Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
@padresj.bsky.social
Catholic Priest
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
Reposted by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Been up all night with friends going through the unpleasantly long lists of infosec people in the Epstein Files. Yikes, guys. I knew some of them were pieces of shit, already - but too many other people fell for a transparent bid to illegitimatize elections, and I said so then. 🤷🏻♀️😞
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Been up all night with friends going through the unpleasantly long lists of infosec people in the Epstein Files. Yikes, guys. I knew some of them were pieces of shit, already - but too many other people fell for a transparent bid to illegitimatize elections, and I said so then. 🤷🏻♀️😞
NSFW-ICE
It's interesting how a group of US citizens who were absolutely convinced that democrats wanted to remove our 2a & 4a rights are now insisting that republicans can remove our 2a & 4a rights.
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Also... this is in Texas, where Castle Doctrine & "Stand Your Ground" reign supreme.
It's interesting how a group of US citizens who were absolutely convinced that democrats wanted to remove our 2a & 4a rights are now insisting that republicans can remove our 2a & 4a rights.
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Also... this is in Texas, where Castle Doctrine & "Stand Your Ground" reign supreme.
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 AM
NSFW-ICE
It's interesting how a group of US citizens who were absolutely convinced that democrats wanted to remove our 2a & 4a rights are now insisting that republicans can remove our 2a & 4a rights.
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Also... this is in Texas, where Castle Doctrine & "Stand Your Ground" reign supreme.
It's interesting how a group of US citizens who were absolutely convinced that democrats wanted to remove our 2a & 4a rights are now insisting that republicans can remove our 2a & 4a rights.
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Also... this is in Texas, where Castle Doctrine & "Stand Your Ground" reign supreme.
I'm sure that Musk only wanted to visit Epstein's island so he could work on his hard-won gaming skills, right?
January 31, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I'm sure that Musk only wanted to visit Epstein's island so he could work on his hard-won gaming skills, right?
You know what... I'm having a good day today.
I'll get back to the Trump admin insanity tomorrow.
I'll get back to the Trump admin insanity tomorrow.
January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
You know what... I'm having a good day today.
I'll get back to the Trump admin insanity tomorrow.
I'll get back to the Trump admin insanity tomorrow.
Reposted by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Calling all @twit.tv fans! Who's coming to Orlando to meet @leolaporte.me, Steve Gibson, & me? We're recording a special episode on 3/4/26 at 4 pm ET. Afterwards, you can hang out with Leo & Steve for a cocktail party at the ThreatLocker #sponsor conference. See below for a discount on your pass! 👇🏻
Security Now goes live.
@leolaporte.me and Steve Gibson record at Zero Trust World on March 4, then hang out with attendees at a cocktail party right after.
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@leolaporte.me and Steve Gibson record at Zero Trust World on March 4, then hang out with attendees at a cocktail party right after.
buff.ly/aQ8jBbf
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Calling all @twit.tv fans! Who's coming to Orlando to meet @leolaporte.me, Steve Gibson, & me? We're recording a special episode on 3/4/26 at 4 pm ET. Afterwards, you can hang out with Leo & Steve for a cocktail party at the ThreatLocker #sponsor conference. See below for a discount on your pass! 👇🏻
The US State Department is warning that travel to unsafe countries can result in "wrongful detention, kidnapping and death"
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You know... Like any US city where ICE is operating.
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You know... Like any US city where ICE is operating.
January 27, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US State Department is warning that travel to unsafe countries can result in "wrongful detention, kidnapping and death"
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You know... Like any US city where ICE is operating.
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You know... Like any US city where ICE is operating.
Imagine the TRUMP White House seeing your posts and deciding that YOU are too unhinged for Social Media.
January 27, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Imagine the TRUMP White House seeing your posts and deciding that YOU are too unhinged for Social Media.
Woodkid - Run Boy Run (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by WOODKID
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
NSFW - Trigger Warning
Video of the murder shows that Alex Jeffrey Pretti did NOT pull his firearm. He was equipped with his phone.
He was already on the ground, with ICE officers on top of him when they shot him 5 times then scurried away, leaving the body.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8UI4S...
Video of the murder shows that Alex Jeffrey Pretti did NOT pull his firearm. He was equipped with his phone.
He was already on the ground, with ICE officers on top of him when they shot him 5 times then scurried away, leaving the body.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8UI4S...
