iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Reconciling Ministries Network @rmnetwork.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Hey friends, is it feeling heavy out here today? Hold hands – even with the neighbor whose rooster awakens you, even with the awkward newcomer at church, even with the friend who does that thing that drives you up a wall. 🧵

A photo of ants creating a bridge to traverse the space between one fern frond and another. Around the photo, it says:

I'm sorry – it's true: we will not make it across alone. It's a very good thing, then, that we are not alone.

- Homeland Security lifts Biden-era ban on surveilling LGBTQ+ people and advocacy groups
- U.S. military to identify transgender service members and terminate their careers
- Multiple U.S. states introduce legislation to challenge legal same-sex marriage
- Iowa legislature votes to strip trans people’s civil rights protections

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Reconciling Ministries Network @rmnetwork.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Many of us are participating in tomorrow's Feb. 28 Economic Blackout as a form of protest. Could tomorrow be the start of our re(new)ed commitment to generative businesses instead? #faithfullylgbtq #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodistchurch #dei #blackout #economicblackout #feb28blackout

Tell us your [Walmart, Sam's Club, Target, Amazon, Goodreads, Whole Foods, Alexa, Amazon Web Services, Ring] alternatives for a local & global economy that is more: robust, resilient, sustainable, equitable, diverse, creative, un-surveilled, just, participatory, courageous

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The purpose of negative emotions is not to cause misery. It’s to prevent mistakes. Outrage is a signal to speak up. Anxiety is a prompt to prepare. Guilt is a reminder to repair. Disappointment is a cue to persist. Pain reveals principles. Where we hurt is a clue to what we value.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Y'all, call your reps and senators. PLEASE! Also.. gonna start a club for people who regularly reheat their cold cup of coffee 3 or more times. smh.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/01/2025

You can say, “gravity isn’t real,” but if you step off the cliff, you’re still going down. And if you convince other people it’s not real, you are responsible for what happens if they make decisions based on the information you withheld.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This week's MVP, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, speaking truth to power. *This* is how you shoot your shot. I'm so grateful. This clip shows most of her sermon. youtu.be/31ylIPemGlE?...

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See moment reverend pleads with Trump to have mercy on immigrants

YouTube video by CNN

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Reconciling Ministries Network @rmnetwork.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

GBCS, the UMC's General Board of Church & Society, invites you to a Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day vigil online. Monday, January 20th at 5-6pm ET | 2-3pm PT. www.umcjustice.org/latest/from-...? #faithfullylgbtq #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodistchurch

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From Fear to Belonging: A Prayer Vigil for Justice and Hope

As we honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., join us for a powerful prayer vigil to stand together in faith, justice, and hope.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

What a force, and what a gift she was.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I'm tired and this is hard, but our collective heart and continued engagement is important. We have amazing examples to follow. I'm grateful for #MLK.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

So, the Biden Admin said they would not enforce the ban—the enforcement mechanism is a massive fine. TikTok did not have to shut off its services. It appears they voluntarily went dark to maximize the drama of Trump’s incoming 90-day extension EO. It’s a political gift to him.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I didn't see this coming, but I woke up this morning under the weight of those feelings that overwhelmed me in the weeks immediately following the election. It's certainly not as heavy or intense as it was in November, but it's not nothing. How's everyone doing?

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Reconciling Ministries Network @rmnetwork.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Sometimes, floods are real floods and fires are real fires – not metaphors or sermon fodder. May we pause long enough on the road to meaning-making to let some suffering make no sense. #faithfullylgbtq #lgbtq #umc #unitedmethodistchurch #palisades #eaton

woe are we if we hold hostage the tragedies of others for political gain.

woe are we if we descend upon disasters in hopes of turning a profit.

woe we are if we paper over the suffering of others with pithy phrases.

woe are we if we reduce to metaphors the true and real lives of our neighbors.

help us, o god, to be uncommonly present, unfathomably kind, in these days that will require it of us.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Oof. Wrestling with the onslaught of Black Friday sale ads.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 22/11/2024

On Friday, the Texas State Board of Education approved a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings. Here’s what you need to know about the new lessons and how an Abbott-appointee became the deciding vote. 🧵

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Axios @axios.com · 21/11/2024

BREAKING: Matt Gaetz said he is withdrawing his name from consideration for attorney general in President-elect Trump's second term.

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Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's AG nominee

"There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle," Gaetz wrote on X.

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I love that Bluesky doesn't use an algorithm to decide what my interests are and make choices for me! And starter packs are helpful. Keep curating, y'all. Ten+ million of us are brand new here and playing catch-up. 🙃

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Laura Schneider Young @lauradsy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Ten days post election, and realizing it's the first day without being teary - my often intitial response to shame and anger. It's progress, y'all. Giving myself the time it takes so that, come January, I (hopefully) have something helpful to contribute. Listening, learning, plotting.

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