Peterson Toscano
@petersontoscano.bsky.social
A Quirky Queer Quaker. Hosting Quakers Today & Bubble&Squeak podcasts. Ask me about gender non-conforming Bible characters. 🇿🇦&🇺🇸
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Whenever people gush over AI I'm going to think about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being utterly convinced that he'd discovered real scientific evidence of real fairies because he saw these pictures
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Whenever people gush over AI I'm going to think about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being utterly convinced that he'd discovered real scientific evidence of real fairies because he saw these pictures
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"Among the items Israel restricts are drainage equipment, heaters and solar equipment, and reconstruction items such as cement and timber, many of which are classified as “dual-use” items."
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Winter Cold and Collapsing Buildings Kill Palestinians in Gaza as Israel Blocks Shelter Supplies
A family of three was killed while they slept by a collapsing wall. A one-year-old baby died from the cold. Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza have died from a lack of shelter this winter.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"Among the items Israel restricts are drainage equipment, heaters and solar equipment, and reconstruction items such as cement and timber, many of which are classified as “dual-use” items."
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
All weekend across the USA, listeners are hearing Beverly Dale, Tina Beardsley, and Kyle Casey Chu (Panda Dulce) as I guest-host Spirit in Action.
We explore sex, gender, and Jesus—and how shame, pleasure, politics, and power shape our bodies.
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We explore sex, gender, and Jesus—and how shame, pleasure, politics, and power shape our bodies.
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Sissy Gagged: Sex, Gender, and Jesus
We're fortunate to have Peterson Toscano back today as guest-host for Spirit In Action, is bringing us segments from his Bubble & Squeak podcast. This episode is about sex, gender, and Jesus - and wha...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
All weekend across the USA, listeners are hearing Beverly Dale, Tina Beardsley, and Kyle Casey Chu (Panda Dulce) as I guest-host Spirit in Action.
We explore sex, gender, and Jesus—and how shame, pleasure, politics, and power shape our bodies.
www.northernspiritradio.org/spirit-actio...
We explore sex, gender, and Jesus—and how shame, pleasure, politics, and power shape our bodies.
www.northernspiritradio.org/spirit-actio...
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Make America Bad Bunny again
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Make America Bad Bunny again
NEW Bubble & Squeak: Queer horror writer @ryanlasala.bsky.social & his book, The Dead of Summer. PLUS: A message from the evil spirit who possesses Donald Trump & a Sound Slice from Richmond, VA. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaom...
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
NEW Bubble & Squeak: Queer horror writer @ryanlasala.bsky.social & his book, The Dead of Summer. PLUS: A message from the evil spirit who possesses Donald Trump & a Sound Slice from Richmond, VA. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaom...
Wait, why write horror (esp about queer people,) when there is so much around us already? Queer horror author @ryanlasala.bsky.social explains on the latest Bubble and Squeak podcast. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! youtu.be/Yaom0wSwCGw?...
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Wait, why write horror (esp about queer people,) when there is so much around us already? Queer horror author @ryanlasala.bsky.social explains on the latest Bubble and Squeak podcast. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! youtu.be/Yaom0wSwCGw?...
"I felt like a stranger in a city I used to know by heart... travelling through streets and neighbourhoods that had once been familiar to me, but I barely recognised anything. I kept asking the driver if we were there yet."
‘The faces were familiar, the food was familiar, but we had missed it for so long. The smell took me back years, to a time before all the times I had risked my life to get bread, vegetables or chicken for my family.’
Hassan Ayman Herzallah eats shawarma in Gaza City.
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Hassan Ayman Herzallah eats shawarma in Gaza City.
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Hassan Ayman Herzallah | Shawarma in Gaza City
My friend Mahmoud called to check on me at the beginning of January. We hadn’t been in touch for a while. I told him,...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
"I felt like a stranger in a city I used to know by heart... travelling through streets and neighbourhoods that had once been familiar to me, but I barely recognised anything. I kept asking the driver if we were there yet."
