Dat was wel te verwachten - besluit komt wel eerder dan verwacht … www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

Very interesting find for me, this hidden gem in Münster! www.franz-hitze-haus.de/aktuelles/ar...

Rubio is part of what NYT Carl Hulse in 2019 called DC’s Catholic mafia.That Catholic mafia centered on Leonard Leo’s web & front groups includes 6 Supremes, JD, Homan on immigration, Heritage, Rubio foreign thuggery & nearly 40% of trump cabinet. Calling Pope Leo www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

Today an unexpected start of a re-discovery journey into the 1970’s Beethoven recordings by Karl Böhm and the Wiener

Let’s see how this will develop in the Vance USA … www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

“By characterizing administrative changes as “satanic” influence, Moscow creates a pretext to intervene in the internal affairs of EU democracies.” The increasing danger of trying to build authoritarian and territorial ambitions on religious pretexts…

Great new album from Linda Williams - and very very true and honest. Opening song: ‘The World’s Gone Wrong’:

Pope Leo and the "worldly mentality" criticized by both Benedict XVI and Francis open.substack.com/pub/hendromu...

NEW: One of Pope Leo XIV’s top U.S. allies, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, is calling for the defunding of ICE. Tobin says the “lawless organization” is a “machinery of death.” This marks the first time a senior Church leader has called for ICE to be defunded. More are expected in the coming days.

Very informative and well-balanced essay on more than relevant and actual issues regarding the interplay of theology, politics, liberalism and power - tx to @remaz.bsky.social mailchi.mp/3e949dd19487...

Benieuwd naar hoe zich de discussie hierover gaat ontwikkelen in NL, maar ook in Duitsland. En ook of we iets geleerd hebben van wat langer (90 jaar) geleden ….

This is the man they want you to think, in defiance of a video you can see with your own eyes, was a murderous assassin.

Alex Pretti wasn’t a part of “engineered chaos.” He was a nurse who cared about people. An individual. What is “engineered chaos” is what this admin is doing in blue cities to justify invocation of the insurrection act.

None if this happened w/0 far right Catholic Leonard Leo, 6 far right Catholic Supremes, Catholic led Project 2025, Catholic Tom Homan, JD & the almost 40% MAGA Catholic trump cabinet. All w blood on their hands. Catholic Bishops - clean up your own house! medium.com/@thcarter123...

This is an actual post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: Praising ICE after Alex Pretti was killed, blaming the Democratic leadership of Minnesota, and writing that ICE is greater/better than Minnesota. He is actively demeaning the people of Minnesota just hours after Pretti was murdered.

After ‘Identity’ another great new album with German piano music at its very best by Kenji Miura. Also read his very personal thoughts on this selection (and) ‘Heimat’ in the booklet! www.highresaudio.com/en/artist/vi...

House Democrats called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to allow them to visit the minimum-security federal prison in Texas where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held. More than a dozen whistle-blowers have come forward with reports of her receiving perks in prison.

Tired of a faith that feels like a constraint? In a powerful new article on PublicOrthodoxy, Crystallia Latsara explores the revolutionary vision of Maria Skobtsova. The article delves into how modern spirituality distorts into four cages: bureaucratic, ritualistic, aesthetic, and ascetic. (1/5)

“The human animal, human society, flourishes, not to the extent that it possesses riches, but to the extent that we give life to each other, to the extent that we imitate the creativity of God.” Herbert McCabe, Poverty and God, 2003

Unbelievable and frightening that the codes for the US atomic (retaliation) force are in the custody of this US ‘president’ Trump. @vreij.bsky.social

“Diplomacy with a T-Rex ??” Hilarious - and very much to the point.

At a recent demonstration in Greenland …..

“what people want from the insurance system is pretty simple. They don’t want to be empowered consumers or healthcare comparison shoppers. They just want to know that when they’re sick they can get treated.” www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-heal...

Reminder - There is no ICE Gestapo in Minneapolis w/o Leonard Leo. No invasion of Venezuela, no razing or genocide in Gaza, no threats to Greenland, no crippling tariffs. trump could not have been elected in 2016 or 2024 w/o Catholic Christofascist Leo. thcarter123.substack.com/p/leonard-le...

