MIN S3AT STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET, MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS. DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING." DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP. TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME, "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON." NOT METAPHOR. NOT HYPERBOLE. A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK. PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED. UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL. UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS. STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM. STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM." STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH. YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE LIKE A LULLABY, WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE. YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO "HEAL THE LAND" IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND. THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING. THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT. IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD. GROWTH ALWAYS IS.

Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)

Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.

This. This.. This!! ⬇️

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake felt west of Oregon Coast Portland, Ore. (KOIN) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was recorded about 183 miles west of Bandon, Ore. Thursday afternoon. According to the USGS, the quake shook along the Cascadia Subduction Z…

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake felt west of Oregon Coast

Ha ha ha yes!

I’ve got one sitting on the counter right now. Been there three weeks at least

#Migraine day. Meds aren’t working and the cat wants me on the couch (upright), not in bed. My word of the day is “endure.”

Been reading other migraine-related posts to remind myself I’m not the only one….

Legacy APP healthcare workers to meet for mediation, but strike to continue PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After four days of striking, Advanced Practice Providers with Legacy are now set to return to the bargaining table, the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced Saturday. O…

ONA added the APPs will be holding a “solidarity rally” outside Legacy Good Samaritan where they will be joined by union officials, state lawmakers and others late Saturday morning.

Nobody prepares you for the quiet after treatment ends – the follow-up scans, the weird guilt, the pressure to be “back to normal” when you’re still exhausted. It’s okay to rebuild slowly and ask for help. #CancerSurvivor #cancer #YouBeatCancerNowWhat #oncoksy #cansky

135 Legacy Health nurse practitioners, other specialists plan open-ended strike The workers say they have been trying to negotiate a new labor contract since they unionized in late 2023.

The workers say they have been trying to negotiate a new labor contract since they unionized in late 2023.

BREAKING: Starbucks Workers are on STRIKE! YouTube video by Starbucks Workers United

🚨BREAKING: Starbucks baristas and allies are at the York, PA Regional Distribution Center — the largest in the country — demanding Starbucks bargain in good faith.

Baristas are 7 days into an open-ended ULP strike to win a fair contract. Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZY...

So #medsky, the secret is out. BIG NEWS!! I am sooo very excited to share my thoughts on healing that truly honors the body’s wisdom and innate healing. I’ve learned so much in the process of writing this. I hope it can be a companion in your journey, as a healer or someone who is seeking healing ❤️‍🩹

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

unplanned EHR down time.

LBCA is happy to see that ILC and the need for targeted research is finally getting national attention thanks to this excellent report from the American Cancer Society, we are proud that LBCA's advocacy helped make it happen! pressroom.cancer.org/lobular-brea... #lobularbreastcancer #ilcawareness

A fluffy orange cat sleeping with his tongue out on a blanket striped with purple, white, gray, and black.

My sweetest sleepy little guy… #caturday

California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.

Your next scan is “routine.” But your brain doesn’t care. Heart races. Sleep vanishes. Every cough is a worst-case scenario. Scanxiety is survival mode reactivated. You’re not overreacting. You’re remembering. Be kind to yourself this week. #YouBeatCancerNowWhat #oncsky #cansky #cancerbs

Clean scans. 🎉 Nine years cancer-free!

Annual mammogram in a few days. Starting to feel the anxiety ramp up. Was initially diagnosed after my very first mammogram. No signs, symptoms or other oddities.

Really wish those “know your lemons” memes showed a perfectly shaped, unflawed lemon as what cancer can look like, too. #cansky #lobmob

A pink rose, a little past its prime with dark green leaves.

The blue gradient of the sky, looking up. The top of a tree shows in the lower left of the image.

Taking a break in the hospital garden. Lying on a bench under the roses. 🌱

Settle down, settle down

Yikes!

Healthcare professionals are trained to focus on the patient during a critical illness.

After all, they inhabit the body that contains the wound, the dysfunction, the disease that threatens their life.

But there’s someone else in the room who has been deeply affected by the very same pathology.

📌

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

An orange cat laying in a paper bag not making eye contact with the photographer.

Somebody’s pouting because I’m in a zoom meeting and not paying attention to him. #orangecat

Two green leaves and a Fuschia flower with light pink outer petals and darker pink inner petals. Fuchsia ‘Galadriel’

It’s a delight to see flowers blooming on my little balcony 🌱 Fuchsia ‘Galadriel’

If difficult, upsetting, painful situations could be made easier by words alone then life would be a lot easier.

Try and be kind and thoughtful in the words you use, of course. But words alone can’t heal. You can’t fix this. So be there alongside us as we try to endure.

#cansky

So, so true….