Ann Ahrens 🇺🇦
@aahrens430.bsky.social
Chaplain, PhD Christian Worship
Author: Suffering, Soul Care & Community: The Place of Lament in Corporate Worship. (Wipf & Stock, 2023), musician, teacher.
I enjoy nature, birds, music, poetry.
Author: Suffering, Soul Care & Community: The Place of Lament in Corporate Worship. (Wipf & Stock, 2023), musician, teacher.
I enjoy nature, birds, music, poetry.
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Ann Ahrens 🇺🇦
@aahrens430.bsky.social
· Apr 23
“Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.”
-Mary Oliver “Messenger”
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.”
-Mary Oliver “Messenger”
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Whoa. I'm just going to stare at this for the next hour.
From the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
HT: @revchrisdavis.bsky.social
From the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
HT: @revchrisdavis.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Whoa. I'm just going to stare at this for the next hour.
From the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
HT: @revchrisdavis.bsky.social
From the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
HT: @revchrisdavis.bsky.social
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Early Morning Light. 3°C and muddy tracks. Starlings
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Early Morning Light. 3°C and muddy tracks. Starlings
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A Crisp Morning. 1°C and snow just South of Edinburgh. Rooks.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A Crisp Morning. 1°C and snow just South of Edinburgh. Rooks.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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Snow In North Yorkshire. 1°C at Sutton Bank. Crows 🐦⬛
February 13, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Snow In North Yorkshire. 1°C at Sutton Bank. Crows 🐦⬛
Utter contempt for any human life not their own. No one will ever convince me this madness is necessary. Never ever.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Utter contempt for any human life not their own. No one will ever convince me this madness is necessary. Never ever.
“There are things you can’t reach. But you can reach out to them, and all day long.”
-Mary Oliver, from “Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does it End?”
-Mary Oliver, from “Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does it End?”
February 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“There are things you can’t reach. But you can reach out to them, and all day long.”
-Mary Oliver, from “Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does it End?”
-Mary Oliver, from “Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does it End?”
Bondi kept deflecting by asking why other AG's didn't do something.
No, Ms. Bondi. YOU do something. That should be your answer to the other AG's who didn't. As a woman, as an attorney, as a human. YOU do something.
Excellent post by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
No, Ms. Bondi. YOU do something. That should be your answer to the other AG's who didn't. As a woman, as an attorney, as a human. YOU do something.
Excellent post by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
Dear Ms Bondi,
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Bondi kept deflecting by asking why other AG's didn't do something.
No, Ms. Bondi. YOU do something. That should be your answer to the other AG's who didn't. As a woman, as an attorney, as a human. YOU do something.
Excellent post by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
No, Ms. Bondi. YOU do something. That should be your answer to the other AG's who didn't. As a woman, as an attorney, as a human. YOU do something.
Excellent post by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
Exhibit #5,462 to prove Trump, Miller, Noem, et. al, care nothing about regular folk. (gift link below)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Exhibit #5,462 to prove Trump, Miller, Noem, et. al, care nothing about regular folk. (gift link below)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
This thread from a Minneapolis lawyer working to save immigrants from Trump’s immoral policies is important, especially this part:
People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
27/
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
27/
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
This thread from a Minneapolis lawyer working to save immigrants from Trump’s immoral policies is important, especially this part:
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"I believe he was pardoned."
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"I believe he was pardoned."
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
Why on earth would you fire a gun multiple times at a moving car? This is not Law and Order or NCIS, for crying out loud. These are real, scared humans.
Martin Rascon, a U.S. citizen, shares his harrowing, lawless encounter with ICE: “It felt like we were going to be attacked for no apparent reason.”
ICE is terrorizing our neighbors and communities. It’s long past time for accountability and meaningful reforms.
ICE is terrorizing our neighbors and communities. It’s long past time for accountability and meaningful reforms.
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Why on earth would you fire a gun multiple times at a moving car? This is not Law and Order or NCIS, for crying out loud. These are real, scared humans.
Yikes.
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Yikes.
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From the start, it has appeared these are grown men playing a 5-yr old game of cops and robbers. The masks are the outgrowth of shame. Shame over past or potential acts of violence against those they deem less-than. They should listen to their own hearts.
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
From the start, it has appeared these are grown men playing a 5-yr old game of cops and robbers. The masks are the outgrowth of shame. Shame over past or potential acts of violence against those they deem less-than. They should listen to their own hearts.
Follow the money. It's all that matters to folks like Trump.
4 months after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Forbes reports that Binance now holds $4.7 billion of the $5.4 billion supply of Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin. That is 87%. It is the largest corruption scandal in the history of the US presidency.
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Follow the money. It's all that matters to folks like Trump.
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what we're cutting:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
what we're cutting:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
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Many failures on many levels.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Many failures on many levels.
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Late Afternoon Light. 7°C. A Barn Owl up early.
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Late Afternoon Light. 7°C. A Barn Owl up early.
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Grey Skies. 8°C with an occasional ray of sunshine. Sheep on the hills.
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Grey Skies. 8°C with an occasional ray of sunshine. Sheep on the hills.
It’s hard to believe this is reality. But it very much is the case.
"The [nursing home] director said many of her Jewish residents were distraught at the prospect of losing their Haitian caregivers—and asked if they could hide them, as some gentiles had done for Jews during the Holocaust."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...
Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma
It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.
www.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
It’s hard to believe this is reality. But it very much is the case.
“Looking I mean not just standing around, / but standing around as though with your arms open.”
-Mary Oliver
-Mary Oliver
February 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
“Looking I mean not just standing around, / but standing around as though with your arms open.”
-Mary Oliver
-Mary Oliver
Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
