iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/10/2026

CDC is reviving a study that withholds the hepatitis B birth dose from newborns in Guinea-Bissau. WHO raised serious ethical concerns. And $1.6M is being pulled from global health security to pay for it. Public outcry helped halt it once. We can do it again. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

rollingstone.com

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

413966

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

o hai did you know that the first Jew in Canada (18th c.) was a trans man? and did you know that the very brilliant @sbearbergman.bsky.social has a piece on Jacques LaFargue and many other things in his latest, which you should preorder:

arsenalpulp.com

The Fresh End of a Long Thread / The First Jew in Canada

From legendary storyteller and activist S. Bear Bergman: a remarkable head-to-tail book combining a play and a long essay bridging trans history and trans futuresFor some thirty years, S. Bear Bergman ...

19833

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah no. And that’s my professional opinion.

151

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The “educational” slide shows on the history of the United States that play in the waiting area of the US Consulate are created by Praeger U. They are not as bad as one might imagine, but why is PU creating content for the Department of State? And what else are they contracted to do?

021

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are being pushed into a gnostic hellhole and in the meantime we can’t even muster the money and energy to alleviate the suffering of consciousnesses with actual physical bodies.

050

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jeannie Ehaloak shared some of her experience as a survivor of residential school, including being so young that by the time she returned home for the summer after her first year at the school, she had forgotten who her parents were.

14429

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A white nationalist group gathered just outside the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve in British Columbia over the weekend wearing white masks and dressed in all black.

aptnnews.ca

Masked white nationalists gather on reserve in British Columbia - APTN News

A white nationalist group gathered just outside the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve in British Columbia...

114443

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Will be adding a potato to this year’s nativity to represent the heavenly choir. Biblical accuracy is important.

011

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My daughter is doing an undergrad research project on racism and sexism on Dungeons and Dragons. I wonder where she learned that way of thinking?

White bubble says “I *think* it was based on a monster from Indian folklore. Because they did steal a lot from folklore
But yeah. Questionable for sure”
Blue bubble says “Haha I just realized you are doing the same thing to the original d&d texts that I do to the Bible and Luther. Critical source analysis and deconstruction.”
White bubble says “Hell yeah.
I am Dungeons & Dragons Rev. Dr. Kayko Driedger Hesslein”
Blue bubble says “We both need shirts that say "question the canon"”
White bubble says “Oh hell yeah we do”

160

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I have NO regrets about leaving Musk’s site. But I wish I could extend my reach here, with Alberta’s referendum hard upon us. Don’t be shy. Please follow. Please recommend me to your friends. I post about Canadian politics, Alberta, Edmonton, and an absurd array of other topics! #cdnpoli

18376262

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)

982101632399

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 24/08/2026

Current global sea-surface temperatures are 6.08 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean, or about 1-in-1,700,000,000 (1-in-1.7 billion), assuming a normal distribution and no climate change. The "new normal" means there is "no normal" anymore.

1319071

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Institutions are heartless. This poor man and his poor family - 💔

020

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 1 - Aug 14, 2026 CANADA MODERATE [no change] About 1 of every 271 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 2.6 x higher -Long COVID: 4.6 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.8 x higher -Deaths: 2.0 x higher

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Aug 1 - Aug 14, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is MODERATE [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 2.5

About 1 of every 271 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 127,800-205,300
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 2.6X higher
Long COVID: MODERATE; 4.6X higher
Hospitalizations: MODERATE; 2.8X higher
Deaths: MODERATE; 2.0X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks

Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

59549

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/08/2026

A new study out of Canada looked at four youth gender clinics. Out of 445 patients only four who started gender affirming hormone therapy ceased taking it, and only one did so due to a re-identification with their birth sex. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

assignedmedia.org

A New Study from Canada Again Finds Less Than 1 Percent of Trans Youth Detransition - Assigned Media

Out of 445 patients across four gender clinics only one who started hormone therapy stopped due to a change in gender identity.

9386160

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. ‍At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: ‍”How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?” —Proverbs 1

096

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

ooooo, there is nothing like proofs day!! A total dream to be included in a volume with these other amazing scholars!