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Check out “Nocturnal Activities,” a new short story by James Hannan on office flirtations, romantic stress, and trying to help mentally ill family members at www.unlikelystories.org/content/noct... #fiction #smallpress #litmag
Nocturnal Activities
Jeremy wore grey combat trousers, an old black Bonds t-shirt and his beaten-up boots. After seven hours on his feet, the back of his heels killed, but with the way the waitstaff dropped stuff on the f...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Check out “Nocturnal Activities,” a new short story by James Hannan on office flirtations, romantic stress, and trying to help mentally ill family members at www.unlikelystories.org/content/noct... #fiction #smallpress #litmag
“Evangelicals may have room for disagreement, but we have to start with the fact that we are called to love and welcome immigrants, not view immigrants as threats or burdens...”
For years, leaders of the Evangelical Immigration Table have summed up the Bible’s view of immigration in three words: Welcome the stranger.
Evangelicals divided over what faith demands as immigration tensions deepen | Anabaptist World
When Szmara founded Immigrant Connection, a church-based network of legal clinics that assist immigrants, in 2014, some churches wanted to get involved, others said it was a good idea, and there was l...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“Evangelicals may have room for disagreement, but we have to start with the fact that we are called to love and welcome immigrants, not view immigrants as threats or burdens...”
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works?” the apostle James (or, most likely, one of his followers) asked. “Surely that faith cannot save, can it?” (James 2:14-15)
"We can’t build the blessed community with thoughts and prayers," Ron Hogan writes. "God wants more from us than just our love and attention; God also wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves—and expects us to put some backbone into it."
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February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works?” the apostle James (or, most likely, one of his followers) asked. “Surely that faith cannot save, can it?” (James 2:14-15)
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Jean Hélion, The Seated Man, 1947
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Jean Hélion, The Seated Man, 1947
"ICE and Border Patrol have come to resemble militias that answer to the president and operate with seeming impunity. The killings in Minneapolis reveal how quickly this evolution has occurred and how deadly its consequences are. "
It is hard to escape the conclusion that ICE’s victimisation of Democratic-leaning cities like Minneapolis is more about politics than stemming illegal immigration
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
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February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
"ICE and Border Patrol have come to resemble militias that answer to the president and operate with seeming impunity. The killings in Minneapolis reveal how quickly this evolution has occurred and how deadly its consequences are. "
What is the legacy of America’s ‘forever wars’ in the Middle East, and does Donald Trump’s chaotic foreign policy really mark a break from what came before?
‘A lot of the limitations of freedom of speech, assembly, even religion, really does emerge in the aftermath of September 11th. In New York, they start arresting random Muslim men right away.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social in the final, live episode of ‘Aftershock’.
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@lalehkhalili.bsky.social in the final, live episode of ‘Aftershock’.
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Episode 6: Aftershock ‘Live’
Podcast Episode · Aftershock: The War on Terror · EP6 · 37m
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February 1, 2026 at 1:28 PM
What is the legacy of America’s ‘forever wars’ in the Middle East, and does Donald Trump’s chaotic foreign policy really mark a break from what came before?
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Hind Rajab’s memory will live forever—just as the spirit of Palestine will never be extinguished.
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Hind Rajab’s memory will live forever—just as the spirit of Palestine will never be extinguished.
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Free Palestine 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #London
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Free Palestine 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine #London
To truly embrace mindfulness or prayer in nature, the brothers suggest leaving our phones behind or, on longer retreats, limiting their use to safety and navigation.
Time spent in nature is not necessarily akin to mindfulness, and cellphones easily follow us outdoors, distracting us from the work of the Spirit. To truly embrace mindfulness or prayer in nature, Phap Xa and Phap Luu suggest leaving our phones behind or limiting their use to safety and navigation.
REVIEWED: Hiking Zen: Train Your Mind in Nature
When we hold the Spirit in movement, our steps speak where words fall short.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
To truly embrace mindfulness or prayer in nature, the brothers suggest leaving our phones behind or, on longer retreats, limiting their use to safety and navigation.
To me, “that of God in everyone” suggests a radical equality among all people.
Every "low and despised" person rejected by the elites has that of God in them. Every outcast has a home in the blessed community.
And when they come together in love and solidarity, it can be, as George Fox urged us to be, "a terror to all the adversaries of God."
