Mitch Modine
@mitchegoss.bsky.social
American expat in Asia, sports fan, cinephile, enraptured by puns, Christian clergy, biblical scholar, nerd
Handle explainer: from Mishegoss (Yiddish) n. craziness; senseless behavior or activity
Handle explainer: from Mishegoss (Yiddish) n. craziness; senseless behavior or activity
Here's a fun thought experiment: imagine your favorite paragraph in your (hopefully-at-most-second-)favorite guidebook from your favorite organization said the opposite of what it said. How would you respond?
September 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Here's a fun thought experiment: imagine your favorite paragraph in your (hopefully-at-most-second-)favorite guidebook from your favorite organization said the opposite of what it said. How would you respond?
What kind of messed up exploitative system allowed dude in Matthew 18:23–35 to accrue a 10k talent debt to begin with? #SidewaysLectionary
September 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
What kind of messed up exploitative system allowed dude in Matthew 18:23–35 to accrue a 10k talent debt to begin with? #SidewaysLectionary
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i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
Program's up!
30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social
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30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
September 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
I feel the train a-comin’
It’s comin’ round the bend
I ain’t seen the toilet in
I don’t know when
I’m stuck in flush ‘em prison 🚽
It’s comin’ round the bend
I ain’t seen the toilet in
I don’t know when
I’m stuck in flush ‘em prison 🚽
September 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I feel the train a-comin’
It’s comin’ round the bend
I ain’t seen the toilet in
I don’t know when
I’m stuck in flush ‘em prison 🚽
It’s comin’ round the bend
I ain’t seen the toilet in
I don’t know when
I’m stuck in flush ‘em prison 🚽
The Venn diagram between “faith over fear” and “let’s have deadly weapons in the house of God” is a circle
September 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The Venn diagram between “faith over fear” and “let’s have deadly weapons in the house of God” is a circle
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Whenever Rs whine about the blue monsoon:
“A favorite phrase of your side comes to mind: it rhymes with duck your dealings”
“A favorite phrase of your side comes to mind: it rhymes with duck your dealings”
August 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Whenever Rs whine about the blue monsoon:
“A favorite phrase of your side comes to mind: it rhymes with duck your dealings”
“A favorite phrase of your side comes to mind: it rhymes with duck your dealings”
My new go-to when Rs whine about the upcoming blue monsoon: “I seem to remember a pithy phrase your side loved during the first Trump admin. Here’s a hint: the first word rhymes with duck and the third word is feelings”
August 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM
My new go-to when Rs whine about the upcoming blue monsoon: “I seem to remember a pithy phrase your side loved during the first Trump admin. Here’s a hint: the first word rhymes with duck and the third word is feelings”
Sprayed some WD-40 in our gate lock. Worked as usual. When I tried to put the little straw back I ripped up and off the piece of tape on the side of the can
#smalltownsaturdaynight #Irony
#smalltownsaturdaynight #Irony
August 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Sprayed some WD-40 in our gate lock. Worked as usual. When I tried to put the little straw back I ripped up and off the piece of tape on the side of the can
#smalltownsaturdaynight #Irony
#smalltownsaturdaynight #Irony
If you think your seminary education didn't teach you x or y: your education has accomplished its mission if it teaches you how to think and learn, not what to think nor all the learning that you'll ever need for a life of ministry. 1/x
August 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
If you think your seminary education didn't teach you x or y: your education has accomplished its mission if it teaches you how to think and learn, not what to think nor all the learning that you'll ever need for a life of ministry. 1/x
Mark 5 vibes: look for someone nearby who has recently had a mess of demons exorcised: youtu.be/HOJGT8fO-RU?...
200 baboy nakawala sa naaksidenteng truck, inuwi ng ilang mga residente at byahero
YouTube video by Brigada News Philippines
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August 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Mark 5 vibes: look for someone nearby who has recently had a mess of demons exorcised: youtu.be/HOJGT8fO-RU?...
When King Sebbi (Sæbbi) of the East Saxons died in 695, so St. Bede the Venerable tells us, “A stone sarcophagus had been made ready for the burial; but when they came to lay his body in it, they found it a hand's breadth too long for the sarcophagus.”
Is this the world’s first #youhadonejob meme?
Is this the world’s first #youhadonejob meme?
July 27, 2026 at 11:19 AM
When King Sebbi (Sæbbi) of the East Saxons died in 695, so St. Bede the Venerable tells us, “A stone sarcophagus had been made ready for the burial; but when they came to lay his body in it, they found it a hand's breadth too long for the sarcophagus.”
