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CAMERA’s MISSION: Erase witnesses in every language, now Hebrew media too
#CAMERA just announced they’re expanding their censorship operation across Hebrew, English, Spanish, and Arabic media to work in “full cooperation” fighting “media bias against Israel” and shaping “global public opinion regarding Israel.”
This is the same organization caught in 2008 coordinating efforts to “infiltrate” #Wikipedia to “rewrite Palestinian history,” with members told to “stay away from any Israel related articles” until gaining administrator privileges. “We will go to war after we have build our army,” one organizer wrote.
Journalist Jonathan Cook lists CAMERA among “Zionist watchdogs” that “created what the late Edward Said called ‘the last taboo in American public life’, moving rapidly to shut down any signs of critical debate about Israeli policies.”
Robert I. Friedman wrote in The Nation that CAMERA was formed after Israel’s 1982 Lebanon invasion “to keep the U.S. press in line” using “McCarthyite tactics.”Their stated strategy: monitor and “correct distortions” in Israeli media “that negatively affect international coverage,” train thousands of students fighting “anti-Israel bias in academia,” and run programs combating “anti-Israelism in American school curricula.
They’ve targeted everyone from prominent Israeli journalists at Ha’aretz to historian Benny Morris (called a “fabricator” - who only later came out as a rabid #Islamophobe and Jewish supremacist), and even pressured university libraries to remove books they find “offensive.”
CAMERA was created to claim victimhood while erasing witnesses to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The infrastructure built to suppress Gaza coverage will be used against anyone who threatens to expose #Israel.
#camera #islamophobe #israel #zionism #fascism #gazagenocide #palestine #academia
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Film: The Voice of Hind Rajab, Princess Original Cinema at 7pm Friday 30 January 2026
- What: Film: The Voice of Hind Rajab
- When: 7:00pm on Friday 30 January 2026
- Additional Showings: 4:30pm on Saturday 31 January 2026 and 2:30pm on Sunday 1 February 2026
- Where: Princess Original Cinema
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Dear Waterloo Region friends of Palestine,
WRFP is privileged to share our first film showing of 2026 with partner, Princess Cinema.
A shattering film using only sound and humanity; screened on the 2nd anniversary of the murder of 5 year-old Hind Rajab.
The voice of Hind Rajab is the voice of Gaza itself, a cry for rescue the entire world could hear, yet no one answered.
On January 29, 2024, a five-year-old Palestinian girl named Hind Rajab and six members of her family attempted to obey an evacuation order by Israel’s military before their home in Gaza City was to be bombed. The Israeli military shelled and shot at the fleeing vehicle, killing Hind’s family and trapping the young girl in the wreckage. Hind was able to place a call to the Palestinian Red Crescent begging for help as darkness falls. She waited 3 hours for an ambulance to be granted permission by the Israeli military to come to her only to have it shelled by a tank just as it reached her. The two paramedics were murdered — as was Hind herself.
Instead of directly depicting this horrific action, the director, Ben Hania, centers the drama within the offices of the Palestinian Red Crescent in the West Bank. The film chronicles the efforts of the call centre dispatcher to maintain an open phone line with Hind while negotiating safe passage for the rescue ambulance with Israel’s uncaring military.
In a bold and inspired move, the director utilizes the actual audio of Hind’s phone calls in the film, a choice that refocuses the line between fiction and documentary, yet never feels exploitative. The film was made with the support of Hind’s mother and the real-life dispatchers who tried to coordinate the rescue effort. The Voice of Hind Rajab is heartbreaking but it is also unflinching portrayal of genocidal intent and the dangers of humanitarian aid work in middle of military fire which targets civilians and civil society. The film is a memorial to a young, innocent life extinguished by a brutal genocide.
The film will be introduced with opening remarks by Robert Massoud, founder of Zatoun.
In deference to the film’s subject it will not be followed by the usual conversation / Q&A.
Tunisia, France, USA | Kaouther Ben Hania | 89 minutes | Arabic with English subtitles
Awards and reviews:
The Voice of Hind Rajab was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in 2025. It received the longest standing ovation in the festival’s history (24 minutes). Director Ben Hania said in her powerful acceptance speech: “The voice of Hind is the voice of Gaza itself, a cry for rescue the entire world could hear, yet no one answered. Her voice will continue. Her voice will continue to echo until accountability is real, until justice is served.”
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has 98% based on 49 critics reviews. The website’s consensus reads: “Incorporating real-life elements that are as difficult to witness as they are impossible to forget, The Voice of Hind Rajab is a harrowing docudrama that makes a powerful appeal to humanity.” Metacritic assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating “universal acclaim.”
“Not a day has gone by that I haven’t thought of Hind and the life that she was denied. Ben Hania’s film asks you to do the same: to remember her smile, her voice, her love of the sea, and her.” rogerebert.com.
The film is Tunisia’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026.
Hope to see you at the film on Friday, 30 January 2026 (extra showings on Saturday and Sunday). Please share with family and friends. Princess Cinema needs our support to encourage screening of more films on or about Palestine. Thank you.
In solidarity and peace,
#Gaza #HindRajab #OriginalPrincess #Palestine #WaterlooRegionFriendsOfPalestine #WaterlooRegion
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Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief – The New York Times
We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)By Bret Stephens | The New York Times, | Dec. 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m., | Updated: 8:23 a.m.
Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Donald Trump’s personality — what more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
Markets will not be moved, or brigades redeployed, or history shifted, because Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death Sunday in their home in Los Angeles, allegedly at the hands of their troubled son Nick.
But this is an appalling human tragedy and a terrible national loss. Reiner’s movies, including “Stand by Me,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally…,” are landmarks in the inner lives of millions of people; I can still quote by heart dialogue and song lyrics from his 1984 classic, “This Is Spinal Tap.” Until last week, he and Michele remained creative forces as well as one of Hollywood’s great real-life love stories. Their liberal politics, though mostly not my own, were honorable and sincere.
To which our ogre in chief had this to say on social media:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
I quote Trump’s post in full not only because it must be read to be believed, but also because it captures the combination of preposterous grandiosity, obsessive self-regard and gratuitous spite that “deranged” the Reiners and so many other Americans trying to hold on to a sense of national decency. Good people and good nations do not stomp on the grief of others. Politics is meant to end at the graveside. That’s not just some social nicety. It’s a foundational taboo that any civilized society must enforce to prevent transient personal differences from becoming generational blood feuds.
That is where history will record that the deepest damage by the Trump presidency was done. There is, as Adam Smith said, “a great deal of ruin in a nation,” by which he meant that there are things in almost any country that are going badly wrong but can still be mended. Foolishly imposed tariffs can be repealed. Hastily cut funding can be restored. Ill-thought-out national security strategies can be rewritten. Shaken trust can be rebuilt between Washington and our allies.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
Tags: 2025, America, Donald Trump, Health, History, Hollow, Libraries, Library, Library of Congress, Ogre, Ogre in Chief, Opinion, Petty, Politics, Republicans, Resistance, Science, Squalid, The New York Times, Trump, Trump Administration, United States
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Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief – The New York Times
We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)By Bret Stephens | The New York Times, | Dec. 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m., | Updated: 8:23 a.m.
Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Donald Trump’s personality — what more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
Markets will not be moved, or brigades redeployed, or history shifted, because Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death Sunday in their home in Los Angeles, allegedly at the hands of their troubled son Nick.
But this is an appalling human tragedy and a terrible national loss. Reiner’s movies, including “Stand by Me,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally…,” are landmarks in the inner lives of millions of people; I can still quote by heart dialogue and song lyrics from his 1984 classic, “This Is Spinal Tap.” Until last week, he and Michele remained creative forces as well as one of Hollywood’s great real-life love stories. Their liberal politics, though mostly not my own, were honorable and sincere.
To which our ogre in chief had this to say on social media:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
I quote Trump’s post in full not only because it must be read to be believed, but also because it captures the combination of preposterous grandiosity, obsessive self-regard and gratuitous spite that “deranged” the Reiners and so many other Americans trying to hold on to a sense of national decency. Good people and good nations do not stomp on the grief of others. Politics is meant to end at the graveside. That’s not just some social nicety. It’s a foundational taboo that any civilized society must enforce to prevent transient personal differences from becoming generational blood feuds.
