David
@bsky.davidsmedberg.me
Dad, programmer, Catholic, nerd, @nationals.com fan Full bio @ davidsmedberg.me “They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
Remembering a rooted man of faith, farmer, and author--here described in an older @plough.bsky.social www.plough.com/articles/wen...
Wendell Berry’s Long Obedience | Plough
A non-appetite for glitz and glamour has kept Wendell Berry in Henry County for a lifetime.
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TRUE GRIT was released in 2010. NEWS OF THE WORLD was released in 2020. Which great adapted Western will be released in 2030? Something to look forward to.
honestly every operating system should ship a version of Unreal Tournament like they do e-mail clients, web browsers and calculators
Uh oh-my dog has learned how to open the kitchen trash and get the chicken bones 🫣
> He encountered every sort of obstacle and frustration imaginable. There were 404 errors (page does not exist), 808 errors (you do not exist), and 666 errors (God does not exist). He was confronted with a series of CAPTCHA screens instructing him to click on all photos with Presbyterians.
The Free Trial by Franz Kafka
“Welcome, Joseph K., to ChuckPhD! Your 30-day free trial starts now! Put the awesome power of AI to work for you today.”
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How many people did medieval inquisitor Bernard Gui condemn to death? His surviving judicial records reveal a more complex picture than popular culture suggests. www.medievalists.net/2026/08/how-...
How Many People Did Bernard Gui Burn? - Medievalists.net
How many people did medieval inquisitor Bernard Gui condemn to death? His surviving judicial records reveal a more complex picture than popular culture suggests.
medievalists.net
Gotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.
I finally got all 18!! 🎉 (18 words is a free daily word challenge — unscramble 18 words against the clock and see how you score.) 18words.com
18 Words - Daily Word Challenge
A fast daily word challenge. Can you survive all 18 words?
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It’s MO-bday so share a great MO-vie MO-ustache. (Cheating a bit by picking the same actor-but this was my introduction to his mustachioed goodness.)
John Keeps on Truckin’ 🚛@johndrew-sky.bsky.social · last mo.It's MO-nday so share a great MO-vie MO-ustache.
Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with
Pop Crave@popcrave.com · 2mo ago‘The Odyssey’ women Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlize Theron stun in Paris.
> It might not make a lot of sense, but for anything to be good, truly good, there must be love in it. I'm not even sure I know fully what that means, but the older I get, the more I believe it.
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1400-05, 📸 by Buda Mendes
The most underrated thing about baking is walking back in and smelling what you’re making. 🤗
I have a soft spot for both Thérèse of Lisieux and Friedrich Nietzsche, but this Karl Stern article is wonderful: www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
Took advantage of the weather to grill our dinner 3 times this week. Feels good man.
By @oalannoble.bsky.social > Because of the Fall, we are all broken in one way or another. All of us suffer in this life. All of us face struggles and setbacks. You are not alone in that. You should not feel ashamed or unique or different. Before God, you are not broken. You are redeemed.
On Shame and Mental Health
Having the courage to struggle
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Watched a bee go from clover to clover, each time it landed clouds of pollen puffed off in a cloud. The sunlight hit it just right. If Monday must exist this is a good way to start it.
Because MLB has a few dominant teams, and few true stinkers, the Nationals are tied for 11th-best record, and are 1 win from being tied for 7th! #donotsell
Codify Baseball@codifybaseball.bsky.social · 3mo ago2026 MLB Wins Through May: 40 ATL 39 38 LAD 37 36 TB NYY 35 MIL 34 CLE 33 32 CWS CHC PIT SD 31 SEA WSH ARI 30 PHI STL CIN 29 TOR 28 BAL ATH TEX 27 MIN HOU 26 NYM MIA 25 BOS 24 23 LAA SF 22 KC DET COL
Currently listening to 2 audiobooks narrated by @adamverner.bsky.social in the same car at the same time! (Kids listening to Genius Files #2 on the speakers while I listen to You are Not Your Own on headphones.)
> Grogu is a dud non-character invented only for laptop stickers. He possesses enough force energy to solve all the film’s narrative dilemmas but only intervenes during the climax because, well, that is his cue. As the actual Yoda would say, “No sense it makes! For the mentally weak, is this film?”
James Harvey@keepof4worlds.bsky.social · 4mo agoI don’t think Kevin Maher enjoyed this… The Mandalorian and Grogu review — it’s time to kill off Star Wars for good www.thetimes.com/article/ba6c...
Lotta work has been done about the “spiritual but not religious.” I find the “religious but not spiritual“ folks more interesting sociologically. I think they make up a much larger % of Americans than we realize: folks for whom religious identity, symbols, & rituals matter, but not God-connection.
PS: I accidentally misread “almoner” as “armorer” the first time I read this. That would be a pretty metal job
David@bsky.davidsmedberg.me · 4mo ago> God gives meaning to everything. To live as if He did not exist means depriving ourselves of the only possibility of hope, of full happiness. What are the steps? How should we proceed? First: live in humility. Second: nurture prayer. Third: cultivate compassion-literally, “to suffer together”.
