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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 10h

Don't remind me. 😔 I can't stand that people here keep voting for him. He should have been booted at least 10 years ago!

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 10h

Don't ask me, I've voted against Chuck Grassley every election since 2016, lmao. At this point I've given up any hope of someone else getting elected. Still voting against him, of course, but lots of people here are clearly stupid, I guess.

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Ben Yehuda Press, Jewish books here & everywhere @benyehudapress.bsky.social · 13h

You’ve seen the source sheets. You’ve heard the shiur. Now buy the book! "Sources of Pride: Jewish views on gender and sexuality anthologized from Biblical, Talmudic, Midrashic, Rabbinic, and Chassidic sources with contemporary and personal commentary" by Rabbi Abby Chava Stein

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 11h

#bg3 #baldursgate3 #baldursgate This book is extremely problematic and a travesty, and the author's behavior is gross. I'm tired of awful authors being excused for their idiocy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Rc...

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The Astarion Book: A Disgusting Baldur’s Gate FANFICTION

YouTube video by Crispy's Tavern: Tales and Tea

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 12h

Also, of course Amazon protected your shitty book from being rated badly. That's okay. I'll give it one star sometime in the future when it's not being locked down anymore.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 12h

Next time, try actually playing the game with all of Astarion's content, understanding the character, before writing a book you clearly didn't take enough time on, as you admit.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 12h

Please someone tell me why the hell @tkingfisher.com is on this platform? She's a bully and terrible writer that treats SA victims like crap. Literally writing a freaking SA character who is supposed to be REPULSED by sex as someone who manipulates people with sex? Fuck you!

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 23h

Some people on the internet are literal idiots. No, calling people homophobic when they are being homophobic is not "malicious". Yes, publicly punching down at small local LGBTQ+ book events is homophobic. Common sense is a virtue, people!

No dog in this fight, but if people are accusing a festival of homophobia for scheduling at the same time as another festival, that is malicious and should be treated as such.

@jackiep2042
9 hours ago
Wait, who accused who of being homophobic due to scheduling? Did I miss something?
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@ChristianSeibold32
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@jackiep2042 RARE accused Crave of scheduling their LGBTQ+ event on the same date as RARE's. But RARE never actually announced their date (nor acquired a venue), they just said "sometime in first half of April" basically. People pointed this out, and RARE responded that Crave was obligated to check in with them so that their event didn't conflict. Very entitled and gross.
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@jackiep2042
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@ChristianSeibold32 Yeah, that was my understanding. I’m just confused because OP said someone was accused of homophobia because they scheduled their event at the same time as another, and I don’t remember that being a part of where the homophobia accusations came from.
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@ChristianSeibold32
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@jackiep2042 Ah, right. Yeah. I was confused by the comment too, but I thought they were trying to say someone online accused RARE of homophobia for scheduling RARE at the same date as Crave.
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@Jeowyn
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@ChristianSeibold32 I agree, very entitled and gross. I think characterising it as homophobia is malicious, though.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 23h

I'm getting so fucking irritated by YouTube randomly withholding innocuous comments because of their shitty AI spam detector. @developers.google.com

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And before people exclaim "but rights existed before liberalism!" - well, yeah. Liberalism took in that idea and centered it by drawing from Natural Law, the distinction of religious and political authority, religious conflicts, rationalism, social-contract theory, etc.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And like, I'm gay, so of course I'm going to defend liberalism for playing such an important role in women, racial minorities, and LGBTQ+ people fighting for freedoms that had been denied to us for a very long time. Because I don't take my rights for granted.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If we take all of this into account, one could easily say that capitalism actually coerces people into things. That it takes freedoms away from people, both positive and negative. I'm still arguing in a liberal mindset, just anti-capitalist. That is how different strands of one thing are developed.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Protestantism and LDS are still called forms of Christianity despite its many differences in dogma and practice. Christianity is still the core of Protestantism and LDS. People who descend from liberalism view liberty (as opposed to authoritarianism) as the core of liberalism.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just to stab the dagger farther into your argument, this is how all of philosophy and religion works. Whether you call yourself a different stream of an earlier thing or not doesn't matter. What matters is what you took from that thing and how you have changed or used it for different ideas.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All of this is important! Early liberals had to justify private property in relation to their ideas of individual rights. Individual rights is the basis through which liberalism's policies and institutions are justified. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous and ahistorical.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you look at early liberal arguments about the legitimacy of private property, you'll see that they based it on individual rights. Some admit that the earth is held in common to begin with. Some say private property is not an natural entitlement, but a useful social convention (Hume)

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Early classical liberals did in fact debate about the limitations and legitimacy of private property (which predates capitalism). But private property was an already-established social institution at the time, thus they *focused on how it could be justified and limited.*

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Your argument can be side-stepped by saying that we can take things from liberalism without taking everything from it. Whether you want to call that social liberalism, cultural liberalism, anti-capitalist liberalism, or some other name that doesn't have "liberal" in it doesn't actually matter.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not what I said. But this is rich coming from a self-proclaimed anarchist. What I said was that over time liberals have demonstrated that they view rights as disconnected from the economics so much that socialist, communist, and anti-capitalist liberals exist. Disputing that is ahistorical

