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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

God everything is so DUMB.

United States
Attorney's Office
Southern District of New York

PRESS RELEASE
North Carolina Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Super Intelligence-Assisted
Music Streaming Fraud
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 10h

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"In all my works I take the part of trees as against all their enemies." JRR Tolkien

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

yes. the big takeaway from the crucifixion of Jesus is that capital punishment is good.

Jack Posobiec

@JackPosobiec
Christ Himself accepted the death penalty

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sure. To be clear, I am not advocating a complete separation from civil politics nor do I practice as such. I agree with your point in liberal analogs as argued e.g. Ward, Redeeming the Enlightenment. And yet, it's very difficult to keep one's soul in the contemporary politics of spectacle.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The fraternity brothers in the group chat who cheer violence? That behavior is being modeled by the president of this country. I cannot stress this enough — Trump is teaching young men how to be abusive every time he opens his mouth.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Conversation with my almost-10 year old - Isaac: Daddy, I’ve decided I want to read your book Me: Wow, that might be challenging. Isaac: Why? Me: Well, there are some words in there that are not part of your vocabulary. Isaac: Oh…you put bad words in there?

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hillcat98.bsky.social @hillcat98.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Pope is coming out swinging against AI while some nondenom megachurch pastor is trying to figure out how to make his congregation not notice the AI-written sermon

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Anabaptists said you can't be a magistrate and a Christian. Overwhelming empirical evidence appears to support that judgment.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is happening more often right after all the stories about how the US military escorts and ship-to-ship transfers had turned things around in the SoH. Odd, that.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This would a real-life manifestation of Patrick Deneen's hypothesized post liberal aristopopulism. A new counter-elite enforces a paternalistic vision of the common good.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 01/10/2026

When Matthew Soerens of World Relief tells Christians the Trump administration has banned persecuted Christians, many don't believe him. We talked about why. Listen to the whole conversation: austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-... @matthewsoerens.bsky.social

Quote card. Matthew Soerens, World Relief: “Occasionally, they do not believe this data, because they’ve heard so much rhetoric about Donald Trump being a great champion of persecuted Christians. It just is so dissonant with the rhetoric.” From the conversation President Trump Bans Christians Fleeing Persecution, austinkocher.substack.com

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 01/10/2026

The United States is not a nation “whose God is the Lord.” It is a nation whose Constitution protects Christians, atheists, and everyone else equally. The Pentagon answers to the Constitution, not the Book of Psalms.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A reminder that AI tools are not all-knowing, objective arbiters of knowledge, but implements by which the powerful seek to exercise cognitive control.

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St. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The dictionary definition of Comedy is when this happens to somebody else!

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh great -- glad to see that this Open Access piece on why White Americans support democratic retrenchment is now in an issue (with some great other folks!) at Political Behavior: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026

New in PN: Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him "Trump throws tantrums and damaging trade wars at utterly imaginary sleights from close allies like Canada. Yet he falls to his orange belly to abase himself before a country that is directly endangering US troops. What is he thinking?"

publicnotice.co

Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him

Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25/09/2026

In which my RNS colleague @bmietana.bsky.social tracks the "Rise of the Jim Crow theobros." Fascinating an unsettling reporting here, but this is a key line: "…along the way, they are turning outrage into cash." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...

religionnews.com

The rise of the Jim Crow theobros

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Life comes at you fast

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The most absolute rule in politics is that people vote based on their pocketbooks. They may not be moved by the end of USAID, ICE abuses, or anything else detached from their immediate experience. But now that Trump is bringing about economic ruin, the Teflon may finally be wearing off.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For the State blasphemously exalts itself in its will to power, enrobing in vestments to claim a mantle of holiness for the pursuit of self-interest. The promise to Abraham inverted: all nations will be cursed by you.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A critical demonstration of the impossibility of "Christian" nationalism, exemplified in a person elevated by many of the so-called faithful to the status of divine vicar. Nationalism is simply a form of idolatry, and any marriage of the ekklesia with the State will destroy the former.

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GET OUT OF MY WAY! @getoutofmyway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Coulda been done with an email instead of a war.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New at @jssreligion.bsky.social. We asked Christians what actions help build the Kingdom of God on earth: we find the more Christians affirm Christian nationalism, the more they deprioritize charity & justice while prioritizing Christian statism & evangelism. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That being said, this condition requires containment, rather than allowing him to run rampant over laws and institutions, let alone the common standards of propriety and pro-social behavior.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

by which I mean he suffers from an incurable condition in which his brain is wired differently than most of us, rather than a judgment of moral failing for which he could have done otherwise.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"The announcement came after President Trump said he would cancel a $257 million renovation of the venue if his name is not returned to the building." I sincerely believe the president is a psychopath...

nytimes.com

Kennedy Center Closes Its Doors Despite a Judge’s Order (Gift Article)

The announcement came after President Trump said he would cancel a $257 million renovation of the venue if his name is not returned to the building.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

American troops ANONYMOUSLY sent photographs to CBS News to show the damage Iranian missiles and drones have done to the bases they are living on. The Pentagon is LYING about the war per Hegseth’s orders. He and the rest of Trump’s incompetent administration need to be impeached immediately.

Photos of damage done to American bases in the Middle East by Iranian missiles and drones.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yemeni chai: an elegant drink for a more civilized age. #teasky

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“What happens to global financial markets when that capacity starts to run out?” “At some point,” she added, “it’s going to become everyone’s problem.”

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A stupid war of choice broke the globe. From the article: “How much fiscal capacity does Asia or the developing world have in general to manage this geopolitical crisis?” said Sana Jaffrey, a lecturer at the Australian National University who researches conflict and state-building in Asia.

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Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World (Gift Article)

From Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are leading to protests and blackouts.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm always amused when rad trads claim Tolkien, who was like Edward Abbey with a rosary and tenure.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026

i think it is bad that the president is that helm of a deranged cult of personality

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gerrard Winstanley, who died 350 years ago today: “Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?”

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Adding this one to my personal sanctoral calendar.

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

*former youth minister PTSD triggered*

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Speaking as another ABC minister: Hard ditto

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today is International Buy a Priest a Beer Day. As a Free Church theologian, I believe strongly in the priesthood of all believers. Let's all offer one another pints in the spirit of mutual ministry!

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I strongly believe that citizens’ assemblies and deliberative democracy are the antidote to combating the divisiveness and misinformation that is spread by the hard right. They strengthen community bonds, increase social and cultural understanding and combat alienation from the democratic process.

channel4.com

Citizens’ Assembly: an exclusive glimpse into a rare form of democracy

A citizens’ assembly organised by the Home Affairs Select Committee has been held to discuss the issues around legal migration.

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