#confession — Public Fediverse posts

#confession: sometimes I have a strong urge to respond to posts that have nothing to do with me at all with "omg stop flirting with me!"

@missbullitt oui, je confirme
#confession

Enjoy the little moments on life!

#TheKardinal -
Definitely not a demon who's masquerading as a cardinal to infiltrate the catholic church.

#KätToon #Confession #Satire #Beichte #Definetlynotademonwhosmasquaradingtoinfiltratethecatholicchurch #Beichstuhl

#Mastodon #Fesshole #Funny #Comedy #Secret #Confession #Confessions #SocialMedia #Media #Human #Social #People #Internet I’m undoubtedly a very late arrival, but if you haven’t seen this account on Mastodon, find and follow it asap! It’s a list of secret anonymous confessions, and you’re in for a serious serious treat…
@fesshole

#Confession: It's slightly difficult to tell people not to use LLMs to summarize search results when actually dipping into a webpage for the information you need is so flipping painful and annoying. :/

Someone needs to write a searchbot kind of like #FrogFind that does a web search for you and presents you with a static html version of any usable results. Kind of like having a #Dillo front end to the web minus all of the typical JS nonsense.

A Cure for What Ails Us?

I have been reflecting lately on the peculiar sickness of modern life, and I have a theory which, stated somewhat like a math problem, is this: modern society (entailing economic, social, and labor practices) plus postmodern media (including communication technology, news consumption, and competing truth claims) leads to a kind of sickness. And the treatment for that sickness may be following Jesus through the historic practices of the Church.

My basic argument is this: for thousands of years, human beings lived in certain ways. Whether by divine design, adaptation, or some combination of the two, human bodies, minds, and spirits were set up for success while living a certain kind of life. People lived off to the land. They lived near extended family. Most people spent their lives in relatively small communities, surrounded by people they knew and who knew them. Work was physical and tangible. Information traveled slowly. The problems people encountered were usually nearby, visible, and connected to people who could actually help or be helped. This was by no means a perfect system, for pre-modern life contained many ills (physical and social). But this is the kind of the life that human bodies were prepared to live.

In the past 200-ish years, however, the technology of the Industrial Revolution and the development of (post) modern culture have placed enormous stress on that kind of life. Obviously, modernity brought with it a great many positive changes. It is easier to obtain food, clothing, medicine, and shelter now than at almost any other point in human history. Infant mortality has declined. Travel is easier. Communication is faster. Many forms of work are safer and less physically destructive. These are real goods, real ways in which human beings have flourished in ways never before seen, and such goods should not be dismissed.

But along with those good changes came new stressors. People became more mobile. Families became more scattered. Communities became less stable. Work became increasingly detached from the production of visible and tangible things. People became more reliant on systems and technologies that few of us understand and none of us can control. Almost no one practices subsistence living anymore, which means that nearly everything we need comes to us through a complicated network of strangers, corporations, machines, and institutions.

And for the past couple hundred years (less time in many places), as people adapted to modernism, human beings did their best to adjust. Many things worked reasonably well. We developed institutions, customs, and social practices that helped people endure the disruptions of modern life. But despite our best efforts, cracks began to form in the human experience. And as more and more research and lived experience attest, what seems to have shattered our humanity was the addition of postmodern media.

It was already difficult for human beings to carry the stresses of modernity. Then we placed in nearly every pocket a device that provides constant access to nearly every crisis, argument, tragedy, advertisement, opinion, and temptation in the world.

We are constantly connected, yet often deeply lonely. We possess unprecedented access to information but are less certain about what is true. We know what is happening across the globe almost instantly, while frequently knowing very little about the lives of the people who live next door. Our minds were not made to carry every tragedy. Our hearts were not made to process the suffering of the entire world before breakfast. Our identities were not made to be continually displayed, evaluated, marketed, and compared. Yet this is increasingly what we ask of ourselves every day.

So what is the cure?

Some might argue for a rejection of modernism. We might call this an Amish response: separate from the technologies and systems that deform human life. Others might argue for some form of the Benedict Option, in which Christians build durable communities and institutions while waiting for the present cultural disorder to pass. And I must admit that there are plenty of times when both of these seem like very appropriate responses to the ills of the current age.

My proposal, however, is a little different, and it goes something like this: the historic practices of the Church of Jesus Christ—specifically communion, baptism, and the penitential cycle—provide the way forward. (Not accidentally, these are essentially the three things Martin Luther—who is often credited, or blamed, for contributing to the rise of modernism—suggested were necessary for the life of the Church.)

Communion requires deep introspection and life in community. You cannot receive communion entirely alone. You need life with other people. You need to gather around a table. You need to confess your sins, reconcile with your neighbors, receive the gifts of God, and remember that you belong to a body larger than yourself.

Communion teaches us that we are not merely individuals consuming religious content. We are members of one another. We share one bread. We receive one Lord. We are brought into communion not only with God, but with the people standing beside us.

Baptism is historically a sign of entering into God’s family. It marks a person as belonging to Christ and to his people. But baptism has also historically been connected to deep formation in Scripture and theology. The early Church did not treat baptism as a passing religious moment. It was surrounded by teaching, preparation, examination, and a reordering of life. We desperately need that kind of depth today.

We must move beyond surface-level interactions shaped by postmodern media. We must dig deep and drink from wells that take longer than fifteen seconds to hear, understand, and digest. We need Scripture slowly read, theology carefully learned, prayers repeatedly prayed, and truths practiced long enough to reshape our instincts.

