Sascha
@saschaguinn.bsky.social
Chahta Ohoyo. Mother. Word writer. Postulant for Holy Orders in the Diocese of the Rio Grande. OK to BK to NM to ATX. Opinions are mine, but you can blame the Holy Spirit a little bit, too.
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Sascha
@saschaguinn.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Since I’ve started following half of BlueSky, I should probably introduce myself. I’m a mom of three (one of whom told me I needed to be less li-turd-gical), Episcopal seminarian, proud Choctaw, former school board prez, pro-liberation. I think you can be radical like Jesus and pastoral, too.
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No king but God. No queen but Grace Jones.
October 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
No king but God. No queen but Grace Jones.
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i really don't think anybody else's endochrine systems are my business in general and that's because i am not an odious freak who is constantly trying to peek into public bathroom stalls
September 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
i really don't think anybody else's endochrine systems are my business in general and that's because i am not an odious freak who is constantly trying to peek into public bathroom stalls
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a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"
September 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"
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trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
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A society that does not believe in community, in creatureliness, in finitude, in limits and boundaries, in vulnerability, and in mutual dependence will yield increasingly pathetic attempts at immortality projects such as this.
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
n.pr
August 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A society that does not believe in community, in creatureliness, in finitude, in limits and boundaries, in vulnerability, and in mutual dependence will yield increasingly pathetic attempts at immortality projects such as this.
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Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
August 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
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📽️ WATCH: Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, one of the men Trump sent to CECOT, told our reporters he was beaten the moment the plane landed.
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
August 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, one of the men Trump sent to CECOT, told our reporters he was beaten the moment the plane landed.
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
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#ICYMI: We obtained internal data showing the Trump administration knew at least 197 of the men it sent to CECOT had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#ICYMI: We obtained internal data showing the Trump administration knew at least 197 of the men it sent to CECOT had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
Nearly half were whisked out of the U.S. while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation.
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Funds are being raised to help with medical costs and wage loss for an Austin father who got his jaw broken when assaulted while intervening in a 3:1 attack on a transwoman. www.gofundme.com/f/Austinfath...
Donate to Good Samaritan Assaulted for Trying to Stop Hate Crime, organized by M and P Adkison
Hi everyone,
We are reaching out on behalf of our son, who … M and P Adkison needs your support for Good Samaritan Assaulted for Trying to Stop Hate Crime
www.gofundme.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Funds are being raised to help with medical costs and wage loss for an Austin father who got his jaw broken when assaulted while intervening in a 3:1 attack on a transwoman. www.gofundme.com/f/Austinfath...
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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
Today I spilled the chalice, and then I started crying. In case you were wondering about my liturgical theology.
Preaching was fun, though!
Preaching was fun, though!
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Today I spilled the chalice, and then I started crying. In case you were wondering about my liturgical theology.
Preaching was fun, though!
Preaching was fun, though!
I got blocked for the first time on Bluesky today, y'all! It was for daring to suggest that perhaps focusing exclusively on "moderates" was not going to be the winning strategy for the Democrats moving forward. I would, naturally, have no idea about how this works. 🙃
Honestly, I'm dead chuffed.
Honestly, I'm dead chuffed.
July 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I got blocked for the first time on Bluesky today, y'all! It was for daring to suggest that perhaps focusing exclusively on "moderates" was not going to be the winning strategy for the Democrats moving forward. I would, naturally, have no idea about how this works. 🙃
Honestly, I'm dead chuffed.
Honestly, I'm dead chuffed.
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From the bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas:
“Many in Kerrville, in our diocese, and across Texas, have personal connections to the missing campers and staff members. They are our relatives, classmates, friends, and church family members. Our hearts ache.” ⚓️
“Many in Kerrville, in our diocese, and across Texas, have personal connections to the missing campers and staff members. They are our relatives, classmates, friends, and church family members. Our hearts ache.” ⚓️
Hill Country Flooding: A Message from our Bishops | DWTX
Diocese of West Texas Bishops, the Rt. Rev. Dr. David G. Read, D.D., and the Rt. Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas share a message on the Hill Country Flooding.
www.dwtx.org
July 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From the bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas:
“Many in Kerrville, in our diocese, and across Texas, have personal connections to the missing campers and staff members. They are our relatives, classmates, friends, and church family members. Our hearts ache.” ⚓️
“Many in Kerrville, in our diocese, and across Texas, have personal connections to the missing campers and staff members. They are our relatives, classmates, friends, and church family members. Our hearts ache.” ⚓️
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if you are going to quote the declaration of independence today like it is some radical document and rallying cry, please clearly enunciate as you read “merciless Indian savages”
stop trying to build a house on a rotten foundation
read: indianz.com/News/2018/07...
stop trying to build a house on a rotten foundation
read: indianz.com/News/2018/07...
July 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
if you are going to quote the declaration of independence today like it is some radical document and rallying cry, please clearly enunciate as you read “merciless Indian savages”
stop trying to build a house on a rotten foundation
read: indianz.com/News/2018/07...
stop trying to build a house on a rotten foundation
read: indianz.com/News/2018/07...
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More and more people are going to be drawn into working for this disastrous and morally ruinous system of immigration enforcement as its budget is supercharged, and the church must must must exhort those people to repent. Be specific, be clear, call for repentance. ⚓
July 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
More and more people are going to be drawn into working for this disastrous and morally ruinous system of immigration enforcement as its budget is supercharged, and the church must must must exhort those people to repent. Be specific, be clear, call for repentance. ⚓
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If we’re going to take this responsibility to resist seriously, then we’ve got to get over our institutional fear of the language and goals of abolition. ⚓️
In a new op-ed Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe writes: Churches like ours, protected by the First Amendment and practiced in galvanizing people of goodwill, may be some of the last institutions capable of resisting this administration’s overreach and recklessness. #Episcopal #tec
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Once the church of presidents, the Episcopal Church must now be an engine of resistance
(RNS) — The reckoning, if we are honest, is long overdue.
religionnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If we’re going to take this responsibility to resist seriously, then we’ve got to get over our institutional fear of the language and goals of abolition. ⚓️
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This, and a message to my fellow ministers, pastors, priests, spiritual leaders, deacons, caregivers, and/or related people: Remember to take care of yourself as well, and build up your support group so that you have people to hand the rock off to when you need it.
Please believe me when I tell you:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This, and a message to my fellow ministers, pastors, priests, spiritual leaders, deacons, caregivers, and/or related people: Remember to take care of yourself as well, and build up your support group so that you have people to hand the rock off to when you need it.
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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He’s wrong but this is an incredibly common elite pathology: the belief that your voice should be held strategically in reserve, to strike at the right moment and change everything.
Then they do and it’s washed away by the firehose of noise. I call it Jim Mattis Syndrome.
Then they do and it’s washed away by the firehose of noise. I call it Jim Mattis Syndrome.
June 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
He’s wrong but this is an incredibly common elite pathology: the belief that your voice should be held strategically in reserve, to strike at the right moment and change everything.
Then they do and it’s washed away by the firehose of noise. I call it Jim Mattis Syndrome.
Then they do and it’s washed away by the firehose of noise. I call it Jim Mattis Syndrome.
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CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
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Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...