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Michael Tino

@revmtino.bsky.social
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Queer Unitarian Universalist minister in New York. Dad to a really amazing kiddo. Actively pursuing justice and liberation for all people.

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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A major part of my ministry is serving incarcerated people. Every day, the message they get behind walls like this one is that they are deserving of inhumane treatment. Every day, we respond by letting them know they are loved. This ministry needs your help. Clfuu.org/together
Michael (bald middle aged fat white person) in a “do justice love mercy” shirt standing in view of a prison wall and guard tower.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A major part of my ministry is serving incarcerated people. Every day, the message they get behind walls like this one is that they are deserving of inhumane treatment. Every day, we respond by letting them know they are loved. This ministry needs your help. Clfuu.org/together
Michael (bald middle aged fat white person) in a “do justice love mercy” shirt standing in view of a prison wall and guard tower.
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Darbi @sonchyenne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hi #UU friends~! The CLF is doing the work of prison ministry for all #UnitarianUniversalist beloveds. Please consider helping us do this important work!
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CLF's Worthy Now prison ministry serves over 2000 people on a shoestring budget. Each day, we send out the UU message that our incarcerated beloveds are worthy of love and respect just as they are. Right now I need your help. Can you donate and/or share? www.zeffy.com/en-US/team/t...
Yellow and orange background with white flaming chalice logo. Text reads "Love is action and we do it together. CLF incarcerated members need you on our team."
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can you help us raise $25K to support our life-saving Worthy Now prison ministry? Donate if you can, and please share this. Thank you! www.zeffy.com/en-US/team/team-octopus
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Factcheck: Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Some excellent analysis from Sam Ames. How to Lose the Case Without Losing the Game open.substack.com/pub/sames/p/...
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How to Lose the Case Without Losing the Game
Little v. Hecox, West Virginia v. BPJ, and the Big Burning Question We Didn’t Want Answered
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For years, those of us whose politics is left of the establishment Democratic Party have held our noses and voted for the “lesser of two evils.” We have endured “vote Blue no matter who.” It is really rich that our centrist counterparts are throwing hissy fits now.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Blessings of the abundant light of summer to beloveds in the Northern Hemisphere. Blessings of the abundant darkness of winter to beloveds in the Southern Hemisphere. May the turning of the year bring you hope and sustain your life.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
God is not gendered.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#micdrop theology. I also wish that people who invoke Jesus’s ministry to support violence, hate, and war would actually read their Bibles.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
#notTheOnion Actual headline from the NYT.
Screenshot from the New York Times app of a story headlined, “Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology,” and sub-headlined, “Vice President JD Vance took issue with the pope’s statement that disciples of Christ never side with ‘those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.’”
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Conversion therapy is abuse. Full stop.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Roses are red but that's implicit fight back against fascism or else you're complicit
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@schumer.senate.gov Please make sure the Democratic caucus stands firm and kills the SAVE America Act. We all know it will kill America.
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The problem is not that they have felonies - people are more than their worst moments - the problem is that they are unrepentant & unchanged by their experience We need a new language for this b/c there are MILLIONS of PEOPLE with felony convictions and even some doing a great job in elected office
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Rosemary @sophygurl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
YEA HE CAME RIGHT OUT AND SAID IT. DEMS ARE YOU LISTENING? YOU, TOO, CAN ENJOY DEEP APPRECIATION FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS BY SAYING THE THING. ABOLISH ICE.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Thank you, Nikita Gill.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
All I want for Christmas is abolition.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Empathy is a virtue, folks. Anyone who tries to say that there’s something wrong with empathy needs to reevaluate their code of ethics.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I’d argue that Musk has it precisely backwards (as per usual). Empathy for victims is abundant, easy, and available. Empathy for people who have been accused or convicted of crimes goes against everything we are taught. That is the empathy we need to cultivate.
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Interfaith Alliance @interfaithalliance.org · 18/12/2025
ICE’s cruelty is tearing our neighbors apart during the holiest time of the year. As faithful Americans, we demand that ICE stop attacking our neighbors. Watch our new ad with @protectdemocracy.org and then head over to LoveNotICE.org to add your name to our letter. #LoveNotICE
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/11/2025
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.
