Winged Things

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a-queer-seminarian

A twitter thread by Caitlin J. Stout @CaitlinJStout from Feb 25 2021 reading,

A friend asked the other day what percentage of people I went to youth group with “deconstructed” and what percentage remained evangelical. As I thought about it, I realized that for the most part it was the kids who took their faith the most seriously who eventually walked away.

Those of us who tearfully promised that we would follow Jesus anywhere eventually followed him out the door. The Queer kids, more than anyone, learned exactly what it meant to work out our faith with fear and trembling.

They told us to read the Bible and take it seriously and then mocked us for becoming “social justice warriors.”

Now they’re warning us not to deconstruct to the point of meaninglessness.

But they took a chisel to God until he fit in a box. They “deconstructed” the concept of love until it allowed them to tolerate sexual abuse, celebrate white supremacy, and look away from kids in cages.

Some of us got to where we are because we took it all to heart. We took the most foundational elements of our faith to their natural conclusions. Folks who deconstruct evangelicalism aren’t drop-outs; they’re graduates.

blessedarethebinarybreakers

“Your kids are not leaving the church because you didn’t train them enough.   Your kids are leaving the church because you trained them well enough to develop a sense for truth and justice.  You let them read the words of Jesus - and they got it.  And they’ve recognized that the church doesn’t seem to be interested in those words. They’re not leaving because they don’t know the truth, they’re leaving because they do.“ 

- Rhett McLaughlin

obaewankenope

“But they took a chisel to God until he fit into a box” is probably the RAWEST line I’ve ever read in my life. Holy shit.

Source: a-queer-seminarian
boxingcleverrr
kaijutegu

Dalton/oddarticulations blocked me for letting tumble know that he's raffling off a looted cranium. He's set to make fifteen thousand dollars off of selling looted archaeological material.

This is a big deal. The oddities community is made up of people who appreciate the aesthetics of remains, and many think there's nothing intrinsically wrong with possessing them. And that's a debate that will never be settled, and maybe it doesn't need to be. Maybe different codes of ethics can exist within the hobby! But there's absolutely no way to spin this as ethical. If you support OddArticulations, you support profiting off of looting. Period.

kaijutegu

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What a fucking coward. It's not enough that he's selling looted remains, he's trying to prevent people from knowing it. The greed is disgusting, and the cowardice is pathetic. Own your shit, you ghoul.

skeletal-scavenger

I'm always skeptical over claims like this, so I'm curious as to how we know it's looted and wasn't somehow acquired by less sketchy means? I don't ask this to be a dick, I'm genuinely curious. I know a lot of witch hunting happens on the internet due to miscommunications and whatnot, and I don't want to jump on someone if they're doing something less ethnically fucked.

Provided this is real, this is abhorrent. As someone who is both into archaeology and bones in general, it is so far beyond wrong (as well as illegal) to steal things like this, and even worse to sell them for profit. I'd be curious to hear their side of things, but it sounds like they're just blocking everyone, so probably not gonna get that, huh?

kaijutegu

simply put: 100% of the archaeological material from Paracas- where this skull is from, where he admits it’s from- is looted.

There were excavations that took stuff out via legal means and none of those artifacts EVER left peru except on museum loans.

skeletal-scavenger

Ok, big yikes then. That's really fucked. If this person is located in the US, I'm pretty sure there's a number to call for reporting grave robbing. But the name of the site doesn't sound like it was in North America, so that might complicate things a bit. I'm at work right now, but I'll see if I can figure out the anthro legal stuff later. I have a whole book on how to report illegal site activity and preservation of ancient remains at home that might be of use here.

deadpoet117

Yeah, that’s the thing with genuine artifacts and find like these—if they’re not in the hands of academics, a museum, or some other like professional(s) or institution(s), it’s almost certainly looted. You really don’t just… find this stuff lying around. Official and legal digs don’t release their artifacts to non-official or approved entities. In some cases an artifact may just happen to wind up in someone’s house, like war trophies taken by soldiers that then get passed onto others (at the same time I would hesitate to call it inherently looted, like I have an 18th century French bayonet I found and bought at an estate sale, I wouldn’t say it’s looted for various reasons), but this isn’t one of those cases. You can really only find these kind of artifacts on site, which means if you find them offsite for sale it was looted.

There was also someone who posted pictures of the skull. It looks like part of the jaw on the left side was… repaired? It’s a weird gray color, almost like clay, which is either a reconstruction done in a lab (which isn’t always done), or it’s an idiot who thought repairing the skull would make it more valuable. In either case, it’s another sign that it’s looted, at least to me.

You’re indeed right about Paracas not being in North America! While I’m about the looting thereof that @kaijutegu mentioned, but it’s a town/area in Peru. Most if not all elongated skulls originate in South America, it’s a rather unique cultural practice.

pterygota

heres a response i found on the blog as i am not yet blocked:

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kaijutegu

BULL. SHIT.

Seriously that is SUCH fucking bullshit. Legitimate research collections don't sell off their materials. It's just like his ligers that he claims he doesn't know about where they came from. Also you can't tell the EXACT LOCATION from dna evidence. That's not how dna works.

I know you're reading this, Dalton. Prove it. Show the fucking receipts.

Although, it wouldn't matter if you did, because this is STILL looted.

Source: kaijutegu
someone is selling human remains AGAIN? did y’all not learn from last time?
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sareks

🌶Benjamin Sisko's Taste of Home Recipe Blog🌶

Recipe: Spicy Shrimp Pasta

About five years ago, I lost my beloved wife in an attack by the Borg. After something like that happens, you're not the same. It took me a long time to find my way in life again, and believe it or not, I found it in a clunky space station on the edge of a wormhole...

[eight full paragraphs]

...I lied, I cheated, I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all, I think I can live with it.

To make this pasta, you're going to want to use home-grown peppers and not replicated ones. I find their fresh taste is key to getting the most flavor from this dish.

Source: sareks
st:ds9 oh my god
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wakandama2

First, Athletes not allowed to wear BLM protest clothing specifically

Next, banning black swimmers from bigger wearing swim cap that are designed for Afro texture hair

Next, not allowing swimmer to use a Black owned brand of swim caps

Next, forcing Caster Semenya, an African Woman with a natural higher testosterone level to either compete with men or get put on hormones to compete with women

Next, this BS with Sha’ Carri and their over punishment of Black athletes

Next, Playing all these mental games with Simone Biles to try and fuck up her confidence

Next, underhanded comments over Serena choosing to not compete this year

Next, all the mfs tryna strong arm and criticize Gwen Berry for not acknowledging the flag on peaceful protest

Bro, Fuck Yall, Fuck Tokyo and Fuck Olympics at this point.

wakandama2

More to add to this, the Olympic committee has now banned certain moves in gymnastics because Simone Biles was the only one to pull them off.

ourqueenfelinefatale

Don’t know if this just came out but don’t forget about the two black girls (in their teens) who were told to get on birth control to lower their natural testosterone

Source: wakandama2
hi millennials can we kill the olympics next thx