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caesares ite domum
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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On a day like today, we honor those who went before us. We lament the lives lost and taken in violent wars. We cherish the freedoms we have today. We work to heal those wounded by battles — physically, psychologically, and spiritually.

But we must also pray and work for peace.
Ending Wars
We called it the “war to end all wars.” Until a bigger one came.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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To our nation’s Veterans and their families: Thank you. 

Thank you for answering the call to serve and for the sacrifices you have made in the name of freedom and safety for all Americans.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I love this Edward Keenan column.

"Baseball is designed to break your heart. But before it does, it can open your heart, fill it, make it soar. And it can connect you with your family and friends and community in ways that don’t happen often enough."

#GiftLink 🎁

www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
it also opens up and enhances the flavors of a meal
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Mike Vrabel arrives, asks @kguregian.bsky.social if she is responsible for the larger media crowd, and then fields a question on shirts (gifted by Vrabel) that were placed on the chair of each player in the locker room.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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How have the Patriots become the best third-quarter team in the NFL?
How have the Patriots become the best third-quarter team in the NFL? - The Boston Globe
Part of the Patriots’ success can be traced to defensive dominance coming out of halftime. But there’s also the value of a fast start on offense to open the third quarter.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing. https://to.pbs.org/3LFa4yR
Johnson calls House back into session after refusing to convene during shutdown
After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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My @rns.org column: US bishops must face challenges in the American church and society religionnews.com/2025/11/05/u... @usccbofficial.bsky.social
US bishops must face challenges in the American church and society
(RNS) — If the bishops could speak with one voice united with the pope, they would project a moral voice worth listening to.
religionnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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“While I lack any personal knowledge or experience of the details contained in his 'testimony,' I have the deepest respect for Archbishop Viganò and his personal integrity," Coakley said in a statement in August 2018.
Coakley has just been elected new president of the US catholic bishops.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Archbishop Coakley is elected USCCB President for a 3-year term. Bishop Flores is elected Vice-president and likely heir apparent in 3 years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown
How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown
Sen. Tim Kaine wanted a “moratorium on mischief” from the Trump administration. He didn't get it until Sunday night.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch were not consulted on the provision as part of the otherwise bipartisan bill, according to a senior Democratic legislative aide granted anonymity to speak candidly.”
Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure
The new legislative language is an escalation of the GOP’s efforts to discredit former special counsel Jack Smith.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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‘It is this breach of trust—this shattering of a person’s faith in the benevolence and intrinsic fairness of America—that is the hardest thing to watch.’
A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests
The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“The Yale Law School professor cited the willingness of the US government to delegitimise institutions that Washington helped create, including the international court of justice (ICJ).”
Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic
Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
this

a thousand times this
For an organization that spent millions over decades on a single issue, the response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrassingly inadequate.
What does it mean to be a US Catholic today?
www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis?
U.S. bishops have spent untold millions to influence national politics on abortion, but their response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrass...
www.ncronline.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Pope Leo XIV spent close to three hours listening to and praying with 15 Belgians who had survived clerical sexual abuse as children.
Pope holds long meeting with Belgian abuse survivors
Pope Leo XIV spent close to three hours listening to and praying with 15 Belgians who had survived clerical sexual abuse as children.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Supreme Court expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume | Click on the image to read the full story
Supreme Court expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to say Tuesday whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower-court orders that require full payments in the SNAP food program.
www.wcvb.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
it’s plausible that someone not up for reelection voted yes so that he could vote no
I don’t want Chuck Schumer out because of his no vote to end the shut down. I want Chuck Schumer out because he couldn’t control his caucus and 8 of the people in it defected to the fascist side and voted with them!

He needs to be gone as Senate minority leader like yesterday!

#Maddow
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#LRP ubi caritas et amor
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Yes - And You and I
And You and I (2003 Remaster)
YouTube video by Yes - Topic
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM