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Marshall M.Div

@marshman503.bsky.social
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Mental Health Advocate // B.A., M. Div // Randolph-Macon College, ‘19 // Union Presbyterian Seminary ‘22 // Inclusively Orthodox Episcopalian // He/Him Liber delectatio animae

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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 15h
While we’re condemning shitty abusers: a special “fuck you” to the Hockey Canada 5, some of whom are gainfully employeed in the NHL. They make the league worse with their presence and the teams that protect them deserve to collapse like a flan in a cupboard.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 18h
Just cutting student loans for degrees you don’t like is wild behavior. Not to mention social work being one of those degrees?! And religious studies?? Idk man this feels really bad. www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
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Trump Administration Addresses Plan To Cut Student Loans For Some Degrees
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Cornell shit just boils my blood. That’s all I can say. Everyone else is far more eloquent about it than I could ever be.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anyone else struggle super hard with self care? I’ve been talking about it ad nauseam in therapy lately but also like…idk how to rest and relax. I wake up tired and go to bed tired so like not knowing how to do self care, in either big or small ways, really feels like it’s pulling me down.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cleaning out my closet and found my wedding suit right as I was listening to PRESIDENT sing “Is it safe to say / that you never fucking loved me anyway” and that hit me so hard I needed to sit down…
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm having to get more and more creative with the ways I can say "replacing research rabbit holes with AI synthesis of entire journal articles isn't helpful" in these class discussion boards and I'm increasingly getting frustrated that I have to keep doing this for a whole semester.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gateway 2000 I believe it was! Can’t find a decent picture that shows it off but trust me it was…clunky but cool!
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Could use some prayers as my chronic illness and chronic depression are playing with my body and mind like it’s the Wimbledon finals and I’m so sick and tired of being sick and tired while also doing school full time while also doing an internship and job hunting and just everyday life! 😭 ⚓️
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Really NC state?? Really??
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My college just gave us limited access to several AI models including Twitter's AI model which feels...not great.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I feel like I'm largely in the minority of my classmates when it comes to AI in libraries and I'm kinda sick of having to be very via media about technology that's harmful to us all in order to get a decent grade.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As a student of religious studies and Christian theology whose mother just today said “I don’t get [Islam], it’s so full of hate” I have real complicated relationship with the 9/11 anniversary today.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Found this poem on the Poetry Foundation site today and man it’s so good! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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Jazz Is My Religion
Jazz is my religion   and it alone do I dig   the jazz clubs are my house of worship   and sometimes the concert halls   but some holy places are too…
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Time for a thread! CW: Suicide Almost 10 years ago, I attended my first suicide prevention conference in Phoenix, AZ. Since then, I have always been a strong advocate of suicide prevention, though I left the field of study after my divorce to give my ex-wife space to be.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Was anyone else told once that resting is equivalent to laziness and now you embody that so hard that you'll start falling asleep over an email on your day off cause you've been doing chores all afternoon?
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'll write a nice long post about it later, but for now I'll just link to my donation page for the AFSP Central NC #OutOfTheDarkness Walk. I haven't done this in years to give my ex space in her field of study but I wanted to at least try to get back at it. afspwalks.donordrive.com/participant/...
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Please support the Central Carolina Walk this fall to help #stopsuicide
Please support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to help save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. Donate or register to walk!
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As a someone who is alright at keeping the faith, Idk how to feel about the fact that my musical taste is sometimes pretty anti-religion despite being, objectively, quite good music. Sometimes it’s theological and religious without meaning to, but sometimes it’s just straight up atheistic and…yeah.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Y’all I see my old therapist who’s been on maternity leave for 4 months again today and I’m legit so excited? Is this a normal thing to be excited about? I just missed her so much and as much as I enjoyed my time with an interim therapist (as I called her) I’m so happy to be back with her!
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Alright #Narthex friends! Got a coworker who grew up harshly evangelical and is currently a Universalist who’s “Episco-curious”. What resources (books & podcasts) would you recommend someone whose exposure to our tradition is an episcopal moderator of a Christo-pagan discord server? ⚓️🕯️📕
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
*screams* WHY ARE MED INFLUENCERS SPOUTING BULLSHIT THAT HARMS PEOPLE!!
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wondering if I’m an ass for being upset about this. Yes, I was late scheduling the appointment. But in my mind, if a patient has trouble with something important, you ask what you can do to help rather than chastising them and invoking a very painful memory. Curious if #MedSky has thoughts?