That is where history will record that the deepest damage by the Trump presidency was done. There is, as Adam Smith said, “a great deal of ruin in a nation,” by which he meant that there are things in almost any country that are going badly wrong but can still be mended. Foolishly imposed tariffs can be repealed. Hastily cut funding can be restored. Ill-thought-out national security strategies can be rewritten. Shaken trust can be rebuilt between Washington and our allies.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
Tags: 2025, America, Donald Trump, Health, History, Hollow, Libraries, Library, Library of Congress, Ogre, Ogre in Chief, Opinion, Petty, Politics, Republicans, Resistance, Science, Squalid, The New York Times, Trump, Trump Administration, United States
#2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Health #History #Hollow #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Ogre #OgreInChief #Opinion #Petty #Politics #Republicans #Resistance #Science #Squalid #TheNewYorkTimes #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates -
Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief – The New York Times
We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)By Bret Stephens | The New York Times, | Dec. 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m., | Updated: 8:23 a.m.
Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Donald Trump’s personality — what more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
Markets will not be moved, or brigades redeployed, or history shifted, because Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death Sunday in their home in Los Angeles, allegedly at the hands of their troubled son Nick.
But this is an appalling human tragedy and a terrible national loss. Reiner’s movies, including “Stand by Me,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally…,” are landmarks in the inner lives of millions of people; I can still quote by heart dialogue and song lyrics from his 1984 classic, “This Is Spinal Tap.” Until last week, he and Michele remained creative forces as well as one of Hollywood’s great real-life love stories. Their liberal politics, though mostly not my own, were honorable and sincere.
To which our ogre in chief had this to say on social media:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
I quote Trump’s post in full not only because it must be read to be believed, but also because it captures the combination of preposterous grandiosity, obsessive self-regard and gratuitous spite that “deranged” the Reiners and so many other Americans trying to hold on to a sense of national decency. Good people and good nations do not stomp on the grief of others. Politics is meant to end at the graveside. That’s not just some social nicety. It’s a foundational taboo that any civilized society must enforce to prevent transient personal differences from becoming generational blood feuds.
That is where history will record that the deepest damage by the Trump presidency was done. There is, as Adam Smith said, “a great deal of ruin in a nation,” by which he meant that there are things in almost any country that are going badly wrong but can still be mended. Foolishly imposed tariffs can be repealed. Hastily cut funding can be restored. Ill-thought-out national security strategies can be rewritten. Shaken trust can be rebuilt between Washington and our allies.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
Tags: 2025, America, Donald Trump, Health, History, Hollow, Libraries, Library, Library of Congress, Ogre, Ogre in Chief, Opinion, Petty, Politics, Republicans, Resistance, Science, Squalid, The New York Times, Trump, Trump Administration, United States
#2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Health #History #Hollow #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Ogre #OgreInChief #Opinion #Petty #Politics #Republicans #Resistance #Science #Squalid #TheNewYorkTimes #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates -
Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief – The New York Times
We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)By Bret Stephens | The New York Times, | Dec. 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m., | Updated: 8:23 a.m.
Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Donald Trump’s personality — what more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
Markets will not be moved, or brigades redeployed, or history shifted, because Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death Sunday in their home in Los Angeles, allegedly at the hands of their troubled son Nick.
But this is an appalling human tragedy and a terrible national loss. Reiner’s movies, including “Stand by Me,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally…,” are landmarks in the inner lives of millions of people; I can still quote by heart dialogue and song lyrics from his 1984 classic, “This Is Spinal Tap.” Until last week, he and Michele remained creative forces as well as one of Hollywood’s great real-life love stories. Their liberal politics, though mostly not my own, were honorable and sincere.
To which our ogre in chief had this to say on social media:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
I quote Trump’s post in full not only because it must be read to be believed, but also because it captures the combination of preposterous grandiosity, obsessive self-regard and gratuitous spite that “deranged” the Reiners and so many other Americans trying to hold on to a sense of national decency. Good people and good nations do not stomp on the grief of others. Politics is meant to end at the graveside. That’s not just some social nicety. It’s a foundational taboo that any civilized society must enforce to prevent transient personal differences from becoming generational blood feuds.
That is where history will record that the deepest damage by the Trump presidency was done. There is, as Adam Smith said, “a great deal of ruin in a nation,” by which he meant that there are things in almost any country that are going badly wrong but can still be mended. Foolishly imposed tariffs can be repealed. Hastily cut funding can be restored. Ill-thought-out national security strategies can be rewritten. Shaken trust can be rebuilt between Washington and our allies.
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Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief – The New York Times
We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)By Bret Stephens | The New York Times, | Dec. 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m., | Updated: 8:23 a.m.
Though I tend to think it’s usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Donald Trump’s personality — what more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
Markets will not be moved, or brigades redeployed, or history shifted, because Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death Sunday in their home in Los Angeles, allegedly at the hands of their troubled son Nick.
