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“In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war.
That small act of compassion made a big impression on Gaza’s tiny Christian community.”
That small act of compassion made a big impression on Gaza’s tiny Christian community.”
Pope's frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war-battered Gaza
In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war.
apnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war.
That small act of compassion made a big impression on Gaza’s tiny Christian community.”
That small act of compassion made a big impression on Gaza’s tiny Christian community.”
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Is there a German word for “the inability to mask one’s contempt for terrible people?” As a fellow sufferer, I felt a certain kinship with Pope Francis.
RIP.
RIP.
April 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Is there a German word for “the inability to mask one’s contempt for terrible people?” As a fellow sufferer, I felt a certain kinship with Pope Francis.
RIP.
RIP.
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DOGE staffers instruct Vatican to sell St. Peter’s and end all ministering to the poor.
April 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
DOGE staffers instruct Vatican to sell St. Peter’s and end all ministering to the poor.
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vance going to the vatican and the pope sending jeremy from human resources to meet with him is such a fucking dagger
April 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
vance going to the vatican and the pope sending jeremy from human resources to meet with him is such a fucking dagger
Great opportunity for Hobbits looking to transition to better-paying Uruk-Hai work!
Calling your workers hobbits and assuring them you’ll come up with some way for them to face their families after all this…
April 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Great opportunity for Hobbits looking to transition to better-paying Uruk-Hai work!
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Thanks to @delong.social for recognizing my new position as Whateley Chair in Thaumatropic Energies and Dimensional Rift Studies at Miskatonic in Arkham. braddelong.substack.com/p/trumpist-c...
Trumpist Chaos-Monkey Feces-Flinging in Trade Policy Continues. & It Is Turning into a Foreign-Policy Dumpster Fire...
Trump desperately wants to be on the phone with Xi Jinping, the dog’s has poked its nose into the steel trap, and corrupt media pretending to sanewash everything they can by pretending it is all 11...
braddelong.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thanks to @delong.social for recognizing my new position as Whateley Chair in Thaumatropic Energies and Dimensional Rift Studies at Miskatonic in Arkham. braddelong.substack.com/p/trumpist-c...
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One need look no further than FL Gov Ron DeSantis's MAGA restructuring of New College Florida or Project 2025 to understand what's behind Trump's assault on America's world class colleges & universities
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One need look no further than FL Gov Ron DeSantis's MAGA restructuring of New College Florida or Project 2025 to understand what's behind Trump's assault on America's world class colleges & universities
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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LITERALLY Trump take egg
White House plans to use real eggs for the Easter Egg Roll, despite a strain on supply and concern over prices
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
White House plans to use real eggs for the Easter Egg Roll, despite a strain on supply and concern over prices
A group representing American egg farmers said it had discussions about the matter, but ultimately, it won’t scramble its plans to supply roughly 30,000 eggs for the event.
www.nbcnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
LITERALLY Trump take egg
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Happy Confederate Surrender Day!
At the battle of Gettysburg, Minnesota soldiers captured Virginia’s battle flag and Minnesota still has it. Virginia keeps asking for it back and each governor tells them to get stuffed.
www.twincities.com/2017/08/20/m...
At the battle of Gettysburg, Minnesota soldiers captured Virginia’s battle flag and Minnesota still has it. Virginia keeps asking for it back and each governor tells them to get stuffed.
www.twincities.com/2017/08/20/m...
Minnesota has a Confederate symbol — and it is going to keep it
Minnesota has a Confederate symbol in its possession. It has long caused controversy. And Minnesota is not moving it.
www.twincities.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy Confederate Surrender Day!
At the battle of Gettysburg, Minnesota soldiers captured Virginia’s battle flag and Minnesota still has it. Virginia keeps asking for it back and each governor tells them to get stuffed.
www.twincities.com/2017/08/20/m...
At the battle of Gettysburg, Minnesota soldiers captured Virginia’s battle flag and Minnesota still has it. Virginia keeps asking for it back and each governor tells them to get stuffed.
www.twincities.com/2017/08/20/m...
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This is an important point I want to make independently of the linked thread:
It is very clear that the people who were pushing Biden Senile had absolutely no idea what a Senile President In Charge would look like.
Welcome, we're here now.
