mitchell atencio (he·him·his)
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i'm a very religious religion journalist. (news editor @sojo.net / writing a biography of Clarence Jordan) i post somewhat incoherently about tennis, the WNBA, leftist politics, theology, Godzilla movies, film photography, my baby, etc. based in Chicago
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Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, 📸 by @GoslingPhoto
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i don't see anything to learn from it except that my improvement this season was vast, and i can keep going. also, i fucking hate losing, but i missed the feeling of how much i hated losing.
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lost in the R16 of my tennis tournament. played unbelievably bad. just hit some nerves early on and even though my mindset was right, i couldn't get my body to reset. things would sometimes go right, but everything was just so off.
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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A'ja Wilson having a HE>I tattoo is sooooooo funny.
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everyone except James Gunn is a coward
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SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news
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For years now, I've wondered what exactly Lecrae deconstructed, how he reconstructed his faith, and how that's affected everything from his politics to his belief in demons.

Last Sunday, we sat to talk it all out. sojo.net/articles/new...
How ‘Reconstruction’ Changed Lecrae’s View of American Christianity
From the existence of demons to support for Israel, the Christian hip-hop luminary says he rebuilt his faith beyond Western Christendom.
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"I don't allow a surveillance state and vast, unaccountable overreach into digital livelihoods, officers. That's reserved for the redhead."
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REPORT: The U.S. under the Trump and Biden administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the Gaza war.
US has given Israel at least $21.7B in military aid since war in Gaza began, report says
www.stripes.com
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well that's too much credit for me, but no, haven't lost me yet!
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i was saying i was baffled by the OG's criticism and in agreement with you! i think NPR had it right
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i am baffled by this criticism. Many dems are absolutely on board with Trump's treatment of homelessness?
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I am sure I have not always gotten it right. But I try damn hard not to run photos that might make my audience think things are tangibly different than they actually are. Hope CNN will change the photo with the article and offer an editor's note marking the correction.
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I make these judgement calls all the time:

- The best James Dobson photo is from 2002, can we run that with his obit?
- The photo is from the same protest, but features people who aren't in the story, is that confusing?
- Is this image of LA fires is close enough to the neighborhoods we report on?
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I think the logic for the photo is that it's a time the National Guard was called into a city, but given that it's a 30+yr old photo, not in the same city, and not obviously archival (unless you know Winchell's closed their Portland locations), I find this irresponsible.
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"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr
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looked at Mick and the baby for too long and started tearing up with joy🥰🥲
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if you tell someone you liked an album, they rarely say "well, you should sit with it for a week before you judge it"
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1/ This is so f'ing outrageous. You cannot safely restrain people on their stomachs. They're going to kill people.

This is very well known now.
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ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.
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Doing my part to bust epistmeic bubbles: looks like the the school district did in fact fuck up vetting and he was legitimately here without legal status and had been lying about background for a while. Not exactly a threat to public order or anything, but still.
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if Phoenix wants to win, Sabally cannot be playing like this