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Untroubling and untroubled for a good fifteen minutes a day. thmazing.com/thbiblio thmazing.substack.com public school teacher | writer | current editor of @irreantum.bsky.social

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The Impact of Two-Hour Church: What the Data Tells Us Did two hour church meaningfully change existing trends?

It's too soon to say anything for sure but I haven't seen anything personally that makes me think there's an upside.

10.03.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't know much about hats Kafka wore / Or if Bottom's dream sunk in the sea But I know that George Lucas made a fine film / And that The Shining just isn't for me
10.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Part of the reason two-hour Church was a mistake.

09.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

:(

09.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's an easy mistake but fixable with the right leadership attention.

09.03.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know that this is a general problem. I travel around my stake a lot and our sacrament meetings are excellent.

09.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happily not all rumors come to pass, and this is just the interpretation a bishop made from something a stake president said about a meeting with Elder Renlund.

09.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rumors of one-hour church are feeling my gut with terror. Are we just giving up? Do we not appreciate the attrition that is two-hour church? #lds

08.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I've heard stories like that too. But what a thing to have between you and your parents....

07.03.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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tfw you lezrn your parents were antivaxxers

(gen alpha in the near future)

07.03.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What?

07.03.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The kind of hero we need right now

06.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘€Now that ICE/DHS are planning to buy β€˜mega’ warehouse detention centers across the US to house human beings you might want to listen to this gentleman’s history lesson that he delivered at a city council meeting in AZ. Congress needs to have hearings on this like yesterday.

05.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 2004 πŸ” 1222 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 134
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How can something smell so bad but taste so delicious?

06.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with glasses says that is solid on peacock ALT: a woman with glasses says that is solid on peacock
05.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Myth of the β€˜Brilliant’ Idea
The Myth of the β€˜Brilliant’ Idea YouTube video by Lofi Cinema

Fine food for thought, fellow writers.

05.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New work from me:

@the-engine-idling.bsky.social

05.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rockwell was born November 5, 1968, in Daly City, California.[3][4] He is the only child of actors Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. After their divorce when he was five, he was raised by his father in San Francisco and spent his summers with his mother in New York City.[5] At age 10, he made a brief stage appearance as Humphrey Bogart in an East Village improv comedy sketch with his mother.[6]

(wikipedia)

Rockwell was born November 5, 1968, in Daly City, California.[3][4] He is the only child of actors Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. After their divorce when he was five, he was raised by his father in San Francisco and spent his summers with his mother in New York City.[5] At age 10, he made a brief stage appearance as Humphrey Bogart in an East Village improv comedy sketch with his mother.[6] (wikipedia)

Wait.

Then WHY does Sam Rockwell say potatuh??

05.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"If you take a glass bottle and toss it up into the air so that when it hits the earth it shatters against the ground, and then you take the shards and glue them back together in the shape of a bird, then you no longer have a bottle, you’ve made something new."

Rion Amilcar Scott on life vs fiction

04.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Turn it up to one hundred eleven (bilbo turnt)

Not a novel but I just read Shaw's Major Barbara and is fascinating. So hard to tell what side he ultimately falls on from the text alone.

04.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you bookend with original grace and socialist revolution, things are going okay. also: Shakespeare and a sock monkey

Jack London's The Iron Heel is a BRUTAL takedown.

03.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Joke Explains Iran Today Dark humor is sometimes the most reliable weapon.

Jokes for next year:

03.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
wait.........gas prices are going up?
wait.........gas prices are going up? YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing

I read the news!

03.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The world is falling apart. Watch a movie.

Donkey Skin is so weird, you guys.

03.03.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Trump’s America Looks Like From China That life is better in the U.S. is no longer an article of faith.

All thanks to President Trump! Well done, sir.

02.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Paradox of Trump’s Iran Attack When his fantasies unravel, Trump has a habit of abusing power to force his will upon an uncooperative world.

"You don’t go bankrupt as often as Trump has gone bankrupt if you’re good at assessing risk."

28.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A luxury hotel is now in flames in Dubai. Attacking a five-star resort in Dubai is like attacking a boulangerie in Paris, or a football match in London, or a Black Friday stampede at a Walmart on Long Island. It is an assault on something nationally iconic, and for the nation hit, it has a way of clarifying distinctions that have long been muddled.

A luxury hotel is now in flames in Dubai. Attacking a five-star resort in Dubai is like attacking a boulangerie in Paris, or a football match in London, or a Black Friday stampede at a Walmart on Long Island. It is an assault on something nationally iconic, and for the nation hit, it has a way of clarifying distinctions that have long been muddled.

I didn't come to the Atlantic to laugh at Iran War jokes. Doesn't...feel right.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

28.02.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can we just finish releasing the Epstein files already so we can stop starting wars?

28.02.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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BATTLE OF THE PUCKERDOODLES The L.A. Times stole my recipe, but we'll let you decide.

Help me win a battle only I am fighting:

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