People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die

The only thing keeping me going at this point, is the sabbatical at the end of the tunnel. Well, and my family, of course.

for earth day don’t forget to turn your earth back an hour

Hey late antiquarians congrats to Patricia Cox Miller! (Several folks in religious studies)

It's inevitable that AI will make CEO's obsolete. Sounds ridiculous, right? That's how the AI push is working. Just keep telling people it's inevitable (which it's not) and people will start to believe it. So, let's make CEO's obsolete! It's inevitable!

That's one way to look at it.

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Bingo! There it is. "Each speaker is taking a turn in the ongoing reading of the 66 books of the Bible as recognized by Protestants." apnews.com/article/trum...

"The calamity of a world war, with the economic and social ruin and the moral excesses and dissolution that accompany it, must not on any account be permitted to engulf the human race for a third time." That woke pope, Pius XII, sticking to morality.

I have to print out these proofs, mark them with red pen, and MAIL THEM BACK INTERNATIONALLY? R u kidding me?

"The world has moved on from COVID. The risk hasn’t." - By Professor Adrian Esterman "An epidemiologist explains what the evidence says about when the next pandemic might happen — and why the risk isn’t declining" #COVID19 #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

Menswear writer here. 👋 Let me tell you why you shouldn't wear an armband like that. 🧵

'Following J.D. Vance’s comments earlier this week that the Pope should “stick to morality,” Williams said that he feels “slightly sorry” for the recent Catholic convert – “with just a hint of schadenfreude.”'

There are worse things than losing your head. (St. Denis)

Statement of Jewish Leaders Against the Desecration of a Statue of Jesus in Southern Lebanon docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #interfaith

"He's just joking."

"Some are guilty; all are responsible." Abraham Joshua Heschel

I've never read it, but so many of my students cite the article "Shibboleth Authentication Request" in papers on all different kinds of topics. I should read it one of these days.

I just came across my photo of the same from 1985!

You know what else can do that? A car. Because it's a machine.

#Spolia pavement in the #Aracoeli for a very belated #SpoliaSunday, on Tuesday. The newly-rebuilt #Franciscan basilica was consecrated in 1268 but floor tombs continually disturbed the #Cosmatesque floor, creating the crazy-pavement of reused ancient stone we see here. #AncientBluesky 🏺

Watching as we become a vassal state of Russia and Iran.

Khrystyna Kvyk "The Road to Emmaus" #christianpaintings #ukrainianart

⏳🎉📯D-day -7 Our Zoom workshop on the transmission of knowledge is this coming Sunday! For details and registration (compulsory), scan the QR code or write to me privately. Don't miss out !

The Decennalia Base in the Forum Romanum was dedicated ca 303 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the junior tetrarchs, the Caesars rulers, known as "Caesars", Galerius and Contantius Chlorus, the father of Constantine. 📷🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/wegUhT #photography #archaeology #Rome Ancient BlueSky 🏺

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Pope Leo once again subtly communicating his affinity for the White Sox #SartorialTheology

The Decennalia Base in the Forum Romanum was dedicated ca 303 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the junior tetrarchs, the Caesars rulers, known as "Caesars", Galerius and Contantius Chlorus, the father of Constantine. 📷🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/wegUhT #photography #archaeology #Rome Ancient BlueSky 🏺

I'm old enough to remember when there was free movement through the Strait of Hormuz. And so is ma figghia.

If this pays out, it's more than the royalties I would have received in a hundred lifetimes.

There is such an obsessive idolatry about the death penalty and war with some Catholics. Look, if you're going to point to Genesis 9 to justify the death penalty, you should at least not do it over a rare prime rib.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

This is a dance-off. If you see this, repost with a dance.

Bishops doubling down

this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.

VATICAN: Pope Leo XIV met on Thursday evening with a group of 12 representatives of several Cameroonian Islamic communities, some of whom he had received in Rome in December 2025

So happy for Julie!

More powerful words from Pope Leo in Bamenda, Cameroon

omg my calendar is empty tomorrow!

did I mention I'm tired? 🥱

Please, let's not get into a Pharisee-name-calling mud slinger. Leave the Pharisees out of this, even if you're a Christian with a very different political view. This has nothing to do with Pharisees. It has everything to do with the Christian habit of slurring their opponents as "Jews".

The fact that long COVID is now the #1 chronic illness in children, having surpassed asthma in only six years, proves that ridiculous lie false. Anyone who ever believed it has never been around children in their lives. People who believe that it's normal for kids to be sick *all the time,* same.

Why does it feel like all the questions on this grant application are the same question over and over, just re-worded, to see if I'll just give up?

Interesting that Latin writers were also playing numerical games with Nero's name as perhaps the author of Revelation was doing with the (in)famous 666 (or 616 depending on your ms.).

April 15, 1926: Marco Modugno, the spaghetti eating champion of the world, is found dead at 30 in his Los Angeles home. He recently claimed a record of devouring 138 miles of pasta in 138 minutes. His landlord “believed he died as the result of his excessive eating proclivities.”

The U.S. Bishops release a statement clarifying Pope Leo's authority and just war theory www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...