Devin

@devroc

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Devin@devroc· 27d

A view from my neighborhood, showing the bizarrely brown-yellow sky from the Canadian wildfires.

Devin@devroc· 29d

But what if I'm naturally a smarmy jerk?

A painted rock sitting in landscaping mulch. There is a blue background with a small yellow and black bee, and text reading "Bee you! Bee kind!"

Devin@devroc· Jun 30

Hmmmmm

Close-up of the quoted post of Trump's golden eagle showing that the railing is distorted in a suspiciously AI way

Devin@devroc· Jun 26

every hometown's got the ominous megastructure, what's yours?

A metal structure shaped something like a B-2 bomber

Devin@devroc· Jun 11

BOOOO to this question, Pew Research quiz. BOOOO! Which government? Town? State? Federal? County? Thruway Authority?

Q: If you had to choose, would you rather have...

(First button) A smaller government providing fewer services

(Second button) A bigger government providing more services

Devin@devroc· Jun 9

Here’s the chart some of you are probably looking for. “Over 500” is meaningless without a comparison. I’d also like to see data from 2014.

Devin@devroc· Jun 4

I enjoy finding unrelated maps where the impact of the Pennsylvania Appalachians is obvious. Here's a good one.

map of the state of Pennsylvania, showing higher gas prices west of the mountains, due to higher difficulty getting gas there from New Jersey

Devin@devroc· Jun 1

A screenshot from the Peppa Pig wiki (which is totally a thing). The heading is "Personality", with "Details may not be final" in italics. The text reads: "Daddy wolf is gruff and manly. He is a alpha [sic] to his family."

Devin@devroc· May 26

I am Jack Lewis's complete lack of surprise.

Top resonances: CS Lewis, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, Pope Benedict XVI, Cornelius Van Til, Jacques Ellul, Hans Frei, Karl Barth

Devin@devroc· May 26

What even is this? Why can't I pick all of them?!

Devin@devroc· May 26

Radical proposal: evangelicals should stop drawing this arrow.

One of the few New Testament passages where Jesus appears to promote violence, with an arrow connecting to a photograph of a 1970s French thermonuclear test.

Devin@devroc· May 15

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. Hmmm... My moral philosophy is atrocious theology?

An image showing a robed white man with long hair and a beard, implied to be Jesus. He's holding a rifle by the barrel, pointing up, with the stock against his thigh. The text reads: "if guns had existed when I lived, I'd still be alive".

Devin@devroc· May 5

I love that it’s on the shirts

Devin@devroc· May 2

Rochester NY gas prices today

Gas prices in Rochester NY about an hour ago. Regular $4.25, plus $4.65, super $5.05

Devin@devroc· May 1

Comic from SMBC.

Top panel, a professor standing in front of a blackboard: "So, you see, something can exist not just as truth of falsehood, but also a superposition. A third option: true-false."

Bottom panel, a man in a suit: "Well yeah. I'm sorry... Why does anyone find this concept difficult?"

Caption: "Oddly enough, politicians excel at quantum mechanics."

Devin@devroc· May 1

I've already seen MAGA types claiming that blue states have expensive gas, while it's cheaper in red states. Look at this big list of blue states with the top gas prices. Nevada, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona, Alaska, Idaho...

A chart showing the top 12 states by gas prices on 1 May 2026. They are: California, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Arizona, Idaho.

Devin@devroc· Apr 22

Agreed

Devin@devroc· Apr 21

This.

A diagram showing the spiral of Hegel's dialectic

Devin@devroc· Apr 21

And it's not going to end soon

Devin@devroc· Apr 19

Trump doing his best impression of the gates of Hell

Long rant by Trump about how he could bring down the Catholic Church

Devin@devroc· Apr 10

Mainline Protestants, mostly-woke since 1870, and Black Evangelicals, literally the original "woke", continue screaming into the void...

Screenshot of a post by "jessbritvich": If you would have told me at 8 years old while I was doing my 5 Hail Mary's and 7 Our Father's as repentance for fighting with my sister that Catholicism would be the "woke" arm of Christianity in 2026 l would have spit out my communion wine

Devin@devroc· Apr 10

Seized by God, they cry for succor in the dark of the light. Mists of dreams dribble on the nascent echo and love no more. Jump.

A basestar hybrid from Battlestar Galactica

Devin@devroc· Apr 9

Well that certainly makes the dictatorship easier.

The famous photograph "Flower Power" showing unarmed Vietnam war protesters placing flowers in the muzzles of guns pointed at their heads.

Devin@devroc· Apr 9

Quote from Tony Campolo: “I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a shit. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night.”

Devin@devroc· Apr 8

Similar on my phone!

Phone background of the fully lit Moon in the foreground and a crescent Earth setting in the background

Devin@devroc· Apr 8

Ah yes, that’s the problem with the threat of nuclear genocide - the damage to Trump’s credibility as a negotiator. Nailed it.

NY Times headline: With Threat to Wipe Out Iran's Civilization, Trump's Rhetoric Goes Beyond Bluster

Subhead: The president's violent rhetoric risks damaging his credibility as a negotiator and the country's standing in the world.

Devin@devroc· Apr 7

CS Lewis has some things to say about this.

A passage from "On Living in an Atomic Age" by CS Lewis:

The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together.

If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things -- praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts -- not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs.

Devin@devroc· Apr 6

Because of this guy.

American Secretary of War during WW2, Henry Stimson. He was a huge admirer of Kyoto and (against the military) excluded it from the list of candidates for nuclear bombing. He's also the guy responsible for the interment of Japanese civilians in the USA.

Devin@devroc· Apr 1

The monoliths compressing Jupiter into a star from the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Devin@devroc· Mar 27

Fuck ICE and all, but I want to call attention to this guy's beard. Full-on leprechaun style.