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Stationery geek, cat servant, voracious reader, lover of beaches and boats, history nerd, disciple of Jesus, Episcopal priest. Seek to love God and neighbor, strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.
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Courage calls to courage everywhere.

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These Baltimore bakeries have your Fat Tuesday treats covered

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When Trump dubbed him “Little Marco,” he didn’t know how spot on the nickname would become. Rubio has now debased himself with 180s on Ukraine and other vital security issues, and I bring the receipts. Link to my write-up: buff.ly/IAuTXhh

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American gives Canadians and Mexicans yet another reason besides threatened tariffs to stay home.

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This!!!!!!!

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Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging ‘respect’ for embattled workers

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As the Trump administration slashes the budgets of federal agencies, the ripple effects are already being felt in Maryland’s private sector.

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Happy St. David's Day! Not me, the real St. David, Patron Saint of Wales. My Dad's mum was a Vaughan. Our Vaughan line emigrated from Glamorganshire, Wales, to Newport, Rhode Island in 1638, and then to Chester, Nova Scotia in 1765 ⚓

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Old enough to remember when everyone thought the Nazis and the Russians were bad guys.

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I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable. 2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.

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Here's what the idiots in the White House utterly fail to comprehend. They and the US came out of that argument weaker. Zelensky came out stronger, with Europe rallying behind Ukraine more than before. They came out looking like petulant idiots; he came out looking like a leader with integrity.

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I spoke with a hurricane modeler who was just fired from the branch of NOAA that keeps weather models running. He got a form letter like hundreds of others telling him he was losing his job in an hour. This bodes very poorly for American forecasting. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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“I’m not interested in offering people meaning. I’m interested in offering people the Gospel.” 🔥 — @praxeas.bsky.social ⚓️ #EPN2025

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Ike asking Churchill why he doesn’t wear a suit before not suggesting that they cower to a maniac.

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This week's New Yorker cover. Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison. Title: "You're fired!"

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Exclusive: The head of the US military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army was forced to retire, officials say reut.rs/4kmUsgA

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Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.

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Once again I remind you of the most terrifying (and best written) essay I have ever read.

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Not pro-life

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A lot of the Bible does seem to be like this. ⚓️

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Bishop Budde's latest message. ⚓♥️✊ www.facebook.com/share/r/1BDD...

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I know we’ve got some DC area ⚓️ folks- a public policy acquaintance shared this, and this seems like a very TEC thing to do, if folks have the time!

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Wow. A scholar with a huge legacy. 🙏

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I've been screaming this for years.

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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

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Straight Christian men: biblical womanhood is being submissive and quiet Actual biblical women: taking no shit from evil men and killing and manipulating them every chance they get 🕯

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Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.

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The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.

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Who is responsible for this? 🤣

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America's civil services should adopt the inverted flag as a visible symbol of our crisis

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The thing about nazis is that every iteration of them will be dumber and more evil than the last, because thats what you have to be to see the last version of them and go "oh yeah thats so cool"

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We are creating special Phoenix fountain pens as a support project for urushi craftspeople affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake. This project is still ongoing, and we would greatly appreciate your support. forms.gle/RKcGxdjdUeXq...

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