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And this is in fact what happened. Over time liberals conceived of different economic systems that they believed better fit the ideals of individual rights. Trying to dispute this means you are actively ignoring history and trying to appeal to the "original conception". Again, it's disingenuous.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater is stupid. Ignoring that liberalism was a response to previous ideologies is equally stupid. And that, in fact, IS taking liberalism out of its historical context.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Again, not what I said. What I said was that individual rights are necessary for the economic approach. It doesn't matter that both ideas were formed at the same time. You're being disingenuous. Liberalism's ideas of individual rights are a GOOD thing that can lead to different economic systems.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You're taking one historical form of an ideology and treating its economic implementation as the ideology itself, without recognizing what ideas underlie it and *how those core ideas can support other systems.*

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What you're doing is like saying that because the Soviet Union used communism to consolidate political and economic power and deny people rights, therefore denying rights and consolidating wealth in the government must be the basis of communism.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This shows that for many liberals, rights are more foundational to liberalism. Thus, these liberals try to build or modify an economic system that adheres to that foundation. So I would argue that liberalism actually warrants rejecting capitalism.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In fact, this foundation of rights was used to modify the economic system to account for how the systems affected individual freedom. Thus some liberals (J.S. Mill) turned to socialism because they found it adhered to that foundation better.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Liberalism isn't synonymous with liberal economics, or with capitalism. Its individual rights is more fundamental than any particular economic system. These rights can provide the foundation for liberal democracy without requiring capitalism as an economic system.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

These very tools become the basis for justifying democracy, but that doesn't mean we cannot have democracy without liberal economics.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Liberalism is more than an economic system. Removing it from historical context and reducing it to an economic system overlooks that it was historically primarily about individual freedom and political rights. Its economics grew out of its emphasis on liberty in opposition to aristocratic privilege.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Those ideas of universal liberty and rights became tools that led to social justice movements challenging the exclusion and oppression of people within liberal societies. Woman suffrage, civil rights, gay rights, trans rights, etc. movements used the language of rights alongside other traditions.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Coba Weel @weel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Roman Christianity didn’t need to get patriarchy from Judaism. Pre-Christian Rome was extremely patriarchal. And yes, some of the cultures on the periphery of the empire had different gender norms… but there were many such cultures. And much migration. And North is a different direction from West.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not being able to describe why you should win is not the same as not deserving to win. Also, speeches rarely matter anyways.

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bbmusings1.bsky.social @bbmusings1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I (and many others) have been very critical of these HGs for their behavior this season. And I stand by it bc racial bias is harmful. Harassing these people when they get out will not do any good, though. Hopefully, their family, friends, fellow castmates, etc. will hold them accountable. #BB28

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Iliana 🖤🌙 @moonlitpisces21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The real survivor of this season So so SO proud of this angel 🤎✨ #BB28

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Taylor Brown shuffle dance

ALT: Taylor Brown shuffle dance

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Chappell (Like The Show) @chappellskickback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

24. Devens. Was given control by America but held onto control. His game was unnecessarily messy and he volunteered for the block. But he’s clutch at challenges so this is where I put him.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I get this, but I don't think it's fair to conflate all the newbies. Some of them tried but were stopped by the gullibility of the others.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#bb28 This season was ok. Preferred the two previous seasons more. The icons had a lot of privileges in this game, including being handed first HoH. It is no coincidence that the group that had the most privileges, got the most votes for powers, also had one player that got the most votes for AFP.

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Chappell (Like The Show) @chappellskickback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If there was EVER a case for voting out returning players/icons early this should be the cautionary tale. That man got advantages, he got money, he won the game, AND he got America’s Favorite. And all yall got was trauma. Sheesh. #BB28

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BigBrotherJunkie #BB28 @bigbrotherjunkie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

⌛️END OF SEASON, REPOST & LIKE If You're Team Taylor! #BB28

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Then, if you’re able, try to get your body moving. You’re going to need your senses and movement is good for your brain. If you have kids in your care, protect their developing brains and their image. That’s all I can say about that.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Special mentions to Crash Bandicoot and Banjo-Kazooie!

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a mix of memorable games that I grew up on and my favorite games: #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/69c...

My 9 Games - The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am:
Frostpunk, Fable Anniversary, Tyranny, Baldur's Gate III, Jet Set Radio Future, Insaniquarium! Deluxe, Virtual Villagers: A New Home, RimWorld, Stellaris

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here in Iowa we have a sort of independent-minded Dem running for Governor, Rob Sand. I talked with him. He seems really nice, and he promised to veto every "culture war" bill that tries to target LGBTQ+ folks. He's certainly much much better than what Iowa has had for the last decade at least.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I didn't know you also watched critical role! I'm way behind on the current campaign. I haven't even gotten to the convergence yet. Been meaning to watch it though.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me posting this thread got me suspended from bsky for a few hours until my appeal went through 🤣 *sigh* Annoying. But at least my account was reinstated.

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Christian Lee Seibold @clseibold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And here's GNOME disallowing AI due to the things they've seen in PRs: "Submissions with large amounts of unnecessary code, inconsistent code style, imaginary API usage, comments serving as LLM prompts, or other indications of AI-generated output will be rejected." www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-C...

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GNOME Circle Takes Stand Against AI Slop, Resources App Makes It Into GNOME Incubator

GNOME Circle as the initiative for third-party/independent software applications and libraries extending the GNOME desktop ecosystem is taking a stand against AI slop

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