Matt Staneck
@mattstaneck.bsky.social
I love the Phish from Vermont and I pastor a Lutheran parish in Queens (also: Mets fan, Rangers fan, amateur urban farmer, writer).
It’s amazing how many people didn’t need to do this and they would have been remembered well—especially Rudy Giuliani and Howard Lutnick. Both experienced immense professional and personal tragedy during 9/11, especially Lutnick, and yet here they are in their golden years…
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It’s amazing how many people didn’t need to do this and they would have been remembered well—especially Rudy Giuliani and Howard Lutnick. Both experienced immense professional and personal tragedy during 9/11, especially Lutnick, and yet here they are in their golden years…
Love Zucc. Not sure why they had to deal him to rebuild.
A rebuild that failed at that.
A rebuild that failed at that.
Former Ranger Mats Zuccarello is wearing a special jersey in warmups to honor Sam Rosen's 40 years with the team. Sam's retiring at the end of the season.
What a class act. 💙
What a class act. 💙
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Love Zucc. Not sure why they had to deal him to rebuild.
A rebuild that failed at that.
A rebuild that failed at that.
April 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Our society is not healthy enough to endure such sustained exposure to absolutely rancid New York Metro dudes. Even for those of us who have developed an immunity through long exposure this level of Long Island Guy is unsafe.
😱 Commerce Sec’y Lutnick (worth $2-4B): “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks…my mother-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain…a fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming and yelling and complaining”
March 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Our society is not healthy enough to endure such sustained exposure to absolutely rancid New York Metro dudes. Even for those of us who have developed an immunity through long exposure this level of Long Island Guy is unsafe.
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ELON (PUSHING AWAY SON): Donald. Donald, you have to see the memes from today, they’re totally legendary.
SCAVINO (EYES BULGING EVEN MORE THAN USUAL): That’s MISTER PRES—
TRUMP (EYES CLOSED, MOUTH BARELY MOVING): Alright, Dave. Okay. Elon, those are really terrific.
SCAVINO (EYES BULGING EVEN MORE THAN USUAL): That’s MISTER PRES—
TRUMP (EYES CLOSED, MOUTH BARELY MOVING): Alright, Dave. Okay. Elon, those are really terrific.
March 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
ELON (PUSHING AWAY SON): Donald. Donald, you have to see the memes from today, they’re totally legendary.
SCAVINO (EYES BULGING EVEN MORE THAN USUAL): That’s MISTER PRES—
TRUMP (EYES CLOSED, MOUTH BARELY MOVING): Alright, Dave. Okay. Elon, those are really terrific.
SCAVINO (EYES BULGING EVEN MORE THAN USUAL): That’s MISTER PRES—
TRUMP (EYES CLOSED, MOUTH BARELY MOVING): Alright, Dave. Okay. Elon, those are really terrific.
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*new yorker* "Ah, New York! Greatest city in the world! I could never live anywhere else. The people! The culture! Our long line of criminally insane mayors whose catastrophic politics and ruinous personal ethics are only rivaled by our equally long line of future criminally insane mayors."
March 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
*new yorker* "Ah, New York! Greatest city in the world! I could never live anywhere else. The people! The culture! Our long line of criminally insane mayors whose catastrophic politics and ruinous personal ethics are only rivaled by our equally long line of future criminally insane mayors."
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MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber has a message for New Yorkers: Congestion pricing is working, and it’s making New York a better place.
February 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber has a message for New Yorkers: Congestion pricing is working, and it’s making New York a better place.
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I want a leader who runs the government like a business. Specifically like the worst family-owned business imaginable. A pet store where the tropical fish have all somehow contracted gonorrhea. A failing adult bookstore run by two feuding brothers who keep trying to blow up each others' cars.
February 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I want a leader who runs the government like a business. Specifically like the worst family-owned business imaginable. A pet store where the tropical fish have all somehow contracted gonorrhea. A failing adult bookstore run by two feuding brothers who keep trying to blow up each others' cars.
Phish at Forest Hills Stadium is going to be amazing. The venue is the original US Open tennis championships stadium and is not that big at all. It has to be one of the smaller venues they’ve played recently.
It also has a 10PM curfew so expect a showtime of about 7PM sharp!
It also has a 10PM curfew so expect a showtime of about 7PM sharp!
PHISH 2025 SUMMER TOUR
June 20-22 Manchester, NH
June 24 Pittsburgh, PA
June 27+28 Austin, TX
July 3-5 Boulder, CO
July 9 Columbus, OH
July 11-13 North Charleston, SC
July 15+16 Philadelphia, PA
July 18-20 Chicago, IL
July 22+23 Forest Hills, NY
July 25-27 Saratoga Springs, NY
June 20-22 Manchester, NH
June 24 Pittsburgh, PA
June 27+28 Austin, TX
July 3-5 Boulder, CO
July 9 Columbus, OH
July 11-13 North Charleston, SC
July 15+16 Philadelphia, PA
July 18-20 Chicago, IL
July 22+23 Forest Hills, NY
July 25-27 Saratoga Springs, NY
February 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Phish at Forest Hills Stadium is going to be amazing. The venue is the original US Open tennis championships stadium and is not that big at all. It has to be one of the smaller venues they’ve played recently.
It also has a 10PM curfew so expect a showtime of about 7PM sharp!
It also has a 10PM curfew so expect a showtime of about 7PM sharp!
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Phish has been nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for the first time this year. Full list of nominees:
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Phish has been nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for the first time this year. Full list of nominees:
Here’s a good Bible study guide that the LCMS produced in 2018, based on the 2012 Report: Immigrants Among Us.
reporter.lcms.org/2018/ctcr-bi...
reporter.lcms.org/2018/ctcr-bi...
CTCR Bible study: 'Immigrants Among Us: A Lutheran Framework for Addressing Immigration Issues'
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations offers a Bible study on “Immigrants Among Us.”
reporter.lcms.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Here’s a good Bible study guide that the LCMS produced in 2018, based on the 2012 Report: Immigrants Among Us.
reporter.lcms.org/2018/ctcr-bi...
reporter.lcms.org/2018/ctcr-bi...
This is going to be super awkward since Elon Musk is currently being anti-Christian.
President Trump says he's signing an executive order to make AG Pam Bondi the head of a task force "to eradicate anti-Christian bias."
Expect to see lots of litigation on this!
Expect to see lots of litigation on this!
February 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is going to be super awkward since Elon Musk is currently being anti-Christian.
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You know when you walk by a Golden Retriever and it looks at you with an expression that's like "hell yeah man we're on the sidewalk, how sick is that." I feel like that is broadly Pete Alonso's approach to being a Met, and that is the biggest part of why I'm glad he's back with the team.
February 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
You know when you walk by a Golden Retriever and it looks at you with an expression that's like "hell yeah man we're on the sidewalk, how sick is that." I feel like that is broadly Pete Alonso's approach to being a Met, and that is the biggest part of why I'm glad he's back with the team.
I guess all those warnings about the government coming for the church were right after all.
For those keeping track, since taking office, Trump, Musk, Vance and the Trump admin have cast aspersions on and/or cut funds to:
* An Episcopal bishop
* The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
* Lutheran service groups
* A Christian service group
* An array of religious groups that aid refugees
* An Episcopal bishop
* The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
* Lutheran service groups
* A Christian service group
* An array of religious groups that aid refugees
Another thing buried in here: folks didn't make as big a deal of it as when Musk went after Lutherans, but Musk *also* went after Church World Service — which resettles refugees and does other things as a cooperative ministry of several Christian denominations — in a tweet yesterday.
February 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I guess all those warnings about the government coming for the church were right after all.
Instead of funding research and supportive resources for autism we will get measles, mumps, and rubella.
BREAKING
GOP Senator Bill Cassidy says he is voting YES on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This guarantees that his nomination will advance out of committee and move to a full Senate vote.
GOP Senator Bill Cassidy says he is voting YES on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This guarantees that his nomination will advance out of committee and move to a full Senate vote.
February 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Instead of funding research and supportive resources for autism we will get measles, mumps, and rubella.
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“My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and reading the psalms.”
— Dorothy Day
— Dorothy Day
November 16, 2024 at 11:20 PM
“My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and reading the psalms.”
— Dorothy Day
— Dorothy Day
I’ve heard conservative Lutherans complain about and condemn these organizations for years and it comes down to two things:
1) LSS has served a few gay families before
2) LIRS (global refuge) serves refugees who come from other countries.
1) LSS has served a few gay families before
2) LIRS (global refuge) serves refugees who come from other countries.
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’ve heard conservative Lutherans complain about and condemn these organizations for years and it comes down to two things:
1) LSS has served a few gay families before
2) LIRS (global refuge) serves refugees who come from other countries.
1) LSS has served a few gay families before
2) LIRS (global refuge) serves refugees who come from other countries.
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NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
These are amazing organizations that local LCMS districts still work with even though the national church body separated itself from them years ago.
NEW: A statement from Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
“Global Refuge condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the false accusations being lodged against our humanitarian work.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
These are amazing organizations that local LCMS districts still work with even though the national church body separated itself from them years ago.
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36
Luke 6:36
January 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36
Luke 6:36
“online trolling and other such actions are incompatible with a priestly vocation…”
This would wipe out a significant portion of LCMS clergy.
This would wipe out a significant portion of LCMS clergy.
“Mr. Robinson had been warned that online trolling and other such actions are incompatible with a priestly vocation and was told to desist. Clearly, he has not, and as such, his license in this Church has been revoked. He is no longer serving as a priest...” religionnews.com/2025/01/30/a...
Anglican priest Calvin Robinson defrocked over Nazi-like salute
(RNS) — Robinson has defended the gesture, with which he concluded his speech at the National Pro-Life Summit last week, as an ‘attempt at dry wit.’
religionnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“online trolling and other such actions are incompatible with a priestly vocation…”
This would wipe out a significant portion of LCMS clergy.
This would wipe out a significant portion of LCMS clergy.
I quibble with the spelling but I cannot deny that he’s a dawg.
Welcome back, Ryne!
We have signed RHP Ryne Stanek to a one-year contract.
We have signed RHP Ryne Stanek to a one-year contract.
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I quibble with the spelling but I cannot deny that he’s a dawg.
We’re starting up Sunday School this Sunday for the first time in a really long time. We’re excited and a little nervous—but mostly excited.
We’re using this for our curriculum: storymakersnyc.org
We’re using this for our curriculum: storymakersnyc.org
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January 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We’re starting up Sunday School this Sunday for the first time in a really long time. We’re excited and a little nervous—but mostly excited.
We’re using this for our curriculum: storymakersnyc.org
We’re using this for our curriculum: storymakersnyc.org
Looking forward to the LCMS filing an amicus brief!
January 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Looking forward to the LCMS filing an amicus brief!
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1. A quick thread about what you're seeing here from Charlie Kirk and Vice President Vance (note: multiple falsehoods in these screenshots): Conservative ire directed at religious orgs that aid migrants and resettle refugees has been years in the making, and can trace its origins to the far-right.
January 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1. A quick thread about what you're seeing here from Charlie Kirk and Vice President Vance (note: multiple falsehoods in these screenshots): Conservative ire directed at religious orgs that aid migrants and resettle refugees has been years in the making, and can trace its origins to the far-right.