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Breaking my Lenten social media fast to share the news that the @greatlakesepisco.bsky.social Diocesan Profile is officially out and the application window for our FIRST Bishop Diocesan is now open! Please pray for us and for whoever God is calling to care for and lead us. ⚓

Alrighty fam. I'll be taking my leave now til Easter. Be good to one another. I'll still probably post to my blog and might swing by on Sundays.

Pretty sure Gen Alpha Episcopal clergy are going to be wild (complimentary). ⚓

HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN. They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.

You know it's a school holiday when the very full children's museum has a whole army of dads awkwardly standing around holding tiny, fancy purses.

*stares in "Every grocery store and bakery in my state is currently selling paczki"*

This is your regular reminder that the idea that Christianity is a thing uniform beliefs that everyone within “Western Civilization” believed and agreed on is a fiction that just ignores centuries of Christians killing each other and fighting literal wars over their different beliefs.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

many undocumented people did come to the US legally and then their status lapsed for whatever reason. Struggling with administrative burdens is common. If you forget to do your car registration should you be sent out of state and imprisoned in deplorable conditions ?! Be reasonable here.

The fact that not one gubernatorial candidate in MI has the sense to oppose data centers shows how wildly every one of them, center, right, and coo coo banana pants fashy right, are misreading where normal Michiganders stand on them.

it takes a real management genius to cut both your sports and culture teams a few days before a sporting event hosting the biggest cultural moment in recent history

I don't think people who don't really know Detroit understand how intensely it is a Border Town™. The Detroit Marathon literally takes you across the river into Windsor and back.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Should you get snatched out of your home on April 21st because you didn’t file your taxes on time? The government is focused on immigrants now but if you set the precedent that people should get kidnapped over paperwork there’s a whole lot of people who can get taken next

Some more about the collaboration

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.” This is why we need to be telling our stories.

Roger Goodell hitting SKIP straight to Woke 2 because the owners want to sell some ads in Rio

ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection. GOD: Say less.

Episcopal friends, please take this survey from the Task Force for LGBTQ+ Inclusion! ⚓️ covidreligionstudy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

That's an Episcopal parking lot alright. We're second only to Melissa Ethridge concerts for per capita Subaru drivership.

Shout out to all the adult children sighing, "Puerto Rico is part of America, Dad" today.

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

i need an emotional support perogi

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting: Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

“"Loving justice between a man and a woman does not stand a chance when other men's manhood matters more…your loyalty to the people whom you love is always more important than whatever lingering loyalty you may sometimes feel to other men's judgment on your manhood." 📖 All About Love x Bell Hooks❤️

Never ceases to amaze me that the classic ideal of Big Strong Dominant Manly Man Who Always Dominates rests on men who believe this shit constantly whining that they are being attacked.

A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event. “This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release

"Justo" and his co-workers are picking tangerines in Fresno county CA for min wage. “We have to buy our own equipment - the sack and the scissors - needed for the harvest. I don't speak up about this as I don't want to lose my job." #WeFeedYou

death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted

Me: Violence is an unacceptable way of settling disputes. Also Me: GOALIE FIGHT!!!!!

but first, for the sake of your soul, you are required to find a SOUP KITCHEN and help RETIRED PEOPLE feed the HOMELESS, or we will EXCOMMUNICATE YOU. 😤😤😤

“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?! This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple. Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...

Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.

In light of recent events, allow me to rant. As adults in 18+ spaces, it is OUR RESPONSIBILITY to make sure those spaces are secure. Kids are going to try and access it because they're KIDS. Kids make mistakes. We need to be the mature ones here and not blame them when adults harm them. Be better.

This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

Proclaiming the Gospel this morning was heavy. ⚓

Delighted to report that I am now "8 PM is an ideal bedtime" years old.

Martyrception

Great news! I decided today was the day I had that blog post in me: gatheredthoughts.beehiiv.com/p/a-liturgic...

Looking at the list of 19 new CBS News commentators, the median number of times they appear in the searchable Epstein database is 2 and the mean is 100

Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage. Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.

oh man, this is so good

So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.