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“Do not throw your pearls to pigs” (Matthew 7:6)
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December 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Warsaw has been named Europe’s most inspiring city to watch in 2026 by the Brussels-based European Best Destinations travel organisation, which praised the Polish capital for its balance, safety and affordability.

www.polskieradio.pl/395/7789/Art...
Warsaw named Europe's most inspiring city to watch in 2026
Warsaw has been named Europe’s most inspiring city to watch in 2026 by the Brussels-based European Best Destinations travel organisation, which praised the Polish capital for its balance, safety and a...
www.polskieradio.pl
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Spread of Antifungal-Resistant Trichophyton indotineae, United Kingdom, 2017–2024

@aabdolra.bsky.social et al

T indotineae (which is terbinafine resistant in 3/4 cases) has rapidly spread thru the UK, now comprising 38% of dermatophytes at the national reference lab

wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Spread of Antifungal-Resistant <em>Trichophyton indotineae</em>, United Kingdom, 2017–2024
Spread of Antifungal-Resistant <em>Trichophyton indotineae</em>, United Kingdom, 2017–2024
wwwnc.cdc.gov
December 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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We knew that T. indotineae was present in Bangladesh from imported cases diagnosed in France, Germany, the United States, ... This article is the first to report locally diagnosed cases.

An important step in addressing the issue in Bangladesh.

www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/10...
Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS Genotype VIII/Trichophyton indotineae Infection and Antifungal Resistance in Bangladesh
Trichophyton (T.) mentagrophytes ITS genotype VIII, also known as Trichophyton indotineae, is a new species of the T. mentagrophytes/T. interdigitale complex and its first records, albeit under a diff...
www.mdpi.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:32 PM
"Most reported UK cases involve people of South Asian heritage, though Dr Denning warned it "won't be long" before it spreads throughout the wider population." 🦠🧫🍄😷

www.gbnews.com/health/super...
Drug-resistant 'super fungus' attacking bum and groin surges 500% in UK
Infected individuals are being urged to avoid skin-to-skin contact
www.gbnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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My piece on the radical lineage of the Catholic Church, and how tapping into those roots can help the religion play a critical role in combating climate change, is out today in @aeon.co: aeon.co/essays/the-c...
The Catholic Church can be a force for environmental change | Aeon Essays
Coursing through Catholicism is a radical tradition of environmental justice that will help combat the climate crisis
aeon.co
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"the number of students who have converted to Catholicism past year is higher than it’s been at any time in at least the past 15 years. And weekly Mass attendance this fall has been more than 500, which is about 2x where it has been over the past 5 years"

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Religious leaders say they’re observing a hidden trend among younger Americans
Religious affiliation has been dropping among young people for decades, but examples abound of surging interest on college campuses and in cities like D.C.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Russia’s invasion devastates Ukraine’s religious life: UNESCO verifies 152 damaged religious sites; Ukrainian monitoring reports 640 sacred places destroyed, damaged since 2022.

Shown here: Russian forces destroyed the Evangelical Church in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Obl.

Photo: Vitalii Stulniev FB
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Europe must “persuade younger Europeans that their heritage, culture and way of life — a fundamentally Christian civilization leavened and improved but not erased by the values of the Enlightenment — are worth defending,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes.
Opinion | Europe, Too, Is Worth Fighting For
Provided Europeans want to fight for it.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Netflix's promotion of LGBT themes, sexual preferences in kids' shows 'pervasive': report: At least 41% of G-rated series and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix feature LGBT content, including trans-identifying characters and same-sex couples, according to a new study. The new report, "LGBTQ…
Netflix's promotion of LGBT themes, sexual preferences in kids' shows 'pervasive': report
At least 41% of G-rated series and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix feature LGBT content, including trans-identifying characters and same-sex couples, according to a new study. The new report, "LGBTQ Messaging Pervasive In Netflix Children's Programming," compiles references to LGBT-related messages and storylines across 326 Netflix shows aimed at children.
dlvr.it
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Shock-content. In Polen wird die Grenze kontrolliert.

„Die Universität Viadrina an der deutsch-polnischen Grenze steht für ein vereintes Europa. Internationale Studierende erleben nun, was das neuerdings heißt: Sie werden offenbar häufig kontrolliert.”

www.spiegel.de/panorama/bil...
(S+) Frankfurt (Oder): Internationale Studierende berichten von Diskriminierung an deutsch-polnischer Grenze
Die Universität Viadrina an der deutsch-polnischen Grenze steht für ein vereintes Europa. Internationale Studierende erleben nun, was das neuerdings heißt: Sie werden offenbar häufig kontrolliert.
www.spiegel.de
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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⚡️7 Ukrainian children abducted to Russia returned in initiative backed by Melania Trump

Seven more children previously taken to Russia have been returned to their families in Ukraine, U.S. first lady Melania Trump said in a Dec. 4 statement.
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Muslime dringen mit ihren ausländischen Flaggen in einen deutschen Weihnachtsmarkt ein. Weihnachtsmärkte sind mittlerweile Hochsicherheitszonen, um zu verhindern, dass Terroristen unschuldige Deutsche töten.

Islam bedeutet übersetzt "Unterwerfung"
Wie lange schaut man da noch zu?
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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G. Samantha Rosenthal considers the following: "What role does an unmistakably gay church, born out of the fires of Gay Liberation in the 1960s and ’70s, play in the contemporary South?"
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
The Largest Gay Denomination in the US Is Shrinking. Why?
With Southern working-class roots and Pentecostal flair, Metropolitan Community Churches grew in the 1980s and 1990s. But the good times didn’t last.
sojo.net
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Poland has its own GQ now @gqmagazine.bsky.social And it's the 21st edition of this magazine.

www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/gq-...
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM