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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 1h

Break time. Back in a while.

bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 1h

ALMOST THERE - 2 PPL PLS STEP UP W/ $10 EACH SO THEY CAN FINALLY GET THEIR MEDS - URGENT!

They've been over a month w/o their meds.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

Adera Joy (BEYOND URGENT, $20/95) @aderabaybee.bsky.social · 7h

Day 34: URGENT, STILL STALLED @ $20/$95. OVER A MONTH LATE. My meds ($95) are NEEDED. I haven't had them in too long. My anxiety & depression are the worst it has been in a while. I am struggling.
#MutualAid #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MABoost 💸 💕
C: $aderabaybee
V: Adera-joy
P: paypal.me/aderajoy

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Adera Joy (BEYOND URGENT, $20/95) @aderabaybee.bsky.social · 7h

Day 34: URGENT, STILL STALLED @ $20/$95. OVER A MONTH LATE. My meds ($95) are NEEDED. I haven't had them in too long. My anxiety & depression are the worst it has been in a while. I am struggling.
#MutualAid #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MABoost 💸 💕
C: $aderabaybee
V: Adera-joy
P: paypal.me/aderajoy

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Adera Joy (BEYOND URGENT, $20/95) @aderabaybee.bsky.social · 1h

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Update: currently at 78/95. Let's get this met tonight please!!

Adera Joy (BEYOND URGENT, $20/95) @aderabaybee.bsky.social · 7h

Day 34: URGENT, STILL STALLED @ $20/$95. OVER A MONTH LATE. My meds ($95) are NEEDED. I haven't had them in too long. My anxiety & depression are the worst it has been in a while. I am struggling.
#MutualAid #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #FundSky #MABoost 💸 💕
C: $aderabaybee
V: Adera-joy
P: paypal.me/aderajoy

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2h

Hey let me issue a challenge

If you are shocked about immigration and where we are and why you don’t know

And every pundit you follow is so shocked

Check how often your face pundit cites and actual immigrant

Then ask why that hasn’t changed if their still shocked

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3h

“By doing so, you are putting into practice the call of my beloved predecessor, Pope Francis …”

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 2h

Dog peeps! Not local, but another urgent need.

It's for my friend Jen's brother. This is their family dog; he's in a bad way. He needs specialized surgery to save his life, and they're already out 4 figures just trying to get the DX.

Donate here: spot.fund/cr84cxmsc.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 20h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Eb (he/him) @afab-acab.bsky.social · 12h

“IHS” was the monogram for Christ. I used to think, “Oh, they care about our physical health, but they also care about our spiritual health.”

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A Conversation with Shaneequa Brokenleg: Talking Racial Reconciliation and The Episcopal Church — Earth and Altar

Editor’s Note: This interview was edited slightly for clarity and style.  Chris Corbin: Is there anything about your background that brought you to racial reconciliation work? Shaneequa Broken...

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Eb (he/him) @afab-acab.bsky.social · 12h

white people in it until I went to a convention with my grandpa either in Pierre or Sioux Falls. I actually thought, in my infinite wisdom, that The Episcopal Church was run by the Indian Health Service because everything in the church said IHS—I didn't realize until later that
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Eb (he/him) @afab-acab.bsky.social · 12h

you to racial reconciliation work?"

Shaneequa Brokenleg: As a person of Color, it's always been something that we do from a very young age. I think you learn about race and hear it talked about early on. Also, in the church context, I didn't realize that The Episcopal Church had
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Eb (he/him) @afab-acab.bsky.social · 12h

This is very tangential (and about the Episcopal church) but I think the Rev. Brokenleg is SO great and everyone should know her (and the Catholic Church uses this monogram too) that I really want to share this story she told in an interview:

"Is there anything about your background that brought
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h

this is a great threadlet and reminds me of when I was in second grade and didn’t know about Protestants so when my teacher told us that John F. Kennedy was the only Catholic president I was like 🤔🤔🤔 and assumed everyone else must have been Jewish, the only other thing I thought you could be

Eb (he/him) @afab-acab.bsky.social · 12h

This is very tangential (and about the Episcopal church) but I think the Rev. Brokenleg is SO great and everyone should know her (and the Catholic Church uses this monogram too) that I really want to share this story she told in an interview:

"Is there anything about your background that brought
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h

a helpful clarifying reminder!

🌌Why is Łink still missing??? @joxter.bgay.cat · 12h

@clairewillett.bsky.social your thread was VERY informative & i appreciate it so much, but:

"if you’re an American Catholic your family were OBVIOUSLY immigrants too"

MANY Indigenous americans are catholic. i just felt like that needed addressing, sorry to bypass the No Quotes!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h

I have long been of the belief that Francis handpicked this guy and lined up the conclave for him out of recognition that reining in the right wing overreach of the US bishops conference was becoming a global crisis that could only be solved by an American who did NOT come from within the conference

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h

and yes I do feel like the Chicago of it all matters here for Pope reasons

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h

I have long been of the belief that Francis handpicked this guy and lined up the conclave for him out of recognition that reining in the right wing overreach of the US bishops conference was becoming a global crisis that could only be solved by an American who did NOT come from within the conference

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h

I’m still thinking about “No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament” and desperately wishing Democrat leadership had a fraction of this tactical savvy

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

AND IT’S LEO’S FUCKIN CITY

Doctor Science ❌👑#NoKings2 Oct18 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 14h

absolutely yes. (not a Catholic any more, but my brother is a priest)
And extra sure because this is *Leo's city*

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

WE STAN

Bridget 🧟‍♀️ Oooo Brains @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 19h

Fr. Larry Dowling was the pastor of St. Agatha, a Black parish in North Lawndale (a Black neighborhood MLK lived in to protest housing discrimination.) Fr. Dowling retired in June 2024. After a 6-month sabbatical, inc travel to West Africa, he has been active in prayerful protest for immigrants.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

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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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19h

“The administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didn’t like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them”.

The damage to the CDC is “beyond repair”.

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

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Ian.🇦🇺🇬🇧🦅 @ianausbrit.bsky.social · 14h

The pointing of weapons at people needs to be stopped, the increased risk of accidental discharge is huge. It is possible it's already occured.

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15h

We saw an unmarked van in the neighborhood as we were talking about it, a moment of panic

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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 15h

TIL that ICE tried to detain a colleague’s teenaged son, asked him about his “color,” held a gun on him as he produced ID

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

Just wanted to note that right after the clip cuts off the bystander filming asks the man being detained for his name and he shouts it out. The man also said to contact his family. Getting information from the scene is an important way to try to help.

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