Charles S. Freeman
@cspencef.bsky.social
PC(USA) interim pastor in the Quad Cities, ex-musicologist. Highly intolerant of BS and willful ignorance. Music, sports, religion, attempted humor, whatevs. AI is unethical at its root. Brain-only writer. h/h/h hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com 🍉
"So he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video" is a direct callback to this image that deserves a second life in this campaign
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 5h agoDr. Abdul El-Sayed: Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can feel a bit more manly by making an AI video. If you want a senator who's gonna lick some boots, go vote for Rogers. But if you want a senator who's going to stand up to Trump, you've got your option.
I had forgotten how much I like Schuman’s New England Triptych.
Ghouls. The lot of them, just subhuman ghouls.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too
I read this short story in an oral interpretation competition in high school. Even back then it dang near broke me. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_W...
There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) - Wikipedia
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This claim is about as cohernt as DJT's claims about how well the economy is going or how well the Iran War is going, and reporters appear to be treating it with the same level of overly done deference. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Friedman, Roberts push back on narrative Dodgers ruining baseball
The Dodgers' acquisition of Tigers ace Tarik Skubal again put them at the center of outrage about the sport's economics. Asked if the team is ruining baseball, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said, "Passionately disagree."
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It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
Share a TV show you love with a catchy theme song/intro 📺🎶 (went with this version for the searching around the dial at the beginning, one good politician joke in there) youtu.be/YQvCNLIVydM?...
WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete Series (1978) Opening Sequence
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
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qvack@norakl.bsky.social · 3d agoShare a TV show you love with a catchy theme song/intro 📺🎶 m.youtube.com/watch?v=II71...
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
It is a broken presidency when behavior like this is normalized. It is a broken Christianity that supports a behavior like this being normalized. It is fascism when behavior like this is normalized.
Having something memorized is half a step away from having it fossilized.
But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break #randomsonglyrics
Always hilarious to me that the true story of JK Rowling's harrowing and #relatable story of writing while unemployed was actually "she was fired from Amnesty International (!!) for writing her dumb novel on company time" m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
People who build things that require piracy and environmental degradation to operate are not going to give a damn about those harmed by these things. Throw in old-fashioned racism and you’ve got a veritable murder machine.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d agoThe fact that it’s poisoning Black people is not seen as a negative to these folks.
Saw Hadestown at the local theater. If you’re like us and just don’t get to NYC anymore, catching such shows in movie theaters is a lifeline.
Because they have literally nothing positive to show for this year and a half of “governance.” Seems simple enough.
𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑@theresamuir.bsky.social · 5d agoPut away Daniel Craig, forget Seven of Nine. This is now the weekend gif.
NE Ohio Regional Sewer District@neorsd.org · 5d agoladies and gentlemen, the weekend.
When we defeat MAGA fascism, there'll be lots of denazification left to do. If we let bygones be bygones, we'll be repeating past mistakes. When Nixon got away with felonies, it signaled to crooked politicians that they were unaccountable too. Then came Iran-Contra, the WMD lie & Trump. No more.
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Princess Bride Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Prepare To Die
Alt: Princess Bride: “Hello! My Name Is Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare To Die.” (Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya.)
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Brad@composerbrad.bsky.social · 6d agoSo many to choose from, so I'll just pick the one that basically explains why I am the way I am. Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
I assume if she’s really doing this for Jesus then she’s willing to be crucified like Jesus was? No? Umm…
Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)@themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 6d agoOne of these preacher types got kicked off the plane. She called her disruption “spiritual warfare”. Flight attendant is like call it whatever, it’s illegal; get your stuff and get off the plane. 😂 www.threads.com/@alanafm411/...
“There's a war on for your mind and we need a John Brown.” Me:
John Brown: American Abolitionist
Alt: John Brown: American Abolitionist (moving around the frame weirdly)
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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is a very good job that'll be a little hard. You're basically running point on an omnichannel comedy network for aspiring paranoiacs that will turn into a cult of its own. Apply or tell your smartest friend to apply. There's a war on for your mind and we need a John Brown.
How long before this heretical blasphemer decides that, say, UCC or the Episcopal Church or PC(USA) aren’t Christians?
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d agoTennessee GOP candidate says he will outlaw Muslims and all non-Christians, by which he is referencing his church, where they believe God speaks to them through snakes. people.com/tennessee-go...
Checking out a concert that includes (among other things) Bix Beiderbecke’s cornet (pictured here):
Destroying books is never a good look, no matter anything else, but then dumping it into the AI Slop Machine so it can never exist again in un-slopped form…vile. @bsky.app
chiller@chiller.eurosky.social · last wk.This is ... horrific
This is what the Republican Party has created. (Never let it all be on DJT. Blame goes to every Republican who bows to him.)
Michael McFaul@mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 6d agoZelenskyy claims Russia is sharing satellite imagery of U.S. military bases with Iran. Trump's response when asked about this? "I'll ask Putin." That's an embarrassing answer from the president of the United States.
Yep, still out there. (Interesting that the family isn't waiting around for any testing; they're just saying he had CTE. Wonder how long before the NFL slaps them down?) www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Family: Ex-LB Billy Ray Smith Jr. dies of CTE-caused dementia
Former Chargers linebacker and College Football Hall of Famer Billy Ray Smith Jr. has died at 64, with his family saying he had CTE-caused dementia.
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