Totally Not Tim 🤫

As a Catholic, I support mass deportations—despite the USCCB’s non-binding pastoral guidance. Here’s why: 1. God ordains distinct nations (sovereignty & solidarity). 2. Authority exists for the common good of each. 3. The common good demands ordered love (subsidiarity) and prudence. 4. Justice and rule of law require it. With millions here illegally, strict borders and mass deportation aren’t optional—they’re moral imperatives.

One the realities you face when writing about "early Buddhism" is that we do not have any faithful records of what Śākyamuni Buddha said. The early Buddhist canons (including Pāli), as Norman (1983: 7) noted, “show evidence of being translated from a dialect of Middle Indo-Aryan.” This means that everything we have is at best a translation from something earlier. There was no writing in the Buddha's time (that comes only after Aśoka), meaning that whatever we have is a translation of a set of oral testimonies that are supposed to be traced back two or three centuries to a historical figure. On top of that, the extant texts already belong to sectarian groups with their own competing values and ideas. The earliest documentable forms of Buddhism are already quite mature and settled in their doctrines.

June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate love, acceptance, and the freedom to be yourself. Happy Pride Month to all who are celebrating!

Syrax being practically the same color as fucking rocks lmao

Nearly 70% of Japanese people support LGBTQ+ marriage, while over 80% believe schools should educate about sexual diversity, per a new Dentsu survey.