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Historian of U.S. working-class religion. Author of "Orthodoxy on the Line" (NYU Press, 2025). He/Him. Music is the best. Go Blue.

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Man, one of the most depressing aspects of modern scholarship is finding a great article and then looking up the scholar to see what else they’ve done and just catching a glimpse of an abbreviated career hopping between visiting positions and publishing great pieces before disappearing from academia

13.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1459 πŸ” 303 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 44

one of the earliest lessons in politics I learned as a kid from my parents was to always vote for a tax increase, because you're trading a dollar amount so small you probably won't notice in order to fund something important that benefits everybody. I wish that was how Democrats messaged this stuff!

14.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 1562 πŸ” 340 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Frame #72500 from S06 -E13 - Sea Urchin - Battle to the Death-628912

Frame #72500 from S06 -E13 - Sea Urchin - Battle to the Death-628912

13.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

This is why Brent Musburger molders in a plastic box in Vegas and talks about betting lines all day - it’s a public service.

13.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It would be such an honor to be killed by Sensei Phil Collins

13.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 2303 πŸ” 432 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 8
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This run on one single side of an LP. The man was ruthlessly unstoppable.

13.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think there is something to explore that many nations at the WBC have come showing what they love about their country (dancing, celebration, tradition) to represent the people while the American team has shown up representing and only celebrating the military

11.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 3226 πŸ” 811 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 78

For comparison's sake, the entire National Park Service costs $3 billion - a year.

12.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 915 πŸ” 368 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

$11.3 billion could cover any of the following for a full year:
-1.4 million people on Medicaid
-19 million kids getting free school lunches
-1.4 million people getting affordable housing
-1.1 million hungry seniors fed
-0.8 million children given free child care

12.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 1859 πŸ” 804 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 31

This is a Steely Dan song

10.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 1409 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 4

Bodacious brothers such as your friend will never be welcome here, high in the scriptorium.

10.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want you toknow that proclamations like this come from the softest dude you will ever meet whose greatest challenge in life is waiting ten minutes in line at Merridee's

09.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1628 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

Because now I'm thinking about it, the top 5, in no order:
Golden Slumbers
Back Seat of My Car (Thrillington)
Sing the Changes (The Fireman)
Wanderlust
Beautiful Night

Nothing like Macca with a soaring melody and an overwrought arrangement.

07.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Back Seat Of My Car (2012 Remaster)
The Back Seat Of My Car (2012 Remaster) YouTube video by Paul McCartney - Topic

Not kidding when I say this is among the top five most emotionally affecting musical works executed by Paul McCartney. The hubristic genius of concocting a fake impresario to perform an entire instrumental version of a solo LP most people didn't get. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdEc...

07.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photos of all the school children killed by a US strike in Minab, Ireland

Photos of all the school children killed by a US strike in Minab, Ireland

The United States killed all these children last Saturday.

170 of them.

Every. Single. One.

07.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1776 πŸ” 1439 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 93

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

06.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 6436 πŸ” 1550 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 46

My comps:

1. General American History
2. North American Religions
3. Race and Religion, I think?

06.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Lou Holtz Caught on Camera Rants Against New Intern
Lou Holtz Caught on Camera Rants Against New Intern YouTube video by theREALpeto

I think it’s important that even if you don’t like a person, you should remember them for the things they did best, here is Lou Holtz making an intern cry

youtu.be/Iri0beuhlZ8?...

04.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Bah gawd that's @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social's music.

03.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do find it somewhat entertaining when it turns out something from one of the Sparty outlets, or (DREAD) the Freep ends up being correct, and the board/mods have to pretend they didn't loudly cast doubt on it from the start.

Critical thinking and reading are not taught at UM, no.

02.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She does a lot of her spots with the very limited print of the cover art for Silver Jews-American Water, and if that's not an instant sign of superior taste, I don't know what is.

02.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

$300 million mistake

That's the same cost as 25,000 Head Start slots

02.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 716 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 9
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I don’t care what they say this is a good website

02.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 937 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

28.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 23612 πŸ” 5971 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 66

Be loud, work for change from within. Thatβ€˜s the only way I could reckon it. I was told that my speech at my Eagle COH was too political. Didn’t see it that way in 2001, don’t see it that way now. They need to hear that inclusion is a value Scouting is hard-wired to embrace.

27.02.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who was finishing my Eagle right when the Dale case happened and was definitely (and vocally) not in step with the prevailing homophobia of the BSA at the time, this is a slap in the face. Back to the dark ages of hatred and right-wing paramilitarism as β€œvalues-basedβ€œ youth programming.

27.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I really don’t know how else to put it: This is gutting. I always thought I’d find a way back to Scouting if the time came for our family, but not like this. I cannot imagine recommending anyone join an organization that would go this far to pacify the many sad paranoias of a power-hungry tyrant.

27.02.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m an Eagle Scout and former adult leader who was proud of Scouting America for taking many strides to becoming more inclusive and not a right-wing paramilitary organization.

Today’s cowardly capitulation to Pete Hegseth feels like the end of Scoiting having a meaningful place in American life.

27.02.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I love the confirmation that Ford too owned a Michigan Bad Call Brick, an essential item we all bought in the 90s.

25.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bad news day for this guy, who I’m sure has to be used to it by now.

25.02.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0