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she/her | transsexual episcopal priest | az | 'but thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy'
I am theologically committed to a preferential option for the poor, so I very much affirm the centering of the ways the Meta glasses can harm children and I also, as an adult woman, do not want to be subjected to constant recorded surveillance. I do not want to be fodder for someone's Content.
A page out of the Polari prayer book, The Bona Breviary of the Fabulosa Innocents, for the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene.
Every time I learn more about the current stats of gambling, the more I feel like a 19th century housewife who is about to join the temperance union
Dissent Magazine@dissentmag.bsky.social · 3w agoMore than a quarter of American adults have a daily gambling habit, 42 percent of bettors have said they spend more than they should, and a majority of men ages eighteen to forty-nine have an active account with an online sportsbook.
While we’re on the subject, I also think it’s weird freak behavior to be an adult who makes Hating Children For Merely Existing their entire personality.
Have any of my fellow narthex clergy found a good way around the ableism in this week's collect? ("...and for our blindness we cannot ask.") ⚓
I've seen the depressing reading statistics, and I've seen the depressing gambling statistics, but I had not seen them side by side like this before. Woof.
If you’re still reading or engaging with Harry Potter media, you might as well call yourself anti-trans because you are lining the pockets of this ghoul every time you do.
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 3w ago1. TERF activist J.K. Rowling is threatening to bankrupt Amnesty International (UK) with lawsuits because the org dared release a report criticizing anti-trans organizaitons. The UK's laws are designed to allow rich people to suppress speech they do not like. Subscribe to support our journalism.
It is not a great look that some senior Democratic leaders have had time to put out statements on social media about how much they'll miss Lindsey Graham but haven't had time to talk about these latest executions carried out by Trump's gestapo in American streets.
I actually do think the old timey preachers were sorta right about gambling.
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · last mo.NEW from me: Americans are set to lose nearly $250B gambling this year—a record high, up more than 60% since 2019—and that's before counting unofficial betting via prediction markets or crypto Can anything stop America's gambling boom? 🧵
I once had a parishoner look at me like I grew a second head when I mentioned Google maps. He then proceeded to roast his housemate for using a map from 2000(!!!!) to navigate by
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 4w agoif you just put some 70+ year olds in a room there’s at least 10 minute period where they talk routes
OH MY GOD GUYS okay so priests who want back in have to find a bishop willing to vouch for them, swear fealty to Vatican II and then HAND-WRITE THE POPE AN APOLOGY LETTER (I gues so he knows they didn’t use AI? 😂) and are on probation for 1-3 years this is ten times spicier than I even thought
TKarney@pecunium.bsky.social · last mo.Lots to unpack here. 1: Leo isn't being as stern as I expected; he's being moreso. 2: He was ready for this. The subtext of his Jun 29 letter saying, "you can still walk away" is validated. Priests who wish to be reconciled must renounce Lefebvrism and probation www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
PLEASE STOP DESCRIBING BIRTHRIGHT AS 6-3, I AM GOING TO GO INSANE
The board of @forwardmovement.org has adopted an AI values statement to guide our work. Very pleased with this! TL; DR people make our stuff, not machines ⚓️ forwardmovement.org/ai-values-st...
Values Statement on Artificial Intellegence – Forward Movement
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Watching everyone have fun at pride when Phoenix's pride celebrations aren't until October because of the heat ⚓
Squidward Watches Spongebob & Patrick Play
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The ACoC’s trial liturgy for MAiD is starkly and rankly evil. Pure surrender to the secular world and the violent baal and moloch worship that it engages in. It is actually sick. ⚓️ This is the state of the North American mainline. This is what we must rebel against.
an unexpected occasion of mercy is cause for joy and reflection. people sometimes like to detail, in response, the gruesome crimes of people the state seeks to execute, but it doesn't matter what anyone did: state sanctioned execution is barbaric, no less so than any crime it seeks to punish.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING: SCOTUS denies Alabama's request to let it proceed with the nitrogen gas execution of Jeffery Lee that was scheduled for tonight. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch note their dissent. Jeffery Lee will not be killed tonight. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-ni...
Every time data centers are brought up, I'm reminded of a recent meeting I had with a person working in that sector who mentioned how important power demand modeling was, because they projected if the grid were to go down in Phoenix during peak summer, 30,000 people would die in the first 24 hours
"...that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge..."
One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.
My spouse and I inherited this very cute black kitten (named Lupe, after Our Lady of Guadalupe) when we moved into the rectory of my parish, and she has taken to hiding around the corner to 'scare' me every time she can by jumping on my ankle and giving me kisses.
minnesota gov. tim walz has signed a bill banning prediction markes (kalshi, polymarket). first state-level ban of its kind. (sports betting via traditional/mobile sports books is still illegal here too)
It looks like the third volume of Kate Sonderegger's Systematics is available for preorder! www.amazon.com/Systematic-T...
Systematic Theology, Volume 3: The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity: The Missions of the Divine Persons
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Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts: Heaven and earth are full of thy Glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.
A barbaric country that is one of the few countries in the world that still has the death penalty. An outlier in its profound cruelty. Humane people would rebel.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3mo agoBREAKING: President Trump's Department of Justice has announced it will resurrect federal firing squads as part of an effort to implement his day-one executive order to revamp capital punishment. trib.al/KLlpSLe
If you wanna ascribe ai a personhood its that of a demon spirit, it can pretend to be human but it is not and you can never understand it and it will say and do things harmful to you that are perfectly normal to it cause it is an alien entity pretending at humanity to lure you in
But it is tho…chatting with ai should be considered like chatting with a malevolent demon that may seem like it can help you but you can never trust it and it may well drive you into madness