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention @afspnational.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
September is #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth, a powerful reminder that there are actions we can all take to look out for each other. 💙 All month, people nationwide unite to promote suicide prevention awareness. Learn more at afsp.org/nspm
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Things your transplant coordinator shouldn’t do: threaten you, a former dialysis patient, with dialysis when he’s late scheduling his appointment for his transplanted kidney. Trauma IS a thing and it is coming for me right now and I’m just kinda pissed about that whole interaction.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How does one handle a prof admitting in a discussion post that he uses GenAI to summarize academic articles? How the hell am I supposed to take this man seriously when he says "when I was writing my last book and someone sent me 15 articles on a topic, I'd just drop them into AI for summaries" WHAT
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have school, I have internship, I have job hunting, I have my mom's health, I have my own health...so when a singular (albeit important) medical appointment falls through the cracks, I'd REALLY appreciate not being chastised by my nursing coordinator for forgetting to make the appointment.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mastodon perfectly describes grief in "Snakes for Dinner" off their new record: "When you left you took the moon and stars Buried them deep underneath the ocean When you left you took our hearts and minds All that I could find amongst the grime were memories"
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Turns out? Who knows what that was. But a consistent systolic BP over 160 freaked us out in combo with some other symptoms. So yeah. I’ve gotten like 6 hours sleep in like the past 30+ hours. I’m exhausted y’all.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hi no family follows me here but I’ve slept less than an hour in the past 24 and it’s ended in my mother going to the ER with a very possible heart attack (unconfirmed by docs but…it’s all adding up to it). Prayers appreciated from my Episcopal friends. ⚓️🕯️📕
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My mother, who has a MASTERS IN NUTRITION is using Google AI for nutritional advice concerning her current health issues that she’s convinced come mainly from seed oils…I’m so sick of this.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hi uh…I’m only 30 and I need to be in bed by 9 PM no matter what and I feel like this is an issue for all the socializing I’m needing to try to do and don’t have the energy for…like I’m literally crying thinking about how I need to go to bed at 8:45 tonight despite having previous plans.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What a damn day. Health scare with my mother to start the morning (was worried she was having a heart attack level scare) followed by a temporarily dead car followed by my mother’s cancelled MRI cause the machine was broken which we did all this for in the first place…I’m tired y’all.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reading the news is just ending in me screaming into a pillow these days and my blood pressure already has issues this cannot be good for me at this point...
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Writing a discussion post on AI, utilizing @violetbfox.bsky.social's zine on AI in librarianship. My opinion, which I'm trying to say academically, is that I could give less of a shit if you use it to plan your next trip out West or whatever, but stop making me use it because "we might as well"!
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This dude just called us, as a species, "homo technologicus" and I think I'm going to sprain myself rolling my eyes as hard as I just did...
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hi I'm being forced to watch a TED talk on AI from a couple years ago and it's just enraging me at every turn and I'm only like 4 minutes in...
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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Libraries aren't just books!" Okay yes but holy shit have you seen literacy rates? I think we need to focus on the books as much as we focus on the pretty makerspaces!
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ALA is heartbroken at the passing of country music legend and literacy champion Dolly Parton. Her Imagination Library initiative, inspired by her father's inability to read or write, has put millions of books into children's hands and was considered by her to be among her greatest achievements.
An ALA READ poster featuring Dolly Parton holding copies of "The Little Engine that Could" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 25/08/2026
There are so many donations happening right now that the site has crashed.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Donations for books for children in lieu of flowers is perfect.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Also as an almost-librarian I’d be remiss to not include this in Dolly’s memory. In lieu of a visit to Dollywood with flowers, might I suggest a donation to the org or even just bringing your kids to a local library storytime this week. Children’s literacy is more important now than ever before.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
May the soulful and wonderful Dolly Parton rest in peace and rise in glory. A truly sad day.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pumpkin is back at the Starred Buck. And while I am no longer a barista there, I still urge you in this next week to please be nice to your local barista who’s inevitably STRUGGLING this week. (I’d also urge you to stay away from the Siren and shop local but not everyone has such a luxury, so…)
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Going to bed at 8:30 seems good and responsible but really it means you were just exhausted and wake up at 3 AM well rested 😭😭😭
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Alright I’m getting sick of this. My mother, with a masters in nutrition, has fully hopped on the “seed oils are evil and RFK will save us” train and I’m…I’m done. So VERY done. Anyone got advice for handling this?
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Helped run an all ages Pokémon event today. As fun as it was I am WIPED. We love fun library programs that aren’t your standard book club but I could definitely use a long nap after today…
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Can I ask #MLIS folks something? My internship is also my capstone project for my last semester of school and the literal course outline states I should spend a majority of my time on “higher learning professional activities”…so am I am ass for wondering why I’m just on desk most of the weeks?
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I asked today about a job that was still listed as “in progress” and immediately got a “thanks but no thanks” email in return and like…ugh. Trusting the job hunt process is really a struggle. Feels so helpless, especially in academic library worlds.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
As a 30 year old divorcee those apps were TERRIBLE for my budding self esteem. Getting an “ew you’re divorced?” message really made me feel at a new low lol.
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Marshall M.Div @marshman503.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Def emailing this to my SD today but I wonder if anyone here has advice on getting back to church when the sense of community it used to provide has fallen away? It really hasn't felt the same since my divorce tbh. Like going to church alone after years of going w/ someone feels...lonely. ⚓
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