Peter Nimmo

#Church of #Scotland minister at Cambuslang. Graduate of #Glasgow University and #Princeton Theological Seminary- #Fulbright alumnus. Registered same-sex marriage celebrant. Occasional reposts or links in #German.
#theology #Christianity #liturgy #sermons #politics #preaching #religion #ChurchOfScotland #Presbyterian #Reformed #fedi22 #faith #SSM

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2024-08-07 09:02:21

Former #Twitter chief on #Britain's Elon #Musk problem: it's "#criminal liability that mobilises senior leaders into taking action"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8497l7dx8t?post=asset%3A73e310f7-53d5-4645-b1d4-0b3437e2eb22#post

2024-08-04 17:10:22

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@npub1xj8…egqe has the Church of England made a statement?

2024-07-26 15:21:06

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@npub1lf4…kcjr I'm thinking Russia unless we hear otherwise

2024-07-26 13:21:08

How the decline of #India's #vultures- caused by a veterinary #drug- caused 500,000 human deaths
#nature
#environment
#sanitation
#birds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c28e2pvzn3lo

2024-07-23 20:17:47

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@npub17ha…t8va I briefly lived in New Jersey. Their politics is quite something

2024-07-21 21:44:17

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@npub1xj8…egqe I'll read that in the morning. Thanks for sharing

2024-07-15 16:39:05

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@npub15zu…s7lx that's good news. But it's incredible that it comes after a campaign to relegalize the barbaric practice

2024-07-11 21:02:57

In the debate about Joe #Biden's mental state, this extract from an interview with #UK prime minister Keir #Starmer is interesting. Challenged directly on whether Biden is #senile, Starmer says the President was 'on really good form', very engaged with the issues during long discussions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x8w9pxwllo

2024-07-11 19:15:47

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@npub15zu…s7lx such a sad story

2024-07-06 07:38:18

#Catholic Church excommunicates Archbishop Carlo Maria #Vigano for schism. The ultra conservative critic of #Pope Francis was the #Vatican ambassador in Washington from Washington from 2011 to 2016. He's been associated with #COVID denial and #conspiracy theories
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c84j07d0j92o

2024-07-04 13:09:27

Fascinating story (in Polish) revealing the links to #Russia of the #agricultural blockades in #Poland of #Ukraine, and #farmer protests in #Germany and the #Netherlands
H/t @npub1vz5…qdta
https://frontstory.pl/futro-norki-ferma-rosja-brat-wojciech-szczepan-wojcik-krolewiec-kaliningrad/

2024-07-03 10:18:50

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@npub1knz…c73p I hope it all goes well for you!

2024-07-02 16:37:13

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@npub1nfl…7t3d as with Bannon, we should all enjoy these small moments of schadenfreude

2024-07-01 08:05:32

"The disappearance of the shame that used to attend a vote for the [#FarRight] RN has been a long process, but it can now surely be declared to be complete". #Fascism has been normalised...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd10g29l7y4o

2024-06-21 13:20:58

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@npub1aq2…4nfw an award winning journalist dying of injuries inflicted by the police, whose family are struggling to pay for her care. What a terrible indictment of modern America

2024-06-18 21:52:42

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@npub1grx…uxfe I think Bezos will sack Lewis soon and, looking for another English journalist, recruit that nice Piers Morgan 😉

2024-06-12 10:19:06

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@npub1lp8…4rrw "Nostr has a relatively small user base of cryptocurrency and privacy enthusiasts, including Edward Snowden". That sounds like Hell

2024-06-05 08:08:30

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@npub12ks…cwu4 Murdoch, who recently married a woman linked to Russia's oligarchy class https://apnews.com/article/rupert-murdoch-elena-zhukova-wedding-7523f6c2d2fafdca7356e35196983cda

2024-05-31 09:59:02

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@npub1vz5…qdta I was wondering yesterday why the ferries were still in use, and not merely kept in reserve in case the bridge is damaged. I wonder if the Russians are sending all their fuel via the train ferries in case of sabotage? Certainly, the entire route now seems vulnerable

2024-05-29 10:01:49

I've always been sceptical about using #microblogging for discussion of complex issues such as topics in #theology. But a #toot of mine yesterday led to intelligent and thought provoking replies. Is this another way in which #Mastodon beats what came before?

