Nerdy Catholic (OCDS). SF/F Writer. Work at @locusmag. Agent: @ericsmithrocks
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Mass from the tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen for the Anniversary of his Ordination can be watched here: youtube.com/watch?v=QMVteR1O…
Finished a read through of Wolfe’s Solar Cycle. Just going to sit and stare at the wall for a month now.
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While Kyiv has been tight-lipped about the overall objectives of this offensive, it is now clear they are seeking to draw a snail in Russia
Here are the maps from the Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment for August 10, 2024, from @TheStudyofWar & @criticalthreats.
Interactive Map - Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: isw.pub/InteractiveUkraineWa…
Interactive Map - Ukraine's Incursion into Kursk Oblast: isw.pub/KurskIncursionMap202…
Just learned that in Roblox there’s a huge pretend-Catholic community of kids, with a “bishop,” “priests,” churches of all kinds of architecture, play Masses, and even a SSPX group who thinks they’re better than the normies.
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Possibly the most incredible Beethoven Ode to Joy flashmob by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nuremberg and the Hans-Sachs-Choir in front of the St. Lorenz Church in Nuremberg, Germany.
[📹 Evenord-Bank eG-KG]
Laurel Amberdine 🕊 retweeted
I'm 38 years old and I think this is the first time in my internet-using life that there's just, like, nothing fun to do online anymore. I open a web browser and just sit there with nowhere to go.
Canned post says:
Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary
I did not join “X” 🙄
Laurel Amberdine 🕊 retweeted
Fr. Georges Lemaître explaining his newly-proposed "Big Bang Theory" to Pope Pius XII (1951). Albert Einstein was in the audience.
I have never used Microsoft Outlook, and I'm not even sure exactly what it is, but I sure update that thing every week
The majority of my Twitter ads are from McDonalds, in Spanish.
I don’t eat fast food, and I don’t speak Spanish 🤷🏻♀️
Laurel Amberdine 🕊 retweeted
C.S. Lewis almost died in the trench warfare of WW-I
Became best friends with Tolkien
Sold 100 million books
On the cusp of WW-II, he gave an iconic lecture at Oxford University (1939)
His question:
Does beauty matter when bombs start falling?
THIS is his profound answer👇🏻
Had an MRI. Rating 2/10
Occasionally had a good beat but overall monotonous and cramped. Would not recommend
