lawyer Samuel Leibowitz, who represented the Scottsboro Boys, in 1933 said, "I am going down there to fight the battle of 14 million colored Americans, and I am going down there to fight for my people because Hitlerism in Germany is Hitlerism in the South only by a different name."

#WolffBites: When past empires suffered economic decline (as all eventually did) and they lost political power, they often desperately tried military power to reverse the empire's decline. It never worked.

if the oil industry doesn't even want to invade south american countries anymore i am more convinced than ever we're approaching total solar victory

Let them ponder that number, and consider all the other ways the time and resources expended on this unwanted, useless, anti-feature could have been used. Let it haunt their days, and infest their dreams. Let them carry the knowledge of their failure for the remainder of their lives.

"I’m sure it’ll ship with a less murderous name..." No, no, leave it named that. Have it play a .wav file of HAL singing "Daisy" when you click it. Optionally, have it send an anonymized message to Mozilla HQ that the button has been pressed. Let their metrics show how many people don't want it.

BTW, for those who may have heard about this issue and were (correctly!) concerned (or, like me, *actively* pissed off): https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/firefox-is-adding-an-ai-kill-switch/

The old political Machines did not run on mutual aid. They did not serve as a third place for likeminded people and idealogues. They primarily delivered forms of patronage and graft, and when we made that illegal they fell apart. I swear to god some of you people need to read a book or two

…Or, you know, just bleed out. Your call. …You could always have gone to the pound and rescued some pup that would have loved you like a god forever, you know? But you were hotter for your own testosterone. Whatever. (2/2)

On a snowy moonless night, hike deep into the mountain woods and lay your bait—a sirloin steak bound against your bare leg. Sit under the tree where the raven croaks. Await the beast that stalks out of the cold night to fasten its teeth into your leg, worrying at the flesh. THAT IS YOUR DOG. (1/2)

You guys ever think about how he has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty?

Wife: “What does charity mean in Christian theology?” “Love, mostly.” Wife: “Okay. And in Judaism it’s tzedakah, which is justice, and in neither case should it matter if you get a tax deduction.” “Right.”

"Emperor Tiddles! We have just received a report! The Earthman yet lives!" "WHAT? GORDON'S ALIVE?"

Me: I need you. I can’t go on without you. Why do you want to hurt me? My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.

I know a couple people who made a minor fortune on dot coms, and who then just quit tech and started doing weird stuff that brought them joy. They just didn’t need any more money than they had.

I will live in eternal communion with all mankind in Christ 👍

I can, and will

If you check other photos, a fish biologist actually shows him how the lampreys latch on first. RFK is still a total loser freak, but hey, if you’re stuck with the freak, learn what buttons to push. nezperce.org/uncategorize...

Obviously they can’t get Trump to help, but I actually think it’s very clever politicking to lobby RFK and emphasize that these are traditional foods, because you know what he’s like about those. Dude went away gushing about removing dams and helping the salmon run.

Okay, this causes me physical pain to say, but RFK is (for once) not actually being a total weirdo here. He’s a guest of the Nez Perce at a fish hatchery. The Pacific lamprey and the salmon are culturally important to the Nez Perce people, and they are lobbying to remove dams from the Snake River.

Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!

*"In The Arms Of The Angels" plays* For just 17 cents a day, you can contribute to the care and feeding of these majestic creatures...