2024-05-27 15:50:44

Good grief- we're on to Day 2 of #NationalService. Looks like the #Tories really don't have any other ideas
GE2024
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/513/834/477/562/106/original/57d9cb9fff379487.jpg

2024-05-27 09:54:47

Sometimes it's hard to distinguish #UK #newspaper #headlines from the Private Eye parodies...
#GE2024
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/512/424/776/699/628/original/3390378f4b3e9cee.webp
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/512/425/196/770/708/original/0993fbb0716f6487.webp
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/512/425/600/009/609/original/ac6c392fceaf1a38.webp

2024-05-22 16:50:08

Image of the day? #GE2024
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/485/760/244/260/142/original/047332b46997f7d8.webp

2024-05-13 09:04:18

Does it matter if #Ukraine loses? Ian Bond for the Centre for European Reform
#Russia
#war
#Putin
#Europe
https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2024/does-it-matter-if-ukraine-loses
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/432/964/261/621/674/original/ccee4900ca2d260d.jpg

2024-05-07 10:10:03

On the day of my demission as minister of #Cambuslang, due to #LongCOVID, a reminder of my message to my congregation on 21 April
#church
#Scotland
#ChurchOfScotland
https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2024/04/21/i-am-having-to-leave-full-time-ministry-due-to-long-covid/

2024-03-29 10:57:13

"There is nothing more helpless and weak than a man nailed to a #cross. It is foolish to expect people to be attracted by such a sight, to pay attention to a teacher whose life ends in such a way".
Some thoughts relevant to Good Friday.
#Christianity
#GoodFriday
#crucifixion
#Christ
#Jesus
#sermon
#Easter
#faith
https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2023/01/29/a-faith-for-fools-sermon-for-29-january-2023-epiphany-4-year-rcl/

2024-01-02 19:34:01

Here's a #Harvard student on what usually happens to students accused of #plagiarism. They think that #University President #ClaudineGay ought to resign (she did today) over plagiarism in a few of her works. Until now, the university claimed they were pretty minor infractions. And there's no doubt that the #MAGA crowd are using this to make a #political attack #US universities. It'd be interesting to hear what people in #HigherEd make of it
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/31/honor-council-member-gay/

2023-12-01 20:46:25

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@npub17ha…t8va if inciting violence is OK because of the Second Amendment, then you guys need to tear up your Constitution

2023-11-24 09:18:20

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 over 1,000 years ago we were Welsh speakers in this area anyway!

2023-11-18 16:03:56

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1nf7…k4qn @npub1nu9…l6r5 I did remember Apollos 1 & 13, but neither were failures of the launch system. And it's true that Saturn V was far from perfect every time. Tbh, I suspect NASA was lucky with Saturn V

2023-11-18 15:29:56

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1nf7…k4qn @npub1nu9…l6r5 it was still quite an achievement to get it to work first time, and to have lost no flights or astronauts

2023-11-18 15:16:28

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@npub1nf7…k4qn @npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1nu9…l6r5 Saturn V flew 13 times. Quite often, things quite didn't go to plan. But in no case did the mission end prematurely with the complete destruction of the system

2023-11-03 18:49:35

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@npub17ha…t8va "Pablo Escobar's feral hippos" is one of the best headline beginnings of all time

2023-10-21 08:48:14

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@npub1xpg…apfc I was first in Berlin in 1991, days after the failed coup against Gorbachev in Russia. It's replete with memories of two totalitarianisms, although locals don't want you to dwell on those ugly historical memories

2023-10-07 15:28:09

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 he posted again here two days ago https://mastodon.online/@pkrugman/111182131341214317

2023-10-07 15:11:48

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 I didn't realise it was so fragile

2023-10-07 14:12:40

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 can't you unblock it?

