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Anne-Marie W. Clark πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦πŸΆβš–οΈπŸ˜·πŸŒŽπŸš’πŸ“šπŸŒ¦οΈβšœοΈ @amwclark.bsky.social

It sure looks & sounds like he's been told he's got something fatal, & word's gotten out in DC. He acts like it. & the circling sharks are acting like it.

aug 28, 2025, 11:54 pm β€’ 16 1

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Erik of Portland, Legal Calvinball Disliker @erikgunderson.bsky.social

I have shared before that I make it a strict personal ethic to not celebrate, welcome, invite, or cheer at death, no matter whose death is under discussion. If these present musings manifest into that reality, I shall endure the most difficult test of that ethic I anticipate occurring in my life.

aug 29, 2025, 12:02 am β€’ 21 0 β€’ view
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Anne-Marie W. Clark πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦πŸΆβš–οΈπŸ˜·πŸŒŽπŸš’πŸ“šπŸŒ¦οΈβšœοΈ @amwclark.bsky.social

Maybe you will find this useful. Thinkers fancier than you or I have contemplated this dilemma. πŸ˜‰ Imprecatory prayer, wishing harm/death/curses on another person is not ok. Deprecatory prayer, asking God to deliver us from some evil, in whatever way God deems best, is ok. & thus, I have my path. πŸ˜‡

aug 29, 2025, 12:12 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Erik of Portland, Legal Calvinball Disliker @erikgunderson.bsky.social

Though I am an atheist, there are certainly non-supernatural analogues to prayer!

aug 29, 2025, 12:16 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Anne-Marie W. Clark πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦πŸΆβš–οΈπŸ˜·πŸŒŽπŸš’πŸ“šπŸŒ¦οΈβšœοΈ @amwclark.bsky.social

πŸ˜† Oh, this totally fits for a non-religious approach. I just think it's great fun contemplating that religious scholars in the past have not only wished someone [you know], but wrestled with it enough to have *terms of art* for *how* to ethically wish someone [you know]. πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

aug 29, 2025, 1:41 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Anne-Marie W. Clark πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦πŸΆβš–οΈπŸ˜·πŸŒŽπŸš’πŸ“šπŸŒ¦οΈβšœοΈ @amwclark.bsky.social

And it's not just that One Special Boy. All of 'em are awful. Grrrrrr.....

aug 29, 2025, 1:48 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Daphne Pierpoint @daphnepierpoint.com

Not celebrating, welcoming, inviting or cheering death is an honorable ethic. However, the end of the suffering (and death!) the Orange Menace has caused millions will be worthy of celebrating. I believe in karma so I believe he will get the eternity he deserves.

aug 29, 2025, 12:16 am β€’ 6 0 β€’ view
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Anne-Marie W. Clark πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦πŸΆβš–οΈπŸ˜·πŸŒŽπŸš’πŸ“šπŸŒ¦οΈβšœοΈ @amwclark.bsky.social

πŸ˜‰ Read down...

aug 29, 2025, 1:41 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Dan Izzo @izzos.us

I...meanwhile and researching brass bands...

aug 29, 2025, 12:09 am β€’ 6 0 β€’ view
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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social

my neighbor's daughter owns a food truck and if it's in the budget...

aug 29, 2025, 12:18 am β€’ 4 0 β€’ view