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Br Martin, SSM

@brmartin.bsky.social
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Society of the Sacred Mission (Au Province). Cats and all animals. Computer games. Maths. Languages. Trad hymns in 4 part harmony. Anglican chant. Politics: Hélder Câmara, Gustavo Gutiérrez. LGBTI+ affirming. [Sorry I don't have read access to chat]

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Greg Johnson @pteranodo.bsky.social · 7h
Nonconformist John Collinges, in Poole's Annotations: if those who won't welcome strangers go to the devil, what of those who make them strangers? Timely, given our zeal for banishment. Hell's keenest doctrinal defenders still mostly fret about skipped quiet times. #christian #refugees #bible
Black square graphic. Left: an engraved oval portrait of Matthew Poole, a long-haired man in clerical bands and gown, with a coat of arms below and a Latin inscription. Beneath it in bold white type: "MATTHEW POOLE (1624–1679)," then in italics, "Annotations upon the Holy Bible, Matthew 25." Right, in white text, the quotation: "If those shall have their Portion with the Devil and his Angels, who give not Entertainment to them when they are Banished and Strangers, what shall become of them who are Instruments of their Banishment, and to make them Strangers?" Attribution note: Poole completed the Annotations only through Isaiah 58 before his death. This comment on Matthew 25 was written by John Collinges (1623–1691), a nonconformist minister who completed the work.
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 10h
Try our new service, Shamm-AI. The only LLM that generates two answers per prompt and asks you to say which one is more helpful, but then vehemently disagrees with your choice and starts arguing with you about it
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 6h
High Court of Oz so that is the end of the appeal road. "Is the state government responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal after it is sold and exported overseas? On Wednesday, the high court found that it is." Approval ruled invalid. Tuvalu et al look on w interest.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That's why
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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏
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Janet Castle @janetc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
act.getup.org.au/s/Q81uQpSI
act.getup.org.au
Scrap the aged care algorithm!
Can you share the campaign with your friends and family to help us reach more people? Up to half of petition signatures come from shares, so it makes a real…
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Rev. Carson Hollis @carsonhollis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy birthday, Walter Rauschenbusch! Born on this day in 1861, Rauschenbusch—a Baptist minister, dedicated pacifist, and self-described socialist—understood Christianity not to be about an escapist afterlife, but of discipleship and justice. His convictions led him to father the Social Gospel.
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Alice Goodman @revdalicegoodman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/religion/ann...
abc.net.au
Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and their dialogue with Catholic social teaching - ABC Religion & Ethics
Arendt and Weil are unorthodox thinkers — theologically and politically — who trouble our categories and clarify what a specifically Catholic social vision has to offer in our troubled times.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Reform UK check list for worried far-right parents before deciding to send their children to a brainwashing Patriot Platform boot camp ... meme via Anti-Reform Hub
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Phil @distillation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Bears Adventures @bearsadventures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎁 WoW Forever Collection Giveaway 🎁 I've got a World of Warcraft Forever Collection to giveaway thanks to Blizzard 🥳 To Enter: ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Repost 💬 Tell me if you're Alliance or Horde in Forever! ⏰ Winner drawn 3rd October I have 3 more copies to giveaway on top of this one 👀 #WoW_Partner
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=MrRA...
youtube.com
AUSTRALIA'S DEADLIEST ANIMALS (SONG)
YouTube video by Van Vuuren Bros
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a Southern Moon Moth (Dasypodia selenophora)! I have called them Bogongs all my life, but this W.A. inhabitant is not a bogong. 🙀 I am very glad to hear the undifferentiated Eastern States populations have made a recovery of the actual Bogong (Agrotis infusa).
Image of a Southern Moon moth from Wikipedia - wings spread, brown with 3 wavy darker ripples spreading horizontally and 2 large 'eyes' left and right surrounded by the ripples.
By dhobern - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/3174476133/in/set-72157604415035404, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5840501
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Jenny Edwards CBE @jennyedwards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why is it that billions go to data centres and yet keeping the doors open to help vulnerable wildlife is a desperate struggle? Our priorities are topsy turvy. Please share even if you cant afford to donate. #WildlifeRescue #Wildlife #Enfield gofund.me/3ae7227c9
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Donate to PLEASE HELP SAVE THE TRENT PARK ANIMAL CENTRE, organized by Elena Phrydas
PLEASE HELP SAVE THE TRENT PARK ANIMAL CENTRE : £40,000 IS NEEDED TO HELP … Elena Phrydas needs your support for PLEASE HELP SAVE THE TRENT PARK ANIMAL CENTRE
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The value of persons, however, does not depend on what they achieve or produce ... The fundamental dignity of each person, therefore, is neither acquired nor earned, nor does it need to be justified ... The dignity of every human person can be described as infinite" "Magnifica Humanitas."
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That feeling when... you know it will all end in tears. (Strip his PTO and be done with for goodness sake).
churchtimes.co.uk
City of London churches sever ties with bishops
William Taylor spurns ‘heretics’ for his own ‘spiritual overseer’
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I feel like Arnold was the one guy to truly hold the republican line about what the great goodness of America means in his heart and when they stopped pretending to believe any of it he looked around and was like fuck it I’m Bernie I guess
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Kylie flies thru the sky via what the ABC suggests is the camera fly system. She is wearing dark glasses, possibly to hide the fully understandable fear in her eyes. Grats Brisbane Lions, commiserations, Freo.
abc.net.au
The biggest moments of Kylie Minogue's AFL grand final show
From Loco-Motion to a sky-high Can't Get You Out of My Head — Kylie delivered a nostalgia-packed performance at the AFL grand final.
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
About WoW Forever. It looked promising, but a recent update disabled the ability to turn off the 'fog' /console volumeFog 0. If you wear glasses, imagine someone takes them and smears a thin layer of snot on them. That is what the 'fog' looks like. @blizzard.com Was beautiful while it lasted.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
every day. women post their achievements online and get their hearts broken 😔
3 Panel Comic

