Old Leggy Owl
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!["Looking at the situation from this point of view, it is possible to speak in a certain sense of a war of the powerful against the weak: a life which would require greater acceptance, love and care is considered useless, or held to be an intolerable burden, and is therefore rejected in one way or another. A person who, because of illness, handicap or, more simply, just by existing, compromises the well-being or life-style of those who are more favoured tends to be looked upon as an enemy to be resisted or eliminated. In this way a kind of "conspiracy against life" is unleashed." [1]
According to Catholic Social Teaching in their Three Basic Principles of Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration, "A country has the right to regulate its borders and to control immigration" [2], but this right is coupled with the duty to "regulate its borders with justice and mercy" [2] and those fleeing for their lives "to sustain their lives and the lives of their families." [2]
"He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the stranger, and giveth him food and raiment. And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Deut 10:18-19; RHE)
Pope John Paul II was very vocal about the plight of refugees and asylum seekers, emphasizing the need for a more humane approach to migration and the importance of welcoming, among others, the stranger and the poor as he stated in his Evangelium Vitae, "And how can we fail to consider the violence against life done to millions of human beings, especially children, who are forced into poverty, malnutrition and hunger because of an unjust distribution of resources between peoples and between social classes?" [1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwqjkmrlv62ojyc6x34mccxv/bafkreicy7u6mbcttxxjy3hsjveoi2wiqipuef3yembgbtg7sbdirnfnv2y@jpeg)
!["John Paul II has warned many times of the dangers which follow from confusion between the religious and political spheres. «Extremely sensitive situations arise when a specifically religious norm becomes or tends to become the law of a state without due consideration for the distinction between the domains proper to religion and to political society. In practice, the identification of religious law with civil law can stifle religious freedom, even going so far as to restrict or deny other inalienable human rights».
Likewise, Pope Francis has been a strong advocate for the rights and dignity of asylum seekers and refugees. In his writings and speeches, he has consistently emphasized the need to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate migrants and refugees. This was prominent in his message for the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees[3], celebrated on September 25, 2022, and centered around the theme "Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees." Wherein, he emphasized the importance of inclusivity and need to build a future with migrants and refugees; recognizing their ongoing contribution to society and promoting their integral human development.
“No one must be excluded. God’s plan is essentially inclusive and gives priority to those living on the existential peripheries. Among them are many migrants and refugees, displaced persons, and victims of trafficking. The Kingdom of God is to be built with them, for without them it would not be the Kingdom that God wants. The inclusion of those most vulnerable is the necessary condition for full citizenship in God’s Kingdom.”[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwqjkmrlv62ojyc6x34mccxv/bafkreiftiuyry7im7p5zbenjpvy67xlviwdunkircr3lwyqmkwt6sllvgm@jpeg)
![In his writings, Pope Francis highlighted the historical and ongoing contributions of migrants and refugees to the social and economic growth of societies, with one writer noting he "employs images from the prophet Isaiah (60:11) of a city with gates that are kept wide open, day and night, so that all may enter bearing their gifts, enriching a common yet diverse humanity." [4] He concludes with an appeal to young people to build the future together with migrants and refugees, recognizing the importance of cooperation through mutual support and emphasizing the enormous potential that migrants and refugees have to help society if given the chance.
"It must be said clearly: there are those who work systematically and with every means possible to repel migrants – to repel migrants. And this, when done with awareness and responsibility, is a grave sin. Let us not forget what the Bible tells us: “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him” (Ex 22:21). The orphan, the widow and the stranger are the quintessential poor whom God always defends and asks to be defended." [6]
Currently, Catholic Charities agencies offer a range of services to asylum seekers and refugees, including food, clothing, shelter, transportation support, immigration legal services, and case management. Focusing on advocating for just and fair policies that help people reach their full potential and has served over 608,000 vulnerable people on the move via welcoming and integration-specific programming. Additionally, Humanitarian Corridor initiatives in Italy have brought over 6,000 people to Europe since 2016, providing them with housing, education, and work opportunities.
