Jennifer Levasseur

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life' Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Over on substack the “common good constitutionalists” are bragging that Pope Leo is not a legal positivist (shocker). Less commentary on his actual views on natural law

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

Early friendship bracelet?

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

Ohio State has not beaten Michigan in football for 2132 days. #GoBlue #Michigan #BeatOhio

Ignore us. It clearly is a mosaic of a peacock. However, if you squint, it could be a large, long-necked bird like a goose and the peacock tail could be flames shooting from the bird's rear end.

It's not a peacock. It's a rocket-propelled goose.
#MosaicMonday

I just heard the news that George Smoot has passed away. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics with John Mather in 2006.

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Maori scholar, Makereti Papakura writing at her desk c.1910. The room is decorated with a mix of Maori & European mementoes whilst the rafters are painted with traditional kowhaiwhai patterns. Makereti will be awarded a posthumous degree in Oxford tomorrow, almost a century after she died in 1930.

RIP to a gentleman and a gifted scholar

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

'Wookiee of the Sea': Scientists Name Furry Deep-Sea Coral After Chewbacca After discovering a fuzzy new coral, scientists have officially named the deep-sea specimen after the beloved Star Wars character Chewbacca.

‘Wookiee of the Sea’: Scientists Name Furry Deep-Sea Coral After Chewbacca nerdist.com/article/scie...

Ohio State has not beaten Michigan in football for 2125 days. #GoBlue #Michigan #BeatOhio

Artemis II: Nasa plans crewed Moon mission for February The mission around the Moon will pave the way for a lunar landing as soon as 2027.

Really excited for this!!
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Once upon a time #NASA PAO would have talked about increasing diversity - in the Astronaut Corps - and elsewhere across the agency. Now -- not so much.

Sept. 22, 2025, 5:46 p.m. ET3 hours ago Christina Jewett F.D.A. reporter My inbox is already lighting up. Arthur Caplan, the founding head of the division of medical ethics at N.Y.U. Grossman School of Medicine, wrote: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.”

As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:

I found the mix interesting, in a number of ways. A departure I think from Class 23 in many ways.

Is that Zeb I see?!?! 🧐

The first poster art for THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU has been revealed

The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.

Two quick things on the rapture:

(1) It’s not in the Bible and

(2) Not even the angels know when Christ will return.

Goodbye dear Disney+/Hulu/ESPN. Breaking up is hard to do, but not when one side of this relationship cows to fascists. #freedomofspeech

Petrichor, the Smell of Rain, Has A Lot of Science Behind It Learn more about the science behind the smell of rain, often known as petrichor, like the organisms responsible for the aroma.

Petrichor, the Smell of Rain, Has A Lot of Science Behind It www.discovermagazine.com/petrichor-th...

My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level, above which, on the upper three levels, are narrow rectangular window openings. It stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo on the right hand side. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 by me

#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology

Gotha Forschungsbibliothek Membr. I 81, fol. 189r

Today is the feast of Edith of Wilton, d. ca. 984. 🕯️ My hero for fighting Æthelwold over her wardrobe and winning. Read more here: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...

Gotha Forschungsbibliothek Membr. I 81, a 14th-c. MS, contains copy of her Vita by Goscelin.

#medievalsky

Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt.

The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement."

Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Ohio State has not beaten Michigan in football for 2112 days. #GoBlue #Michigan #BeatOhio

I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.

Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.

Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.

Kids asking questions is the best part of being a museum curator. In fact, all the space toilet questions inspired a whole chapter of my next book!

Having judged for 15 years or so, there are lots of near misses out there, and just heeded a few of your tips would do these kids a world of good. I often wonder what guidance they get on structure and scope...if they don't know it, somebody should be teaching it.

Sound advice. I've judged at the national level (websites and exhibits) for 15 years and so many projects are a few of these tips away from being really fantastic.