2023-10-04 09:54:35

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@npub1vcy…gzn8 @npub1hpc…hjn3 @npub1r73…uhv6 "German bureaucracy" 😂

2023-10-03 13:35:28

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@npub1grx…uxfe @npub1xzm…eykm @npub1r3c…m6c8 I recommend following @npub1xj8…egqe for highlights of #BBC @News reporting from around the world

2023-09-27 11:53:28

#Trump #Lied About His #Aberdeenshire #Golf Course Shock
#Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66933929
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/136/969/440/196/143/original/3a1b9ea9502152ed.jpg

2023-09-20 13:18:38

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 so of course they want to do it

2023-09-12 12:57:52

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@npub1vz5…qdta enjoy your beer! I like visiting caves, but as a tourist. But I couldn't do caving as a hobby!

2023-09-11 12:17:26

@npub1n73…94el query- is the Flat Earth shop in Inverness still open?

2023-09-09 11:55:13

#Tory #London #mayor candidate Susan Hall, "has said she would remove 20mph limits from all main roads if elected"*. Her campaign website is titled, with no trace of irony, "Safer with Susan"
https://www.saferwithsusan.co.uk/
#UrbanTransport #RoadSafety #AirPollution
*see previous toot
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/035/045/561/918/906/original/5f9f00ca906b823b.png

2023-09-08 17:02:43

A "toaster-sized" NASA device has produce oxygen on Mars. Howdy doodly do! Does anyone want some toast?
https://news.sky.com/story/nasa-manages-to-produce-oxygen-on-mars-12957288
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/030/597/798/060/634/original/3271829cf9fdf196.jpg

2023-09-06 17:00:15

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@npub1cfp…94fe @npub1hpc…hjn3 so Brussels is foreign news for Norway!

2023-09-06 16:28:39

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 @npub1cfp…94fe I've seen Norway's EU relationship described as "fax diplomacy"- Brussels sends the rules to Norway to implement

2023-09-05 10:07:21

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 is this your idea of Satire?
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/011/983/225/032/553/original/d58b588e9b87221c.jpg

2023-09-03 09:10:26

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@npub1xj8…egqe €32 million to refit a private yacht...

2023-08-31 11:34:37

New York Times reporting remarks by #Pope #Francis in which he criticises ultraconservative #US #Catholics. An insight into how America's #CultureWars don't just affect #evangelicals or other #protestants, but are also shaking the Catholic church (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/world/europe/pope-francis-american-conservatives.html?unlocked_article_code=6tvQfHaJj71UI25dcfA7q3WGZL8k5LH2B41_eUT_rj9Xb4c9e2msEZOpcA_eu6LmR9zP9FbGM8RZa-2GoXOTsdng4-lvV6EUtVpE8J360XoPFz3PPxDwt6bj9ootgHLLsbjZ6xAR_veXRc8MJJUVd3Hr4jK_cijYy_zNKv_UaVhVdlSVS3_mH42j7p0rvY7VDi52nllKiydc0yJyWvVos-NbbxVgURkmzISaHIQuVFh6iVuv-qP7UDfwELwlaObdf922PR_gbL6t3FpV9JmbcfxVE-dmOmicg2JHKAilPMFv4Xzl3eVtD_a23usC_2qKqdx-oP62xQ-X2Nx8_otrVurHeE_ShvadDjuTVOPJw3VvgA&smid=nytcore-android-share

2023-08-31 10:27:37

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@npub13ts…jcje @npub1xr8…3q0g perhaps there's something to be said for popes retiring!

2023-08-31 10:23:31

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@npub1yyx…qa5g a fantastic history in science and technology, yet the home of homeopathy!