In early 2025, the United States announced plans for mass deportation of migrants, which has been met with criticism from the Pope and other Catholic leaders, with Cardinal Robert McElroy describing them as "incompatible with Catholic doctrine".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwqjkmrlv62ojyc6x34mccxv/bafkreifqkr6ghlhce7hzzx665e6o5ihkm3vhiv4m3qb4dhidckcb3krseu@jpeg)
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I’ve been working on this for a few weeks, but after a long reflection decided to not create a substack and haven’t established a writing forum, but will include image chunks of argument/article with alt text.
The logic is solid. Enjoy.
I’ve been working on this for a few weeks, but after a long reflection decided to not create a substack and haven’t established a writing forum, but will include image chunks of argument/article with alt text.
The logic is solid. Enjoy.
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dump every dirty secret, expose every lie and conspiracy, burn everyone and everything in the world of american political coverage, now *that* would be something i might pay for
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
dump every dirty secret, expose every lie and conspiracy, burn everyone and everything in the world of american political coverage, now *that* would be something i might pay for
The only problem with fabrics like wool is they require basically an entire weekend dedicated to cleaning them when you make a large consignment run.
Time to dig out the wool wash & cover every surface in pullovers & cardigans.
Thankfully two still had dryclean tags. Washing Angora or silk is 😖
Time to dig out the wool wash & cover every surface in pullovers & cardigans.
Thankfully two still had dryclean tags. Washing Angora or silk is 😖
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The only problem with fabrics like wool is they require basically an entire weekend dedicated to cleaning them when you make a large consignment run.
Time to dig out the wool wash & cover every surface in pullovers & cardigans.
Thankfully two still had dryclean tags. Washing Angora or silk is 😖
Time to dig out the wool wash & cover every surface in pullovers & cardigans.
Thankfully two still had dryclean tags. Washing Angora or silk is 😖
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nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
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It was only a failure if you assume they ever had good intentions. If you assume they intended to destroy the federal government from within, they succeeded.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It was only a failure if you assume they ever had good intentions. If you assume they intended to destroy the federal government from within, they succeeded.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
We’ll be dealing with the results of this monumental breach of the federal government for many years to come.
“Most people you’ll meet in your life, I told her, will have no comprehension of how our country was founded.”
If I knew this when I was younger it would have saved me immense amounts of frustration, but instead I emerged into a country I still don’t understand and doubt I ever will.
If I knew this when I was younger it would have saved me immense amounts of frustration, but instead I emerged into a country I still don’t understand and doubt I ever will.
This is good! This is really good! Read this. Thanks, @dennycarter.bsky.social
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They Banned Woke And Suzy Still Can’t Read
Far-right school board officials are finding out the hard way that the political pendulum has swung
badfaithtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Most people you’ll meet in your life, I told her, will have no comprehension of how our country was founded.”
If I knew this when I was younger it would have saved me immense amounts of frustration, but instead I emerged into a country I still don’t understand and doubt I ever will.
If I knew this when I was younger it would have saved me immense amounts of frustration, but instead I emerged into a country I still don’t understand and doubt I ever will.
Oh, Christmas parties will be fun this year 😈
Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Oh, Christmas parties will be fun this year 😈
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The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
When everything is horrific take enjoyment in the simple pleasures. Like a bacon, candied pecan, cranberry, & cosmiccrisp apple salad using four kinds of tomatoes and smokey Muenster on micro greens and baby romaine.
Salads are a sad affair. They begin beautiful, but for there to be cohesion… chaos
Salads are a sad affair. They begin beautiful, but for there to be cohesion… chaos
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When everything is horrific take enjoyment in the simple pleasures. Like a bacon, candied pecan, cranberry, & cosmiccrisp apple salad using four kinds of tomatoes and smokey Muenster on micro greens and baby romaine.
Salads are a sad affair. They begin beautiful, but for there to be cohesion… chaos
Salads are a sad affair. They begin beautiful, but for there to be cohesion… chaos
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And the post is now up!
November 21 Friday roundup
Links to the podcast! Also: Tehran and the unavoidable necessity of massive change.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
And the post is now up!
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This is Zelensky putting pressure on Trump. He knows Ukrainians don't want to surrender. He's talking to all Americans across the political spectrum who support Ukraine, love freedom, and hate surrender. He's telling them: "you can't allow Trump to align the US with Ru against Europe". Let's see.