Is this the world’s first #youhadonejob meme?
Is this the world’s first #youhadonejob meme?
Here’s a simple way to understand that “No” means “No.”
Pretend that you’re standing in front of someone trying to unalive you.
What would you say at that moment?
What would you mean by that?
Here endeth the lesson.
Pretend that you’re standing in front of someone trying to unalive you.
What would you say at that moment?
What would you mean by that?
Here endeth the lesson.
July 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Here’s a simple way to understand that “No” means “No.”
Pretend that you’re standing in front of someone trying to unalive you.
What would you say at that moment?
What would you mean by that?
Here endeth the lesson.
Pretend that you’re standing in front of someone trying to unalive you.
What would you say at that moment?
What would you mean by that?
Here endeth the lesson.
So if these techbros are so damn smart how come they can’t invent machines that cool themselves?
July 19, 2026 at 7:29 AM
So if these techbros are so damn smart how come they can’t invent machines that cool themselves?
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Our News Media needs to get it together….
July 19, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Our News Media needs to get it together….
The real reason the Didache (Teaching of the Apostles) was not included in the New Testament is that the canonizers knew some people would pronounce it Dye Datchee and hearing that would make them sad even in Heaven.
#followme for more epic Bible history skeets
#followme for more epic Bible history skeets
July 19, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The real reason the Didache (Teaching of the Apostles) was not included in the New Testament is that the canonizers knew some people would pronounce it Dye Datchee and hearing that would make them sad even in Heaven.
#followme for more epic Bible history skeets
#followme for more epic Bible history skeets
I would be down with Libertarianism if not for the doctrine of original sin
July 18, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I would be down with Libertarianism if not for the doctrine of original sin
So imma combine T*ump’s POTUS numbers and start calling him -2
June 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
So imma combine T*ump’s POTUS numbers and start calling him -2
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With a real president we wouldn't even know about the reflecting pool issue. It would have been handled as normal maintenance by the NPS who would have gone through normal procurement bidding and awards. And the job would have just happened and nobody would have noticed.
June 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
With a real president we wouldn't even know about the reflecting pool issue. It would have been handled as normal maintenance by the NPS who would have gone through normal procurement bidding and awards. And the job would have just happened and nobody would have noticed.
Failed Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Ideas
June 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Failed Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Ideas
I am about to watch Time Changer (dir. Rich Christiano, Five & Two Pictures, 2002).
This is the first movie I have ever seen with a Bible [sic] scholar as the protagonist.
I fully expect this to be hidilarious (hideous + hilarious). Results to follow.
This is the first movie I have ever seen with a Bible [sic] scholar as the protagonist.
I fully expect this to be hidilarious (hideous + hilarious). Results to follow.
June 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I am about to watch Time Changer (dir. Rich Christiano, Five & Two Pictures, 2002).
This is the first movie I have ever seen with a Bible [sic] scholar as the protagonist.
I fully expect this to be hidilarious (hideous + hilarious). Results to follow.
This is the first movie I have ever seen with a Bible [sic] scholar as the protagonist.
I fully expect this to be hidilarious (hideous + hilarious). Results to follow.
Third stanza, especially lines 3–4, goes hard on the Sunday after the obscene news broke that a certain individual became the world’s first trillionaire
June 15, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Third stanza, especially lines 3–4, goes hard on the Sunday after the obscene news broke that a certain individual became the world’s first trillionaire
Again:
Wanting the signs in the national parks restored but NOT the Confederate statues
is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting the Confederate statues restored but not the signs in the national parks
and is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting both to be restored.
Wanting the signs in the national parks restored but NOT the Confederate statues
is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting the Confederate statues restored but not the signs in the national parks
and is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting both to be restored.
June 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Again:
Wanting the signs in the national parks restored but NOT the Confederate statues
is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting the Confederate statues restored but not the signs in the national parks
and is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting both to be restored.
Wanting the signs in the national parks restored but NOT the Confederate statues
is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting the Confederate statues restored but not the signs in the national parks
and is NOT THE SAME AS
wanting both to be restored.
The OG “Don’t start no 💩, won’t be no 💩:”
“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
(Matthew 7:1-2 NRSV)
“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
(Matthew 7:1-2 NRSV)
June 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The OG “Don’t start no 💩, won’t be no 💩:”
“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
(Matthew 7:1-2 NRSV)
“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
(Matthew 7:1-2 NRSV)