2023-08-31 10:17:37

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@npub1yyx…qa5g that's an interesting article about an aspect of German culture which sometimes bothers me

2023-08-31 10:14:35

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@npub1yyx…qa5g one of the less reported strands of conspiracy theory thinking is the left wing and liberal shift to the far right, especially during COVID. The new book on Naomi Wolf by Naomi Klein sounds like it deals with that

2023-08-25 16:20:40

A bit of fun for you all on a #Friday afternoon!
FAWLTY TOWERS (CHA CHA CHA) | Supercut
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oKCBA8iKFX8&feature=shared

2023-08-25 16:02:34

The tragedy of #Mali, whose weak government was betting on #WagnerGroup for security. Excellent reporting here from #BBC's Feras Kilani
#Russia #Africa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66595692

2023-08-25 15:27:11

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@npub1kqh…xs48 giving it as much respect as they gave the Malaysian airliner they shot down

2023-08-25 15:25:08

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@npub1kqh…xs48 looks like the rewriting of history has already started

2023-08-25 15:22:20

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@npub1vu2…dvcx @npub1yrz…tuh8 great to see these rail projects in Scotland

2023-08-25 15:20:14

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@npub1t5d…c55n going by the reports I've seen of the debate, all of the GOP candidates are loonies in a strange world far from reality

2023-08-25 12:23:12

#Heineken finally getting out of #Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66616161

2023-08-25 11:06:17

Found some old #photos the other day from my #wedding in #Germany, 30 years ago
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/949/916/807/277/242/original/6178f6ff25ecf504.jpg

2023-08-25 10:27:39

Damning with faint praise (from the New York Times)
#GOP #Trump #NikkiHaley
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/949/768/663/135/876/original/055b7ddc5127fde5.jpg

2023-08-25 08:35:56

Fascinating details in this interview with the son of Michael #Parkinson: his father was a founding member of the Anti-#Nazi League (the kind of thing which might get you into trouble at the #BBC nowadays?); was suspicious of the #establishment; and suffered from imposter syndrome in his early career
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66605926

2023-08-24 21:14:28

10,000 baby #penguins die as #Antarctic sea ice breaks up
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66492767

2023-08-24 17:39:02

Why doesn't #Mastodon include a reply to the person who has retooted into your timeline the toot you're replying to? #MastodonHelp

2023-08-24 17:26:30

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@npub1aq2…4nfw well, that's going well

2023-08-24 16:52:43

Here's the #US government suing one of its own contractors- #Musk's #SpaceX over employment #discrimination
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-spacex-discriminating-against-asylees-and-refugees-hiring

2023-08-24 16:49:56

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@npub1aq2…4nfw faint praise

2023-08-24 15:23:51

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 horrible

2023-08-24 12:53:14

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I'm now imagining the Trump trial overseen by Bob Monkhouse with the voice of Kenny Everett...

2023-08-24 12:52:00

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In the #UK, this show was known as Celebrity Squares
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/944/678/093/124/416/original/1be714795468f533.jpg

2023-08-24 12:47:45

Viewers in #America are complaining that standards have fallen drastically in the long running #TV game show "Hollywood Squares"
#FultonCounty #Trump
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/944/648/292/976/200/original/41b47204ea21e9d7.jpg

2023-08-24 12:41:14

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@npub19mj…6kxq I expect even AI could do better than that

2023-08-24 12:25:57

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@npub1aq2…4nfw they all appear to be living in Cloud Cuckoo Land

2023-08-24 12:21:09

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@npub10fp…yqp8 I do wonder, sometimes, what some drivers are up as they appear not to hear sirens. Heavy metal on the radio?

2023-08-24 12:18:19

It's not just #Trump who is a danger to #democracy worldwide. It's the entire #US #Republican party. This eejit, #Ramaswamy, was said to have done best in yesterday's #GOPDebate- his words are music to #Putin's ears. And listen to the cheers he gets! #Russia's investment in destabilising #America's politics continues to pay dividends. The #Ukraine #war could still be lost in #DC
https://infosec.exchange/@kevinrothrock/110942946963295928
kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange - Big Ukraine moment here in tonight's GOP candidate debate.