Panel 1: a woman posts a picture of herself online with the caption: Hi everybody! Just finished my PHD dissertation!

Panel 2: Meathead reply guy responds: UGLY. I would not bang you

Panel 3: Black and white picture of woman looking devastated. A single tear rolls down her cheek. Text says “Today, my dream to fuck @incel_cheesedick died…”
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tut, tut. He should have engaged him in the marketplace of ideas
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What is up with this new KFC menu featuring pickles. Fried, in drinks, in burgers. Who thought that was a good and desirable thing? They're @%#!ing disgusting.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Funny Albo is copping it from msm for $6m grant to Marrickville Golf Club which is public - doesn’t even have a fence around it - but not a word abt the $80m to private, exclusive Hakoah Club michaelwest.com.au/white-city-g...
michaelwest.com.au
White City. Government slots one club $86m, the other can't get a toilet - Michael West
Funding for the Sydney Hakoah Club far exceeded its building cost, including millions from state and federal governments.
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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#25thAmendment #USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #canada #MeidasMighty #america #history #RemoveTrump #DonaldTrump #Trump #TRUMP #FuckTrump #fuckmaga #antifa #AntiTrump #AntiMAGA #tuckfrump #fascistfelon #stopthecoup #FightOligarchy #antibillionaire #DefundBillionaires #TrumPedo
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Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him @suffolkvicar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop the Manic Monday and smiles at this 💝
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Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you’re not in a position to donate, even a share would help. We are halfway already!
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Charles, OFM Cap. @frcharles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If this wedding doesn't start very soon I'm not going to have time to clean up and reset the church before confessions and I'll have to give out bits of the clean up as penances.
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KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank you youtube.com/shorts/7Rhhx...
youtube.com
Mark Carney does Trump's accordion hands
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Noël James Debien @noeldebien.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.expats.cz/czech-news/a...
expats.cz
Ludmila Javorová, Czech woman secretly ordained as priest, dies at 94
Ludmila Javorová, a leading figure in Czechoslovakia's underground church who was secretly ordained a Catholic priest in 1970, has died at 94.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
She’s the perfect example of a person who wouldn’t normally speak up, but is speaking up anyway because her values and love of humanity outweigh her fear of upsetting people (and she’s admitted she has that fear).
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
World of Warcraft Forever beta will drop at 10am PDT Thurs, which by my reckoning is 1am AWST (Fri). Revamped classic experience with new content, race, class, graphics informed by SoD and anniversary content. worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever
worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com
World of Warcraft: Forever
Take your first steps in an untamed frontier shaped by warring factions and rich with untold perils and unseen mystery.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Update
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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 30/12/2023
The sign for a Baby Changing Station, suggesting that it will change the baby into a cat.
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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Not gonna lie, my heart stopped for a second thinking this was taxidermy 😭 #LifuX #Cat #Cats #Catsofbluesky #Caturday
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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We’ve reached £994 — thank you! Please can you help us reach our £10,000 goal for big hay deliveries & vets bills at our animal sanctuary? Every donation makes a BIG difference: gofund.me/59c9fd41c Please SHARE this video to help us find support 💚 Thank you so much #rescueanimals #animalsanctuary
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Patrick Lenton @patricklenton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Some truly beautiful news today