A book cover page titled "Crossing Shores and Horizons: Asian and Asian American Transnational Feminist Theology" edited by Boyung Lee, Kristine Chong, Laura Mariko Cheifetz, and Nami Kim. Forward by Mary F. Foskett. Westminster John Knox Press.

A chapter called "Visiting the Daughter-Land" Kayko Driedger Hesslein. The heading of the section is "Roots and Routes, Identity and Identification." The text says:Identity formation in diaspora is complex. Stuart Hall writes that “in the dias-
pora situation, identities become multiple.” One is both of that place and
2
not, at home and away, belonging and alienated, a mix of things too easily labelled hybrid. Namsoon Kang explains the complications of diaspora exis- tence as an individual develops relationships and community with those who live in a “foreign” land as a process of distinguishing between the “roots” and “routes.” Roots is based on understanding identity as “fixed, essentiality, unitary,” where the individual isolates, or is isolated, such that they remain (or are kept) within a transported and miniaturized homeland that reifies the
3
complexity of actual communities (including that of their origin). Routes understands identity as a dynamic state of “becoming, interconnecting, nego- tiating,” where the individual is formed by multiple relationships inside and
4
outside of their community of origin. As Kang argues, this identity is multi- faceted, wherein the individual in diaspora moves from “alienation” to “com- mitment” and the feelings of being homeless can be transmuted into the idea that one belongs “everywhere.”5

Yet this sense of belonging requires nuance. While Kang writes of the choice to belong, that decision may be made for the individual. Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt, writing on Asian-Jewish identity and presence in North America, differentiate between identity as one’s self-understanding, identification as how others perceive an individual, and categorization as what
6
is determined by public discourse that includes government. One’s identity may be that one belongs, but one’s identification and categorization may refute that belonging. One may feel that one is a part of the community in which one lives yet be categorized by the government as a “resident alien,” defined by one’s roots rather than routes. The (permitted) routes one travels depend on how one is identified. The path of commitment does not inevitably end in belonging.
In this chapter, I explore themes of commitment and belonging, identity and identification, roots and routes through my experiences as the Japanese- and German-descent Christian mother of a Jewish daughter. When it comes to sharing the stories of women in diaspora, particularly Asian women, there is a long list of books that focus on diaspora-born daughters’ experiences of being born in a new country while also building an identity connected to their mother’s land. Obasan by Joy Kogawa, Little Gods by Meng Jin, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Tham- mavongsa, and Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien, in addi- tion to others, relate the challenges of being born in a new country but
raised by a mother-in-diaspora. Stories abound of navigating identities of being native-born but also diaspora in origin, struggling with feelings of alienation from and resentment toward mothers which eventually turn to understanding and compassion upon learning more of their origins and dias- pora journeys.

071

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Looking forward to reading this and hopefully using it in my class on God and Suffering, where we critically examine theologies that cause suffering in the world.

053

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Food insecurity in one area quickly becomes a global problem because of how our food systems are connected. None of these effects are isolated and localized. This will hit us all.

000

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jul 18 - Jul 31, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: none MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 287 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Jul 18 - Jul 31, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right:

Canada: MODERATE - 2.3
Alberta: MODERATE - 2.2
British Columbia: MODERATE - 2.9
Manitoba: MODERATE - 2.1
New Brunswick: MODERATE - 2.1
Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 2.5
North: MODERATE - 2.3
Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 2.0
Ontario: MODERATE - 2.3
Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 2.1
Quebec: MODERATE - 2.4
Saskatchewan: MODERATE - 2.1

A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'

1120889

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Best piece on AI I’ve read to date. These are the questions that need to guide our engagement (or non-engagement) with AI.

110

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When xenophobia and anti-intellectualism combine…

010

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here’s to gender-affirming care! (I know, I know…)

010

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Such an important conversation here. Both perimenopause and long covid are real and distinct. They both need attention - right now I see far less conversation about long covid. That needs to change.