But this is an appalling human tragedy and a terrible national loss. Reiner’s movies, including “Stand by Me,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally…,” are landmarks in the inner lives of millions of people; I can still quote by heart dialogue and song lyrics from his 1984 classic, “This Is Spinal Tap.” Until last week, he and Michele remained creative forces as well as one of Hollywood’s great real-life love stories. Their liberal politics, though mostly not my own, were honorable and sincere.
To which our ogre in chief had this to say on social media:
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
I quote Trump’s post in full not only because it must be read to be believed, but also because it captures the combination of preposterous grandiosity, obsessive self-regard and gratuitous spite that “deranged” the Reiners and so many other Americans trying to hold on to a sense of national decency. Good people and good nations do not stomp on the grief of others. Politics is meant to end at the graveside. That’s not just some social nicety. It’s a foundational taboo that any civilized society must enforce to prevent transient personal differences from becoming generational blood feuds.
That is where history will record that the deepest damage by the Trump presidency was done. There is, as Adam Smith said, “a great deal of ruin in a nation,” by which he meant that there are things in almost any country that are going badly wrong but can still be mended. Foolishly imposed tariffs can be repealed. Hastily cut funding can be restored. Ill-thought-out national security strategies can be rewritten. Shaken trust can be rebuilt between Washington and our allies.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
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Democrats release new Epstein photos ahead of DoJ transparency deadline
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/jeffrey-epstein-estate-files-photos
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***Images, undated and uncaptioned, include Vladimir Nabokov lines written on women and show Bill Gates and Noam Chomsky***
Democrats on the House oversight committee have released a new batch of photos from the estate of convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, as the deadline for the justice department to release its files related to Epstein looms.
The images, released on Thursday, are undated and lack captions or context. Among them are photographs of what appear to be lines from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita written on different parts of a woman’s body.
In a statement after the release Robert Garcia, a US representative and ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, said that “oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people.”
“As we approach the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession,” he said.
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Press release: https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-statement-after-oversight-democrats-release
Official dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&e=2&st=8o7kizhr&dl=0
Catbox archive:This.
https://files.catbox.moe/j8jg6o.zip#politics #usa #epsteinfiles #epsteinphotos #epsteinballroom #ghislainemaxwell
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Democrats release new Epstein photos ahead of DoJ transparency deadline
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/jeffrey-epstein-estate-files-photos
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***Images, undated and uncaptioned, include Vladimir Nabokov lines written on women and show Bill Gates and Noam Chomsky***
Democrats on the House oversight committee have released a new batch of photos from the estate of convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, as the deadline for the justice department to release its files related to Epstein looms.
The images, released on Thursday, are undated and lack captions or context. Among them are photographs of what appear to be lines from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita written on different parts of a woman’s body.
In a statement after the release Robert Garcia, a US representative and ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, said that “oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people.”
“As we approach the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession,” he said.
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Press release: https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-statement-after-oversight-democrats-release
Official dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&e=2&st=8o7kizhr&dl=0
Catbox archive:This.
https://files.catbox.moe/j8jg6o.zip#politics #usa #epsteinfiles #epsteinphotos #epsteinballroom #ghislainemaxwell
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Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’ – Entertainment Weekly
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of film’s real message: ‘This is what fascism does’
The hit sci-fi movie’s famous “red pill” scene has taken on new meaning on the far right.
By Ryan Coleman, December 1, 2025 8:46 p.m. ET
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Jasin Boland /Warner Bros.- Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix, is criticizing right-wing misinterpretations of the hit sci-fi film.
- “Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything,” Wachowski said on a recent podcast. “They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is.”
- She and her sister, Lana Wachowski, have taken issue with some conservatives twisting the meaning of the film’s famous “red pill” scene, which they conceived as a trans allegory.
Lilly Wachowski has had it with misreadings and misinterpretations of The Matrix.
The sci-fi classic she co-directed with her sister, Lana Wachowski, in 1999 tells the story of a lonely computer programmer named Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), who suddenly wakes up to the fact that his drab reality is in fact an advanced computer simulation keeping humanity repressed. The movie’s prescient exploration of the choice between a familiar yet crippling illusion and a scary yet liberating truth has proven to be an enduring cultural touchpoint.
But lately, Lilly isn’t happy with what some viewers are doing with The Matrix‘s message.
“Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything. They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is,” Lilly said on a recent episode of the So True podcast. “This is what fascism does.”
The red pill and blue pill scene in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Warner Bros.She continued, “They do it with absolutely everything. They do it with ‘Make America Healthy Again,” referencing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial public health initiative, which claims a mission of “pursuing truth, embracing science, and enacting pro-growth policies” but has targeted services like transgender medical care and vaccine programs.
“This idea of… there is only two biological genders,” Wachowski said. “They’re calling it science, but it is not science. And that is what fascism does. It takes these things, these ideas that are generally acknowledged as questions or investigations, or truisms about humanity and life, and they turn them to something else… They remove the weight of what those things represent.”
Will Smith will not star in ‘The Matrix 5’ despite cryptic teaser‘Matrix’ star Joe Pantoliano says the Wachowskis ‘f—ing lied’ to him about Cypher’s fate
Lilly Wachowski came out as trans in 2016, giving “thanks to my fabulous sister,” who had “done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people.” Indeed, Lana Wachowski came out as trans in 2008, reflecting later on her trepidation about going public with her identity, “When I say it’s a matter of life and death, I’m saying that some people who have problems with transgender people suddenly recognize [us] as transgender, and that can have dire consequences when you live in a culture that’s so uncomfortable with gender variation.”
The Matrix scene that has gained the most traction in right-wing circles is the one in which Reeves’ protagonist is given a choice between taking a blue pill, which will return him to the ignorance of his normal life, and a red pill, which will forever wake him up to the harsh realities of living within the totalitarian control of a surveillance apparatus.
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“Red-pilling” has been interpreted by many conservatives as waking up to the “truth” of prohibitive views on cultural issues like LGBTQ rights. But in fact, both Wachowskis have revealed in the years since the film’s release that its deeper meaning, encapsulated in the pill scene, is a trans allegory.
“That was the original intention, but the corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” Lilly explained in 2020, noting that the very concept of the Matrix “was all about this desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view.”
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Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’ – Entertainment Weekly
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of film’s real message: ‘This is what fascism does’
The hit sci-fi movie’s famous “red pill” scene has taken on new meaning on the far right.
By Ryan Coleman, December 1, 2025 8:46 p.m. ET
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Jasin Boland /Warner Bros.- Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix, is criticizing right-wing misinterpretations of the hit sci-fi film.
- “Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything,” Wachowski said on a recent podcast. “They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is.”
- She and her sister, Lana Wachowski, have taken issue with some conservatives twisting the meaning of the film’s famous “red pill” scene, which they conceived as a trans allegory.
Lilly Wachowski has had it with misreadings and misinterpretations of The Matrix.
The sci-fi classic she co-directed with her sister, Lana Wachowski, in 1999 tells the story of a lonely computer programmer named Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), who suddenly wakes up to the fact that his drab reality is in fact an advanced computer simulation keeping humanity repressed. The movie’s prescient exploration of the choice between a familiar yet crippling illusion and a scary yet liberating truth has proven to be an enduring cultural touchpoint.
But lately, Lilly isn’t happy with what some viewers are doing with The Matrix‘s message.
“Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything. They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is,” Lilly said on a recent episode of the So True podcast. “This is what fascism does.”
The red pill and blue pill scene in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Warner Bros.She continued, “They do it with absolutely everything. They do it with ‘Make America Healthy Again,” referencing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial public health initiative, which claims a mission of “pursuing truth, embracing science, and enacting pro-growth policies” but has targeted services like transgender medical care and vaccine programs.
“This idea of… there is only two biological genders,” Wachowski said. “They’re calling it science, but it is not science. And that is what fascism does. It takes these things, these ideas that are generally acknowledged as questions or investigations, or truisms about humanity and life, and they turn them to something else… They remove the weight of what those things represent.”
Will Smith will not star in ‘The Matrix 5’ despite cryptic teaser‘Matrix’ star Joe Pantoliano says the Wachowskis ‘f—ing lied’ to him about Cypher’s fate
Lilly Wachowski came out as trans in 2016, giving “thanks to my fabulous sister,” who had “done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people.” Indeed, Lana Wachowski came out as trans in 2008, reflecting later on her trepidation about going public with her identity, “When I say it’s a matter of life and death, I’m saying that some people who have problems with transgender people suddenly recognize [us] as transgender, and that can have dire consequences when you live in a culture that’s so uncomfortable with gender variation.”