2023-08-24 12:07:44

#AI hype news in the new #PrivateEye magazine- #robots solve #captcha quicker than humans!
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/944/499/280/048/169/original/c3f51434bcc9cd45.jpg

2023-08-24 10:07:47

"While #Europe is torn in the debates and struggles about which rules are better, it is missing a profound point: today, we are facing a force that destroys - and consciously wants to destroy - the very idea of rules"- Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher writes on #Ukraine independence day
https://ukraineworld.org/articles/opinions/ghost-lawlessness

2023-08-24 10:03:05

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@npub1et7…ajtp they're right to do so

2023-08-24 09:57:57

@npub12p6…77s3: Killing #Prigozhin makes #Putin weaker
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/prigozhin-is-dead-but-putin-is-now

2023-08-24 09:11:53

The chap who "organised" the infamous #Fyre Festival is out of jail, and claims he's organising a follow up #festival!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/24/fyre-festival-2-tickets-billy-mcfarland

2023-08-24 09:02:08

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@npub1t00…kx23 you, too. It's good knowing you here!

2023-08-24 08:59:35

Royal Society on #COVID19: #facemasks and #SocialDistancing “unequivocally” hinder the spread of infections
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/24/lockdowns-face-masks-unequivocally-cut-spread-covid-study-finds

2023-08-24 08:38:36

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@npub1ezx…74mr @npub1exm…5zw2 there are roads at Corrour (which is still open), but I believe they don't connect to any other public roads

2023-08-24 08:27:48

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@npub1qnn…awek rather you than me!

2023-08-24 07:39:04

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@npub1fvv…yw2w idiot

2023-08-24 07:29:16

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 supporting antivaxxers is a disgusting political tactic

2023-08-24 07:25:31

I see #AirBnB owners are criticising new rules for holiday lets in #Edinburgh. That's predictable!
https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinburgh-self-catering-host-says-short-term-lets-legislation-will-turn-scotland-into-a-laughing-stock

2023-08-23 20:16:10

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@npub1vsx…hwyy you make it sound as if they are up to something...
I, for one, welcome our new octopus overlords!

2023-08-23 15:31:40

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@npub1vg3…06fu "Taxbucks". I like that. I've tried my best to avoid them since the story of their tax avoidance came out

2023-08-23 11:57:43

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@npub1avz…8av6 in many ways they are fringe figures. But these fringe figures are the ones promoted by the media, and are therefore very influential. They're part of the authoritarian Trump coalition which continues to dominate the Republican Party, and are therefore a clear danger to all of us who value freedom and democracy

2023-08-23 10:26:17

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@npub1avz…8av6 and some of the best resistance to totalitarianism came from Catholic circles. Von Stauffenberg was motivated, in part, by his Catholic faith

2023-08-23 10:19:05

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@npub1avz…8av6 but Protestantism and psuedo paganism aren't immune

2023-08-23 10:12:56

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@npub1avz…8av6 it's not just Protestantism which has fallen for this. There is a very nasty streak of very right wing Catholicism in America (who provide many of the right wing judges). And the Jan 6 "Shaman" is a good example of new age, make it up for yourself, religion
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/938/384/754/984/308/original/4a8dc9b6a3b60904.jpg

2023-08-23 10:05:15

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@npub1avz…8av6 individualism and subjectivity. And the old American tendency to treat religion as a business

2023-08-23 09:46:54

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@npub1avz…8av6 if you're pro gun in that context, you're not pro life or pro God

2023-08-23 09:45:54

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@npub1avz…8av6 it's all utterly incoherent. This is why theology is important!

2023-08-23 09:07:10

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@npub1y62…69v6 it's certainly original

2023-08-23 08:53:29

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@npub1yjh…etpf and I doubt if he'll win the General Election