Lady in pink publicizes her video of ICE executing Alex Pretti
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 AM
NSFW - Trigger Warning
Video of the murder shows that Alex Jeffrey Pretti did NOT pull his firearm. He was equipped with his phone.
He was already on the ground, with ICE officers on top of him when they shot him 5 times then scurried away, leaving the body.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8UI4S...
Video of the murder shows that Alex Jeffrey Pretti did NOT pull his firearm. He was equipped with his phone.
He was already on the ground, with ICE officers on top of him when they shot him 5 times then scurried away, leaving the body.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8UI4S...
Abolish DHS - wind back to Pre-9/11 footing.
Prosecute everyone in DHS who was involved in creating, checking and promulgating the memo telling ICE agents that they could ignore the 4th amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Prosecute everyone in DHS who was involved in creating, checking and promulgating the memo telling ICE agents that they could ignore the 4th amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Abolish DHS - wind back to Pre-9/11 footing.
Prosecute everyone in DHS who was involved in creating, checking and promulgating the memo telling ICE agents that they could ignore the 4th amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Prosecute everyone in DHS who was involved in creating, checking and promulgating the memo telling ICE agents that they could ignore the 4th amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
It's almost as if the White House is totally cool with sexual predators.
The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
(Published Nov. 2025)
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 AM
It's almost as if the White House is totally cool with sexual predators.
Other "frameworks" that Trump has announced:
- Deal with China (x4)
- Deal with the Saudi's to buy $100b in weapons from the US
- Deal with Quatar to invest billions in the US
- Deal with Iran, North Korea, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK
Zero to show from any of them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
- Deal with China (x4)
- Deal with the Saudi's to buy $100b in weapons from the US
- Deal with Quatar to invest billions in the US
- Deal with Iran, North Korea, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK
Zero to show from any of them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump says framework of 'future deal' on Greenland reached after NATO talks as tariffs put on hold
President Donald Trump announced he is halting planned tariffs on Feb. 1 after "a very productive meeting" with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday.
www.foxnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Other "frameworks" that Trump has announced:
- Deal with China (x4)
- Deal with the Saudi's to buy $100b in weapons from the US
- Deal with Quatar to invest billions in the US
- Deal with Iran, North Korea, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK
Zero to show from any of them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
- Deal with China (x4)
- Deal with the Saudi's to buy $100b in weapons from the US
- Deal with Quatar to invest billions in the US
- Deal with Iran, North Korea, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK
Zero to show from any of them.
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
You can only cry "tariff" so many times before the villagers stop believing you.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...
Trump rules out taking Greenland by force but seeks 'immediate negotiations' to acquire island
The US president says he has
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
You can only cry "tariff" so many times before the villagers stop believing you.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...
This is actually good for the United States.
If Cruz had seen his shadow and stayed in Texas, it would mean another 6 weeks of winter.
If Cruz had seen his shadow and stayed in Texas, it would mean another 6 weeks of winter.
Ted Cruz has been caught on camera flying to Laguna Beach, California as Texas is expected to experience another dangerous winter storm.
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This is actually good for the United States.
If Cruz had seen his shadow and stayed in Texas, it would mean another 6 weeks of winter.
If Cruz had seen his shadow and stayed in Texas, it would mean another 6 weeks of winter.
I prefer my version.
January 21, 2026 at 6:47 AM
I prefer my version.
I grew up in the 70's & 80's.
I was told that privatization would make everything cheaper, better and more plentiful.
50 years later, nobody can afford a house, our infrastructure is crumbling, most struggle for basic necessities, & "plentiful" only applies if you're in the top 1%.
I was told that privatization would make everything cheaper, better and more plentiful.
50 years later, nobody can afford a house, our infrastructure is crumbling, most struggle for basic necessities, & "plentiful" only applies if you're in the top 1%.
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I grew up in the 70's & 80's.
I was told that privatization would make everything cheaper, better and more plentiful.
50 years later, nobody can afford a house, our infrastructure is crumbling, most struggle for basic necessities, & "plentiful" only applies if you're in the top 1%.
I was told that privatization would make everything cheaper, better and more plentiful.
50 years later, nobody can afford a house, our infrastructure is crumbling, most struggle for basic necessities, & "plentiful" only applies if you're in the top 1%.
Wait... so you're telling me that the morally-bankrupt tech bros that Elon Musk put in charge of our most sensitive data took advantage of that position and did morally-bankrupt things with that data in order to enrich themselves?
