Gaza has become a “mass grave” for Palestinians and those helping them. Israeli forces are systematically destroying Palestinian life and showing a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarian and medical workers: msf.org/gaza-has-becom…

there is something truly vindictive in the british national psyche. entire country full of people whose only desire is to immiserate each other at no benefit to themselves

the conclave kind of is like the Catholic superbowl except we don’t know what teams are playing and we can’t see any of the plays and everyone is 140 years old

A mouse-based overview of Ancient Greek prepositions.

Apart from being undignified speculation about papabile at this stage of the process marks you out as an amateur. If you’ve really got to do it the pro move is to be intently discussing every detail of the funeral rites with the disinterested mien of veteran sports commentators

Grammarly is so annoying, you write anything and it asks you if you want it to read as if a vulcan wrote it

Assisted suicide "may have a positive impact on those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds"

The Gaza genocide has been a source of doubt for me: not my faith in God, but in church institutions. Let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream. - Amos 5:24

ONE OF THE CONCLAVE SEAGULLS BROUGHT A BABY SEAGULL

I don't expect to enjoy the Pope being fluent in American life. I have always enjoyed popes treating America as this sort of broken dream (Francis), terrifying monstrosity (Benedict), or primitive backwater (JPII).

We should be ok then:

“use AI or you’ll get left behind” oh no that’s ok you guys go on ahead i’ll be back here with my reading comprehension and critical thinking skills

> pope francis spends entire time in office telling you sermons should last no more than eight minutes > pope francis dies > conclave held to selected his successor asks you to preach > get given sermon slot of fifteen minutes > preach for over an hour

Sincere question for Catholics if the Catholic Church is infallible why are the Celtics down 3-1?

oreo & monkey Zero 🏳️‍⚧️ COMMS CLOSED deep sea creature

sighs really loudly and sadly and pathetically

Republicans against Trump The pope’s face after JD left…Ben Affleck vibes

Harry D'Agostino Medicaid is so popular that they know the only way to undermine it is to encourage people to hate the most sickly and weak.

The Tory Party remains, with a few honourable exceptions, a nasty, small-souled party, the party of selfish curtain-twitching individualists who think they have no duty to anyone but themselves: people with no generous aspirations or sense of wider social obligation.

Today Team Leadbeater specifically voted (see division on NC16) to permit assisted suicides motivated by depression, financial insecurity, housing issues or lack of access to public services. Sorry, but these questions about political etiquette kind of pale in comparison.