A devout seminary graduate, trusted by a top bishop. His friend, a theologian and choirman. Both arrested on absurd charges, tortured, and now face 20 years. Their crime? Being Orthodox men of Ukrainian heritage who questioned the war. (1/6)

Trump appoints a board to supervise the demolition of Gaza and construction there of a Trump casino and resort. He picks strictly friends and family, starting with his own son-in-law. www.ft.com/content/e98e...

Kleine landen kunnen hun borst nat maken. Maar gelukkig zal een NEXIT Nederland weer sterk maken ….

Die neue Weltordnung ist eine sehr alte. Ein Rückfall um Jahrhunderte. Aber nun mit Nuklear-Proliferation. Wo ist der Unterschied zwischen Miller, Dugin oder Putin?

What a wonderful live(!) program by BBC radio and Petroc Trekawlny from Philadelphia thus winter morning. Interesting, informative, inspiring. Highly recommended ! www.bbc.co.uk programmes/m002pfw3bv

Goed geschreven en inhoudelijk volkomen overtuigend deze bijdrage in Trouw. Met verwijzing naar onder andere België, Duitsland en Frankrijk luidt de terechte conclusie dat academische kwaliteit niet begint bij Engels maar bij het vermogen om in de eigen taal precies te denken.

Make it viral.

In a stunning breach of diplomatic norms, Trump's ambassador to the Holy See issued a statement that misrepresented Pope Leo’s remarks on Venezuela in order to defend the U.S. military invasion. Such a misrepresentation is unprecedented in the history of formal relations between the two governments

Wat is de Brabantse Wal toch een mooi en divers gebied - keer op keer !

Exactly- you would expect a bishop to have at least a basic understanding of the early Christian notion of koinonia. Or at the very least to preach in the spirit thereof ….

Helder duidelijk en zeer noodzakelijk hoofdredactioneel commentaar van @trouw.nl

Denk dat Suriname over niet al te lange tijd ook aan de beurt is. Net als Mexico een vrouw aan het roer daar - dat zint hem al helemaal niet … nos.nl/artikel/2596...

In case anyone thought it was about anything but oil. The neanderthal base is cheering him on over on the Nazi site, they want him to go into Mexico and Colombia now, This IS what they voted for, youtu.be/BjZnnqzO-5w?...

Absolute must-read !

One Russian independent media outlet spoke with 14 residents in Valdai, where supposedly almost 100 drones tried to attack Putin's palace. None heard anything, nor had any text alerts about drone danger. #RussiaLies

Eine #Demokratie, … die glaubt, mit #Faschisten reden, verhandeln oder sie aufwerten zu müssen, hat ihr eigenes Prinzip nicht verstanden. Wer den #SchutzDerDemokratie ernst meint, zieht klare Grenzen … alles andere ist kein Dialog, sondern Selbstauflösung. #AFDVerbot unverzüglich! 🖖

Dit gesprek met slechts drie (eigenwijze maar tevreden) gebruikers maakt al duidelijk dat op maatschappelijk niveau dit soort medicatie als ozempic geen echte oplossing biedt in de bestrijding van overgewicht. Tijdelijk en individueel succes mogelijk, maar vergt veel doorzettingsvermogen en €€.

How many Muslims a country has or how it treats Muslims has nothing to do with nuclear responsibility. Nuclear armed countries with higher percentages of Muslims than the UK or France: Russia, India, Israel, and esp Pakistan. Vance is anti-Europe because he thinks it's not white enough. That's it.

A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America

Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten somehow -no, extremely powerfully - expresses the feelings at the end of this year. Doomsday seems approaching with large and powerful steps from various directions. Hope the good, beautiful and truthful forces will prevail (again?) in the year to come.

Murder rate per 100k inhabitants for US, Russia and Germany. The first two recommend to the Germans to vote for AfD because the criminally rate is increasing. It's self speaking...

It begins. The EU lawmaker who was in charge of digital affairs during 🇪🇺President von der Leyen's first term has been banned from entering the United States, because the 🇺🇸 tech giants and government don't like the EU's tech laws. What will be the 🇪🇺President's response?

Rediscovering the great Deutsches Requiem by Brahms in the new and superbly clear and musical recording by the Pygmalion ensemble with Raphaël Pichon open.qobuz.com/album/nwcepm...