Democracies do not use their military to try and intimidate their own citizens with “shows of presence”. This is fascism.

When millions of Texans were freezing and without power Ted Cruz was poolside at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun. When Texas authorities were searching for children's bodies swept away in a flood this week, he was strolling the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. #FledCruz www.texastribune.org/2025/07/07/t...

More distractions, more capitalistic intrusion into one of the most important human enterprises.

Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord... #Matthew7

Today I declare my independence from ignorance of The Beaufort Singers! #sacredmusic #acapella #contemporarymusic

Now we're talking.

People who still talk about Ukraine, I hope u know how much u mean to me

Locusts emerging from the abyss....good night! Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Bibl.140; Bamberg Apocalypse; circa 1010 CE; Reichenau; f.23r

Today, Palestinian photojournalist Ismail Abuhatab was killed along with 19 other Palestinians, most of them journalists, artists, and social media activists, in an Israeli airstrike on al-Baqa Cafe on the beach in western Gaza.

"Ukraine is not just defending its own land; it is defending the idea of a free world against tyranny." - Garry Kasparov russian dissident and world chess champion

It should go without saying but historically people who propose denaturalization are not, as my grandfather would say, good for the Jews

Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

Time, I fear, to find other email providers

Looking forward to this one, @pbs.org

Hey @microsoft.com, I also need you to be a fan of International Law and The Hague, instead of Trump and the genocide Netanyahu. Until then, I'll be using other services.

Instead of using this money to fund, say, the National Weather Service right before hurricane season, they're using it to send Marines to Los Angeles. THIS is waste and abuse.

Kyiv and Odesa came under another mass Russian attack in the early hours of June 10; Ukraine and Russia carried out another prisoner exchange; and more.

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

WTF? Trump is now threatening the American people. He warned protesters to stay away from his birthday/military parade in D.C. this Saturday, claiming anyone who shows up to protest “hates our country” and will be met with “very heavy force.” This is authoritarian behavior, plain and simple.

They should give one to a high school teacher who's teaching the period next year. In Texas. With my initials. One with a medieval profile pic.

Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda, Timothy Ryback writes:

Lots of interesting stuff here, but what stands out to me the most now is what an utterly foreign America this is.

I am a fan of what the folks behind The 1662 BCP:IE have done, but I just noticed that they changed "the Catholic Faith" to "the catholic faith" in the Quicunque Vult and I have this to say:

@stephenniem.bsky.social is there info on the game you are making anywhere for the perusing?

World ‘needs the marriage covenant’ to know God, Pope Leo tells the faithful

Also, they chose Home Depot over Lowe's. Let's all choose Home Depot...to #boycott

Don't use up all your schadenfreude, folks. If you enjoy this, just think of how much more you'd enjoy them all being in prison. Or, if you're a just war theorist, the scaffold.

Omg

Hold up a sec, Will. Let's see how this plays out...

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

“Ukraine’s drone strikes deep into Russia delivered a humiliating blow to Moscow last weekend. Kyiv’s defenders celebrated the attack. But the extraordinary operation got a different response inside the White House: anger,” Jonathan Lemire writes:

A Prayer for 🇺🇦 Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

I got ear tubes when I was 5. I had debilitating ear infections and they saved my hearing. Fuck RFKjr and his crank MAHA bullshit to hell.

Unlike the current commander-in-chief, who dodged military service, Cesar Chavez enlisted in the United States Navy, served this country, and earned an honorable discharge. The prospect of renaming the USNS Cesar Chavez is an affront to all veterans and Roman Catholics. #CesarChavez #PrayForAmerica

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

Huh. Sounds like the Dutch government is still working just fine...

Newly discovered painting of Archbishop Cranmer when suggestions replacing his plan for the daily office readings were made:

Meanwhile, in the great state of Texas, we've legalized carrying these things around. I wonder if that means I can now ignore the peace string requirement at Renfests...

No, really?

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Universities do research that may not be commercially viable now but will be transformative down the line. They correct for market failure. If all they do is think like enterprises then they become a part of that market failure.

To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.

My new op-ed. The Vatican needs time to rethink its approach to Ukraine because 🇺🇦 deserves more engagement - fewer calculations. But Pope Leo XIV doesn’t have that luxury as US pressure pushes Ukraine and Russia towards direct peace talks. www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/ukra...

Today is the Feast Day of St. Julian of Norwich. Her Revelations of Divine Love are the oldest known English-language writings by a woman! “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” buff.ly/vSyQo4L

Learning to pray for revival with a 19th-century Anglican priest: catechistsquill.substack.com/p/catechizin...

Just to cement my unreasonably soteriological view of Canada right now: