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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her)

@veryasianrev.bsky.social

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I guess I just want us to operate out of an ethic of love, and to help build that world, I’m doing theology, anti-racism, community-building, and believing trans people are beloved. PC(USA) pastor, former non profit and theological education nerd.

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · 8h

This is so beautiful and makes me so happy. This is our country, too.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 8h

Deeply moving to see this first family.

Mamdani with his wife and parents on the stage after his victory speech.

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · 18d

Today I walked my dog in the sunshine, worked, celebrated a mentor with some of my favorite people, and visited the new “Black Spaces” exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, before grabbing some pho.

Life is full and interesting and tomorrow we live our joy again. ✊🏽

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · 21d

Happy anniversary!

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · 24d

I thought Lutherans are all “sin boldly!”

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Oct 5

I mean, you need a car!

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Oct 5

This happened to us once and the only remaining vehicle was a ford F-150. We were going into DC. Yep.

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Oct 4

Magpie snuggled up all sleepy

Picture of tan American Staffordshire Terrier with white nose and white sock deep asleep with her paw on her nose, snuggled in a fuzzy blanket

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Oct 1

Good morning from Lake Tahoe

View of Lake Tahoe framed by trees, with docks below. The sky is blue with clouds in the distance. At the center of the photo is a rainbow.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Oct 1

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 30

Good morning from Synod of the Pacific meetings at Lake Tahoe

Early morning view across Lake Tahoe. The sun is reflecting pink off the clouds and mountains. A few people are standing on the dock below. The water is calm and colored pink and blue. The photo is framed by trees on either side.

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 24

Everyone needs text buddies. This is my reaction to so many things now.

Text conversation on black backgrounds Texter sent “why” and the response was “I don’t know”

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 24

Not most Christians. It’s a fringe belief that there is an antichrist, or end times. But it tends to have an outsized presence in popular culture because it’s more attention-grabbing than the “love God, love your neighbor, feed the hungry” that is the standard theology.

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 23

Oh good!

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 22

Same, including the dog.

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 12

Remember the rule!

Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sending love to everyone who needs it tonight. Love and Tom Holland.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

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Nell Scovell @nellscovell.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'

Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.

www.pbs.org

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Sep 11

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.

www.nytimes.com

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Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 11

Magpie before a short hike on the coast

Tan dog with white markings on her snout and paws stands in a green gentle leader harness and green leash wearing a teal trekking pack stands on brown concrete with a rock wall behind

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 10

My spouse got me a bottle/jar opener that uses batteries lol

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 9

Magpie and her beach time

Tan colored mixed terrier in a multicolored harness and rainbow collar, with white markings on her nose, looks back over her shoulder on an overlook with the ocean in the background. It is overcast. There is a small bay with rocks and surf below.

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 8

Forced to listen to Sandi Patty sing “Love in Any Language.” Vacation has begun as has the YouTube rabbit hole journey.

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 5

I noticed some students wandering the beer aisle and told my partner they needed help. She asked them what their occasion was (grad student get together), time of the event (5pm), and then suggested they get one Mexican lager and one lightly hopped beer. Help the young ones in your community!

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Sep 1

Visited a church yesterday in an oceanfront town and it was unusually sunny because it was almost September which is when we get summer

Rocks in foreground and blue gray ocean beyond against a blue sky. A piece of the shoreline juts out further to the left

Laura Mariko Cheifetz (she/her) @veryasianrev.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yay congratulations!!!

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.

Respect for Life and Conscience. The CDC should eliminate programs and
projects that do not respect human life and conscience rights and that undermine
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family formation. It should ensure that it is not promoting abortion as health care.
It should fund studies into the risks and complications of abortion and ensure that
it corrects and does not promote misinformation regarding the comparative health
and psychological benefits of childbirth versus the health and psychological risks
of intentionally taking a human life through abortion.
The CDC oversaw and funded the development and testing of the COVID-19
vaccines with aborted fetal cell lines, insensitive to the consciences of tens of
thousands to hundreds of thousands of people who objected to taking a vaccine with such a link to abortion. As evidenced by litigation across the country,
it is likely that thousands were fired unjustly because of the exercise of their
consciences or faith on this question, which could have been avoided with a
modicum of concern for this issue from CDC. There is never any justification for
ending a child’s life as part of research, and the research benefits from splicing or
growing aborted fetal cells and aborted baby body parts can easily be provided
by alternative sources. All such research should be prohibited as a matter of
law and policy.
CDC should update its public messaging about the unsurpassed effectiveness of
modern fertility awareness–based methods (FABMs) of family planning and stop
publishing communications that conflate such methods with the long-eclipsed
“rhythm” or “calendar” methods. CDC should fund studies exploring the evidence-based methods used in cutting-edge fertility awareness.

Data Collection. The CDC’s abortion surveillance and maternity mortality
reporting systems are woefully inadequate. CDC abortion data are reported by
states on a voluntary basis, and California, Maryland, and New Hampshire do not
submit abortion data at all. Accurate and reliable statistical data about abortion,
abortion survivors, and abortion-related maternal deaths are essential to timely,
reliable public health and policy analysis.
Because liberal states have now become sanctuaries for abortion tourism, HHS
should use every available tool, including the cutting of funds, to ensure that every
state reports exactly how many abortions take place within its borders, at what
gestational age of the child, for what reason, the mother’s state of residence, and
by what method. It should also ensure that statistics are separated by category:
spontaneous miscarriage; treatments that incidentally result in the death of a child
(such as chemotherapy); stillbirths; and induced abortion. In addition, CDC should
require monitoring and reporting for complications due to abortion and every
instance of children being born alive after an abortion. Moreover, abortion should
be clearly defined as only those procedures that intentionally end an unborn child’s
life. Miscarriage management or standard ectopic pregnancy treatments should
never be conflated with abortion.
Comparisons between live births and abortion should be tracked across various demographic indicators to assess whether certain populations are targeted by
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abortion providers and whether better prenatal physical, mental, and social care
improves infant outcomes and decreases abortion rates, especially among those
who are most vulnerable.
The Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 20239
would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and Public Health Service Act
to improve the CDC’s abortion reporting mechanisms by requiring states, as a

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