oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 12hlike, I don't think there's any kind of utilitarian balancing out the scales of past atrocities with less harmful contemporary decisions; for me the overriding point is that the institution would have to be unrecognizably different to be compatible with a good society 010
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 12hI guess it depends on what you mean by deserving credit! I think it's perfectly coherent to say "oh this pope is doing some things that could probably have some positive effects" while also saying "the fundamental principles of this institution are incompatible with what i think of as a good world" 210
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 12hthere's a reddity atheisty way you can make the opposite error by acting like the francis papacy and the current papacy made/are making no fundamental difference to how the church works, etc., but that said... it is a Very Particular Institution and the fundamentals are the fundamentals 010
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 12hbetter a somewhat chill pope than the alternative, i suppose, but issuing retraction you do not gotta hand it to them etc etc 210
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 12h(during which the church and the state often worked essentially hand-in-hand/as all but unified agents) 100
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 12hlike ok i do get the point/the bit. but it's not nothing that the catholic church was, at best, quite okay with capital punishment for a cool ~1500 years; catholic opposition to it is largely a recent invention. and that's to say very little about the extrajudicial violence of the inquisitions 162
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 16h*tucker carlson voice* but it's funny, isn't it? all of the sudden, they don't want to talk about Mata Nui. they don't want to talk about the Matoran. and of course, don't even think about mentioning the Toa! 110
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026in my advanced age i find that the humble gif appeals to me more and more. perhaps this is a sign i am finally acquiring a developed sense of 義 130
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026the accordion really is a fabulous instrument. great work on that one 140
Reposted by oyster's pistolBetty Bullshark @seasickseasick.bsky.social · 08/10/20267th grade lion mindset #2 11788522
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah even from rival fanbases there seems to be a pretty widespread understanding 010
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026often minimized in discussions of Platonic dialogues is that like 35% of what Socrates is doing even in the driest dialogues is unambiguously flirting 120
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026out for lunch at the communist restaurant. “i’ll take one communist party, please!” “sir we haven’t served that here for sixty years” “not to worry, i’ll wait” 041
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026if Hurts is to have his fall, at least let Herbert fall further 000
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i love you darius cooper i love you i love you 000
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh no, Crane, I'm so sorry. Will miss all of the updates very much, I hope you're taking care of yourself; will keep you and her both in my thoughts 020
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026hearing Cleveland fans shouting "Let's go Watson" does kind of help you get the big guy's logic RE: Sodom and Gomorrah 010
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Elon Musk won't see you all gossiping about the weird shape of his body, but my Creature will, and its feelings are very sensitive 020
Reposted by oyster's pistol🎃 Halloween Keeps Frightening 🎃 @historykeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Americans don't even understand that America is a colonial issue (with regard to Native peoples in America.) They think a colonial issue is way back when they allied with the French king to get rid of the British king who they were paranoid would liberate their slaves and turn the Natives on them. 05423
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026genuine question, not a crit: is the reason that the press corps doesn't immediately follow up the insane things Sirianni says postgame with "that makes no sense, try again" just that it would piss off the organization to do so? 000
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sirianni is addicted to never admitting that there are things his personnel are fundamentally bad at doing and it always leads to decisions like this. Organizational problem imo 020
Reposted by oyster's pistolArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social 295057758
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think the lack of a super centralized monoculture means that there are only varied bubble venn diagrams lol 120
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"communism is freedom" "communism is equality" no, communism is communism, and if it were reducible to a single central ideal it would cease to be so! 151
Reposted by oyster's pistoldsarizzle @dsaraiya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Find a new slant, this one’s a winner. 🏈🔥 Smitty pose x vintage cigs. 11x14 oils on canvas panel. #flyeaglesfly 1336
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026*smiling like I just won the continental philosophy lottery* dialethics 072
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this is such a nice way of describing McIntyre's deal lol 040
Reposted by oyster's pistollastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Claim: this book is actually very good. 69011
Reposted by oyster's pistolNate Tice @natetice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Great use of a Cheetah cadence from the Eagles offense (center snapping it as soon as he touches the football). Look at the Titans defense still getting set as the play is already going. And Jalen Hurts nailing the deep Dig on a Dagger concept to convert on 3rd & 12. Good stuff. 2712
Reposted by oyster's pistolMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Drew Lock when he sees JSN through a narrow window 672937
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They had ton of time to rest in the first half, not sure the extreme conditions argument works here 110
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'd rather have Michaels up there alone and rambling than hear Herbstreit for another year 001
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026massive pet peeve of mine is when people who have opted to be public scholars for whatever reason get really mad about the extremely foreseeable consequences of making that choice 060
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026look at my history professor dawg (he does not know the difference between a state and a populace) 0511
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026like buddy, you're the one who made the claim! 160
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I love when Bluesky Brand Academics TM post a completely undercooked take and when they are rightly lambasted from it, just started using petulant professor voice with the commenters rather than offering any substantive reply 170
oyster's pistol @exiledpistol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026brb watching the entirety of Jeanne Dielman in YouTube Shorts 020
