JUST IN: The San Francisco Rapid Response Network said it had verified the arrest of an "elderly nanny" by federal immigration agents in the Diamond Heights neighborhood. Mayor Daniel Lurie said he has been made "aware" of the purported arrest. missionlocal.org/2026/02/mayo...

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

And if you don’t think that was explicitly political you were maybe not watching things like… the sugar cane fields? Electric poles? The men grinding on each other? The little boy? The americas shout out? What moooore do you want?

What made it such a great show is that it was entertaining and layered and explicitly political with excellent music, delightful surprise guests, stunning sets, a clear narrative, a shout out to ALL of the Americas and a cameo from Belcalis.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

LADY GAGITA

That critique of the government extracting resources from PR. The power poles.

Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.

I think this ride is broken.

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

1. So, an interesting thing about Minneapolis' response to DHS is that it showcases how pushback to Trump's mass deportation efforts developed and expanded over time — and how it involved religious leaders throughout. Let me explain…

I've been so thankful for @missionlocal.org's coverage

children’s. detention. center.

Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Alex Pretti

Annual Meeting aftermath, a still life ⚓️

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage. Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.

Looked down at my desk and understood that the Annual Meeting prep beverage situation has gotten out of hand ⚓️

“It would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea …”

Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.

Just ran down here to try to catch this protester, and instead arrived just in time to see DHS agents fire pepper balls, pepper spray and some sort of flash-bang-in-the-air thing at protesters. They also arrested a guy in a leopard suit.

Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open

It appears @reuters.com photographer Tim Evans captured the exact moment — described below — Rev. Susie Hayward stood in front of ICE vehicle today and began to recite Scripture. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DTObbj1id4...

School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.

“The Episcopal Church’s General Convention has long-standing policy that “condemn[s] in any nation the first use of armed force in the form of a preventive or pre-emptive strike that is aimed at disrupting a non-imminent, uncertain military threat.” ⚓️

what a terrible loss to the commonwealth www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

"I'm not good at ordering candles." Two excellent answers from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his decision not to continue in the ordination process ⚓ youtu.be/9zDAGzA5stQ?...

So glad to see multiple clergy from the Episcopal Diocese of California at this protest. ⚓️ apple.news/A-RK_lIqJQkm...

Good morning from Advent. ⚓️

“Arcadia” is one of the few volumes that has come with me through every single move. I first saw it as a teenager, and the way it played with words and science and time and, well, the human experience, etched a permanent mark in my imagination. #stoppard

Holy shit, the Prop 50 turnout was massive! NYT projecting 10.6 million votes, CA GOV 2022 was 10.9M votes.

What an excellent, inspiring speech from Mamdani. I haven’t felt chills like this… ever?

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social HISTORIC.

I would totally be a sports fan if more games were like this.

The analysis of the 2024 Parochial Report data is out. I helped lead the overhaul of the form and it is SO COOL to see that come to fruition in new insights and findings! Check it out for yourself! www.episcopalchurch.org/wp-content/u... 🕯️

Meet the Bay Area pastor shot in the face with pepper ball at Coast Guard Island protest ⚓ www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

The most beautiful moments of this #NoKings Episcopal Church protest outside of Grace Cathedral came when the cable car operators were ringing their bells long and loudly in solidarity as they were passing. They know how to ring a bell! ⚓️

Okay so a I have a true little story about how the episcopal church funded the local BPP chapter’s ambulance program and all I’m saying is, Episcopalians: they may surprise you!

My diocese (California) is having convention on No Kings Day 10/18 — obviously planned way before anyone would have known, so no criticism intended. I am curious how many other Episcopal dioceses have conventions that day. ⚓️

Side note: lest you think this is a one-off, a sizable group of Catholic nuns, priests and lay leaders have announced plans to do the same thing — offer communion to detainees in the Broadview ICE facility — tomorrow.

The cats who come to church to be blessed on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi are made of different stuff (than my cats are). ⚓️

Good afternoon, from parish ministry! 🪠 ⚓️

This piece has commentary from the priest and deacon of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, who were witnesses ⚓ (Pray for St. Matthew's; for the man arrested, witnesses, and all people who are targets of violence; for those who do violence to repent and be healed)

A really great video by John Green that some of my friends in the Narthex ⚓ might enjoy.

We feed you. They hunt us.

Show, don’t tell. But if you want more words, full statement here: ufw.org/ufw-statemen...

We are having a rich learning experience about the people who grow our food on our youth service learning trip, but also the chance to overhear classic phrases like, “bro, are you showering before or after Compline?” ⚓️

Befriend all who are anxious