Most bishops are natural introverts, and say little to nothing at their respective conferences. It's the extroverted 10% which dominate the conversation and draft public statements such as this. That doesn't excuse the other 90%, but it does help explain such goings on.
U.S. bishops are opposing proposed Census Bureau rule changes for the 2030 census, arguing that excluding noncitizens without lawful permanent resident status from the apportionment count would effectively deny them recognition as persons.
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"Modern man lives in a state of existential alienation: we understand the mechanics of the stars, but we no longer grasp what it means to live beneath them."
My workshop is packed with tools - both bought and custom-designed - with the sole purpose of making it possible for me to do two- and three-man jobs entirely by myself. Half the fun is figuring out how to do a complex job solo.
Also, the point work on this wall is beautiful.
This is why traditionalists should have petitioned for sui juris status ages ago.
Pope Leo approved Cardinal Roche’s document pushing restrictions on the Latin Mass.
He reportedly requested a document to affirm Pope Francis' claim that the Novus Ordo is "the sole expression of the Roman Rite."
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brand new hp ink cartridges that only have enough ink to print the full-color A4 quality check page mandatorily printed after changing cartridges.
By analogy, one can transpose everything she says here to nearly every diocese in the western Church since at least the 1960s.
If anyone is looking for reasonably complete definitions of the notoriously difficult metaphysical concepts of Act and Potency, you could do worse than starting with these:
"Sorry kid, I'd like to help you, but, as you can clearly see, I don't have any 'fruit'," as I peel an apple right in front of his emaciated face.
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When you know the story behind it, the intentional simplicity of the throne elevates it far beyond the ornate chapel in which it stands.
But we don't have eyes for that kind of beauty anymore. Or, rather, we have grown blind to the light which illuminates it.
A dark age indeed.
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What setting do I have to change to stop videos from auto-playing? For some reason, this changed recently, and it's terribly annoying.
Wait until you find out that the Ars Memoriae or 'Art of Memory' was highly developed and taught as a liberal art well into the 17th century, often integrated into the Trivium.
It's a shame we don't read Latin anymore, as it grants access to our rich intellectual patrimony.
Dave Asprey claims you can boost your IQ by around 12 points in a month with one specific brain training method.
On The Iced Coffee Hour, he described dual n-back training: a frustrating grid game where you track both the position and the symbol from several moves back. Just 20 minutes a day. Most people quit, but sticking with it for ~20 sessions can dramatically improve working memory (e.g., going from remembering 7–8 items to 16).
Dual n-back training reliably improves performance on the trained task and can enhance working memory capacity. Some studies show modest transfer to fluid intelligence (problem-solving aspect of IQ), but results are mixed, meta-analyses find small average gains (often 2–5 points) that are stronger in lower-quality studies and don’t always hold up in well-controlled trials.
The idea that you can deliberately train a core cognitive skill like working memory is intriguing, even if the IQ boost isn’t guaranteed to be that large.
In a world full of distractions that shrink our attention, a simple daily practice that strengthens your brain’s ability to hold and manipulate information could be genuinely useful.
Would you commit to 20 minutes of frustrating brain training every day for a month if it could meaningfully improve your focus and memory?
When you read and complain about 7 different translations of the Odyssey instead of using the time to learn Greek yourself.
People are commenting on this guy's "poor" form. Remember that he's in a competition, and he wants to maximize the cut radius of every swing. Hence the odd posture. A normal working posture is more vertical, with the blade angle adjusted accordingly, and a smaller radius.
The oft-repeated "absolute power corrupts absolutely" rattled off here at the end is one of the most politically subversive midwit takes ever disseminated among the general population.
Power does not corrupt.
Power reveals the character of the one who wields it.
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"Do you FINALLY understand the consequences of that idiotic Enlightenment fable of the 'noble savage', Bob? Huh? Do you?"
Reminder that bird watching is both wholesome and highly entertaining.
These are the sorts which frequent my feeders. I've optimized the feed for each over the last few weeks, so my garden is prime bird territory. They visit all throughout the day, sometimes a dozen at a time.
