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A Guy Named Brian (he/him)
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Introverted environmental planner in the Mile-High City | Lay Anglican of the TEC variety | Cathedral verger, one mile up | Mainly just trying to be a decent husband & father | All views are mine! Mine I say! 😀
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So, this is #BlueSky. Interesting. I left the Chaos Bird Site about 2 years ago for Mastodon and haven’t really looked back. But there’s been so much noise in the media about BlueSky, so I thought I’d check it out. Are #hashtags a thing here? I find them useful, but if not, I’ll adapt.
Such a ridiculous case to begin with: “Jurors showed no appetite for the [DOJs] case against ‘sandwich guy,’ the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty Thursday after several hours of deliberations.” 🥪✊

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
… and may be led to establish that city which has justice for its foundation and love for its law; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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🕯️ O God of light and love, you illumined your church through the witness of your servant William Temple: Inspire us, we pray, by his teaching and example, that we may rejoice with courage, confidence and faith in the Word made flesh, …

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www.satucket.com/lectionary/w...
William Temple
www.satucket.com
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Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
I wonder what they’d think of an Anglican liturgy in a Church of Ireland parish? 🤔📕
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It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.

She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
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I stand in strong solidarity with workers at Caesars Horseshoe casino in Indianapolis who are on strike against corporate greed.

If Caesars can afford to pay its CEO $18 million and spend $50 million on stock buybacks, it can afford to treat all of its workers with respect.
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Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.

They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.

The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
“UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that global warming projections over this century, based on full implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), are now 2.3-2.5°C, compared to 2.6-2.8°C in last year’s report.” 😢

www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
New climate pledges only slightly lower dangerous global warming projections
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that global warming projections over this century, based on full implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), are now 2.3-2.5°C, com...
www.unep.org
Thank you! Maybe that should be a resource TEC should consult if we actually ever get moving on our long-discussed BCP revision.
Out of curiosity, what resource is this from?
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Time to post this again it looks like⚓
As many churches kick off “stewardship season”, a quick reminder that the biblical concept of the tithe is a tenth of the produce of the land, falling squarely on property owners with no burden on waged workers. It is a progressive tax on the proceeds of ownership, not a regressive flat income tax.⚓️
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One of the central problems of Christology is defending the idea that Jesus Christ was "fully human." But how do we know what a "full human" looks like? We approach the problem from the wrong end, thinking ourselves human. It is the reverse: we look to Jesus Christ and this glance humanizes *us.* ⚓
Could that be an argument for elevating All the Faithful Departed to a major feast in the next BCP revision, if we ever actually get there?
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It’s All Souls, and a good time to remember that God became a human being and lived, died, descended into Hell and rose again for love of us, and there is no place in this world or out of it where Our Lord will not seek and find the ones whom he loves.
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… Grant that we may maintain that middle way, not as a compromise for the sake of peace, but as a comprehension for the sake of truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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🕯️ O God of truth and peace, you raised up your servant Richard Hooker in a day of bitter controversy to defend with sound reasoning and great charity the catholic and reformed religion: …

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www.satucket.com/lectionary/R...
Richard Hooker
www.satucket.com
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A man is suing Smart Water for not making him smart.

I'd like to formally announce my lawsuit against Thin Mints.
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Why WOULDN'T you want your people to all be prosperous and mentally healthy, if you were able to provide that, as a government?
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Another look at the Dudinha magic 🪄