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Shocked... I'm SHOCKED I tell you! 🤯
(I'm not) 🙄
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Shocked... I'm SHOCKED I tell you! 🤯
(I'm not) 🙄
In a remarkable court filing, DOJ also revealed that DOGE employees traded Social Security data on an unapproved third party server — Cloudflare — and may have sent private SSA info to a top DOGE adviser. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Wait... so you're telling me that the morally-bankrupt tech bros that Elon Musk put in charge of our most sensitive data took advantage of that position and did morally-bankrupt things with that data in order to enrich themselves?
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Shocked... I'm SHOCKED I tell you! 🤯
(I'm not) 🙄
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Shocked... I'm SHOCKED I tell you! 🤯
(I'm not) 🙄
This would sound fanciful if not for the fact that the also tried to interfere with the prosecution of Brazil's Bolsonaro by hitting the country with tariffs (which he later rescinded because he realized that Brazil doesn't play.)
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This isn't "fake news" - It's a pattern.
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This isn't "fake news" - It's a pattern.
In France a criminal probe is launched into efforts by American agents under the apparent direction of Donald Trump to threaten the magistrate overseeing the embezzlement prosecution of Marine Le Pen. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Des émissaires américains soupçonnés d’ingérence : la CNCDH alerte sur une possible manipulation du débat autour de Marine Le Pen
Samuel D. Samson et Christopher J. Anderson, deux diplomates du département d’Etat, auraient tenté d’obtenir des informations sensibles auprès de la CNCDH, suscitant malaise et soupçons d’ingérence da...
www.lemonde.fr
January 20, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This would sound fanciful if not for the fact that the also tried to interfere with the prosecution of Brazil's Bolsonaro by hitting the country with tariffs (which he later rescinded because he realized that Brazil doesn't play.)
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This isn't "fake news" - It's a pattern.
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This isn't "fake news" - It's a pattern.
I never had this scenario in Bus Simulator 21.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I never had this scenario in Bus Simulator 21.
MAGA folk know about the lawsuit, because it was pushed on every conservative outlet as an example of "Trump gets justice!"
None of them will ever hear about the suit being dropped because they NEVER hear about Trump's many losses.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aide-c...
None of them will ever hear about the suit being dropped because they NEVER hear about Trump's many losses.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aide-c...
Trump Aide Ditches Lawsuit Without Handing Over Tax Returns
MAGA mastermind Chris LaCivita hired Hunter Biden’s lawyer to sue the Beast unsuccessfully.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
MAGA folk know about the lawsuit, because it was pushed on every conservative outlet as an example of "Trump gets justice!"
None of them will ever hear about the suit being dropped because they NEVER hear about Trump's many losses.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aide-c...
None of them will ever hear about the suit being dropped because they NEVER hear about Trump's many losses.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aide-c...
I mean... most of the Danes I know are fantastically happy. I wouldn't mind this at all. :)
www.newsweek.com/petition-den...
www.newsweek.com/petition-den...
Danish petition to buy California from Trump signed by thousands
A satirical petition urges Denmark to "buy" California, poking fun at Trump’s Greenland plans amid U.S.-Europe tensions and tariff threats.
www.newsweek.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I mean... most of the Danes I know are fantastically happy. I wouldn't mind this at all. :)
www.newsweek.com/petition-den...
www.newsweek.com/petition-den...
If a different justice system exists for friends of the President, we don't have a justice system.
It's time to impeach this nightmare.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
It's time to impeach this nightmare.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump orders release of Arkansas congressman's son serving drug sentence
President Donald Trump granted clemency to Rep. Steve Womack's son, James Phillip Womack, who was serving a federal drug sentence.
www.usatoday.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If a different justice system exists for friends of the President, we don't have a justice system.
It's time to impeach this nightmare.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
It's time to impeach this nightmare.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The US President is literally calling for World War III because he didn't get a Nobel Peace Prize.
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But evidently, more pressing is that a woman left a non-threatening criticism of the Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida b/c it 'might make other people be violent'.
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But evidently, more pressing is that a woman left a non-threatening criticism of the Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida b/c it 'might make other people be violent'.
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The US President is literally calling for World War III because he didn't get a Nobel Peace Prize.
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But evidently, more pressing is that a woman left a non-threatening criticism of the Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida b/c it 'might make other people be violent'.
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But evidently, more pressing is that a woman left a non-threatening criticism of the Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida b/c it 'might make other people be violent'.