Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, STD
@dawnofmercy.bsky.social
Theologian, canonist, author (https://amzn.to/3YYUGSj). Writing bio of Fr Louis J Twomey SJ; see https://matterstwomey.substack.com/.
Email: dawneden at gmail.com
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Fr Louis J. Twomey, SJ, whose biography I'm writing, had a secret life ... as an inspiration for a character in a Walker Percy novel! I write on how the #Jesuit, with characters in works by Graham Greene & Flannery O'Connor, became fuel for Percy's genius: matterstwomey.substack.com/p/the-last-g...
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If you go to 6:15 of this video you will see Pope Leo singing along to a Marty Haugen hymn. He doesn't have a song sheet; he just knows it. You guys, I am never getting over this American pope thing.
Istanbul, Türkiye, Visit to a Home for the Elderly, November 28, 2025, Pope Leo XIV
YouTube video by Vatican News - English
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November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If you go to 6:15 of this video you will see Pope Leo singing along to a Marty Haugen hymn. He doesn't have a song sheet; he just knows it. You guys, I am never getting over this American pope thing.
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reminded of what Gandhi is reported to have said about Western civilization
that he thought it would be a good idea
that he thought it would be a good idea
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
reminded of what Gandhi is reported to have said about Western civilization
that he thought it would be a good idea
that he thought it would be a good idea
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Water lilies, willow reflections - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110505
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110505
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Water lilies, willow reflections - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110505
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110505
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The Grove - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/15392
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/15392
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Grove - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/15392
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/15392
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Bill Haley and His Comets - Thirteen Women (7” 45 rpm, 1954). Fun Fact: The recording of Thirteen Women ate up so much of the day’s studio session, the band only had ten minutes & two takes to record the B-Side, which was a little nothing tune called Rock Around The Clock!
youtu.be/hOSGEEswmqQ?...
youtu.be/hOSGEEswmqQ?...
Thirteen Women - Bill Haley and his Comets
YouTube video by Patricia13386
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Bill Haley and His Comets - Thirteen Women (7” 45 rpm, 1954). Fun Fact: The recording of Thirteen Women ate up so much of the day’s studio session, the band only had ten minutes & two takes to record the B-Side, which was a little nothing tune called Rock Around The Clock!
youtu.be/hOSGEEswmqQ?...
youtu.be/hOSGEEswmqQ?...
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A basilica lost for 1,200 years has re-emerged from Lake Iznik — and today Pope Leo prayed there with Patriarch Bartholomew, calling Nicaea’s anniversary a chance to renew Christian unity.
religionnews.com/2025/11/28/a...
religionnews.com/2025/11/28/a...
At Nicaea, Pope Leo calls Christians to rise to unity as ancient basilica resurfaces
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Before the newly resurfaced ruins of the Basilica of Neophytos, Pope Leo XIV joined with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, hoping to recover the same spirit of unity that once…
religionnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A basilica lost for 1,200 years has re-emerged from Lake Iznik — and today Pope Leo prayed there with Patriarch Bartholomew, calling Nicaea’s anniversary a chance to renew Christian unity.
religionnews.com/2025/11/28/a...
religionnews.com/2025/11/28/a...
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It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
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Americans! Which Peter will you follow?
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Americans! Which Peter will you follow?
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Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect - 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9318
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9318
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt, Winter Effect - 1880
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9318
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9318
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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Trump, the oldest man ever elected president, is showing more signs of age and fatigue. His official schedule starts later in the day and he has held 39% fewer public events than during the same period in his first term. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Dylan Freedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump, the oldest man ever elected president, is showing more signs of age and fatigue. His official schedule starts later in the day and he has held 39% fewer public events than during the same period in his first term. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Dylan Freedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Democracy dies in dampness
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Democracy dies in dampness
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Sunrise near Bromyard, Herefordshire
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sunrise near Bromyard, Herefordshire
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Day 111—Said my Our Father for our country.
Every day until…
Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
Every day until…
Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Day 111—Said my Our Father for our country.
Every day until…
Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
Every day until…
Join me. Let me know. Pass this on. If it’s not your “thing”, just be kind, let it be.
Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
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This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
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Gnosticism!
"Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day"
"Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day"
Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day
Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day. Leo divulged his strategy playing the popular New York Times online game during an online encounter wit...
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Gnosticism!
"Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day"
"Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day"
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I agree — so simply and beautifully put.
Also - an excellent interview.
Also - an excellent interview.
"I would say that the belief that some human lives have more value than others _is_ the root of all evil." — @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in today's @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
John Green Doesn’t Want You to Lose the Magic of Your Teenage Self
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I agree — so simply and beautifully put.
Also - an excellent interview.
Also - an excellent interview.
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"I would say that the belief that some human lives have more value than others _is_ the root of all evil." — @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in today's @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
John Green Doesn’t Want You to Lose the Magic of Your Teenage Self
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"I would say that the belief that some human lives have more value than others _is_ the root of all evil." — @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in today's @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
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Professional Christian here 👋 - not only do I *worry* - I feel the need to explain “once your candle is lit, hold it upright, and let neighbor with the unlit candle light theirs off yours or else you will drip wax on your hands and maybe your neighbor…”
And yes, I get burned at least once anyway.😂
And yes, I get burned at least once anyway.😂
I am not religious please do not @ me but I have gone to candlelight service on Christmas Eve a handful of times because it’s just kind of nice!
However I spend the entire time eyeballing my candle and how soon the wax is gonna start really dripping on me. Do real Christians not worry?
However I spend the entire time eyeballing my candle and how soon the wax is gonna start really dripping on me. Do real Christians not worry?
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Professional Christian here 👋 - not only do I *worry* - I feel the need to explain “once your candle is lit, hold it upright, and let neighbor with the unlit candle light theirs off yours or else you will drip wax on your hands and maybe your neighbor…”
And yes, I get burned at least once anyway.😂
And yes, I get burned at least once anyway.😂