Jeff Gill

Wander far, wander well…

Robert Duvall, chameleon of the silver screen, dies at 95 In “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” he became one of the most respected acting talents of his generation.

If you have not seen “The Apostle,” may I recommend it strongly? A personal project by Duvall; also, I believe it’s Walton Goggins first movie role. Gift link:

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Time to preach on Transfiguration, and conversation. And Lent is a'comin'! #AshWednesday this week.

18 Days, 20 Lives: New Yorkers Who Didn’t Survive the Cold (Gift Article) Freezing days and nights claimed the lives of a grandmother, a dancer, a dispatcher and a man who lived among a colony of feral cats.

A hard read. But a series of stories that could be taking place much closer than New York City. The complexities of life, the simplicity of brutal cold. Gift link.
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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
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Trump is clowning his evangelical base He's not even bothering to pretend anymore.

"Trump’s unhinged, hateful remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast don’t disgust his evangelical supporters because they share his seething cultural resentment and endless persecution complex. For them, his open contempt for their mutual enemies resonates more than a true sermon."

Bluebird

Lovely Bluebird by the feeder today

At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause

What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

Raskin: What makes somebody a good lawyer?

You have to identify with the people who are the victims of injustice — not with their perpetrators.

So I would say to Pam Bondi: If you’re going to stand with the victimizers and not the victims, then you’re not a real lawyer.

This is worth a quick trip to Xwitter.

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Extremely telling that Tricia McLaughlin won’t put her name behind the defenses of like 12 different scandals here and is instead quoted as an anonymous “DHS spokeswoman.”

A church committee meeting changed my life forever | Faith Works Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill shares a personal story of how a seemingly mundane church committee meeting led him to meet his wife.

My Valentine’s Eve column in the @NewarkAdvocate, about a church committee meeting 45 years ago.

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Caring for Mom Is an Education in Scams and Fraud It was summer 2021, and my mother’s desk was a mess, including a torn envelope from the IRS shoved in the back of a drawer. “Mom?” I asked. “Did you pay your taxes?” My m

If you know anyone getting older, read this. Wholly seconded.

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Insane levels of corruption.

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Something Big Is Happening A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

I strongly encourage almost anyone to read this whole letter. Not short, but not longer than it needs to be.

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Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.

British Airways cabin crew’s ‘out of body’ experience after eating cannabis-laced sweets — The Standard Three staff taken to hospital after accepting gummies from passenger in good faith on flight from London Heathrow to Los Angeles

“High.”

A time lapse of the assembly of the set/stage on the field at halftime for the #SuperBowl yesterday:
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How an unsolved 1971 homicide led to a surprise DNA connection A detective investigating a killing stumbled onto a “case within a case,” as he called it, involving long-lost siblings who hadn’t seen each other for 62 years.

This could easily be a novel (perhaps by a modern Dickens), but it's a long story about a stubborn cold case detective & a family gone astray, pieced back together with gaps. Worth your time even if it takes a couple tries; gift link so you can --
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I beginning to think … that maybe … Trump … has never seen … The Lion King

Mandarins and Awe Feeling wonder in the presence of a duck

I saw some mandarin ducks and it felt incredible.

Read more if you would like to:

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#birds #eastcoastkin #nature #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #naturewriting #ukbirding #saturday #writing #art

Photo credits in article, with eternal thanks.

Photographer's Unique Image of a Flying Fox Carrying its Pup Mid-Flight Flying fox mother carries her pup in a rare shot by Chris Bray on Christmas Island.

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One of Team Italy's athletes yelled into the camera "Hi Mom" (in Italian), and that's a good boy.

Opinion | Lincoln as you’ve never known him Matthew Pinsker reveals how the 16th president carefully built a partisan base essential to his rise.

Dang. I will have to read this now, & Brad Lepper knows why. My granular knowledge of the Midwest in 1859 & 1860 continues to focus down...
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

The political strategy of building strength through winning local elections only works when you have a minimum standard of competence. I am becoming hopeful that Reform have exposed themselves to public scrutiny for long enough to see what a disaster they would be in government

This guy is so obsessed with dying one could almost* feel sorry for him.

*I said ALMOST, okay?

Democrats Pushback Against Trump’s Reported Bid To Rename Penn Station And Dulles Airport After Himself Trump reportedly told Schumer that he will unfreeze infrastructure funds for New York in exchange for support for renaming Penn Station and Dulles International Airport after himself.

Trump reportedly told Schumer that he will unfreeze infrastructure funds for New York in exchange for support for renaming Penn Station and Dulles International Airport after himself.

Crotch-gate: The biggest controversy heading into the Winter Olympics involves … ski jumping? Ski jumping has been pushed into the spotlight after a whistleblower uncovered a cheating scandal that involves, of all things, crotch manipulation.

Aerodynamic fashion fitting suits, with certain streamlining modifications... I have to admit, this is fascinating. #Olympics
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Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.