Iβm not sure weβve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
06.02.2026 05:12 β π 9207 π 2780 π¬ 393 π 179@brtom.bsky.social
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Iβm not sure weβve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
06.02.2026 05:12 β π 9207 π 2780 π¬ 393 π 179The cover of Prelude to a Porcupine by Sandra Simonds, a chapbook published by theeconomypress.com .
This little book of poems made my morning.
06.02.2026 16:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Physical books still account for about 75 percent of book sales, according to the Association of American Publishers. But mass market paperbacks have been a casualty."
06.02.2026 14:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The actions of many who give orders and follow orders no longer reflect the values upon which our society is based, and certainly not the Christian command to love oneβs neighbor as oneself."
06.02.2026 14:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've got nothing.
06.02.2026 14:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pope Leo: βSadly, the same logic of dominion and disregard for human life also fuels the scourge of human trafficking. Geopolitical instability and armed conflicts create fertile ground for traffickers to exploit the most vulnerable, especially displaced persons, migrants and refugees.β
06.02.2026 12:52 β π 40 π 8 π¬ 2 π 0"It is an infection of violence that appears to have overtaken the federal conscience, at every level. And it is anything but pro-life."
05.02.2026 18:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareβs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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Today's ONE WORD from Friars Jack and Greg...
05.02.2026 11:52 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A good thing.
04.02.2026 23:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0" ...after returning from the West of Ireland with his wife, Susie, he began developing a new visual language that embraced colour and was less nostalgic about British quirks."
04.02.2026 22:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"In this moment, 'bi-partisanship' is a code-word for βcapitulation.β There is nothing bipartisan about allowing ICE to continue public executions. ... There is nothing bipartisan about jailing children."
04.02.2026 18:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"China and the United States were all less free than 20 years ago, and 72% of the world's population was now living under autocracy."
04.02.2026 18:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The impact on their lives would also affect their families, friends, and employers. Also at stake, though, is Trump administration officialsβ rejection of both facts and the rule of law on which the United States was founded in order to advance their white nationalist ideology."
04.02.2026 17:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lund Cathedral
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"We are all responsible."
Spread widely. This is important.
This is how my new book on the religious experiences of Francis of Assisi begins. I hope you will ask your local public library to get one for you...
04.02.2026 14:12 β π 21 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0βBut the call to conscience will not come to everyone in dramatic ways. But more times than not, that call will come with some sort of price.β
04.02.2026 15:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Our empire is not firing indiscriminately into crowds. At least not yet. But we have chosen more and more the path of debility. Our government asserts again and again the sovereign right to maim: to maim our communities, to maim our children, to maim our sense of hope itself."
04.02.2026 14:52 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"It is why so many feel trapped by the machines, rather than freed by them from the hard drudgery of life, because we are trying to make machines do something they shouldnβt be doing. You canβt, and shouldnβt, efficiency away the human touch."
04.02.2026 13:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A single chair tucked away in a corner beneath a shelf lined with books and vessels of flowers. A reproduction black and white diamond grid pattern hexagon tile floor lies underneath.
A really nice vintage reproduction at Copper Club Restaurant.
04.02.2026 13:18 β π 184 π 26 π¬ 1 π 2