It is very clear that the people who were pushing Biden Senile had absolutely no idea what a Senile President In Charge would look like.
Welcome, we're here now.
Yeah we're actually getting a very good glimpse of what it looks like when the President is senile & being used as an instrument by his advisors, & it looks nothing like Biden's presidency
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is an important point I want to make independently of the linked thread:
It is very clear that the people who were pushing Biden Senile had absolutely no idea what a Senile President In Charge would look like.
Welcome, we're here now.
It is very clear that the people who were pushing Biden Senile had absolutely no idea what a Senile President In Charge would look like.
Welcome, we're here now.
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One note: “Trump Tariff Surcharge.” If he can put his name on Covid checks, put his name on this.
Fabletics is posting a “Tariff Surcharge” on their receipts. I hope other companies follow suit.
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
One note: “Trump Tariff Surcharge.” If he can put his name on Covid checks, put his name on this.
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The relative penetration of these ideas into academic geography departments and fast-food drivethru workers kind of tells you everything you need to know about where they’re coming from
April 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The relative penetration of these ideas into academic geography departments and fast-food drivethru workers kind of tells you everything you need to know about where they’re coming from
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It’s pretty staggering that 25 years ago people thought the internet would bring us a utopia, and it brought back measles killing children instead
April 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It’s pretty staggering that 25 years ago people thought the internet would bring us a utopia, and it brought back measles killing children instead
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One really important thing to notice about the tariffs is that there are at least half a dozen explanations **from their proponents** about what they're meant to accomplish. Meanwhile there are another half dozen explanations from their foes. It is highly reminiscent of 2002 during the build up ...
April 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
One really important thing to notice about the tariffs is that there are at least half a dozen explanations **from their proponents** about what they're meant to accomplish. Meanwhile there are another half dozen explanations from their foes. It is highly reminiscent of 2002 during the build up ...
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When even the Chicago PD is behaving, you have no excuse not to protest
In Chicago, the cops looked extremely bored
April 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When even the Chicago PD is behaving, you have no excuse not to protest
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This, right here, is why tariffs cause depressions.
My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.
April 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This, right here, is why tariffs cause depressions.
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Some nations are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Others just take their greatness, wad it in a ball, and flush it down the toilet.
April 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Some nations are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Others just take their greatness, wad it in a ball, and flush it down the toilet.
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"Banks Don’t Pay Tariffs, but Tariffs Will Cost Them" www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
April 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Banks Don’t Pay Tariffs, but Tariffs Will Cost Them" www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
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In-character for Mets fans to be found booing a more-competent competitor.
Mets fans are booing the Canadian anthem at Citi Field. Not the entire crowd, but enough that you can definitely hear them.
April 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In-character for Mets fans to be found booing a more-competent competitor.
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Scoops like this are basically “here’s why I shouldn’t be blamed as I badly want a job in the DeSantis campaign”
SCOOP: Trump personally selected now widely-mocked formula for determining country-specific tariffs from a menu
Numerous aides had for weeks been at work crafting country-specific tariffs that took into account a broad range of tariff & non-tariff barriers
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Numerous aides had for weeks been at work crafting country-specific tariffs that took into account a broad range of tariff & non-tariff barriers
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Inside President Trump’s whirlwind decision to blow up global trade
Why did Trump impose tariffs? Inside the advice that shaped his decision.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Scoops like this are basically “here’s why I shouldn’t be blamed as I badly want a job in the DeSantis campaign”
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Look, for over a year, one brave Cassandra was warning you that massive tariffs were coming and that they’d wreak havoc on the economy. But no one listened to Donald Trump.
April 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Look, for over a year, one brave Cassandra was warning you that massive tariffs were coming and that they’d wreak havoc on the economy. But no one listened to Donald Trump.
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Today is Thaddeus Stevens' Birthday. A Radical Republican Congressman during the Civil War, he was one of the most righteous, clear eyed political leaders this country has ever produced. In honor of his birthday, I'd like to make a thread of things he was right about.
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today is Thaddeus Stevens' Birthday. A Radical Republican Congressman during the Civil War, he was one of the most righteous, clear eyed political leaders this country has ever produced. In honor of his birthday, I'd like to make a thread of things he was right about.