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equanimity1961.bsky.social @equanimity1961.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dear Trump. Go and get fucked. We believe in protecting young people, not molesting them. Unfortunately, @albomp.bsky.social will probably buckle and succumb to Trump's will again with some mealy mouthed, simpering excuse. #socialmedia #auspol #trump
theguardian.com
Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan
White House warns trading partners against ‘imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion’ on US tech sector
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/09/2026
Download Privacy Badger to block spying ads and invisible trackers. www.eff.org/privacybadger
privacybadger.org
Privacy Badger
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No Starch Press @nostarchpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our new Think Like a Programmer @humblebundle.com is live, with 18 No Starch Press ebooks on programming, debugging, Linux, AI, and more. Your purchase also supports the @eff.org! www.humblebundle.com/books/think-li…
Promotional graphic for the 2026 Think Like a Programmer Humble Bundle from No Starch Press. Featured covers include Quantum Computing, Total TypeScript, Algorithmic Thinking, 2nd Edition, The Rust Programming Language, 3rd Edition, and Writing a C Compiler. Text reads “Think Like a Programmer 2026” and “Get a bundle of books for $40,” discounted from $787. Humble and No Starch Press logos appear at the bottom.
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CreatrixPJ, your Canadian cousin @creatrixpj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@enemywithinyt.bsky.social You'll like this. I live in Victoria, BC, Canada and this happened recently when a new public washroom opened on a popular walking/biking trail here: cheknews.ca/donald-j-tru...
cheknews.ca
'Donald J. Trump Memorial' sign mysteriously appears above Victoria public washroom
A public washroom along Victoria's Galloping Goose Regional Trail is attracting some unusual attention after a wooden placard declaring it the "Donald J. Trump Memorial" appeared above its entrance.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Imagine if this has been Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil or old vicars holding a cardboard sign, the police would have waded in and arrested a load. If they had been striking miners they would have been charged by police on horses. Fascists in masks, nothing, nada, zilch. " via Gordon Liddle
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ecumenical Patriarch: We await the restoration of full communion with the Church of Rome. orthodoxtimes.com/ecumenical-p...
orthodoxtimes.com
Ecumenical Patriarch: We await the restoration of full communion with the Church of Rome | Orthodox Times (en)
Addressing participants in the 27th International Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Budapest, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the inauguration of the Ecumenical ...
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
he's right. I found this video useful for understanding why so many Jewish people are being cancelled for speaking out against Israel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=URpI... here's a short clip from it...Michael Rosen explains what an "assajew" is.
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good news for Australians, if this comes to pass.
abc.net.au
Social media platforms to be forced to offer algorithm opt-out
Social media companies would be required to give users a choice to turn off their algorithm through pop-up messages, under draft laws to be unveiled by the government later this week.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😅😅🔥🇨🇦 #Canada #LakeOntario
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/09/2026
The quotable Tarn Adams: "It just reminds me of like a fucking Dead Kennedys song or something."
pcgamer.com
Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
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Br Martin, SSM @brmartin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In the app store you are looking for Road Warrior, subtitled MapQuest. Which has refused to rename Lake Ontario according to the rantings of the Insane Ghoul. And is therefore worthy.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Congratulations to MapQuest for becoming the #1 navigation app in the App Store. And thanks for being the navigation app of the resistance! ✊
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