053

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

So helpful for me to be reminded of this. I assign readings for my students to skim so that we can do close readings in class. But maybe I should tell them that!! (Also thinking back to final papers - what do my students think I am doing when they write them?) #highered #academicsky

020

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If she had been a white male professor, they would have slapped her on the hand and carried on. Women of colour in #highered have seen this play before. We are expected to be obedient and submissive and punished disproportionately when we’re not.

030

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

As the parent of a trans kid, I don’t want a debate. There should be no debate. Trans kids should get the medical support they need to thrive. Just like every kid. This isn’t up for arguing the pros and cons on. Next he’s going to want to have a debate on whether women should still vote.

061

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So much to unpack here, including Jacob’s observation. Child psychology teaches us that children “misbehaving” is their communicating to us that something is wrong. What is it the students are trying to communicate about their lives right now that they can’t quite articulate? 1/ #highered

130

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Plus, the Vat II changes rippled through Protestant circles too; Lutheran liturgies started removing prayers for Jewish conversion and replacing them with thanks for the Jewish people. If SSPX were to remain legit, there would be a corresponding rise in mainline Prot. liturgical anti-semitism too.

010

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Acts 4:32-35: Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. There was not a needy person among them.

010

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

There is something implicitly sexist in a system that expects PhD students to put in more than 40 hrs a week. It excludes everyone with primary caregiver responsibilities, which is still women. 1/

1100

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Absolutely. The Vatican should have stopped Latin Mass advocates a looong time ago. Also, let’s note that the Christian anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, anti-progress, anti-queer, anti-women, anti-environmental circles basically entirely overlap. Each is a barometer for the other.

09721

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Nicene?? Come on. I’d expect at least a reference to the Athanasian. (But for real. What? Like maaaaaaybe a newbie Christian might mix up the Lord’s Prayer and the apostle’s creed. But the Nicene??)

120

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What needs to be communicated better on all fronts is that an *average* global warming of 1.5 C means some places will not warm and others will warm *even more.*

000

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Ditto for digital libraries. I love the access but there is nothing like being in the stacks and finding a research treasure you didn’t know existed. #academicsky

140

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Off the charts high. Really puts my daily problems into perspective.

020

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A tremendous scholar in the field of Christian-Jewish relations and theology. He will be missed but his work will stand the test of time.

020

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

People in positions of power in the church need to remember: The church is not an institution to be defended. It is people in need of love. If you want to serve the church, serve the people first.

060

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Anybody else has December YVR to YYC flights on air Canada cancelled all of a sudden? They are offering refunds because there are no available flights three days either way which makes me think they must have cancelled a whole bunch. #aircanada #yyc #yvr

000

Reposted by Kayko Driedger Hesslein

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

For generations Indigenous Peoples have shared stories and knowledge that continue to shape this land. Today on Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour the resilience of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and celebrate the cultures that continue to thrive across Turtle Island.

117597

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

While it kind of has my research interests right, I have never written such a book.

KAYKO DRIEDGER
HESSLEIN
LUTHERAN PASTOR AND THEOLOGIAN
178 STRENGTH • TOP 35%
CLAUDE OPUS 4.S SAYS
LUTHERAN PASTOR AND THEOLOGIAN
KNOWN FOR WRITING ON QUEER THEOLOGY, IDENTITY, AND THE CHURCH: AUTHOR OF WORK ON TRANSGENDER AND CHRISTIAN BELONGING-
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.4 MINI
CLAUDE OPUS 4. S
CLAUDE HAIKU 4.5
GROK 4.20
GEMINI 3.1 LITE
KIMI KZ 0905
DEEPSEEK V4
LLAMA 3.3 70B
LLAMA 3.2 1B
GLM 4.7 FLASH
MISTRAL 3.2 24B
QWEN3 SB
IN THE WEIGHTS. CO

010

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

“Both police and the school division said they were unable to share more details publicly due to privacy laws, and encouraged people to not share or amplify the screenshotted content to avoid further harm.” Privacy for whom? Harm to whom?

010

Kayko Driedger Hesslein @crtcltheology.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Theological connection: the 1918 pandemic resulted in Lutheran churches in Canada and the States allowing single-use Communion cups in order to prevent transmission via the Common Cup. (I had to research this when my church was next to ground zero for SARS and being told the Common Cup was safe.)

000