It is but on a related note I sometimes wonder whether some overcorrect re the Germans There is a reason some of the most famous and erudite progressives of the German church were against them—Kasper, for instance (Woelki too) Even Cdl Marx pushed back on some ZdK proposals

it would be nice to have nuclear power

is there a SINGLE word to be said in Slaughter's defense? death of the Republic decision

I just want to say I am a dick-head

never mind impeachable—some of his offenses are starting to approach a revolutable level

If selling pardons isn’t an impeachable offense I can’t imagine what is

set aside all the debates abt the texts/ceremonies of new and old liturgy as codified in respective books —the ordinary experience of the liturgy is so profoundly dull bc usually the music is composed by off-Broadway rejects and the vestments/churches are designed by failed Star Trek costumers

the city owned grocery stores and rent stabilization could be, uh, interesting, but rest seems fine hopefully housing supply gets meaningfully expanded in sustainable way - NYC really needs that

The great American state fair being stupid Trump bullshit does legit make me sad, if I’m being honest. A lot of the 250 stuff does. This could have been a really cool and special thing and literally any normal president would have pulled it off.

one thing that's interesting is how broadly synodality seems to be defined - it's at the essence of how Christianity should be lived, supposedly but at same time how often are synods, in the traditional sense of councils w legal authority, actually celebrated? the ecclesial assembly '28 isn't a

it should've always been Christopher Lee's character and he should've been played by Ian McKellen (so he could do the swordfights)

read this fascinating piece by @robincdouglas.bsky.social religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/what-is-po... pretty worthy stuff - sympathize w a lot of it

somehow I got Starmer honestly prob my hardest choice obv the ultradevelopmentalist agenda of the Party has been in many ways vindicated by history - this achievement ranks w those of Wen and Jing of Han, w Tang Taizong and Song Taizu but they are also repressive

the new NYC rent policy is out and we’ll see if it confirms what Diamond 2019 and similar work has found wrt previous instances ,

chinese twt is interesting (tho full of nationalists raging on white lib china hands); alas chinese-lang bsky not as much

i dunno but if it were possible to really break beyond the old nostrums abt gender and sex and really find workable new answer that would be nice

tbh I'm not that fond of it the idea of Anakin as an idealistic farmer who signs up for a massive galactic conflict out of noble ideals, and gets taught improperly by an overly reckless Obi-Wan, seems pretty interesting to me - and also follows from SW77 and ROTJ

grace truly is primary this alone should cause us to live lives of radical charity and mercy - nonetheless our present failure may itself become avenue of grace if we in reflection thereupon turn to the living God

imo Harmy is right abt color grading and resolution vs 4K[date] team - films are meant ultimately to be aesthetic experiences so greater aesthetic quality trumps I think the issue w the Special Editions isn't that Lucas CGI'd the Yavin battle or anything like that but that he made dumb story changes

apparently the French want to veto the necessary UNSC resolution to lift the sanctions unless they are satisfied that Tehran's ballistic missile program will be checked so I guess that will be a short peace

The Lord spoke gently to the afflicted, to inspire hope in his mercy; he spoke unsparingly to the pharisaical, in the hopes they would both seek and show mercy.

the genesis of the Special Editions in one sentence (George Lucas, "The Wizard of Star Wars")

Letztens Sonntag, als ich Wie der Wind sich hebt gesehen hatte, hab' ich den charmantes Musik-Stueck Es gibt's nur einmal entdecken Was fuer ein schoenes Lied!

rather important—from Robin Douglas

saw Wind Rises very elegant movie w a lot going on tho ofc it's self-pitying in the way a lot of antiwar Japanese media is unfortunately Chinese wartime films are not done as artfully as some of these films

how do you say “enjoy it but feel super guilty abt it and then deny yourself in other ways”

my view wrt Star Wars fwiw

diff bw French and English linguistic regulation is diff bw codified and uncodified constitutions

comic book characters need to age realistically

reading Joyce's The Dead - expected the obscurantism characteristic of his magna opera, but actually found mere Victorian/Edwardian English

Leo seems to be pushing for a liberal, pluralistic society of justice where people are free to pursue the good. That seems the general project of the Church following World War 2, and I don't think it's at all absurd to pursue a just and free society

Man Jiang Hong - a somewhat rough translation og: 怒髮衝冠，憑欄處，瀟瀟雨歇。 抬望眼，仰天長嘯，壯懷激烈。 三十功名塵與土，八千里路雲和月。 莫等閒白了少年頭，空悲切。 靖康恥，猶未雪； 臣子恨，何時滅？ 駕長車踏破賀蘭山缺！ 壯志飢餐胡虜肉，笑談渴飲匈奴血。 待從頭收拾舊山河，朝天闕

the weird thing is that bring conscious of my poverty and weakness only makes me hate the two qualities all the more

nice stuff abt tradition and reform in this liturgical catechesis from the pope www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

nice little catechesis on VII good stuff abt tradition and reform

my spiritual life sometimes esp when feeling down is of a person in a friendship or some other union who knows himself to be the unfaithful partner but can't quite get up to it unfortunate

apparently Kissinger doesn't have a gravestone

國民革命萬歲，萬歲，萬萬歲！

coffee, fruit, toast, eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy

think ideally love coexists w obligation making things obligatory can be seen as effort to express our love by encoding acts thereof into law (obv in Christendom times obligation also not super hard to meet esp on big days like Epiphany or Ascension when daily life would've stopped for a day)

In Chinese the new encyclical abt AI will be called 偉大的人類 Translated back into English this would be “Great Mankind”

孫中山 先生，吾等還莫忘您精神！ 余誓以志誠：您革命保存，您精神緬懷，您主義實現！ 我們民主自由和平獨立富強的新中國萬歲！

one friend of mine who reads theology at Oxford claimed once that Blondel (in either Man and the State or Responsibility of the Common Good) claims some particular acts or deeds can become mortally sinful (where they were only venially so, or even legitimate) due to evolving circumstances

And there are ways around the challenge of getting people to come. In my old parish, we would wrap the Mass into a pot luck supper. Childcare was provided. I think it's better to be creative than to give up.

老天？我爲啥就是走多困難的路？那不是妥帖啊！ 我畢身遺憾，應該要撒手人寰！

liturgies at the vatican council ii def had a lot of aura, which is interesting