Trump DOL is desperately thirsty for Tom Brady
Oct. 28th, 2025 11:00 am![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
slacktivist_feedI never thought I'd say this as an Eagles fan, but I'm worried about Tom Brady's safety.
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Smart people saying smart things (10.27.25)
Oct. 27th, 2025 11:00 amslacktivist_feedTake time to listen to Dan Sinker, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Karen E. Park, Joseph Margulies, Susanne Paola Antonetta, and Hamden Rice.
Database maintenance
Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
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dw_maintenanceGood morning, afternoon, and evening!
We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)
I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.
Ta for now!
LBCF: When the Pawn …
Oct. 24th, 2025 08:09 pmslacktivist_feedWherein the authors -- and characters -- abandon the conspiracy-thriller subplot with which they have grown bored and turn, instead, to their fantasy of the ultimate politician (multilingual and blonde).
Get angry. Stay angry. Do better.
Oct. 22nd, 2025 09:40 pmslacktivist_feedRemorse is not sorrow. It's anger. Getting angry with yourself is what real repentance looks like -- the kind of repentance that allows for the possibility of redemption.
Home missions
Oct. 21st, 2025 08:22 pmslacktivist_feedWhite Christians in America once responded to immigration with "home missions" to welcome (and seek to convert) their new neighbors as the "mission field" came to our shores. It had it's problems, but it sure beats what we have now.
AWS outage
Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alierak posting in dw_maintenanceDW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Smart people saying smart things (10.20.25)
Oct. 20th, 2025 11:00 amslacktivist_feedWords worth reading from Joel Bowman, Eugene McCarraher, Jill Filipovic, W.E.B. Du Bois, the Portland Chicken, and a former DHS official speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
Young Republicans cheer for racism, Hitler. Yes, actually.
Oct. 17th, 2025 03:00 pmslacktivist_feedThe Politico expose of Young Republicans' gleefully racist chat transcripts may not surprise you, but it will be shocking and surprising to many of your neighbors, friends, and family.
LBCF: Enchanting
Oct. 17th, 2025 11:00 amslacktivist_feed"You do SO need forgiveness, you "elfish, greedy, jealous, petty, spiteful sinner" is not a good approach to evangelism.
‘We’re saving God’
Oct. 16th, 2025 06:43 pmslacktivist_feedThe same Trump administration that has declared every non-MAGA religion to be "anti-Christianity" and, therefore, "terrorist," is also claiming that it is "saving God." Making Blasphemy Great Again.
A ‘Hardcore’ theological crisis
Oct. 15th, 2025 09:20 pmslacktivist_feedPaul Schrader's 1979 film Hardcore may be both the most Calvinist and the most anti-Calvinist movie I've ever seen. A real-life remake is happening in the news.
‘I just thought that life was hard’ (Fall fundraising)
Oct. 14th, 2025 07:07 pmslacktivist_feedLife sometimes really IS "just hard." But it's possible to get through it thanks to people like you.