Megan Castellan
@revlucymeg.bsky.social
Episcopal priest, who is here now. Thoughts/opinions not those of employer. She/her
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hi, part of my job is being with grieving people and I want to say to you very gently
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
hi, part of my job is being with grieving people and I want to say to you very gently
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
5 classes you took at university:
1. Literature about the Holocaust (How we talk about the Worst Thing Ever)
2. Literature about American Crime (How we talk about crime)
3. Islam and Modernity (aka Why the 2003 War is About to be Very Bad, omg)
4. Job and Suffering
5. Scottish mystery novels
1. Literature about the Holocaust (How we talk about the Worst Thing Ever)
2. Literature about American Crime (How we talk about crime)
3. Islam and Modernity (aka Why the 2003 War is About to be Very Bad, omg)
4. Job and Suffering
5. Scottish mystery novels
5 classes you took at university
1. Geological Catastrophes
2. 3 Generals in the Lord's Army: Religion and Slave Revolts
3. Newton to Einstein: the Story of Light
4. Non-Canonical Gospels
5. The One that had Dar Williams In It
1. Geological Catastrophes
2. 3 Generals in the Lord's Army: Religion and Slave Revolts
3. Newton to Einstein: the Story of Light
4. Non-Canonical Gospels
5. The One that had Dar Williams In It
5 classes you took in university
1. Introduction to Byzantine History
2. Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Cultural History
3. The Reformation in Mecklenburg
4. German literature of the Crusades
5. NT Greek
1. Introduction to Byzantine History
2. Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Cultural History
3. The Reformation in Mecklenburg
4. German literature of the Crusades
5. NT Greek
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
5 classes you took at university:
1. Literature about the Holocaust (How we talk about the Worst Thing Ever)
2. Literature about American Crime (How we talk about crime)
3. Islam and Modernity (aka Why the 2003 War is About to be Very Bad, omg)
4. Job and Suffering
5. Scottish mystery novels
1. Literature about the Holocaust (How we talk about the Worst Thing Ever)
2. Literature about American Crime (How we talk about crime)
3. Islam and Modernity (aka Why the 2003 War is About to be Very Bad, omg)
4. Job and Suffering
5. Scottish mystery novels
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You can support our neighbors in Minnesota and participate in a long-running Episcopal in-joke at the same time! @theodramatist.com is donating proceeds from DIOCESE of Minnesota merch to support the community:
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January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
You can support our neighbors in Minnesota and participate in a long-running Episcopal in-joke at the same time! @theodramatist.com is donating proceeds from DIOCESE of Minnesota merch to support the community:
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Jamelle is right about this (and the quoted screenshot is insightful). The response of Bill Stringfellow 50 years ago is extremely apt, so read this thread.
bsky.app/profile/drew...
bsky.app/profile/drew...
i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.
disturbingly plausible
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Jamelle is right about this (and the quoted screenshot is insightful). The response of Bill Stringfellow 50 years ago is extremely apt, so read this thread.
bsky.app/profile/drew...
bsky.app/profile/drew...
It’s not that this is the bare minimum. It’s that the Democrats looked at the bare minimum, went “wow. Seems hard.” And promptly did a tenth of it. JUST ABOLISH THE THING, YOU GUYS.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the party agreed on three main goals:
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It’s not that this is the bare minimum. It’s that the Democrats looked at the bare minimum, went “wow. Seems hard.” And promptly did a tenth of it. JUST ABOLISH THE THING, YOU GUYS.
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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
It’s true that when you have kids, you discover love in a different way. What they don’t tell you is you also discover new depths of loathing. “You hurt my kid? I will now stay awake nights, envisioning different ways of screaming at you.” Opportunities for spiritual growth all over the damn place
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It’s true that when you have kids, you discover love in a different way. What they don’t tell you is you also discover new depths of loathing. “You hurt my kid? I will now stay awake nights, envisioning different ways of screaming at you.” Opportunities for spiritual growth all over the damn place
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Just shut it down, my dude.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Just shut it down, my dude.
