John Mack
@johnpmack.bsky.social
Senior Catholic priest, Diocese of Buffalo; Priest Chaplain, Aquinas Institute, Rochester, NY; Friends of Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, Volunteer for pre & post liver transplant patients. Recipient living donor liver transplant 6/30/20. Veteran.
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John Mack
@johnpmack.bsky.social
· Nov 12
In retirement, serving as Priest Chaplain at Aquinas Institute, Rochester NY, a Catholic, college preparatory school, in the Basilian tradition, grades 6-12. Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge. Wonderful colleagues!
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Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.
Mohawk Skywalkers: The History Stephen Miller Whitewashed
The Kanien'kéhá:ka Haudenosaunee ironworkers were vital to building Miller's favorite monuments to modern America
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.
George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write 1984 www.openculture.com/2014/01/geor...
George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write 1984
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Most of the twentieth century's notable men of letters — i.e., writers of books, of essays, of reportage — seem also to have, literally, written a great deal of letters.
www.openculture.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
George Orwell Explains in a Revealing 1944 Letter Why He’d Write 1984 www.openculture.com/2014/01/geor...
Council of Nicaea anniversary is call to Christian unity, speakers say url:https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/council-nicaea-anniversary-call-christian-unity-speakers-say
June 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Council of Nicaea anniversary is call to Christian unity, speakers say url:https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/council-nicaea-anniversary-call-christian-unity-speakers-say
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29 April 1945 | The US Army soldiers liberated #Dachau - the first concentration camp created in Nazi Germany which became a model camp for the entire SS concentration camps system. Over 205,000 people were imprisoned there between 1933-1945. Some 41,500 were murdered there.
April 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
29 April 1945 | The US Army soldiers liberated #Dachau - the first concentration camp created in Nazi Germany which became a model camp for the entire SS concentration camps system. Over 205,000 people were imprisoned there between 1933-1945. Some 41,500 were murdered there.
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These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration (Gift Article)
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (Gift Article)
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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As someone who is immune suppressed from a transplant, this is frightening. A dangerous roll of the dice for next year’s flu season. 86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season. About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As someone who is immune suppressed from a transplant, this is frightening. A dangerous roll of the dice for next year’s flu season. 86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season. About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
“Every bully hopes you’ll think it’s all-encompassing, absolute and undeniable. Every bully is wrong.”
Calling Bullshit
Pushing back on performative power
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Every bully hopes you’ll think it’s all-encompassing, absolute and undeniable. Every bully is wrong.”
Yes. All the time. Unexamined. Denied. Often dwelling in our fears and expressed in hatred.
February 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yes. All the time. Unexamined. Denied. Often dwelling in our fears and expressed in hatred.
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
Powerful read
The Final Despotism
When Technology Rewrites Human Freedom
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Powerful read
On immigration and ministry to migrants. Charity and clarity. “Where are you from?”
02-14-25 - Pastoral Letter from Bishop Mark Brennan | Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
Immigrants: Our Neighbors, Friends and Fellow Believers When I was a boy, we children sometimes asked one another: “What are you?” It wasn’t a question about our sex or what position we played in base...
dwc.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
On immigration and ministry to migrants. Charity and clarity. “Where are you from?”
@parkermolloy.com has an ongoing thread of J6 thugs rearrests
I feel like we're going to see a lot of stories like this.
A man accused of assaulting law enforcement officers and tossing an explosive device into a Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6 was rearrested just days after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump.
January 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
@parkermolloy.com has an ongoing thread of J6 thugs rearrests
One by one. Justice served.
A man accused of assaulting law enforcement officers and tossing an explosive device into a Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6 was rearrested just days after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges
A Jan. 6 rioter charged with lobbing an explosive device at police was arrested shortly after having his case dismissed under Trump's mass pardon.
www.rollingstone.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
One by one. Justice served.
“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H. L. Mencken, who died on January 29, 1956
H. L. Mencken, who died on January 29, 1956
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H. L. Mencken, who died on January 29, 1956
H. L. Mencken, who died on January 29, 1956
Finally. From the USCCB as a whole. Where is the leadership? Their silence is deafening and telling.
January 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Finally. From the USCCB as a whole. Where is the leadership? Their silence is deafening and telling.
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“This power structure, which has become institutionalized, has put people with no empathy, no risk assessment and extremely poor understanding of the world in charge of our governance and our knowledge with predictably disastrous results.”
- Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us
#booksky
- Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us
#booksky
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“This power structure, which has become institutionalized, has put people with no empathy, no risk assessment and extremely poor understanding of the world in charge of our governance and our knowledge with predictably disastrous results.”
- Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us
#booksky
- Heather Marsh, The Creation of Me, Them and Us
#booksky