iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Forgot to share this yesterday: the latest video in my introduction to inclusive Christianity.

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Who is Jesus?

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Memento Mori Kira @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something I said yesterday re: wise discernment and decision-making: “Efficiency is actually not a fruit of the Spirit, much as I sometimes would like it to be.”

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I mean, one can record a video in their pajamas.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Whew, there was a lot going on in worship this morning (World Communion Sunday, blessing of the animals, etc.)! But here's my sermon from today about how we're not in competition with rest of the world, but in cooperation with it.

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Sunlight, Too, and Clover

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In a post on Facebook a while ago, I said that I had some thoughts on 'AI'. Here are those thoughts (or, at least, some of them).

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Some Initial Thoughts on 'Artificial Intelligence'

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's time for a new video about inclusive Christianity! Let's talk about sin, how we take it seriously, and how we make it about something more than legalism.

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What is Sin?

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's my sermon for September 27, 2026, where I tap-dance on the line between prophetic and partisan, but only because a certain president forces me to.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Almost forgot to put this up from my series on inclusive Christianity (I'm still learning how to do this)!

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Who is God?

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's my sermon for September 20, 2026! I've been told I'm being bold and courageous for just straight up preaching about politics this season.

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The Spirit and the Soapbox

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been working on a little series that's a basic introduction to Inclusive Christianity (and also an opportunity for me to learn to edit video better). Here's the third one.

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How Do We Know (About) God?

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've been working on a little series that's a basic introduction to Inclusive Christianity (and also an opportunity for me to learn to edit video better). Here's the second one.

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What is Faith?

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't care what your company is or how much you have invested, your customer service AI chatbot does not work and cannot help. Hire humans and empower them to do things to help customers.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've been working on a little series that's a basic introduction to Inclusive Christianity (and also an opportunity for me to learn to edit video better). Here's the first one.

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What is Inclusive Christianity?

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I remember Thi Nguyen talking about this in an interview: that when he studied pick-up artists, it was all about hooking up with a lot of women; pleasure, for either party, was entirely beside the point (and even the men weren't actually enjoying the sex).

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If I show my dog her fur, her immediate impulse is to eat the fur, so… no. In my case, at least.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”

We’ve spoken about capitalism versus socialism.

Do you want to talk about capitalism? Let’s talk about capitalism. Are you recording? Capitalism is about leveraging the laws of supply and demand to efficiently allocate capital expenditure to maximize value. When capitalism works, it’s because you have free entry and exit into markets. So if you believe in capitalism, you have to believe in government regulation to protect markets. In fact, right now, we have exactly the opposite. You don’t have to be a socialist to believe that you should be taxing billionaires their wealth. In fact, if you are a capitalist, you should believe in that. So, I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Seems we're having a gun conversation. To each their own. I'm a gun owner, but only because the gun was a gift long ago. I've had guns pointed at me three times & been detained by men with guns five times & been around people with a lot of guns, some of them friends. I think guns are dumb.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I remember reading Peter Singer's arguments for—well, probably vegetarianism at the time—in college and saying to myself, "I can't think of a good counter-argument, but I like meat, so I'm going to draw an arbitrary line and live with it." I contain multitudes, after all.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 21/07/2026

here’s my offer, The Atlantic magazine, I will read the next “reactionary pretends to give honest advice to Democrats” take if you let me write a piece where I, a DSA member, pretend to give honest advice to Republicans

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Seems like it would be easier for this person—who I have never heard of before—to go through the drive through at In-N-Out in a nondescript car. A Toyota Corolla, maybe. If she wants to pay $350,000 for one, I'll sell her mine.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I don’t know if I’m more disappointed about the lame and stupid things we’re doing for the 250th, or about the fun and cool stuff we’re not doing.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Originally something about Iran, but gets cancelled by Thursday afternoon because “the situation has changed and we’re close to a deal.”

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I don’t know if it’s the best yet, but I’m really enjoying The Language of Liars.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Has there ever been a war before that's, like, just on weekends?

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Rev. Chris Lilley 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @frostinthepines.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I am disgusted and horrified to watch "Jesus is King" be twisted into a weapon against Pride. If you are using the name of Jesus to shame queer people, Jesus isn't your king. Your own fear is. Your homophobia is the throne you bow to. #PrideMonth #FaithfullyAffirming

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I gave an interview recently about the importance of making nightlife more affordable for young people, and some of the feedback was, what a woke interview. And I think: so much of the current moment is just indulging people who don't want anyone else to have nice things.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If you haven't yet, I recommend reading Thi Nguyen's The Score. He neatly delineates between things we do for the outcome and things we do for the process.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

At this point, I'll pay extra for a product that does not contain, use, or otherwise have any relation to AI.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

There have been some conversations about church membership recently, and I had thoughts. cmarlinwarfield.beehiiv.com/p/what-if-we...

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What if we let go of church membership?

Church membership is weird, declining, and possibly unnecessary.

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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

"WHAT ARE WE TO TELL THE CHILDREN ABOUT GAYS MARRYING?"

Dunno. I'll ask my 5-year-old, who just married their stuffed bear to a stuffed pony."

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The MSM presumption is that leading with faith must mean you're trying to win over Republicans. But lots of Democrats are religious. They just tend to focus their exercise of faith in the political realm more on the plight of the poor and oppressed rather than on abortion and anti-LGBTQ beliefs.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I don't want to give advice to these people, but it would be easier to recreate the Obama Situation Room photo *in* the Situation Room (and not on the set of a high school play).

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

[Furiously checking the Constitution to see whether the President can unilaterally declare war.]

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Money can’t buy happiness for a hoarder, miser, amasser, or creditor. But it can buy away unhappiness for OTHER PEOPLE. Give it away. In big, recklessly liberating chunks. Jubilee is salvation.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Glad to see so many clergy colleagues (and other friends) feeding their images into ChatGPT. There's no way that will be misused.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

No, no. We can go ahead and abolish it. It’s fine.

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Christopher Marlin-Warfield @cmarlinwarfield.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I've got a newsletter again, and I wrote about worship bulletins and why my mainline church is experimenting with not having one.

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We've let go of the worship bulletin.

Why would we confine worship to a page count?

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