Dcn. Pat
@thetechydeacon.com
Roman Catholic deacon, father, ham radio operator NE4PO, occasionally an accidental theologian, Deacon Affiliate of the Paulist Fathers, other geeky stuff
The Gospels tell us that Jesus Christ went to the ostracized, marginalized, and outcasts to restore them to the community. If you are doing the opposite, sowing division and disrupting communities, can you really claim to be a follower of Christ?
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Gospels tell us that Jesus Christ went to the ostracized, marginalized, and outcasts to restore them to the community. If you are doing the opposite, sowing division and disrupting communities, can you really claim to be a follower of Christ?
The USA is in the current situation because the Democratic Party failed to clean up the mess when they had the chance, probably fearing retribution should they loose power. Now we all have to watch as the Republicans exact the retribution they feared. Ironic - maybe. Predictable - absolutely.
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The USA is in the current situation because the Democratic Party failed to clean up the mess when they had the chance, probably fearing retribution should they loose power. Now we all have to watch as the Republicans exact the retribution they feared. Ironic - maybe. Predictable - absolutely.
Reposted by Dcn. Pat
My early years of priesthood were spent ministering to those afflicted. I watched so many wither before my eyes. It pained me terribly as they went home to the Lord; ostracized and abandoned. Their funerals were often only myself and the funeral director. Please join me in remembering them. 🙏
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My early years of priesthood were spent ministering to those afflicted. I watched so many wither before my eyes. It pained me terribly as they went home to the Lord; ostracized and abandoned. Their funerals were often only myself and the funeral director. Please join me in remembering them. 🙏
In the USA, we begin the liturgical year longing for a savior
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In the USA, we begin the liturgical year longing for a savior
The delusions continue...
How about eliminating the income tax and replacing it with universal Healthcare for all funded through a VAT like many other successful "first world" countries?
www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
How about eliminating the income tax and replacing it with universal Healthcare for all funded through a VAT like many other successful "first world" countries?
www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
Income taxes could be eliminated soon due to tariffs, Trump says
The government's individual income tax revenue last fiscal year was nearly 14 times its tariff revenue.
www.axios.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The delusions continue...
How about eliminating the income tax and replacing it with universal Healthcare for all funded through a VAT like many other successful "first world" countries?
www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
How about eliminating the income tax and replacing it with universal Healthcare for all funded through a VAT like many other successful "first world" countries?
www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
Almost a week ago, a judge ordered the end of the National Guard deployments in DC. It would not surprise me to find out the shooting was done by administration insiders to justify the deployment and martial law.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Almost a week ago, a judge ordered the end of the National Guard deployments in DC. It would not surprise me to find out the shooting was done by administration insiders to justify the deployment and martial law.
Reading this thread, I wonder how many of those outraged at charity CEO salaries happily watch or attend major sports league games, unbothered by the m/billions of $ their support feeds into the pockets of athletes and owners.
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reading this thread, I wonder how many of those outraged at charity CEO salaries happily watch or attend major sports league games, unbothered by the m/billions of $ their support feeds into the pockets of athletes and owners.
Reposted by Dcn. Pat
A brand new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social has dropped!
Our guest is Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark in #NewJersey and one of the @caldwelldominicans.bsky.social.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Our guest is Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark in #NewJersey and one of the @caldwelldominicans.bsky.social.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
A More Welcoming Church – Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P.
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A brand new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social has dropped!
Our guest is Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark in #NewJersey and one of the @caldwelldominicans.bsky.social.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Our guest is Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark in #NewJersey and one of the @caldwelldominicans.bsky.social.
Please listen here or at your podcast player:
Happy Turkey Day (early)
A Thanksgiving week treat from the Library of Congress to you: A close-up look at what many culinary historians see as the "first" American cookbook, Amelia Simmons’ "American Cookery."
www.loc.gov/item/9612696...
www.loc.gov/item/9612696...
