Extraordinary. Roman mosaics found in 2022 versus the London skyline.

In just over an hour from now an alert will be sent to every TV, Radio and cell phone in the US letting Americans know that Taylor Swift WILL be attending the next Chiefs game.

“The religious wars of the early modern period or the cruel despotism of modern Iran should give us some idea of what life becomes when the state adopts an official answer to all important questions.” Jeffery Tyler Syck
lawliberty.org/old-mistakes-f…

For the Christian Realist, especially if seasoned by age and experience, the apocalyptic rejection of all current arrangements in favor of an imagined supposedly more heavenly alternative is always suspect.
juicyecumenism.com/2023/09/21/chr… via @theird

The viewer photos are pouring in for the land spout that was spotted up in St. Ignatius, but this photo from Lisa Hendrickson is tough to beat. Best views in the state somehow got even better, absolutely insane view... #mtwx

Poet W.H. Auden publishes '1 September 1939' written in New York on outbreak of war.
'There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.'
Read the rest: poets.org/poem/september…

Stop all the clocks. WH Auden died 50 years ago on September 29 1973

#OTD 1963 - Stan Musial speaks to the Wrigley Field crowd before his final game in Chicago.

He was lavished with gifts including the shotgun he is leaning on.

The other gifts the Cubs gave him was the 492 career hits he got against them! 🤣 #STLCards

Was asked to read this at my son’s wedding.
If only I could have read it as well as Seamus Heaney reads it.

I worked on Capitol Hill during the last apocalyptic net neutrality debate in which a huge amount of well-meaning yet deeply uninformed people called in parroting ignorant John Oliver talking points. Is anyone going to reflect on the fact that none of those predictions came true?

Here is The Foliage Report for the Northeast as of September 25th, 2023.

#Fall #fallfoliage #autumn

Today marks what would have been the 97th birthday of the legendary saxophonist, composer, and bandleader John William Coltrane.
photo: Chuck Stewart

'How Xi Jinping is taking control of China’s stock market:
By using listing and trading rules to direct capital into sectors that fit his priorities, the president wants the market to serve the state'
ft.com/content/f9c864…

What could go wrong? 😳

Bob Menendez is taking bribes to further Egyptian interests in the Senate and you wonder why men think about the Roman Empire every day.

Dearest mother —
I hope my appearance on the magical, moving picture box filled you with joy. As you could see, my resolve has never been more robust. Squirrel oil and your peppered chipmunk feet have kept me sturdy. Life is splendid. Give the cows my best. I love you.
— Andrew

'Sil, they got the big guy. Federal case. Get the word out that we're gonna need to lay low for a while.'

Serbian soldiers craft tombstones for fallen comrades. Thessaloniki Front, 1916.

I’ve finally printed some more of this magnificent old oak tree. The tree plate is printed on top of a colour background made with two other plates.