Rabble's presentation at Nostrasia was really good. He understands the "normie" perspective and what's necessary to appeal to the masses.

A Catch-22 in the Priestin' World: A lot of priests hand out their personal cellphone numbers. I don't like this, because I have a hard enough time keeping track of phone calls on one centralized phone in the office. Can't handle two "business" lines. And yet, I'd not be opposed to receiving texts. Except texts are awful for privacy, namely because there isn't any (and only nominally so with iMessage). The things people communicate to a priest are often sensitive: privacy should be guaranteed, rather than placing it at the whimsy of the NSA's full access to SMS/MMS. I forced my family and friends on Signal years ago, but it was never an option for parish contacts because... then they'd have a voice number to call me at, which would guarantee disorganization and non-returned phone calls. Until today. UNTIL TODAY. How many people will I be able to strong-arm on to secure coms? That remains to be seen, but at least it's an actual possibility today. Thanks @Signal.

Done with True Detective: Night Country and I'd like a time refund, please.

A happy Sunday to all! Fading fast here. Rare nap in my future?

I pray for parents. There's something almost countercultural about becoming one these days. I see you and love your sacrifice.

About right, random Brave Browser load up image.

For good Mexican food, there is no substitute.

I was probably the last American who hadn't seen "Interstellar." Pretty good scifi.

I've known this for decades. I've been telling people for decades that recycling plastic is a waste of time. If I knew about it, but the Green people kept pushing the line anyway, who's really responsible for any deception?

euronews

Plastic industry deceived the public about recycling, report reveals

Plastic producers should ‘pay for the damage they’ve caused’ after decades of deception, the report's authors say.

The world was bound to pass me by eventually. Agree with this fellow old fart. https://medium.com/@alex.suzuki/im-an-old-fart-and-ai-makes-me-sad-06003bfb6750

Remember that you are Dust, and unto Dust you shall return.

Ate too much hot sauce at lunch. Worst Mardi Gras ever.

We won trivia tonight, but on a total guess. Not old enough to remember when they snatched Charlie Chaplain's remains, and Switzerland responded by burying him under feet of concrete.

the Guardian

Charlie Chaplin

12 December 1978: Two men are accused of desecrating Chaplin’s tomb in a village graveyard and attempting to extort $600,000 from his family

A toy that will eventually end up sitting on a chair permanently, because the AR does not actually boost your productivity.

I love St. Josephine Bakhita, whose memorial we celebrate today. A slave from the age of 9, tortured and abused in every way you'd expect for an unfortunate female slave. But her heart never grew bitter, and her soul remained open to Christ when she finally learned of Him. It's so very easy for the external darkness inflicted upon us to consume us, but she never let it. St. Josephine Bakhita, pray for us.

Franciscan Media

Saint Josephine Bakhita | Franciscan Media

Kidnapped at the age of nine and being too terrified to remember her name, Saint Josephine Bakhita acquired the name “Bakhit” which means “fo...

It's always a tough balance between the right amount of hot sauce and needing a box of Kleenex.

It's amazing how much further along Nostr is over Bluesky. No GIFs, videos, DMs... They capitalized on a desire to transition away from Elon, but gave their users nothing to work with. Just one reason I love all you hard-working devs out there.

Why is this season of True Detective so committed to being boring?

Solid review by MKBHD. At one point he calls it a "toy," which is probably accurate analysis at this point. I can't see myself accomplishing anything with Vision Pro that I couldn't do more comfortably and quickly in a traditional computing environment. Which is sad. If this brand of tech is really going to catch on, it needs a hook beyond entertainment or just the cool factor.

So this is why all my pen caps disappear.