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And when they come together in love and solidarity, it can be, as George Fox urged us to be, "a terror to all the adversaries of God."
quaker.org/2026/01/26/w...
January 31, 2026 at 11:45 PM
To me, “that of God in everyone” suggests a radical equality among all people.
Have you read any of @rabihalameddine.bsky.social's books? Please do yourself a favour and pleasure yourself and read one of his books.
January 31, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Have you read any of @rabihalameddine.bsky.social's books? Please do yourself a favour and pleasure yourself and read one of his books.
Yes! Compassion and love for the oddest of characters is a special gift an actor brings to a role.
Why did people love CatherineO'Hara so much? For me, it was not only her sheer talent, her once-in-a-generation gift for comedy and her always unpredictable line readings, but that she imbued a sense of compassion for all her oddball characters. outreach.faith/2026/01/why-...
Why did people love Catherine O’Hara so much? - Outreach
Fr James Martin reflects on just what made Catherine O'Hara's life, legacy and terrific humor so memorable for LGBTQ people.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Yes! Compassion and love for the oddest of characters is a special gift an actor brings to a role.
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El pequeño error de Rosalía al cantar ‘La Perla’ en el concierto por Palestina
https://www.europesays.com/es/370286/
Nadie esperaba ver a Rosalía en Act X Palestine, un concierto solidario con el pueblo palestino cuyos beneficios…
https://www.europesays.com/es/370286/
Nadie esperaba ver a Rosalía en Act X Palestine, un concierto solidario con el pueblo palestino cuyos beneficios…
El pequeño error de Rosalía al cantar 'La Perla' en el concierto por Palestina - España
Nadie esperaba ver a Rosalía en Act X Palestine, un concierto solidario con el pueblo palestino cuyos beneficios se destinarán a apoyar diferentes espacios
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January 30, 2026 at 10:20 PM
El pequeño error de Rosalía al cantar ‘La Perla’ en el concierto por Palestina
https://www.europesays.com/es/370286/
Nadie esperaba ver a Rosalía en Act X Palestine, un concierto solidario con el pueblo palestino cuyos beneficios…
https://www.europesays.com/es/370286/
Nadie esperaba ver a Rosalía en Act X Palestine, un concierto solidario con el pueblo palestino cuyos beneficios…
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At a charity event in Barcelona, football icon Pep Guardiola spoke about the children of Gaza during the Act x Palestine, drawing attention to the ongoing suffering of Palestinian children amid the ongoing Israeli slaughter.
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
At a charity event in Barcelona, football icon Pep Guardiola spoke about the children of Gaza during the Act x Palestine, drawing attention to the ongoing suffering of Palestinian children amid the ongoing Israeli slaughter.
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Welcome back James Grabill, who brings us three poems on emancipating the free, rats starting communes, and old paradigms waving hello-goodbye at www.unlikelystories.org/content/eman... #poetry #smallpress #litmag
"Emancipate the Free," "Presence on Earth," and "Do You Know Where Your Entanglement Is?"
Emancipate the Free Liberate North America from indefatigable public relations firms leveraging full Freud in reverse to infuse your brain with make-believe to exacerbate your uncontainable desires. L...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Welcome back James Grabill, who brings us three poems on emancipating the free, rats starting communes, and old paradigms waving hello-goodbye at www.unlikelystories.org/content/eman... #poetry #smallpress #litmag
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As a climate scientist I am quite sure I could use this reply at least two dozen times per week.
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
As a climate scientist I am quite sure I could use this reply at least two dozen times per week.
Oh Happy Day! I'm thrilled @turnerschofield.bsky.social has turned his play into a film. It is deeply moving, witty, smart, and hilarious. See it and share it. You won't regret it.
Most trans stories on screen end too early. Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps blends comedy, vulnerability, and radical honesty to explore what it means to keep becoming yourself over a lifetime. Now streaming worldwide on Kinema.
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps OFFICIAL TRAILER
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January 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Oh Happy Day! I'm thrilled @turnerschofield.bsky.social has turned his play into a film. It is deeply moving, witty, smart, and hilarious. See it and share it. You won't regret it.