NEW: Brutal to watch Zelensky address his nation just now. On the brink of being abandoned by the US.
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
"Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is Zelensky putting pressure on Trump. He knows Ukrainians don't want to surrender. He's talking to all Americans across the political spectrum who support Ukraine, love freedom, and hate surrender. He's telling them: "you can't allow Trump to align the US with Ru against Europe". Let's see.
There is something about smoking a cigarette while eating a crisp apple that can’t be matched by any other flavors. It’s a comfort taste in a way that nothing else is and I’ll never be able to explain it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There is something about smoking a cigarette while eating a crisp apple that can’t be matched by any other flavors. It’s a comfort taste in a way that nothing else is and I’ll never be able to explain it.
This bubbles should have never been filled this much. Let it burst. Techbros need to have their toys taken away until they can be responsible.
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This bubbles should have never been filled this much. Let it burst. Techbros need to have their toys taken away until they can be responsible.
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yeah. it sounds ghoulish but “the content must flow, i don’t care if he is rewarding someone who had my colleague bone-saw’d” is literally accurate
they're not reporters, really, they're paparazzi. the most famous man who has ever lived is making a clown of himself, they're not going to interrupt him, it's great content
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
yeah. it sounds ghoulish but “the content must flow, i don’t care if he is rewarding someone who had my colleague bone-saw’d” is literally accurate
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Just making stuff up. Chipmakers are not coming back to the US because of tariffs. Electronics manufacturing investment has been sinking, and all chips are completely exempt from higher tariffs as a giveaway to AI companies
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just making stuff up. Chipmakers are not coming back to the US because of tariffs. Electronics manufacturing investment has been sinking, and all chips are completely exempt from higher tariffs as a giveaway to AI companies
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...
Evangelical Republicans are simultaneously terrified of dying, after the experience they had during the pandemic, and racing towards an apocalypse because they think it’ll all be better after death.
The mind boggles.
The mind boggles.
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Evangelical Republicans are simultaneously terrified of dying, after the experience they had during the pandemic, and racing towards an apocalypse because they think it’ll all be better after death.
The mind boggles.
The mind boggles.
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The new Bari Weiss CBS, ladies and gents.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The new Bari Weiss CBS, ladies and gents.
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I think we lost something when way fewer people online as a proportion of the whole started to have direct personal experience of moderating a forum or online community - though at least Reddit still exists
I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I think we lost something when way fewer people online as a proportion of the whole started to have direct personal experience of moderating a forum or online community - though at least Reddit still exists
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
How did this go last time?
He should think about it really, really hard.
He should think about it really, really hard.
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
How did this go last time?
He should think about it really, really hard.
He should think about it really, really hard.
Cup of Darjeeling fully dressed. A chocolaty brain treat. Scorching bath of bubbles. Brubeck on repeat. 2 hours of French lessons complete.
Time to Unsquare Dance out of this fucking reality for a bit.
Time to Unsquare Dance out of this fucking reality for a bit.
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Cup of Darjeeling fully dressed. A chocolaty brain treat. Scorching bath of bubbles. Brubeck on repeat. 2 hours of French lessons complete.
Time to Unsquare Dance out of this fucking reality for a bit.
Time to Unsquare Dance out of this fucking reality for a bit.
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i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
i can’t talk about sports gambling anymore without sounding like a crank but i do believe legalized sports gambling is like 15-20% responsible for our current dystopia
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Federal law prohibits anyone—unless authorized under regulations prescribed by the president and published in the Federal Register—from manufacturing or selling likenesses of the presidential seal or “any substantial part thereof” in a way that could suggest a sponsorship.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Federal law prohibits anyone—unless authorized under regulations prescribed by the president and published in the Federal Register—from manufacturing or selling likenesses of the presidential seal or “any substantial part thereof” in a way that could suggest a sponsorship.
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There’s also a $150 record player that shows the unaltered presidential seal
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November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There’s also a $150 record player that shows the unaltered presidential seal
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New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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The more I think about this the more accurate and depressing it becomes. FFS.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The more I think about this the more accurate and depressing it becomes. FFS.