Call that man what you want, but TO ME, if your grandmama was a mixed-race Black Creole, your African ancestry is not "one drop". That's several drops. A teaspoon, at least. #PopeLeoXIV

Black Catholic Messenger@blackcatholicmessenger.org · last yr.

Pope Leo XIV has already caused a stir, with African ancestral roots drawing connections to U.S. Black Catholic history and the ongoing struggle for visibility. Community leaders speak with @natemup.com on the excitement surrounding the new Creole pontiff. buff.ly/L4BZA6H

In Lincoln Park: "He has eaten our dogs"

Kids in Chicagoland predict the pope... <3

Lakeview Catholic school elects "pope" at mock conclave

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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Reflections from me on the passing of Pope Francis. open.substack.com/pub/htctiest...

Mourning Francis

Since his death, I have wanted to say something about the life and legacy of Pope Francis.

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Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

A crow's math skills include geometry

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

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[If we are to resist sin] we must enlarge the horizon of our love to contemplate the loving gentleness of the humanity of the Lord.~ St. Aelred (Office of Readings)

The thing is, Americans are already turning on Trump, and part of the reason is that Democrats are not being louder in denouncing him. If Dems yell about Trump being bad, Americans tune it out. If Trump Take Egg though, that's serious. We have to deal in reality. This is reality.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last yr.

“Maybe Americans will like Trump less if we make him seem normal and express our opposition in understated language focused around economic policy” says the world’s most pathetic political party for the 17th consecutive time

“If the end times arrive while you have a sapling in your hand, finish planting it.” — paraphrased from the Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Since January 24, 14,482 adults and 1,541 infants have died as a consequence of a single frozen USAID program. USAID implements the PEPFAR program.

DC-and-nearby people. Happening in one hour...

Free webinar tonight at 5pm. Please do share.

Share widely.

Got your red cards? www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...

Happy to have a chance to chat with Bo Bonner on the The Catholic Morning Show this morning, talking about my book on parenting... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5t...

Holly Taylor Coolman | The Catholic Morning Show | January 22, 2025

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For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne Frank’s hiding place during the devastation of the Holocaust. Here’s a look inside. nyti.ms/3PMhVJV

El Paso’s Bishop Seitz: The Executive Order “strikes fear into the heart of our community, cynically layering a blanket of anxiety on families when they are worshiping God, seeking health care and dropping off and picking up children at school.” elpasomatters.org/2025/01/21/b...

Maybe you're concerned for neighbors who will now face new attempts to remove them from their families & communities. Maybe you're angry that they can now be targeted at houses of worship. Maybe you want to help make sure they understand their Constitutional rights. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Conozca sus derechos

Conozca sus derechos En los EE.UU., todos tienen ciertos derechos garantizados por la Constitución, independientemente de su condición migratoria. No siempre se puede evitar un encuentro con un agen...

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Today in PC's Western of Development Civ program: the fall of Rome. What was it, exactly? How do empires fall? What does it feel like for those in and around it?

January 20: The feast of St. Sebastian Enlisted in the Roman army to gain access to persecuted Christians & care for them in secret When authorities realized he was a Christian, they brought him to the emperor & he was sentenced to death. He "did not cease to bear witness to Christ..." Pope Francis

You're invited to take part in the Spring '25 Attention Project (at no cost)! (But don't wait to sign up. We start tomorrow!) www.bit.ly/AttentionProject

As I said to students yesterday: "multitasking" is a myth! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-multitas...

How Multitasking Drains Your Brain

Renowned neurologist Richard Cytowic exposes the dangers of multitasking in the digital age.

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New semester in PC's Development of Western Div program and trying out a new framework: the "Three Ways" (rooted in the Trivium). Also talking with students about skills like "deep work" and "deep reading," suggesting they might do both in connection with the virtue of fortitude. Feeling hopeful...

My fave thing right now: a new collaborative Substack with friends, What Sustains Us. "An investigation into beauty, joy, and solidarity...rooted in a sacramental vision of who we are & how we relate to one another."

Happy New Year

A new liturgical year and a new online space to find sustenance

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Kash Patel at the helm of the FBI is good only for very select groups of people: organized crime, sex trafficking rings... and anyone who can trick Donald Trump into wreaking vengeance on their enemies for them. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/o...

Opinion | What Kash Patel Could Do to the F.B.I.

The true danger is almost less about the pick and more about what it says of Trump’s approach to his second term.

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