Charles S. Freeman

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PC(USA) pastor, hymn text writer, something else I forgot (oh yeah, ex-musicologist who still isn’t over it) hanging out in SE KS for another year at least. Highly intolerant of BS. h/h/h

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JD Vance, 2016: "Trump is America's Hitler" JD Vance, 2024: "I humbly accept the nomination to be America's Himmler"

I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world Someday I’m going to start a service of night prayer with those lines.

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"As our country continues to reel from this horrific event, we in Congress have taken action by enacting a nationwide ban on all roofs, roof terraces, and balconies."

Congress Bans Roofswww.theonion.com WASHINGTON—In response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, Congress moved quickly to pass legislation Monday that bans the civi...

Is anyone on this system who knows what I’m talking about #HymnSociety or #HymnSociety2024?

Y’all did hear what happened in the documents case, right?

Thing is, this actually needs to happen for real. www.theonion.com/symphony-goe...

Symphony-Goer Heads To Seat Carrying Novelty Tuba Full Of Nachoswww.theonion.com The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.

Yesssss. grist.org/extreme-weat...

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floodsgrist.org The federal disaster relief agency is overhauling its rules in a bid to end a cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas.

At my conference for the week. First event an organ recital. Love me those French organ symphonies. Jam ‘em straight into my veins…aaaahhhh

I think what gets me most is that if yesterday’s shooting hadn’t involved/been around a former president/current candidate, it probably wouldn’t have made a ripple in the national news. We’re so deadened to these things…

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"Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you." — An AR-15

It’s An Honor To Continue Being Valued Over Countless Human Liveswww.theonion.com Look, I’m not the type who needs constant validation, and I have never sought preferential treatment from anyone. I just try to focus on doing what I do and not get too caught up in what people think ...

Here on I-22 in northern Alabama someone has put up a Stars and Bars flag for no apparent purpose other than to be obnoxious. It worked out well for me as I needed to do some finger-stretching exercises.

Do I want to do business with a place that has a bitcoin ATM? No, I do not.

Love being on the interstate and getting caught behind a semi doing the kludgy and obstructive speed of 65 mph being passed by a semi doing the daring and transgressive speed of 66 mph.

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Montreal's sponge parks, designed in a way to deviate as much rain water as possible away from the sewers, have saved a bunch of areas from flooding due to Beryl's rainfall. So you get really nice parks in a major city, with a bonus against flooding. They're making more of them now and I love it

Montreal sponge parks soak up the stormmontreal.ctvnews.ca After over 100 millimetres of rain pummelled Montreal Wednesday evening, some Montreal streets saw less flooding, and sponge parks played a big part in soaking up the precipitation.

Hard to get much more mass-culture than People freakin’ magazine.

PEOPLE Magazine! What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

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PEOPLE Magazine! What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education people.com/what-is-proj...

I made several mistakes, blunders, etc. during the service this past Sunday. No one asked me to step aside. Just sayin’.

This evening seems to require cat photos. Daisy, Felicity (21 yrs old), Lilo. #Cat

Then complete the court with Barack Obama and six women of color. Then you will get more opportunities to choose justices, since Alito and Thomas would immediately have strokes when that court was seated.

here's the aforementioned 17-circuit map that could accompany a court reform that gives you 17 justices

Just read it. open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

Breaking Down Project 2025open.substack.com We took on Project 2025 issue by issue so you don't have to.

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RIP. Incredible career overall but her performance in THE SHINING is an all-timer www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Shelley Duvall, Robert Altman Protege and Tormented Wife in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 75www.hollywoodreporter.com The versatile actress, also memorable in 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller,' 'Nashville,' 'Popeye' and '3 Women,' produced TV series for kids as well.

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This story raises the question of whether the environmental and cultural devastations of plantation agriculture and colonialism can be repaired. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

After wildfires destroyed Lahaina, the battle to restore an ancient ecosystem will shape the town’s future.www.washingtonpost.com A wetland restoration project is bringing hope to Maui residents who want to honor Lahaina’s history and return water to the town after last year’s fires.

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The many manifestations of racism — slavery, segregation, etc — were an integral part of not just African American history, but American history. Denying that reality and pretending racism wasn’t a serious problem is, in itself, racist.

Harford County (a right wing exurban county home to John Wilkes Booth) school board votes 5-4 to not allow AP African American Studies classes because they focus too much on racism

African American studies is too ‘divisive’ for one Maryland school districtwww.thebaltimorebanner.com The move left students and staff scrambling to find replacement classes, but some educators and diversity advocates say the broader message does more lasting damage.

Awaiting the barrage of Spanish Armada jokes/puns leading up to the #Euro2024 finals…

I know nothing about this forthcoming movie The Wild Robot but I already despise it for the horrible distortion of Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World that’s included in its trailer.

The twentieth-century music ping-pong match we never knew we needed: Thelonius Monk vs. Arnold Schoenberg

So push hard on the notion that Project 2025 eliminates national parks and sports events on Sundays. See how The Masses respond to that.

Tired: Project 2025 wants to bring back the Sabbath. Wired: Project 2025 will ban Sunday sportsball games and forget about getting beer.

More and more you can tell, as this “Christian” “nationalism” goes more and more unhinged, there ain’t no Jesus in it. There ain’t no Jesus in any of it. These people have never read a gospel in their entire lives.

What classical music radio considers programming variety: playing a Haydn symphony that *doesn’t* have a nickname!?

…like all the other columnists?

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Weekwww.theonion.com The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.