The Matrix scene that has gained the most traction in right-wing circles is the one in which Reeves’ protagonist is given a choice between taking a blue pill, which will return him to the ignorance of his normal life, and a red pill, which will forever wake him up to the harsh realities of living within the totalitarian control of a surveillance apparatus.
Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.
“Red-pilling” has been interpreted by many conservatives as waking up to the “truth” of prohibitive views on cultural issues like LGBTQ rights. But in fact, both Wachowskis have revealed in the years since the film’s release that its deeper meaning, encapsulated in the pill scene, is a trans allegory.
“That was the original intention, but the corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” Lilly explained in 2020, noting that the very concept of the Matrix “was all about this desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’
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Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’ – Entertainment Weekly
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of film’s real message: ‘This is what fascism does’
The hit sci-fi movie’s famous “red pill” scene has taken on new meaning on the far right.
By Ryan Coleman, December 1, 2025 8:46 p.m. ET
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Jasin Boland /Warner Bros.- Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix, is criticizing right-wing misinterpretations of the hit sci-fi film.
- “Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything,” Wachowski said on a recent podcast. “They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is.”
- She and her sister, Lana Wachowski, have taken issue with some conservatives twisting the meaning of the film’s famous “red pill” scene, which they conceived as a trans allegory.
Lilly Wachowski has had it with misreadings and misinterpretations of The Matrix.
The sci-fi classic she co-directed with her sister, Lana Wachowski, in 1999 tells the story of a lonely computer programmer named Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), who suddenly wakes up to the fact that his drab reality is in fact an advanced computer simulation keeping humanity repressed. The movie’s prescient exploration of the choice between a familiar yet crippling illusion and a scary yet liberating truth has proven to be an enduring cultural touchpoint.
But lately, Lilly isn’t happy with what some viewers are doing with The Matrix‘s message.
“Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything. They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is,” Lilly said on a recent episode of the So True podcast. “This is what fascism does.”
The red pill and blue pill scene in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Warner Bros.She continued, “They do it with absolutely everything. They do it with ‘Make America Healthy Again,” referencing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial public health initiative, which claims a mission of “pursuing truth, embracing science, and enacting pro-growth policies” but has targeted services like transgender medical care and vaccine programs.
“This idea of… there is only two biological genders,” Wachowski said. “They’re calling it science, but it is not science. And that is what fascism does. It takes these things, these ideas that are generally acknowledged as questions or investigations, or truisms about humanity and life, and they turn them to something else… They remove the weight of what those things represent.”
Will Smith will not star in ‘The Matrix 5’ despite cryptic teaser‘Matrix’ star Joe Pantoliano says the Wachowskis ‘f—ing lied’ to him about Cypher’s fate
Lilly Wachowski came out as trans in 2016, giving “thanks to my fabulous sister,” who had “done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people.” Indeed, Lana Wachowski came out as trans in 2008, reflecting later on her trepidation about going public with her identity, “When I say it’s a matter of life and death, I’m saying that some people who have problems with transgender people suddenly recognize [us] as transgender, and that can have dire consequences when you live in a culture that’s so uncomfortable with gender variation.”
The Matrix scene that has gained the most traction in right-wing circles is the one in which Reeves’ protagonist is given a choice between taking a blue pill, which will return him to the ignorance of his normal life, and a red pill, which will forever wake him up to the harsh realities of living within the totalitarian control of a surveillance apparatus.
Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.
“Red-pilling” has been interpreted by many conservatives as waking up to the “truth” of prohibitive views on cultural issues like LGBTQ rights. But in fact, both Wachowskis have revealed in the years since the film’s release that its deeper meaning, encapsulated in the pill scene, is a trans allegory.
“That was the original intention, but the corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” Lilly explained in 2020, noting that the very concept of the Matrix “was all about this desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’
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Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’ – Entertainment Weekly
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of film’s real message: ‘This is what fascism does’
The hit sci-fi movie’s famous “red pill” scene has taken on new meaning on the far right.
By Ryan Coleman, December 1, 2025 8:46 p.m. ET
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Jasin Boland /Warner Bros.- Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix, is criticizing right-wing misinterpretations of the hit sci-fi film.
- “Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything,” Wachowski said on a recent podcast. “They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is.”
- She and her sister, Lana Wachowski, have taken issue with some conservatives twisting the meaning of the film’s famous “red pill” scene, which they conceived as a trans allegory.
