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”
Every single day it gets so, so, so much worse here.
We don't have to guess how an at-will public employment system will be used under Trump, because we have a de facto at-will system already in place.
Under that system, here are some of the reasons you can be fired from the federal government:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
Under that system, here are some of the reasons you can be fired from the federal government:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Every single day it gets so, so, so much worse here.
1,000 times yes to this:
I am no longer listening to or supporting any journalist who sits there while the president insults and demeans one of their colleagues. Get a spine or go away.
Courage only counts if you use it when it’s courageous to use it. Otherwise it’s cowardice wrapped in excuses
Courage only counts if you use it when it’s courageous to use it. Otherwise it’s cowardice wrapped in excuses
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1,000 times yes to this:
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Trump, Noem, and their ICE minions are sadists, pure and simple.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trump, Noem, and their ICE minions are sadists, pure and simple.
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Just A Hint Of Sunlight. 8°C with rain approaching. Starlings.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Just A Hint Of Sunlight. 8°C with rain approaching. Starlings.
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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A Watery Sun. 9°C with views to the River Humber. Sheep on the hillside.
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A Watery Sun. 9°C with views to the River Humber. Sheep on the hillside.
Meditating today on this gem by @josephfasano.bsky.social
“…he didn’t ask if he deserved that mercy. He stood. He took the new life.”
“…he didn’t ask if he deserved that mercy. He stood. He took the new life.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Meditating today on this gem by @josephfasano.bsky.social
“…he didn’t ask if he deserved that mercy. He stood. He took the new life.”
“…he didn’t ask if he deserved that mercy. He stood. He took the new life.”
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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I saw it today –
two banks of Kyiv:
one with electricity,
the other without.
A powerful sight.
two banks of Kyiv:
one with electricity,
the other without.
A powerful sight.
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I saw it today –
two banks of Kyiv:
one with electricity,
the other without.
A powerful sight.
two banks of Kyiv:
one with electricity,
the other without.
A powerful sight.
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Kevin Kallaugher, The Economist
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Kevin Kallaugher, The Economist
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Early Morning Light. 4°C and in need of wellies. Hares in the valley.
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Early Morning Light. 4°C and in need of wellies. Hares in the valley.
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An Early Evening Wander. 3°C and clear skies. Rooks heading for nests.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
An Early Evening Wander. 3°C and clear skies. Rooks heading for nests.
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There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
1,000 times yes to every word of this:
"This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
No one went hungry in the presence of Jesus, and no one should live with food scarcity in a land filled with supposed Christians."
"This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
No one went hungry in the presence of Jesus, and no one should live with food scarcity in a land filled with supposed Christians."
Over and over, Jesus made it clear: food is not something people need to prove themselves worthy of.
This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...
This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-fed-...
SNAP is What Jesus Would Be Doing. That's Why MAGA Christians Are Trying to Kill It.
The sin of cruelty toward the hungry
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
1,000 times yes to every word of this:
"This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
No one went hungry in the presence of Jesus, and no one should live with food scarcity in a land filled with supposed Christians."
"This is not about humanity deserving to be fed but about the inhumanity of those withholding the meal.
No one went hungry in the presence of Jesus, and no one should live with food scarcity in a land filled with supposed Christians."
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When your order is to "kill everybody," and that includes survivors clinging to debris in the middle of the ocean, you're not making the country safer. You're just committing murder. My latest cartoon on Pepperspectives. @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
When your order is to "kill everybody," and that includes survivors clinging to debris in the middle of the ocean, you're not making the country safer. You're just committing murder. My latest cartoon on Pepperspectives. @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
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I’m keep thinking about all the taxpayer dollars they are going to need to entertain the massive crowds who will fill a ballroom this size. All while millions can barely afford food and housing….and those who cannot. That ballroom is a monument to this country’s shame at electing Trump.
The ballroom Mr. Trump is planning now is more than four times as large as the 20,000-square-foot one at Mar-a-Lago.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’m keep thinking about all the taxpayer dollars they are going to need to entertain the massive crowds who will fill a ballroom this size. All while millions can barely afford food and housing….and those who cannot. That ballroom is a monument to this country’s shame at electing Trump.
This interview and documentary will break your heart, as it should.
What Trump/Musk’s destruction of USAID has done to the world will be forever and ever a tragedy.
What Trump/Musk’s destruction of USAID has done to the world will be forever and ever a tragedy.
Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... via @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This interview and documentary will break your heart, as it should.
What Trump/Musk’s destruction of USAID has done to the world will be forever and ever a tragedy.
What Trump/Musk’s destruction of USAID has done to the world will be forever and ever a tragedy.
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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Down By The Beck. -2°C and a sharp frost. Wood Pigeon.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Down By The Beck. -2°C and a sharp frost. Wood Pigeon.
Exactly this:
"I don't think we've ever seen a president of the United States whose goal is to make us hate each other....you knew that they were just taking different positions on what they thought was best for us."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @gtconway.bsky.social in George Conway Explains It All:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @gtconway.bsky.social in George Conway Explains It All:
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Exactly this:
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Evening Light. 5°C and the thaw in full progress. One Labrador.
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Evening Light. 5°C and the thaw in full progress. One Labrador.