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happy Turkey Day (early)
Today's diversion:
Dinner theater matinee at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts of "White Christmas"
Dinner theater matinee at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts of "White Christmas"
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today's diversion:
Dinner theater matinee at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts of "White Christmas"
Dinner theater matinee at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts of "White Christmas"
Moved in September just before the Government shutdown. An agonizing 51 days between pay checks (43 days plus the 8 it took to get pay processed) later we can finally begin exploring the new to us local restaurants.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Moved in September just before the Government shutdown. An agonizing 51 days between pay checks (43 days plus the 8 it took to get pay processed) later we can finally begin exploring the new to us local restaurants.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
This wouldn't be necessary if we were an actual first world country and had universal Healthcare.
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
Veterans set for $272m boost
Potential medical bills will be cancelled for veterans who accrued debt due to a technical issue with an internal government tool.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This wouldn't be necessary if we were an actual first world country and had universal Healthcare.
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
We are going backwards. @schumer.senate.gov this is on you for not fighting last March. We already struggle to get enough qualified individuals, especially teachers and nurses.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We are going backwards. @schumer.senate.gov this is on you for not fighting last March. We already struggle to get enough qualified individuals, especially teachers and nurses.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Funny - when I went through basic training, we were told several times that must refuse to obey illegal orders.
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death'
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Funny - when I went through basic training, we were told several times that must refuse to obey illegal orders.
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
Dollars to donuts, Mango Mussolini signs the Epstein files bill and the DOJ immediately sues for some outlandish reason to stop the release.
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Dollars to donuts, Mango Mussolini signs the Epstein files bill and the DOJ immediately sues for some outlandish reason to stop the release.
You do not "send legislation to the other chamber" hoping they will "correct serious deficiencies in the bill."
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You do not "send legislation to the other chamber" hoping they will "correct serious deficiencies in the bill."
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
OPM is a disaster. I work for a legislative agency. The flexible spending account administration is by FSAFEDS.gov. They recently added "identity verification" to their website using login.gov (another opm initiative).
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
OPM is a disaster. I work for a legislative agency. The flexible spending account administration is by FSAFEDS.gov. They recently added "identity verification" to their website using login.gov (another opm initiative).
I just has Google Gemini AI-splain to me that my Nest hub "doesn't support streaming" the radio station I have been streaming on it for months. Google needs to fix it's crap AI.
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just has Google Gemini AI-splain to me that my Nest hub "doesn't support streaming" the radio station I have been streaming on it for months. Google needs to fix it's crap AI.
As a step toward a more united country and world, how about we stop using phrases like "left leaning" and "right leaning" especially with respect to people? Just <name> is enough, then describe the situation and let the person receive the information without the pre-bias bias.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a step toward a more united country and world, how about we stop using phrases like "left leaning" and "right leaning" especially with respect to people? Just <name> is enough, then describe the situation and let the person receive the information without the pre-bias bias.
Reposted by Dcn. Pat
"The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash in Victoria gathered 374 players to perform the song at Federation Square, just a few blocks from where the music video for the Australian rock band's original version was filmed in 1976."
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
Watch: 374 bagpipers play AC/DC song together to break world record - UPI.com
An ensemble of 374 bagpipers playing "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC broke a Guinness World Record in Australia.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash in Victoria gathered 374 players to perform the song at Federation Square, just a few blocks from where the music video for the Australian rock band's original version was filmed in 1976."
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
Over 40 days shutdown, they voted 15 times. 40 > 15. They did not "vote everyday."
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
search.app
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Over 40 days shutdown, they voted 15 times. 40 > 15. They did not "vote everyday."
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Reposted by Dcn. Pat
Here is a snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Marissa Papula, the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles:
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here is a snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Marissa Papula, the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles:
Reposted by Dcn. Pat
A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter – Colleen Dulle
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
Seems like a design flaw that there is no way to recall a senator
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Seems like a design flaw that there is no way to recall a senator