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My favorite is that a woman was the first to encounter the risen Jesus, and he tells her to relay the news to his “brethren”, despite the fact that women were not regarded as reliable sources of information at that time.

The sign I made with my BFF for the 2017 women’s march in Washington is still unfortunately relevant. #pussygrabsback

Two women in winter clothes pose with a sign they made that reads “Pussy Grabs Back!!!” With a drawing of a black cat with sharp pink nails grabbing a tiny pudgy Donald Trump. They are in a large crowd of mainly women near the mall in DC.

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Quiet piggy! Plus a few fruits and a witch. Sounds like a fun party. Pen and ink, I think I digitally colored. 2017. I can’t believe Trump is still president. #traditionalart #penandink #artist #illustration #drawing

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Warm gingerbread and mushroom coffee blessing to all. I was sooo close to being the third person in my family to cut off a portion of their finger this week but I managed not to, somehow.

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Sometimes I remember that I can often just fix or alter something that I don’t like. I had this wood spoon that didn’t fit in the canister it came with, so I carved it down to size. Now it fits, and it feels much nicer to hold, and it’s unique to me. Enjoy knife ASMR noises if that is your thing.

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There is more humanity in the eye of a traumatized pig than that man.

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Like people say “Jesus Christ” when reading a headline about republicans continuing to pretend that the Epstein files are a nothing burger, or seeing photos of starving children in Gaza or Sudan, or when your uncle says something so racist or sexist your at a loss for words.

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It’s generally said when we, believers or non, come into contact with something morally or spiritually reprehensible that we are literally asking God to intervene: the unsaid part is “make this not be so”.

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Much of the time when people say “Jesus Christ” as an exclamatory they are not “taking the Lord’s name in vain”, as many evangelicals believe, but they’re saying the Lord’s name in the same way some would say “lord have mercy” or “God help us”.

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We can’t be perfect, we can’t always make the correct decisions, we are fallen humans living in a corrupted reality. But each moment we are reborn, and have another chance to live more in faith, have more hope, and act more in love towards all of creation.

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Love is faith and hope actualized in your present moment. Every moment you have the opportunity to live by faith, to renew your hope, and act as if perfection is a reality, despite all worldly indications of the opposite. For every moment to be “a foretaste of glory divine” for yourself and others.

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Hope is looking forward, with complete assurance, to the day when all will finally make sense, when we will be made whole, when the corrupted nature of our current reality will be healed and renewed, to when the mirror of our lives will be perfected.

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Faith is not just belief, another misconception I think many people have. To have perfect faith is to surrender yourself to the current of God’s love and providence, and go where it takes you, despite the seeming impossibility or recklessness of the request.

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A Christian nation would be a nation of faith, hope, and love, but above all love. Love for God, which is, by its very nature, radical love of self and of everyone else, and for all of creation.

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A Christian nation would value learning, the arts and crafts. It would value handiwork, craftsmanship, and labor dedicated to beauty and sharing human creativity and knowledge.

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A Christian national would not measure its success by economic growth. A Christian nation would strive to only produce what is needed for the sustainment of life without waste, destruction of resources, pollution, or abuse of workers.

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A Christian nation would act like the early church. It would live in community, care for each other, care for those in need, and show radical loving kindness to its neighbors.

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A Christian nation wouldn’t need to regulate or deregulate environmental rules, because care and stewardship of creation would be the primary directive of mankind. Polluting waters, wanton deforestation, and abuse of workers to extract resources from the earth would be anathema.

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A Christian nation wouldn’t need to have a free lunch program for school kids because, again, the idea of a child going hungry in any scenario outside of war or famine would be anathema.

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A Christian nation wouldn’t legislate against homosexual marriages because marriage would solely be the business of the two people choosing to commit their lives to each other before God and their communities, the government would not be involved at all.

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A Christian nation would not need nationalized healthcare because every community would willingly provide healthcare to all who happen to need it. A Christian nation wouldn’t need SNAP benefits because it would be an embarrassment to any community to have a person be in want of nourishment.

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A Christian nation would not attempt to overthrow democratically elected governments, it would not need to. It would not bomb supposed drug boats because there would be not need to. It would not build a wall between itself and another nation because there would be need to.