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A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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"Since January 2010, 364 people have died as the result of encounters with CBP agents... [This is] an undercount. According to a 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office, CBP does not have reliable information on deaths and has not consistently reported [this] information to Congress."
Border Patrol shot someone in Arizona this morning outside Arivaca.
The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are not unusual. Border Patrol agents have killed hundreds of people over the past few years. We know about Renee and Alex because Border Patrol was deployed in a city, in front of cameras.
The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are not unusual. Border Patrol agents have killed hundreds of people over the past few years. We know about Renee and Alex because Border Patrol was deployed in a city, in front of cameras.
Fatal Encounters with CBP
www.southernborder.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
"Since January 2010, 364 people have died as the result of encounters with CBP agents... [This is] an undercount. According to a 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office, CBP does not have reliable information on deaths and has not consistently reported [this] information to Congress."
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Abolish ICE is the floor.
Abolish Border Patrol.
Abolish DHS.
Abolish militarized borders and just fucking let people migrate wherever they need to go.
Abolish Border Patrol.
Abolish DHS.
Abolish militarized borders and just fucking let people migrate wherever they need to go.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Abolish ICE is the floor.
Abolish Border Patrol.
Abolish DHS.
Abolish militarized borders and just fucking let people migrate wherever they need to go.
Abolish Border Patrol.
Abolish DHS.
Abolish militarized borders and just fucking let people migrate wherever they need to go.
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
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I assume this means John Cage’s estate will be next to pull their support, which will mean someone will need to just run a noise machine there 24/7. NO MORE 4.33.
Good for him. Good for him. Good for. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good for. For. For. For him. Him. Him. Good him. Good him. Good for him.
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I assume this means John Cage’s estate will be next to pull their support, which will mean someone will need to just run a noise machine there 24/7. NO MORE 4.33.
I’ve been listening to Anthem from Chess on repeat for the last few weeks, but no, I’m fine, how about you.
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I’ve been listening to Anthem from Chess on repeat for the last few weeks, but no, I’m fine, how about you.
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We will crush the skulls of our enemies beneath our boots and hear the lamentations of their women.
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We will crush the skulls of our enemies beneath our boots and hear the lamentations of their women.
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
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"Non-violent tactics that waste a company’s time or money are really effective. For Enterprise, we’ve made and cancelled car reservations, saying the roads are too icy. At Home Depot... people [lined] up to buy ice scrapers and then getting in line to return them, in a way that clogs the lines."
"We had one hotel publicly refuse to house ICE, which became a big national news story when DHS went after them. That’s a hotel we were targeting, and it was mostly because of our pressure. We had two more hotels temporarily shut down to avoid housing ICE..."
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-minnea...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-minnea...
How to Block ICE In Your City
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay on effective tactics to disrupt ICE—and the need to target corporate collaborators
www.laborpolitics.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"Non-violent tactics that waste a company’s time or money are really effective. For Enterprise, we’ve made and cancelled car reservations, saying the roads are too icy. At Home Depot... people [lined] up to buy ice scrapers and then getting in line to return them, in a way that clogs the lines."
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Minneapolis' "playbook" is not the Viet Cong's; it's the organizational skills you develop as an active Lutheran.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Minneapolis' "playbook" is not the Viet Cong's; it's the organizational skills you develop as an active Lutheran.
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someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
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The noble army of martyrs praise thee.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The noble army of martyrs praise thee.
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The civil rights movement called its protests "demonstrations" because they were meant to demonstrate to the general public just how evil the status quo was and how depraved its defenders were.
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The civil rights movement called its protests "demonstrations" because they were meant to demonstrate to the general public just how evil the status quo was and how depraved its defenders were.
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
WAIT WAIT WAIT. I WAS TOLD GUNS DONT KILL PEOPLE; PEOPLE DO. SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
WAIT WAIT WAIT. I WAS TOLD GUNS DONT KILL PEOPLE; PEOPLE DO. SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.
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He can’t imagine a potluck dinner.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He can’t imagine a potluck dinner.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM