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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, photography, etc.

based in Chicago
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SIGNAL: 202-656-8846 / matencio.97

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first jumpscare was an attack ad on Mayor Brandon Johnson.
about to watch Weapons (2025) with ads on HBOMax, the way the director intended.
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
about to watch Weapons (2025) with ads on HBOMax, the way the director intended.
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
it's too late for you, bro. an entire town of muppets just sang about how evil and awful you are, bro. even the vegetable muppets. even the meeces.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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the stadium DJ hitting Knuck if You Buck mid-fight is incredible work. you spend all season working to be prepared for that moment
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
went to the coffeeshop to work on the book and forgot my headphones so i can deep focus. what have i done.
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Kendrick Lamar & J Cole - Black Friday
Black Friday
soundcloud.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Check out my 2025 Bluesky Harvest from @anisota.net! https://anisota.net/harvest/

(very cool stuff @dame.is)
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
much better offense save the 4 TOs today. Can't expect to win games like that.
🏈🖥️ Ready to call the plays? In Football for Windows, created by an ex-college player, you step in as coach & run the game your way. It was once free to copy & play (with a $25 registration to unlock everything) — you can play it in-browser at the #InternetArchive ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Elliott Erwitt, 1988
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is pretty bad. Not remotely a standard that an outlet like NPR should set.
"One guy, it doesn't matter who, swears there's a poll out there that says people want to be invaded." What kind of sourcing is this lol
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I’m officially starting a campaign to have “are your kids learning three-cueing?” to be the new family holiday question alongside “why on earth is your motion smoothing on?” Because it is an abomination on a similar level with lasting consequences!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
autistic people can be evil
Holy crap this isn't a joke
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Who funds Pablo! [skipping the ad reads in the the podcast] I'm doing detective work!
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
bless yourself today youtu.be/7h8hTomC_8M?...
Come Ye Disconsolate
YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
can't fully express how grateful i was for this dispatch from @oalannoble.bsky.social. i'd recommend reading if you find yourself circling the same moral/theological Qs with increasing anxiety, or beyond the answers you can find.

newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/tips-for-l...
Tips for Living with Scrupulosity
Thinking through Religious OCD
newsletter.oalannoble.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"The gospel’s moral economy starts from the bottom and works its way up, not from the top down. It is an upside-down kingdom where the powerful don’t shame the lowly, the lowly shame the powerful." sojo.net/articles/opi...
Finding the Apostle Paul in the Epstein Files
The Epstein controversy has shown how the rich have trapped themselves in senseless and harmful desires.
sojo.net
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The rings on the new logo cannot simply have a rakish tilt; they are 'positioned at an angle of 19.97°—a tribute to the inaugural year of the WNBA and the Phoenix Mercury.' Fine, OK. I'm not measuring them to check." defector.com/the-phoenix-...
The Phoenix Mercury's New Logos Vs. The Planet Mercury: An Exhausting Showdown | Defector
The Phoenix Mercury have one of the best nicknames in sports. It’s classical, referring to the Roman god of, among other things, travel, trickery, and luck. It’s local, referring to the fact that Phoe...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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My article on Wake Up Dead Man is live at @sojo.net! I have been completely annoying about this movie to people for the last two weeks, so read my piece to find out why.
‘Wake Up, Dead Man’ Takes Benoit Blanc to Church
Rian Johnson's new ‘Knives Out’ movie finds Daniel Craig’s detective getting caught up in a battle for the soul of the Christian faith.
sojo.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jack is right.
Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.

I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.

Follow religion reporters.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Zachary Lee interviews Lofty Nathan, the director of ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ a new Nicolas Cage horror movie that uses the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ as inspiration.
sojo.net/articles/cul...
Unto Us a Scary Child Is Born
‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ a new Nicolas Cage horror movie, uses the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ as inspiration.
sojo.net
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
feeling unfairly justified in my long time suspicion of Cave
just two cool guys looking normal and alive, like humans
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
seriously this season was so woke.
who was the interfaith america ass motherfucket who worked so much faith into S4 of Young Justice
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
new Mercury logo is bad. what were they thinking
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
probably the first big blunder Carpenter has made in this schtick imo. should have made it look like she was arresting Miss Piggy and then arrested Kermit.
Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.

(📸: prfctsabrinas | Twitter/X)
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM