Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding roadhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mruneebogc2jAfter a couple of days of emailing with Ghost support, www.bugbeardispatch.com is back up! I still have no idea why or how it broke in the first place, but expect a new newsletter soon https://www.bugbeardispatch.com30 Jul 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruneebogc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mrpv5r6sg22gBy the way, I know I've neglected it for way too long, and to all my readers and subscribers, I am sorry. I've been working on some health issues, both physical and mental. Today I wanted to get back to writing, and now my website is borked. I hope I can get this sorted soon [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpv5r6sg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mrpu6vmb622gSo, The Bugbear Dispatch seems to be down, and I'm not at all sure why. The domain www.bugbeardispatch.com is active and paid for. I bought it and maintain it via WordPress. Other sites on Ghost seem to be working. Wondering if anyone can help me with this problem? I'd be grateful!28 Jul 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpu6vmb622ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mq5wiz6gvs2eICYMI I wholeheartedly agree, as I laid out in my latest for @theflytrapmedia.com The Founding Fathers Sucked https://share.google/x0uVsFJq9rtPR2PEC [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5wiz6gvs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mq5u7bvcpc2eThread 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5u7bvcpc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3lrvlnbygvc2tIt’s an uphill struggle getting people to accept that Christians can be bad people. But the even harder truth that people urgently need to grasp in this time of Christofascism is that for some understandings of Christianity, to be a GOOD Christian is to be a BAD person. Denial makes things worse18 Jun 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvlnbygvc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mpm2ltamps2bI'm stuck with her as my rep and she is the WORST [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpm2ltamps2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social/post/3mplu4iup2s2nReally appreciate the discussion and engagement in this thread [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:jfteq33xtydagtk2tamcfc3p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplu4iup2s2n