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When we are still, calm, and at peace with ourselves and everyone and everything around us, we are a perfect mirror, reflecting the light and true form of Christ to everyone we interact with. But even in our imperfection we still can reflect the light of God, but not as wholly.

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There is a Japanese zazen by Dojen that says: The moon reflected In a mind clear As still water: Even the waves, breaking, Are reflecting its light.

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Who was Christ? What does it mean to be a true disciple of Christ? If we accept the Christian belief that Jesus was literally God, then to be a disciple of Christ is to work to become like God. The orthodox call this Theosis. Not to become gods, but to become a perfect mirror image of God.

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A disciple is someone who both adheres to the teachings of their master (teacher, rabbi, philosopher, etc) and strives to live like them, to become a copy of them. The master is the ideal, and the disciple strives to reshape themself in the image of the master, through their actions, words, & deeds.

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Christian nationalism is an inherently anti-Christian ideology. Jesus asked his disciples to “make disciples of all nations”. What is a disciple? It’s not a just “follower” like you follow someone on social media and like their posts. It’s not a fan, like you might be a fan of Taylor Swift.

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Maygun @weirdbutboring.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I think that there is a really gross misunderstanding about what it means to be Christian, and it stems from a misinterpreting much of what Jesus is quoted as saying in the Gospels, and especially Paul’s epistles.

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My 8 year old just asked “what the hell is going on?”

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Maygun @weirdbutboring.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

My partner is currently showing our kids Samuel Beckett’s “Not I”… yay or nay for parenting?

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Maygun @weirdbutboring.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Maybe the poster was face blind? 😶

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mel thomas @pagemelt.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

hi! 😃 i couldn't help but notice that scrolling is sapping your will to live! may i offer u a video essay in these trying times? youtu.be/Bdj14_jdumI

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be your own algorithm

YouTube video by pagemelt

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If i have a piece of bread, and you have a piece of bread, I’m probably not worried that you’re going to take my bread since you have your own.

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But imagine that the economic wealth gap between black and white in the 1950s had closed, as it was very close to doing. We almost had #equity. And then what would happen? There would be no reason for animosity of fear between the races.

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Wonder is why art and literature, music, acting, theoretical mathematics/sciences, and why religion exists. And it’s why LLMs exist.

Dustin Van Wechel @dustinvanwechel.com · 09/02/2025

Wonder is what makes us human. People say it’s art, or writing, or the ability to plan for the future that separates us from other animals, but I think humanity started with the ability to wonder.

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Painting Tip of the Day: Having trouble with edges - soft vs hard, lost vs found? Try these basics first. 1) Soften edges that turn into shadow. 2) Lose edges at the peaks of highlights. 3) Soften edges anytime an edge passes behind another. 4) Soften any edges that go off the frame of reference.

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This gives my misplaced western self all the warm and fuzzies.

Aw I think she looks more curious! The softness of the colors reflects the feel of kitten fur perfectly!

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Another set that turned out pretty cute. This set I hand delivered to the buyer at a metro station in DC because it was so close to Christmas and I wasn’t sure it would arrive on time! #originalart #art #handmade #guitar #artists #acrylic #acrylicpaint #familyportrait #buylocal

A looong time ago I used to paint custom family portrait nesting dolls. I have a few blanks left, I’m considering painting them again, if there is interest. This set probably took me 50 hours altogether. 🫠 #acrylicpainting #art #artists #handmade #family #knitting #petportraits

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Missed opportunity not painting those like cigarette butts.

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tante @tante.cc · 10/11/2025

Not to ignore the fact that this will be really really painful for many of us. Especially freelancer and gig economy workers. But sometimes the only way out is through. Hopefully we all make it to the other side.

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1000 times this. It's the worst when writers or illustrators or filmmakers apply that to their own works. So fucking degrading.

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Honestly, good. Let the premiums sky rocket. Expose the absurd greed of the insurance industry. Expose the callous disregard for human life and health by those in power. If this is what they want, let them have it. The ACA was a bandaid, not a fix, at some point it needs to be ripped off.

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