Lilly Wachowski has had it with misreadings and misinterpretations of The Matrix.
The sci-fi classic she co-directed with her sister, Lana Wachowski, in 1999 tells the story of a lonely computer programmer named Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), who suddenly wakes up to the fact that his drab reality is in fact an advanced computer simulation keeping humanity repressed. The movie’s prescient exploration of the choice between a familiar yet crippling illusion and a scary yet liberating truth has proven to be an enduring cultural touchpoint.
But lately, Lilly isn’t happy with what some viewers are doing with The Matrix‘s message.
“Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything. They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is,” Lilly said on a recent episode of the So True podcast. “This is what fascism does.”
The red pill and blue pill scene in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Warner Bros.She continued, “They do it with absolutely everything. They do it with ‘Make America Healthy Again,” referencing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial public health initiative, which claims a mission of “pursuing truth, embracing science, and enacting pro-growth policies” but has targeted services like transgender medical care and vaccine programs.
“This idea of… there is only two biological genders,” Wachowski said. “They’re calling it science, but it is not science. And that is what fascism does. It takes these things, these ideas that are generally acknowledged as questions or investigations, or truisms about humanity and life, and they turn them to something else… They remove the weight of what those things represent.”
Will Smith will not star in ‘The Matrix 5’ despite cryptic teaser‘Matrix’ star Joe Pantoliano says the Wachowskis ‘f—ing lied’ to him about Cypher’s fate
Lilly Wachowski came out as trans in 2016, giving “thanks to my fabulous sister,” who had “done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people.” Indeed, Lana Wachowski came out as trans in 2008, reflecting later on her trepidation about going public with her identity, “When I say it’s a matter of life and death, I’m saying that some people who have problems with transgender people suddenly recognize [us] as transgender, and that can have dire consequences when you live in a culture that’s so uncomfortable with gender variation.”
The Matrix scene that has gained the most traction in right-wing circles is the one in which Reeves’ protagonist is given a choice between taking a blue pill, which will return him to the ignorance of his normal life, and a red pill, which will forever wake him up to the harsh realities of living within the totalitarian control of a surveillance apparatus.
Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.
“Red-pilling” has been interpreted by many conservatives as waking up to the “truth” of prohibitive views on cultural issues like LGBTQ rights. But in fact, both Wachowskis have revealed in the years since the film’s release that its deeper meaning, encapsulated in the pill scene, is a trans allegory.
“That was the original intention, but the corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” Lilly explained in 2020, noting that the very concept of the Matrix “was all about this desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’
#1999Film #Appropriation #CarrieAnnMoss #EntertainmentWeekly #EW #Facism #Film #KeanuReeves #LanaWachowski #LillyWachowski #Politics #Propaganda #RedPilling #RightWing #RightWing #RyanColeman #Transgender
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Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’ – Entertainment Weekly
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of film’s real message: ‘This is what fascism does’
The hit sci-fi movie’s famous “red pill” scene has taken on new meaning on the far right.
By Ryan Coleman, December 1, 2025 8:46 p.m. ET
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Jasin Boland /Warner Bros.- Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix, is criticizing right-wing misinterpretations of the hit sci-fi film.
- “Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything,” Wachowski said on a recent podcast. “They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is.”
- She and her sister, Lana Wachowski, have taken issue with some conservatives twisting the meaning of the film’s famous “red pill” scene, which they conceived as a trans allegory.
Lilly Wachowski has had it with misreadings and misinterpretations of The Matrix.
The sci-fi classic she co-directed with her sister, Lana Wachowski, in 1999 tells the story of a lonely computer programmer named Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), who suddenly wakes up to the fact that his drab reality is in fact an advanced computer simulation keeping humanity repressed. The movie’s prescient exploration of the choice between a familiar yet crippling illusion and a scary yet liberating truth has proven to be an enduring cultural touchpoint.
But lately, Lilly isn’t happy with what some viewers are doing with The Matrix‘s message.
“Right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything. They appropriate left-wing points of view, and they mutate them for their own propaganda, to obfuscate what the real message is,” Lilly said on a recent episode of the So True podcast. “This is what fascism does.”
The red pill and blue pill scene in ‘The Matrix’. Credit: Warner Bros.She continued, “They do it with absolutely everything. They do it with ‘Make America Healthy Again,” referencing Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial public health initiative, which claims a mission of “pursuing truth, embracing science, and enacting pro-growth policies” but has targeted services like transgender medical care and vaccine programs.
