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Dcn. Pat

@thetechydeacon.com
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Roman Catholic deacon, father, ham radio operator NE4PO, occasionally an accidental theologian, Deacon Affiliate of the Paulist Fathers, other geeky stuff

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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 29/09/2026
Try the gray stuff it's delicious
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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Have you listened to our #podcast Deacons Pod yet? Please check out @deaconspod.bsky.social here or at your podcast player:
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Deacons Pod
Podcast · Paulist Fathers · The Paulist Deacon Affiliates consider questions of faith and life.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 29/09/2026
Whatever you choose to do, be the best at it you can be. You are either all in, or all out. When you are in between, well, that's where you get into trouble.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 29/09/2026
Those railing against synodality tend to have western Catholic Church tunnel vision. Most would probably faint if they ever attended and Eastern Catholic Church gathering with their bishop.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 29/09/2026
Words in the manuscript put food in the bowl
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 28/09/2026
As an undergrad EE major i had to take humanities and social science courses. When I switched to physics, I had to add a second language. Apparently you've never really looked at the course of study for engineers at most universities is the US.
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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Deacon Greg Kandra is our guest on this week's new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social. @deacongreg.bsky.social is an award-winning journalist, author, blogger, speaker, and retreat leader. Here's a clip:
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 23/09/2026
It is a Schrödinger's situation. Both yes and no until you are on the call.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 23/09/2026
What I don't get is why people continue to follow the social media accounts and feed the beast. Seriously, just unfollow and ignore. Does wonders...
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 21/09/2026
Remember when we had a robust vaccination program and people didn't get get measlesand die?
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 18/09/2026
I don't know - I was in Europe in the spring of 2024 and there was a lot of European people telling me the Mango Mussolini was their choice. As others mentioned, many of us saw it but ...
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 15/09/2026
And yet Coke and Pepsi are on the same soda fountain in many 7-11 & Sheetz
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 14/09/2026
"Dieu aide à trois sortes de personnes, aux fous, aux enfants, & aux ivrognes" Might be a good time to pick which one you are and embrace it.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 13/09/2026
I want speaker Johnson to explain how if the economy is doing so great that squares woth a 0% raise for the federal workers - especially considering that means a net pay decrease after inflation and health care premium increases.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 13/09/2026
Someone needs to remind speaker Johnson that the first 2 rounds of COVID checks were passed with a divided congress and Trump in the White House. Also we don't have increasing take home pay and we have less money in our pockets today, not more due to the Republicans.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 12/09/2026
How can you tell in the present environment?
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 12/09/2026
It's all useless as long as the regime is in power. Who's going to prosecute the crimes? Even if they did, Mango Mussolini would probably pardon his minions.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 11/09/2026
By my count he owes us each $13,000 should the Rs retain majorities in both houses after the midterms. Not nearly enough compensation for what we've been put through.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 05/09/2026
Also missing a date and actual signature.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 01/09/2026
The Government did the same after the Civil War. "Let's focus on unity and healing." And here we are. Oncologists understand: cut out the cancer, flood the zone with radiation and/or chemo; make sure to get it all.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 01/09/2026
They will not give up their football or beer
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 31/08/2026
So a cluster bomb without the secondary explosions. Basically a huge shotgun shell on a missile.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 31/08/2026
If the trust for historic preservation doesn't have standing to sue over this, who does?
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 29/08/2026
I never claimed to be good, or original. My homeletic musings for the 22nd Sunday year A 2026 substack.com/@patrickouel...
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Haven't we been here before?
Homily for the 22nd week of ordinary time A 2026
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 28/08/2026
Publix had cherries...
Photo of a plastic bag that contained cherries from Canada labeled with the letter "I" a red heart a red maple leaf and two cherries on a stem.
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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Kathryn Muensterman, a Ph.D. student at @notredame.bsky.social, recently penned the @commonwealmagazine.org essay "From Summit to Source: On a Eucharistic Dialogue With the World." @grnmtnby.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social speak with Kathryn in this new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social:
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Eucharistic Dialogue With the World – Kathryn Muensterman
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton and now Tim Curry. Who will be the third?
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 26/08/2026
To get the healthcare subsidy with the pension, they have to have been enrolled in the federal Healthcare benefits for the 5 years proceeding retirement, be eligible to receive a federal pension, and transition to FEHB from the Healthcare marketplace.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 26/08/2026
They are all publicly available on the government web sites.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 26/08/2026
Congress gets to pick from the Healthcare marketplace for employer sponsored healthcare. It's written in the law. There are enough things to be outraged about, let's try and make sure we are outraged about actual factual things.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 26/08/2026
Words have specific meaning, they don't simply mean what you hope or think. It is important to understand that. Doubly so in legal matters.
