#Mass

Did you know there were medieval debates about whether Jesus was circumcised and--if so--whether the foreskin went to heaven when Jesus ascended or was somewhere on earth still? Dozens of
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Today, the Supreme Court decided Trump wrongfully terminated DACA. We’re ecstatic by this win and won’t stop fighting for Dreamers. #HomeIsHere THREAD This decision is met at a time
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Our team just published an article (based on rapid analysis) looking at social media/mass media discourse around the Trump campaign’s calls for election poll watchers — the so-called “Army for
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Most ridiculous war propaganda by "very serious" American media outlets.Incubator Babies. Human shredder. Stack of corpses. Acid Baths. uh... what??? Amnesty international also confirms the fake incubator babies. Actually, he
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As a Masshole who writes about climate, I think 'the Markey proves Democrats win on climate' takes have officially reached irrational exuberance. Let me explain!https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/opinion/ed-markey-young-progressive-
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Hey, @SenMikeLee, why doesn't character matter anymore? Why do you no longer care about how your wife and daughters are treated by men? It's really a shame that you have
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A year ago, I met a parish mom kneeling on the side of the cathedral, praying the Rosary in the light rain. The Mass had ended; I had been outside
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Having some vague Monday morning ponderings about how most of my favourite examples of historical fashion were not washable in the sense we expect clothing to be now, and how
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I see people wondering why some others are still pinning the blame on Modi inviting people to Kumbh and his election rallies since there is inadequate 'data' on the spread
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wish we weren't plural so we wouldn't have to put our entire, very vulnerable system at risk when taking political action we wouldn't survive in prison, we don't have the
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Since the US just announced that it will suspend its contribution to the WHO, the Bill & Melindo Gates Foundation is likely to be their largest contributor this year. This
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This "getting people fired is Being A Cop" bullshit is tedious but it also makes me furious. Firstly, because the timing is terrible - we've just seen yet another person
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This is the second and final week of "The Attack Surface lectures," a series of 8 bookstore hosted virtual events exploring themes in the third Little Brother book, Attack Surface.https://read.macmillan.com/torforge/cory-doctorow-
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Mini Thread: Allow me to preface this: I am a gun owner. I am an honorably discharged, disabled Veteran. I was in law enforcement in the Military, with full clearance
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The Sunday Times investigation into the government's catastrophic handling of the coronavirus is one of the most important things you've read.It's behind a paywall, so here's a thread with the
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For awhile I thought that it was Andrew Scheer... That he had convinced himself that if only he could lie loud enough and hard enough and often enough, he might
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