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Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
So glad Rev. Donté will be leading us into this darkest time of the year on Sunday.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
If you are more worked up about the possibility of a consensual same-sex sexual encounter than you are about child rape, there is something seriously wrong with you.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Ok, Kim Davis, you can take a seat—yes, the one way in the back, next to Andrew Cuomo.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Dear Andrew Cuomo- Don’t let the TSA pat your ass on your way out of town. -NYC
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me. Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader. A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If you need food in or near Mount Kisco or if you have some extra money to donate: thepantryny.org
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The Pantry - Serving our northern Westchester neighbors since 1991
The Pantry provides an average of 700 families each week with fresh produce, milk, protein and pantry stables. We serve 21 Northern Westchester communities & deliver to the homebound. We are the area...
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If you need food in or near Peekskill, or if you have some money to donate: www.chhop.org/freds-pantry
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CHHOP (Caring for the Hungry & Homeless of Peekskill)
Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill: Our mission is to alleviate homelessness and hunger in Peekskill and its neighboring communities. We strive to promote self-sufficiency by providing ...
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Join us for worship!
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Not the government shutdown, or the millions about to lose their healthcare and SNAP benefits, or the farmers declaring bankruptcy, or record closures of small businesses, or rising unemployment or the weakening dollar The fucking ballroom. Got it.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"
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Truthout @truthout.org · 22/10/2025
To honor Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, we carry on her fight for trans and queer liberation. She met violence and oppression with humor, love, and defiance, building spaces of resilience through decades of fearless community care and activism.
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To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Calling the East Wing “Eleanor Roosevelt’s legacy,” and not, say, the UN Declaration on Human Rights, is what is a real threat to her legacy.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I cannot give a flying fuck about the East Wing of the White House when SNAP benefits are being paused, millions are losing their healthcare, air traffic controllers are working without pay, and masked ICE thugs are attacking people in the street.
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
At what point can Grijalva get someone else to swear her in? Her election has been certified. Can’t any judge swear her in?
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11/10/2025
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
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You Have to See This Mamdani Ad
I wasn't planning to post anything today. I dislike working and writing on weekends in general, but this was too important to ignore. You have to see this Zohran Mamdani campaign ad that came out this...
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
"The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least." - Zohran Mamdani, 10/11/2025 Maybe what “centrist” Democrats really fear about Mamdani being elected mayor is that their skillful evasion of living up to their rhetoric will be exposed.
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Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) @clfuu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
CLF weekly worship! Sunday, Oct 12, at 8pm ET/5pm PT & Monday, Oct 13 at 1pm ET/10am PT: clfuu.org/worship Rev. Meg Barnhouse said, "I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, not every idea." What ways can we affirm each other & maintain the humanity of all?
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
For years, the state of Arkansas limited mail to incarcerated people to four single-sided pages. This meant that CLF had to break up our resource mailings for people in that state--sometimes into dozens of packages, each with four pages. 1/4 clfuu.org/beloved
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Overcoming Isolation with Beloved Community
Overcoming Isolation with Beloved CommunityYour gift helps build sacred connectionIsolation is not an accident — it’s a core feature of the carceral system. Incarcerated people are deliberately cut of...
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This may be minor in the larger face of fascism, but it is physically revolting to me. I have been to Wounded Knee, and solemnly listened while Lakota teachers told the story of the massacre perpetrated there. I have knelt on the blood-soaked ground and wept. There is no honor in this history.
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Rosemary @sophygurl.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
A quick update today, followed by a longer story about the importance of online community. gofund.me/f6b9afec #MutualAid #CommunityCare #HelpFolksLive 💸💕 The update: ⬇️
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Donate to Help this chosen family make ends meet!, organized by Rosemary Amico
The short story: Three humans (and our two cats) have had a string of bad l… Rosemary Amico needs your support for Help this chosen family make ends meet!
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Michael Tino @revmtino.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Hypocrisy doesn’t matter to people with no ethics.
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