A. Rascal

New issue, number #88, if hot off the digi-press. With writing on mathematics, religion, clarity, and revolution. The whole gamut. Dive in at: epochemagazine.org/issues/88/

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feel free to reduce the ghee & butter (I do)

YouTube video by Chef Ranveer Brar Dal Makhani Dhaba Style | ढाबे जैसे दाल मखनी | Punjabi Dal Makhani | Chef Ranveer Brar

Punjabi Dal Makhani served with basmati 👨🏻‍🍳 🥘

would have preferred “when” instead of “if”

YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review Richard Rohr on God, brokenness and healing | The Spiritual Life Podcast

“Addiction is not a sin to be confessed, but a healing to be requested.”

put another way, in order to identify so deeply with authoritarians and authoritarian movements

Christians have to forget a whole lot more than just their history

When Mormons say to comply with ICE incursions, we're forgetting our own history (RNS) — In 1857, when Latter-day Saints deemed actions emanating from Washington, DC, to be significant breaches of constitutional norms, they didn’t comply, they resisted.

controversial view: although the Gospels are quite clear with regard to how the stranger, the meek, the poor, and the outcast are to be treated

Christianity has not always succeeded in stopping those inclined to identify with authoritarian movements

and against the aforementioned

the Speaker of the House officially calling for elections with predetermined outcomes

Pontius Pilate comes to mind as an example of such a sovereign

R.I. legislation would prohibit life without parole for anyone 21 or younger - The Boston Globe Mario Monteiro, namesake of “Mario’s Law,” is advocating for Representative Julie Casimiro’s bill, which comes after Massachusetts and Hawaii took similar steps.

Rhode Island would prohibit life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for people age 21 or younger, under a bill backed by the namesake of “Mario’s Law.”

I’m agnostic as to meat and beans

and just insist my chili be spicy 🌶️ 🔥 🥵 🚒

New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.

Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.

In Brazil, images go viral after priest interrupts Eucharist to comfort crying elderly man A video showing a crying elderly man approaching the altar during Mass — prompting the priest to interrupt the consecration and give him a hug — went viral in Brazil and moved millions of people.

"'I accept the diversity of opinions, but if something like that happened again, I would do the same. For me, faith manifests itself in our actions,' Fernandes told OSV News."

Traditionalist Catholic society announces bishop consecrations in defiance of Rome The superior general of the Society of St. Pius X "publicly announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Society with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations" on July 1, accord...

The superior general of the Society of St. Pius X "publicly announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Society with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations" on July 1, according to a statement released by the order.

I think there's a craving for moral clarity at this moment. As with any conflict, moral clarity is being owned by people with very different viewpoints. It's like when people were fighting wars in the Middle Ages, and both sides said that God was on their side. How do we understand who is right? I've been thinking a lot about Renee Good and her killing. I guess what I come down to is this: Even if you're breaking the law, no one deserves to be treated like that. So even if you argue that Renee Good was somehow breaking the law, she did not deserve to be shot in the head. And I guess what I'm seeing is this coarsening of morality in the United States, where people think she deserved it. So when you think of people like the inmates on death row, migrants, protesters, L.G.B.T.Q. people, people in Ukraine, people in Gaza - everyone deserves to be treated with dignity. That's what we're losing. What's being set forth is, only our side deserves to be treated with dignity, and the other side is horrible and evil and subhuman. Which is a disgrace, because for Jesus, there's no us and them — there's just us. And all of us deserve to be treated with dignity. I think the church has been very clear about that, and I'm grateful for that. That's not a political message; that's the Gospel. Everyone is a beloved child of God, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity - and not shot in the head.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/m...

(this interview took place after the shooting of Renée Good and before that of Alex Pretti)

Rev. James Martin on Our Moral Duty in Turbulent Times

Honored to be interviewed by the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/m...

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback.

A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback. n.pr/4rxZWrE

Divided States of Chili: A Guide to America's Most Contentious Stew From Texas-style to Cincinnati, red, green, with beans and without, here's our complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about the divisive dish called chili.

“Chili is for Americans what paella is for Spaniards, or Bolognese is for Italians. It seems like everyone knows exactly what they think chili should be, and everyone knows that everyone else is wrong.”

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Sarah Ferguson ‘took Beatrice and Eugenie’ to visit Epstein five days after prison release Former Duchess of York apparently waited less than a week to see paedophile, who was under house arrest

All the conspiracy theories were kinda right, except they were wrong about who was actually doing all the vile things.

At the center of it, of course, is Trump, but he's not the only one...

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control

“Atrocity crimes are being repeated because past ones were tolerated. Our actions – or inaction – will determine whether international humanitarian law vanishes altogether.”

🇲🇩 Maia Sandu has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for defending democracy and the rule of law against Russian hybrid warfare, without violence. This is what modern peacebuilding looks like: institutions, courage, and Europe chosen freely.

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)

Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search

Holy shit. Not only was Tulsi Gabbard present for the raid on Georgia's election center, she called Trump and put him on speaker phone to the FBI agents conducting the raid! (Gift link)

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

“I cannot, of course, deny that these men are surprised that this is the law; they really are surprised that there is any such thing as law.”

- Prosecutor Robert H Jackson, Nuremberg opening address.

Child sex trafficking rings have always been illegal. These people have no idea what’s coming.

Swalwell: Nobody wants to perform there. Everyone who had been booked is now canceling since this guy put his name on it. I think he’s trying to save himself the humiliation of no one wanting to perform there or go there.

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

Law enforcement cannot be lawless.

Thousands of aggressive, untrained agents of the federal government continue to injure and terrorize Minnesotans. This must end.

apnews.com/article/immi...

How did they redact abusers but not the victims? And they expect us to believe 40 nude photos went unnoticed?

That’s exactly why people think the DOJ did this on purpose, to shame these women for coming forward.

Locking down your phone, being mindful of what you're wearing, and coming up with plans to communicate with others are all key steps to take before attending a protest. ssd.eff.org/module/atte...