mitchell atencio (he·him·his)
@mitchellatencio.com
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
i post somewhat incoherently about tennis, the WNBA, leftist politics, theology, Godzilla, photography, etc.
based in Chicago
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confidentiality is always respected.
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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
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!!!!
autistic people can be evil
Holy crap this isn't a joke
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
autistic people can be evil
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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
Who funds Pablo! [skipping the ad reads in the the podcast] I'm doing detective work!
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
bless yourself today youtu.be/7h8hTomC_8M?...
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...
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
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...
newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/tips-for-l...
"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 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...
"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
"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-...
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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
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.
Jack is right.
Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
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.
Follow religion reporters.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Jack is right.
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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...
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
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...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
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
feeling unfairly justified in my long time suspicion of Cave
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
seriously this season was so woke.
new Mercury logo is bad. what were they thinking
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
new Mercury logo is bad. what were they thinking
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.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:08 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.
rooting for the storm because that would be funniest imo.
Happy WNBA draft lottery day!
Here are each team’s odds to land the No. 1 pick:
Dallas Wings: 42%
Minnesota Lynx: 26.1%
Seattle Storm: 16.7%
Washington Mystics: 9.7%
Chicago Sky: 5.5%
Here are each team’s odds to land the No. 1 pick:
Dallas Wings: 42%
Minnesota Lynx: 26.1%
Seattle Storm: 16.7%
Washington Mystics: 9.7%
Chicago Sky: 5.5%
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
rooting for the storm because that would be funniest imo.
why aren't there NBA games on the sports network and why, when there are, do they start at 10pm?
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
why aren't there NBA games on the sports network and why, when there are, do they start at 10pm?
I'm pretty sure God told me to stop coaching football.
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm pretty sure God told me to stop coaching football.
"Everyone in the room was scared now, but hiding it. To articulate what they were all feeling seemed huge, like a betrayal of Lopez and her ability to bring Esau into the world, but also of something greater: of birth itself." — shout out to Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne who wrote a helluva piece.
i am probably the person most supportive of home births in your feed and, as someone who attended an accidental free birth that ended safely—absolutely not!!
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Everyone in the room was scared now, but hiding it. To articulate what they were all feeling seemed huge, like a betrayal of Lopez and her ability to bring Esau into the world, but also of something greater: of birth itself." — shout out to Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne who wrote a helluva piece.
I would like to apologize to Jimmy Olsen for this comparison
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I would like to apologize to Jimmy Olsen for this comparison
i am probably the person most supportive of home births in your feed and, as someone who attended an accidental free birth that ended safely—absolutely not!!
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
i am probably the person most supportive of home births in your feed and, as someone who attended an accidental free birth that ended safely—absolutely not!!
"Dear God,
Off the record..."
Off the record..."
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Dear God,
Off the record..."
Off the record..."
who was the interfaith america ass motherfucket who worked so much faith into S4 of Young Justice
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
who was the interfaith america ass motherfucket who worked so much faith into S4 of Young Justice
half the price. significantly less bamboo metaphors.
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sojo.net
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
half the price. significantly less bamboo metaphors.
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Today writers such as Rev. Adam Russell Taylor (@revadamtaylor.bsky.social), Mitchell Atencio (@mitchellatencio.com), and Da’Shawn Mosley continue Sojourners’ long project: reporting on poverty, peace, and dignity through a justice-centered faith lens.
#socialjusticemedia
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#socialjusticemedia
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Today writers such as Rev. Adam Russell Taylor (@revadamtaylor.bsky.social), Mitchell Atencio (@mitchellatencio.com), and Da’Shawn Mosley continue Sojourners’ long project: reporting on poverty, peace, and dignity through a justice-centered faith lens.
#socialjusticemedia
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#socialjusticemedia
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Crying at Ronald Reagan bearing silent witness
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Crying at Ronald Reagan bearing silent witness