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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1m

Having a lovely time at Saint Augustine 🕯️Episcopal, Phoenix. It's a very catholic, heavily Benedictine culture which I love. Join us for the 1030 service which I will be preaching a necessarily political sermon about poverty, prison and oppression. www.staugustinetempe.org

St. Augustine's Episcopal Parish | St. Augustine Tempe

www.staugustinetempe.org

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14h

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 13h

Not talk specifics online.

Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing but rage.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 20h

"A 15-year-old was reported missing after he was last seen Saturday, Oct. 4."

"The teen was reported missing after he was last seen Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Clay Road and Hempstead Road."

www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...

Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports

The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.

www.fox26houston.com

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 15h

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 4d

We have over 16 centuries worth of historical data on Christians building/aligning with empires and doing awful things to each other and others.

Stop insisting that bad actors are not “real” Christians.

Humbly sit with the fact that many real Christians do not follow Jesus. 1/6

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 17h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 15h

Throw in some homophobia and they would be completely on brand.

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 17h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 15h

And also police and other agents of state afford Roman Catholic (and Orthodox) clergy respect they don't show to protestant clergy women clergy and black women clergy.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 19h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

I saw butterflies today!

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

The only way this could've been worse is if there were cargo pockets on those pants.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

They went Afro-German and did this. This is an insult to the entire diaspora.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

How did I not know about this contest/pageant?!

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 21h

Mr China coming in hard with the first of the traditional and *stunning* looks. There's just the right element of cosplay to the look, the colours are stunning and we love a weapon as a prop in Mister Global (fnar). Although the shoe looks oddly clunky. Minor quibble though.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you for this luscious thread.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 21h

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 18h

A freedom of religion is not for you. A whole lot of folk are experiencing what it is like to be black in this country, selective application of the bill of rights.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 22h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this delightful travel watercolor kit with paper in it! And a brush in the little pouch. Many thanks to the Karl and Virginia Washington Arizona chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

Looking at the photo of the entire cache, it would seem to be the baking or selling side of a bakery. It's hard to imagine all of those loaves being consecrated or one or two consecrated loaves mixed in with the large batch.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

Right!

Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

That's exactly what they are doing. Reserving healthcare is a privilege for the few and lying/denying the poor and fatal health outcomes of the many.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, but that is so funny. Got me over here snorting.

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1d

I had a Pell grant too.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

Listen to this episode if only for the discussion about the world-altering value of affordable higher education and Pell grants: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

'Dopesick' Writer Returns To Her 'Fractured' Hometown

Podcast Episode · Fresh Air · 10/07/2025 · 45m

podcasts.apple.com

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Marc Edwards @marcedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine rivers with the same rights as corporations?

“When it all comes down to it, the river is my grandfather," said CRIT Councilman Tommy Drennan. "I am made of this river."

#AZWater #coloradoriver

www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Colorado River Indian Tribes may grant personhood rights to 'living' river

The Colorado River Indian Tribes may soon give their eponymous river personhood status, following moves by other tribes and Indigenous peoples.

www.azcentral.com

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 2d

I don't have enough words or specifically adjectives to respond to this. It is human trafficking even if they are not getting paid by the recipient countries.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 2d

My spicy take for this moment-

Too many of you do not understand the concept of infrastructure. How systems are built, how systems are maintained.

You want big bold action but haven't committed to the planning and the boring mundane tasks needed to make said action possible.

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