Rob Wooten
@livingmetanoia.bsky.social
Recipient of radical grace, trying living with presence and joy in a world diametrically opposed to such things. MA in Christian Ministry, Western Theological Seminary. Twitter refugee; Tar Heel.
Masterclass.
"The president wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison! But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory" -- here's Obama's full riff about the "phony outrage" over his Trump/Cheesecake Factory comments and how it illustrates that "these are not serious people"
October 29, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Masterclass.
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Boom! 💥 60 seconds!
Tax billionaire wealth.
I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.
I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k.
October 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Boom! 💥 60 seconds!
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WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social breaks down how a GOP senator tried to use a supposed Atlanta Hawks game to prove Jack Smith secretly colluded with Trump prosecutors—only to learn the texts were about the Iowa Hawkeyes game he attended 700 miles away in Maryland.
'COMPLETE DOOFUS': GOP’s Jack Smith ‘smoking gun’ CRUMBLES over Caitlin Clark game
YouTube video by MS NOW
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September 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Take that, Ohio...
Josh Stein, Governor of North Carolina, who previously served in the state Senate & as Attorney General, celebrates the Wright brothers, whose 12-second flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 launched the age of aviation, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team.
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Wright Brothers Narrated by Governor Josh Stein
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
August 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take that, Ohio...
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Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
April 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
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Last week this man was Chamberlain to his own Hitler. This week he is Judas to his own Jesus.
One can pile up the blasphemies and the ironies or one could just say that this man is unwell.
One can pile up the blasphemies and the ironies or one could just say that this man is unwell.
April 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Last week this man was Chamberlain to his own Hitler. This week he is Judas to his own Jesus.
One can pile up the blasphemies and the ironies or one could just say that this man is unwell.
One can pile up the blasphemies and the ironies or one could just say that this man is unwell.
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In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
March 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.”
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
March 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
“Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.”
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
Thread.
It's interesting to watch Trump's support crumble with people who are losing their minds over Cluster B Personality disorder symptoms/characteristics that the Mental Health field have been warning about for a decade.
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March 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Second in a series of reflections on building authentic church community with—and within—the margins of society, where healing can take place alongside those who have been marginalized. This one is deeply personal. substack.com/@robwooten/n...
Owning Our Stories
Repairing the Breach: Community-Building from the Margins, Part 2
substack.com
March 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Second in a series of reflections on building authentic church community with—and within—the margins of society, where healing can take place alongside those who have been marginalized. This one is deeply personal. substack.com/@robwooten/n...
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"Unbeknownst to them, my students had just concretely experienced the lesson with which we started the semester: Don’t judge a person by a single story."
sojo.net/magazine/mar...
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The Measure of a Man
How can we avoid judging a person by the worst thing they've done?
sojo.net
March 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"Unbeknownst to them, my students had just concretely experienced the lesson with which we started the semester: Don’t judge a person by a single story."
sojo.net/magazine/mar...
sojo.net/magazine/mar...
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Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
February 23, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
Are group chats the main avenue where other people try out most of their comedic material, or is that just me?
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Are group chats the main avenue where other people try out most of their comedic material, or is that just me?
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
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Gerrymandering means voters don’t choose their politicians—politicians choose their voters.
In North Carolina, even when Democrats win more votes, Republicans take more seats. That’s not democracy.
A good chart to share from @carolinaforward.bsky.social. #ncpol
In North Carolina, even when Democrats win more votes, Republicans take more seats. That’s not democracy.
A good chart to share from @carolinaforward.bsky.social. #ncpol
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Gerrymandering means voters don’t choose their politicians—politicians choose their voters.
In North Carolina, even when Democrats win more votes, Republicans take more seats. That’s not democracy.
A good chart to share from @carolinaforward.bsky.social. #ncpol
In North Carolina, even when Democrats win more votes, Republicans take more seats. That’s not democracy.
A good chart to share from @carolinaforward.bsky.social. #ncpol
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“We’re saving God”
God:
Job 38:1 - 42:6
God:
Job 38:1 - 42:6
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“We’re saving God”
God:
Job 38:1 - 42:6
God:
Job 38:1 - 42:6
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Senate is back in session today.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Senate is back in session today.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
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We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.
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Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo