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James D'Emilio
@demiliopics2.bsky.social
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Bronx born Medievalist, Art Historian, Hispanist, Lover of Italy and Antiquity
New site: www.jamesdemilio.com
Swept up by politics these days, but I do post photos on ancient, medieval, and Christian art. Check @capitalsandmore.bsky.social for art only.
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demiliopics2.bsky.social
Did you see or read Pope Leo's address about cinema?
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Encounter with the World of Cinema (15 November 2025)
ENCOUNTER WITH THE WORLD OF CINEMA ADDRESS BY HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV Clementine Hall Saturday, 15 November 2025 [ Multimedia ] __________________
www.vatican.va
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
demiliopics2.bsky.social
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'That's a matter for the committee! We *are* the committee.' - Chariots of Fire
Lord Cadogan: That's a matter for the committee! Lord Birkenhead: We *are* the committee.
clip.cafe
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
demiliopics2.bsky.social
In one video class hyping AI, an administrator demonstrated Chat GPT generating a short email to set up a meeting with a counsellor to discuss a student's schedule. To produce it, they told Chat GPT all the content and did follow up prompts to fine tune the style and tone. Just write the damn email.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
From the manager of the Super G store, where smiling and waving agents grabbed a boy, 15. (Looks like Bovino was on the scene)

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
"The most appalling thing was: These guys still had the audacity to smile and wave the camera after….. coming and dragging a boy out, pinning him against the increte," he said. "Just smiling at the camera as they drive off. Very, very disgusting series of events."
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Reposted by James D'Emilio
bgrueskin.bsky.social
Make that 6 headlines tonight

www.charlotteobserver.com/article31293...
‘Why just me?’ Charlotte man says Border Patrol broke pickup window, stole keys
“Are you an illegal immigrant?” the man said an officer asked. He replied that he didn’t have to answer and asked why he was singled out.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:

In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.

“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
6d Listen to this article Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses. About 15 to 20 church members were doing yard work on the property off Albemarle Road while their children played games and their spouses cooked meals. Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot and ran into the yard, said the pastor, who did not want to identify himself or his church. The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time, the pastor said. They attempted to grab others, too. "Right now, everybody is scared. Everybody," he said. "One of these guys with immigration, he say he was going to arrest one of the other guys in the church. He pushed him." Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken. Some yard workers fled into the surrounding woods when officials arrived, including 15-year-old Miguel Vazquez.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
demiliopics2.bsky.social
The article adds that "the arrival of Border Patrol in Charlotte...puzzled many...Federal law limits the Border Patrol’s focus to the country’s 6,000 miles of international borders and a zone extending about 100 miles inland from the borders and the coastline."
Shouldn't be puzzling, but illegal!
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM