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Anytime I have to use developer tools in excel I always feel like I am performing some kind of modern witchcraft. Is this how developers feel all the time?

God, living with depression sucks

Spending my evening helping our kid register for a college class and pick where he is applying.

Also examining my head for new gray hairs.

Queer temporality is so strange sometimes.

But regardless, we are so unbelievably proud!

Portland faith organizations helping homeless when others can’t As the need for social services has increased in the area, faith leaders have stepped up.

This is what churches should all be doing. Locked doors in a warm church on a cold night is a sin.

Very proud to see Rev. Breault, who helped the formation of multiple generations of leaders in my church (me included), showing his love of God and neighbor here.

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My evening involved a lengthy discourse about cataphatic and apophatic theologies as it relates to exploration of trans identity.

Theology is such a fun discipline and such an interesting way to meet people in critical moments in their lives. #chaplain #religion #theology

How Christian nationalism played a role in incorporating the phrase ‘so help me God’ in the presidential oath of office The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have used it 236 years ago. Except, says a historian - there is no evidence of it.

Did George Washington really say “so help me God?” in his presidential oath? There is no evidence that he did.

The phrase isn't in the #Constitution—its origins trace back to 19th-century Christian nationalism. https://buff.ly/4j80UXW (David B. Parker @kennesawstate.bsky.social) #polisky #religion

Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender ...

I have mixed feelings about President Biden, but I've adored many of his appointments, Levine chief among them. Our country is better for her service. I hope this isn't the last we see of her.

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56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025 Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.

Good information for #MEschools and beyond.

#MEpolitics

Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows An IOC-funded study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this month suggests transgender athletes could be at a physical disadvantage.

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The Rise of 4B in the Wake of Donald Trump’s Reëlection Why the South Korean feminist movement, which calls for a boycott of men, is gaining traction among American women.

On social media, American women have been committing themselves to some version of South Korea’s 4B movement: no marriage, no kids, no sex, no dating. E. Tammy Kim writes about the deepening social impulse toward gender separation.

Got an empty church lawn? Why not turn it into a dog park? (RNS) — For some churches, starting a dog park turns underused church property into a place for community.

The dog park has provided a way for the church to connect with neighbors, said Dan Walbert. “Some of them had lived 50 to 80 feet from this church for 20 years, and didn’t know anything about what it was or what we believe."

Too good - not sure of the source…

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

Georgia officials have dismissed all members of the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which is charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women, in response to ProPublica's reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller.

Totally stoked to share that I'm officially a MID in the United Church of Christ!

Doctors open two unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals Physicians and volunteers say they plan to run the sites for at least the first three days of this week to protest inaction on harm reduction services

Doctors open two unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals: Physicians and volunteers say they plan to run the sites for at least the first three days of this week to protest inaction on harm reduction services

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Maine is one of these states, yet I've never heard of a Dental Therapist. Do we actually have any?

Looking to connect with other sex work advocates and theologians on here. Must support human rights approach. Hmu or recommend folks I should follow please!

An image of the anarchist A symbol, with a red umbrella hooked onto it on the upper right side. Text above and below reads: abolish poverty, not prostitution.

This should be the position of every leftist: abolish poverty, not prostitution.

If you try to ban the sale of sex, you're just taking away income from desperate people as well as taking options from those who do sex work out of preference rather than necessity.

This is beautiful

Latin America remembers Kissinger’s ‘profound moral wretchedness’ US statesman’s encouragement of Pinochet’s coup in Chile and his backing for Argentina’s military dictatorship left lasting stain

Everyone has a reason to hate Kissinger. Mine is Salvador Allende.