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Deacon Mark @grnmtnby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Had a lovely conversation with Kathryn Muensterman about her recent @commonwealmagazine.org article on the Eucharist, "From Summit to Source," with Paulist Deacon Affiliate @deacondrew.bsky.social that I think you, too, will find enriching. megaphone.link/SM2658118769
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Eucharistic Dialogue With the World – Kathryn Muensterman by Deacons Pod
Earlier this summer, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates' group chat came alive with a discussion of a thought-provoking essay in Commonweal magazine called "From Summit to Source: On a Eucharistic Dialogue...
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 25/08/2026
Aren't we all
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 25/08/2026
I'm not looking forward to the next few days news cycles.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 25/08/2026
OK folks, it is reported that the mysterious US military aircraft that traveled to Moscow took the head of the CIA there for "talks." This shows how incompetent this administration is. You don't travel to "secret talks" on one of the largest planes directly from a US base to Moscow.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 24/08/2026
A lot of people claiming the administration will declare an "election emergency" to stop midterms. I'm not saying they won't try, but take a look at the Constitution Annotated site. Lots of talk about congress and the courts but no mention of the executive. constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 21/08/2026
A friend is happy when you are happy, sad when you are sad, celebrates your good fortunes, and mourns your misfortunes
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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"If a family member or friend told you that they are thinking of leaving the Church ... or that they are thinking about returning to Mass after a time away ... what would you say to them to give them #hope?" That question is posed to the guests of our #podcast Deacons Pod (@deaconspod.bsky.social):
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Deacons Pod
Podcast · Paulist Fathers · The Paulist Deacon Affiliates consider questions of faith and life.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 21/08/2026
Well let's see what happens. Locally, 80/20 ground beef is at $7/lb today. That would make the 25% lower price about $5.25/lb. National ave today is $6.89/lb so 25% lower would be $5.17/lb and the ave on Jan 19,2025 was $6.22/lb. We all know that decrease to $5.17/lb is not going to happen.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
To my knowledge, there's not a single example where cutting benefits, welfare, or healthcare directly led to a reduction of taxes for those say they don't want their taxes to pay for these services. They're all still paying the same amount. Only now someone goes hungry. #GoodMorning, everyone.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 16/08/2026
"Medicare for all" is not enough. It represents inside the box thinking. Also why do people on Medicare need "supplemental plans" for prescription coverage and other benefits? It would really just be a continuation of the "big insurance" control of healthcare.
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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When people debating a political point bring out the #Scripture verses as tools (and as weapons), what do you do? @grnmtnby.bsky.social and @thetechydeacon.com posed that question to @litpress.bsky.social author Thomas Bolin in this week's new episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social:
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 12/08/2026
Do it. They will shock themselves unconscious the first time the need to go to the bathroom.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 12/08/2026
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The Fonz Jumps the Shark in Happy Days
Alt: The Fonz Jumps the Shark in Happy Days
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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A brand new episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social just dropped! Today, @grnmtnby.bsky.social and @thetechydeacon.com speak with author Thomas Bolin about his @litpress.bsky.social book "An Inspired Word in Season: Reading the Bible Responsibly in a Polarized World":
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Reading the Bible Responsibly in a Polarized World – Thomas Bolin
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 07/08/2026
Many schools give teachers 9, 10, 11, or 12 month contracts. Teachers on a less than 12 month contract can correctly be described as layed off at the end of the contract.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 07/08/2026
a typical deal: immunity for testimony against someone because you will implicate yourself in addition to the person you are testifying against. Bizzaro world: a person being held in contempt because they have a federal pardon taking the 5th. Federal pardons do nothing against state prosecutions.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 01/08/2026
Has every small business just decided it isn't worth the bother? I've contacted 6 local companies for tree trimming. Several hounded me for additional contact information that I provided and they all ghosted. One did come out and give a verbal estimate but nada...
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 31/07/2026
OK, if the US Government arranged the travel and forced the person to take it, how is it "unauthorized" apnews.com/article/daca...
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US cites 'unauthorized travel' to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A woman deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to remain in the U.S. has filed suit against the federal government.
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Dcn. Pat @thetechydeacon.com · 30/07/2026
Some things never change
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