Judging by his 60 Minutes interview, it seems Pope Francis does not understand "Tradition." He speaks as if it were merely like precedence, or something we can consider and learn from historically. But we understand it as something handed down to be guarded and preserved.

1. Easter egg baskets and hunts. 2. Easter bunnies. 3. Outdoor "sunrise services." 4. Hot-cross buns. 5. The English word "Easter." Those who insist "Easter is pagan!" act as if these things are the essence of what Easter is -- that without them, there is no Easter. Yet the observance of Easter (i.e., the annual commemoration of the Resurrection) does not hinge on these things. I turned to Catholicism about 24 years ago, observing Easter each year since then. Not once have I participated in an egg hunt, decorated with bunnies, or attended an outdoor "sunrise service." I don't know whether I've even seen a hot-cross bun. I don't oppose these things; I just haven't done them. They're not important. If the way I've observed Easter is still objectionable to the anti-Easter crowd -- and it is -- then it's not because they oppose "paganism." It's because they oppose the annual commemoration of the Resurrection of Jesus. That's a sober realization.

No one around my office seems to mind seeing a person's pronouns in the email signature. But when it was noticed after almost a year that my email signature included my "Preferred conjunctive adverbs," I was told (without a smile) to delete that line. I should sue.

This is a clear, up-close, graphic video, showing a few seconds at the end what "clumps of cells" and mere "just fetuses" look like. If we want to keep it real, we need to rethink our insane view of "my body, my choice." Do not watch if you can't handle the truth about what "pro-choicers" defend.

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This is a striking comparison of the old Traditional Latin Mass and the New Mass. It's not just a matter of Latin vs. English. It affects what we believe. While both are valid, the New Mass withhold things that better express hidden realities, such as the Real Presence and that the Mass is a sacrificial rite. It's really undeniable to any honest person. That's what makes it so evil to work so hard at suppressing the ancient Mass. One has to ask, Why?

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This week marked the end of the Traditional Latin Mass at Saint Mary Cathedral in Austin, Texas. In a letter dated February 11, 2024 and addressed ...

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It seems the best way to "stack sats" is to earn an income (i.e., work a job) and buy some BTC. Isn't that better than these tiny amounts most people here tip each other with? Who has done anything with these sats? What do they plan to do with them? Why? What is the goal? From the outside it looks like a weird, obsessive hobby. I have some crypto saved (no KYC attached). I use it for VPN service. I've bought books with it. I think it's good to have if I need privacy or a permissionless transaction. But it's not a religion. We cannot serve both God and e-mammon.

I know I'm not the only one (though it feels like it in my circles), but I wish GPG encrypted email was the norm. Yes, the metadata of email headers reveals a lot, but still -- does it follow that encrypted content doesn't matter? If more people used Protonmail, and if more email providers offered similar built-in GPG encryption, then the use of email would be more reasonable, more private, more widely used, less dangerous.

My wife and I just now finished "binge watching" the entirety of the *Little House on the Prairie* television series. It took us about three years to see all the episodes.

Does anyone ever do anything with their nostr-acquired zaps in real life? Or do they just remain as numbers on a screen?

A Protestant's trinitarisn baptism is a valid, Christian sacrament that forgives all past sins and their consequences. One considerable difficulty, however, is what a Protestant does about any mortal sins he might commit after baptism. They don't have access to the sacrament of Confession. Will they always have perfect contrition for their sins -- a sorrow arising from a perfect love of God (not just a fear of hell), a pure sorrow of having re-offended the God who gave his life for us? I need the sacraments, because I don't always repent as profoundly as I should. I need Confession, as well as the Eucharist, regular mental prayer, etc., to strengthen me. And I don't think I'm alone in that.

Is there any chance that Joe Biden will be president one year from now?

Hey, @SimplifiedPrivacy.com. Is there a greater than normal privacy/security risk when using proxy sites like www hide.me/proxy? Say I wanted to check my Protonmail on a public computer, or at work. Is my password at any greater risk than usual when using that proxy site?

Is it wrong that I'm tired of hearing about Bitcoin? It still feels like people here view it as a "religion." I like crypto (Monero in particular), but it's not our savior; it won't bring us world peace or even internal peace. (Though it can bring us some privacy and great services like trusted VPNS, etc.) When we die, we can't take our stacks of crypto coins with us. We're too caught up in the digital life. We need to foster a real life, one with real people, real activity, real interaction, real work, real books. A life ordered toward our proper end: God.