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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

What Fr Dowling is doing here was not just "offering communion to detainees". A full on Eucharistic Procession is a really fucking big deal. In Catholic theological framing, those folks were the honor guard with the very great privilege of escorting Jesus himself to the detention center.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 12h

I know there are people who are going to roll their eyes at this

Those people are stupid. Every tool should be on the table and this is a very specifically powerful one for a lot of folks

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 9h

I'm watching a thing about 12th century Wales and urgently need to uncover some Welsh ancestors because I want to go to (modern) there so bad

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 9h

maybe it's a cumulative thing

I'm always rooting for the etsy witches!

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 9h

do you think the cubs losing will close whatever hellgate their series win opened in 2016

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9h

The Chicago Cubs' 2025 postseason run ends with Game 5 loss to Brewers in the National League Division Series.

Cubs' 2025 postseason run ends with Game 5 loss to Brewers in NLDS

The back-and-forth series aptly came down to the wire.

trib.al

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 16h

Cat making biscuits to disco music
🎶🐈🕺😅😂
#Caturday

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 13h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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EmZeeGee @emzeegee.bsky.social · 10h

Perhaps if we had our society organized in a more just and humane way, we wouldn’t be reliant on the care of spouses (mostly women) or adult children (mostly daughters or daughters in law) to care for and manage the logistics of care for the elderly.

Maybe *that’s* the problem.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

More than 15 million people 55 or older don’t have a spouse or biological children; nearly 2 million have no family members at all.

Who will be there for these solo agers as their lives draw to a close? How many of them will die alone?

An age-old fear grows more common: ‘I’m going to die alone’

As families fracture, people are living longer and are more likely to find themselves without close relatives or friends at the end of their lives.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 10h

Apparently the eyeless ticks weren't enough, because I've now also learned from a man having an enthusiastic convo on speakerphone in a public place that Jesus was an alchemist.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 10h

Damn.

AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 11h

A reverse-engineering Baller Move: #DianeKeaton was born in #LA during the post-WWII “Baby Boom,” BUT: “She grew up in Santa Ana, Calif., and briefly attended community colleges..At 19, she dropped out and moved to NYC to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.” 🌟 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...

Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79

www.nytimes.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 15h

I was raised Catholic & grew up singing "whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers, that you do unto me." The people I saw in vans with their hands ziptied, people inside ICE Broadview... they are our siblings. Our neighbors. And they are being denied everything, including visits from clergy

skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 17h

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 13h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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B.A. Parker @baparker.bsky.social · 12h

Some cool news: I got to do a fun side project. I’ll be co-hosting a limited series called “Books We’ve Loved.” It’s where we revisit some of our fave books or read classics for the first time. I’m stoked. It starts Saturday, October 18th in the Books We Love feed from NPR. The said books are below:

Books stacked atop each other:

Interview with the Vampire by Ann Rice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Dune by Frank Herbert
Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan

NPR’s announcement of “Books We’ve Loved.” A new limited series from Book Of The Day. Hosted by Book of the Day’s Andrew Limbong and Code Switch’s B.A. Parker.

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 12h

idky that rocked me so hard but I had that hand up for god only knows how long

The book is HOW MINDS CHANGE, a great rec by @kameronhurley.com that also has me about to email a neuroscientist to ask him why I could see both versions of The Dress

Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 12h

a live look at me staring at the stereo while driving because this audiobook just told me ticks don't have eyes

it's David Bowie from the cover of HEROES with one hand on his chest and one hand uprated in front of his head while he stares past it (I had one hand on the wheel)

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 19h

Unfortunately, if you find yourself singing into your toothbrush as if it were a microphone, you have to start over, but fortunately you start over by listening to Dolly Parton singing "9 to 5" again.

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 19h

Brush in quadrants! First change is at the first "Working 9 to 5" then the next is with "I swear sometimes that man is out to get me." Third change is the next "Working 9 to 5" and finally at "You spend your life putting money in his wallet" you brush your tongue until the song is done

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 19h

If you're teaching someone about the wonders of either Dolly Parton and a simple daily tooth brushing routine, her song "9 to 5" is perfect. youtu.be/UbxUSsFXYo4?...

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Official Video)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

youtu.be

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 23h

This is just to say

I have eaten
3kg
Of cola bottles

Which was
Medically
Ill advised
And bunged me up
Completely
With gelatin

Forgive me
I had a hankering
And also
Ate a carvery

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Lisa Screaminger @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 22h

One of my favorite things on DRAG RACE is when they gnaw their fake nails off. Just like me!

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

If the Portland frogs REALLY want to fuck with the National Guard, each frog should stay completely motionless except when only ONE specific National Guardsman is looking.

a cartoon frog wearing a top hat and holding a baton

ALT: a cartoon frog wearing a top hat and holding a baton

media.tenor.com

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 1d

Young Indy departing in a train, hearing T E Lawrence say “We offered them a new world…”

Lawrence continuing, “and they made the old one over again.”

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