Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has clinched the top spot on California's ballot for governor. With millions of ballots still to be counted, his November challenger is unknown. n.pr/4x2DMB8

From noon prayer: I rejoice in your wisdom like a scavenger finding treasure in the ruins of a fallen empire, like a bear discovering sweetness hidden in the heartwood of the world.

Drink brands such as Yahweh and Praise Energy say they’re raising awareness for Christianity – but are they just treating Jesus like an uncopyrighted Mickey Mouse?

I am working on myt own psalrer for my devotional life. This is from the psalm for noon: I come as I am: hairy and scarred, soft-bellied and battle-worn, a creature of appetite and tenderness. May I not be shamed for loving what I love, for becoming who I am, for refusing the cages built for me.

Seeing this day off

A divided panel of appeals court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service. n.pr/4ueotCW

I’m a nerd. I tracked down the novelization of the film V for Vendetta. I have the graphic novel (of course), and the book that was adapted from the movie…

For Pride month, here is my book recommendation...

Happy Pride Moth

Someone described me as their “genderqueer bear friend.” I am not mad…

For later

Relying on the kindness of corporations is always a mistake. www.npr.org/2026/05/30/n...

Works looks for Friday, genderqueer bear edition

"Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of us," Mary Oliver.

More than 300 federal agents descended on a Chicago apartment building. Black Hawk helicopters. Doors kicked in. Residents zip-tied and detained. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports on why tenants now suspect the raid may have served as an eviction by ICE.

Honestly, I am not surprised...

My reading going into the liturgical season of pride. I think @mosherbear75.bsky.social would approve

Some quiet before work

TV’s Mr. Wonderful accused two Utah women of being CCP agents. Their crime: opposing his super-sized data center.

Mugging at church

I got up way too early and now I’m playing the Gorilla Biscuits

I’m at the bookstore

Part of my weekend soundtrack

Friday looks

"In 2007, he triggered a civil war within the LGBTQ rights movement when he stripped trans protections from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill a Democratic supermajority was attempting to pass to give queer people Title IV protection."