Then there is the penitential cycle: confession, repentance, forgiveness, and restoration.

The practice of confession is not simply something a priest holds over your head. Properly understood, it is a practice of introspection, conversation, truth-telling, and repentance. We deeply need these things today.

We need places where we can speak honestly about the ways we have failed. We need people who will tell us the truth without discarding us. We need the opportunity to repent, receive forgiveness, make amends, and begin again. Therapy, at its best, often offers a sanitized version of some of these practices: careful listening, honest self-examination, naming destructive patterns, and seeking a healthier way forward. These can be genuine gifts. But the Church’s penitential tradition goes further. It does not merely help us understand ourselves. It places us before God, names sin as sin, announces forgiveness, and calls us into new life.

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That is my diagnosis of this strange math problem. Modern society plus postmodern media has produced a sickness that cannot be solved merely by better technology, more information, increased efficiency, or improved self-care. The solution is actually practices which are much older. We lean back into the historic practices of the Church of Jesus Christ. We gather around the table. We remember our baptism. We confess our sins. We receive forgiveness. We read slowly, pray deeply, and share life with actual people in actual places. Will it be enough?

I hold this theory lightly. The problems of modern life are complicated, and the practices of the Church are not easy techniques or quick fixes. They are gifts, and they require patience, faithfulness, and time. Still, I wonder whether the ancient practices of the Church might be precisely the medicine our modern souls have forgotten how to receive. Shall we return?

taking a short nap is healthy

#theKardinal
definitely not a demon who's masquerading as a cardinal to infiltrate the catholic church.

#KätToon #Satire #Confession #Beichtstuhl

I’m very sensitive to caffeine. It makes me anxious, but when I’m tired at work, a little can help. Today I drank just one can of Diet Coke and now I’m completely wired. My hands are shaking and my anxiety is through the roof--just ONE can!

Meanwhile, I have friends who can drink two pots of coffee and go straight to sleep. I wish I understood the science behind caffeine sensitivity because it’s really weird!

#Caffeine #Weird #Confession #Science #Medicine

On the howsketchy scale I'd be a "concerning" on the verge of "serious".

Why, you ask?

Mainly because of stupid and inappropriate jokes I made when I was much younger and because of connections I have in my life to people with questionable political views (which I disapprove). Also I do use AI tools when I see fit (not for anything creative though).

You do what you want with that information, but the world is not black and white.

#Confession

Remember, this weekend is "confess to ur crush or thirst" weekend!

No for real I am totes not making it up. :diotima:

#Confession #Thirst #Spicy #HornyPosting

Ok so I know I'm really judgy when this happens to other people (and I really shouldn't be) so as PENANCE I post whenever it happens to me… Here goes…

This whole time I have been (obscurely) conflating MIKA and Mitski. I have been humbled.

Will tag later for #music #nerds but had to get that #confession off my chest. 😉😂😘

#confession : a formal statement admitting guilt

- French: confession

- German: Geständnis

- Italian: confessione

- Portuguese: confissão

- Spanish: confesión

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

#Confession:

I've been super lazy about using #PeerTube, and have just been using YT with invidious and PipePipe for the past couple years :/

Sorry to let folks down.

The irony is that when I'm thinking along the lines of being more virtuous, I'm thinking about reading books or exercise, not more virtuous media consumption. And when I'm feeling lazy, well, it's lazy youtube time. :P

It’s been 5 full days without me SSH-ing somewhere. I think it is a new record since I started my #homelab. I couldn't take it anymore and upgraded my #GlitchySocial Mastodon instance to 4.6.3 today. While on vacation. While away from servers.

#confession

#homelab #glitchysocial #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #vacation #mastodon #mastoadmin

Madonna sort l'album le plus abouti depuis 20 ans, conçu comme une suite et un miroir de Confession. C'est réfléchi, bien écrit et réalisé. J'aime beaucoup le résultat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82NDwsWEaEk

#Madonna #Confession #Musique #Music #Pop #Electro #Dancefloor #Dance #Art #Culture

Neues Madonna Album.

Ich musste nach dem 3. Song abbrechen (eigentlich schon nach 30s, aber ich hab es weiter probiert, erfolglos)

Die 80er sind einfach vorbei.
Madonna hat es kapiert - ich nicht.

nix für mich

#Madonna #Confession #confession2 #80er #die80erSindVorbei

Elle's Confession:

I'm not sure! There's someone (a person who works at a club I like) who is defs my kind of cute / pretty and we have kind of joked some, but I'm not sure if I'm just friend vibing or actually like, LIKE them. Demi is like "take ur time" but Succu is like "kiss first ask later" lol.

She's defs cute tho. And seems fun!

#SecretCrush #Confession

Today is "confess ur secret crushes" day!

Which one is u?

(Bonus if u share the tea!)

#PolyAmory #Relationship #Crushes #Silly #NSFW #Confession #Confessions

241 Days Later

https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/23/241-days-later/

Loved Anyway

https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/22/loved-anyway/

ABYSS.black now has optional location tagging. That means that if you have location enabled you'll be able to see posts sorted by distance from you.

In thee future you'll be able to see posts within a specific distance of you.

I'll also being adding the ability to create groups and a dedicated IOS/ Android app soon.

Https://www.abyss.black

#privacy #buildinpublic #digitalAutonomy #digitalfreedom #anonymous #freedom #freedomofexpression #confessions #confession

Stop Applauding the Forced Apology

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/31/stop-applauding-the-forced-apology/