Dan Hayward

@danielhayward.bsky.social

There is a debate raging on X as various Christians opine on whether a girl with Down syndrome should receive Communion (near a consensus on "no, no, no"), and it may be even more ableist than the "should autistic people have jobs" debate going on at the same time.

Bardfilm

@bardfilm.bsky.social

Now at Bardfilm: Hopeful Allusions to Juliet and Romeo and Cleopatra and Caesar in The Dick Van Dyke Show.

[Also contains some avant-garde theatre and a digression into Allan Sherman territory.]

bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/hope...

David Wesley

@david-wesley.bsky.social

“Theocracy is the worst of all governments.

If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor.

The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity at some point be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent.

🤖 Machine Rhetorics Bot 🤖

@machinerhetorics.bsky.social

The higher the current applied to the winding, the stronger the magnetic field and thus the higher the output voltage of the generator. Freud considered that "dreams are brief, meagre and laconic in comparison with the range and wealth of the dream-thoughts." = ὑφ' ἑνὸς τοιαῦτα

marshmallow manju

@marshmallowmanju.bsky.social

My bike tire was either slashed or I ran over a knife. The thing is crazy gouged.

That being said the bike shop is playing Renai Circulation and also the little boys who work here all remember me from last time.

News by babygoldie

@babygoldie.bsky.social

[1/4] 2026-06-24 17:46:50 - [Wantai Bio: Application for marketing authorization of live attenuated varicella vaccine accepted] Wantai Bio announced that recently, its wholly-owned subsidiary Beijing Wantai Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. received the "Notice of Acceptance" of the

@stevenerlanger.bsky.social

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Rutte's dilemma, and NATO's: How to manage an increasingly irascible Trump.
our take. by Mara Hvistendahl and StevenErlanger
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/world/europe/mark-rutte-nato-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.NAzy.DHprnlDQ3RlY&smid=bs-share

The Adaptable Educator

@adaptableeducator.bsky.social

T.A.E.’s Book Review – Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien

Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most delightfully subversive works: a mock-heroic tale that looks at first like a rustic folktale, then quietly reveals itself as a sophisticated satire of epic language, aristocratic power, and…

Eric Stephen

@ericstephen.bsky.social

st. pierre brioche buns commercial on dodgers games now, at least breaks up the monotony of the usual group

@eu-dk.bsky.social

Hegseth appears out of step in criticisms of NATO allies

https://https://www.europesays.com/dk/113255/

BRUSSELS (AP) — Hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth upbraided his NATO allies and announced a Pentagon…