“This idea of… there is only two biological genders,” Wachowski said. “They’re calling it science, but it is not science. And that is what fascism does. It takes these things, these ideas that are generally acknowledged as questions or investigations, or truisms about humanity and life, and they turn them to something else… They remove the weight of what those things represent.”
Will Smith will not star in ‘The Matrix 5’ despite cryptic teaser‘Matrix’ star Joe Pantoliano says the Wachowskis ‘f—ing lied’ to him about Cypher’s fate
Lilly Wachowski came out as trans in 2016, giving “thanks to my fabulous sister,” who had “done it before, but also because they’re fantastic people.” Indeed, Lana Wachowski came out as trans in 2008, reflecting later on her trepidation about going public with her identity, “When I say it’s a matter of life and death, I’m saying that some people who have problems with transgender people suddenly recognize [us] as transgender, and that can have dire consequences when you live in a culture that’s so uncomfortable with gender variation.”
The Matrix scene that has gained the most traction in right-wing circles is the one in which Reeves’ protagonist is given a choice between taking a blue pill, which will return him to the ignorance of his normal life, and a red pill, which will forever wake him up to the harsh realities of living within the totalitarian control of a surveillance apparatus.
Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.
“Red-pilling” has been interpreted by many conservatives as waking up to the “truth” of prohibitive views on cultural issues like LGBTQ rights. But in fact, both Wachowskis have revealed in the years since the film’s release that its deeper meaning, encapsulated in the pill scene, is a trans allegory.
“That was the original intention, but the corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” Lilly explained in 2020, noting that the very concept of the Matrix “was all about this desire for transformation, but it was all coming from a closeted point of view.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Lilly Wachowski calls out right-wing appropriation of ‘The Matrix’
Tags: 1999 Film, Appropriation, Carrie-Ann Moss, Entertainment Weekly, EW, Facism, Film, Keanu Reeves, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Politics, Propaganda, Red-pilling, Right Wing, Right-Wing, Ryan Coleman, Transgender#1999Film #Appropriation #CarrieAnnMoss #EntertainmentWeekly #EW #Facism #Film #KeanuReeves #LanaWachowski #LillyWachowski #Politics #Propaganda #RedPilling #RightWing #RightWing #RyanColeman #Transgender
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Persistent #drought takes toll on #Maine #farmers
After a wet spring, farmers hoped for blue summer skies, but also got a drought that caused crop losses and may last through winter.
Penelope Overton & Robert Lowell, October 5, 2025
"This year, Maine saw its sixth-driest summer on record, with nearly 3 fewer inches of rain than the historical average of 11 inches, according to the National Weather Service. As of Oct. 2, more than half of the state was in severe or extreme drought.
"The Maine agricultural economy is grappling with significant long-term repercussions from the persistent drought, which deprived crops of critical water in July and August and now threatens next year’s harvests, state officials said Thursday at a meeting of the state’s Drought Task Force.
The drought has caused reductions in hay crops, shortened the season for many row crops, resulting in smaller harvests, and it could hurt next year’s berry and tree fruit, according to Tom Gordon, soil and water conservation program coordinator at the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry." 'For agriculture, timing is everything,' Gordon said. 'Consistency of precipitation is what’s essential and we can’t in agriculture really catch up on lost precipitation. We need about 1 inch of water per week for crops, and that was lacking during the critical growing season.' "
Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/05/persistent-drought-takes-toll-on-maine-farmers/Archived version:
https://archive.md/URhAj#MaineDrought #ClimateDiaryMaine #ExtremeDrought #ClimateChange
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50 YEARS OF THE ST. JACOB’S MARKET
For over 50 years, the St. Jacobs Market has been a community staple in the Waterloo region.
What started as a livestock exchange in 1975 eventually amalgamated into the St. Jacobs Market.
Joanna Loebach, general manager of St. Jacobs Market District, said the market grew from family members of those participating in the livestock exchange swapping or selling their produce.
“It sort of evolved to become known to people in the area that on sale days, that was a good time to come and actually buy produce from some of the wives or the children of the farmers,” Loebach said.
“From that origin, they set up concrete bunkers…that was the first evolution to actually formalize this into something that the public could attend,” she said.
Seven years later, the first building was built on the market property to accommodate for year-round sales. As more farmers and vendors joined, the attraction to the market grew amongst the community. In the early 90s, the market became a tourist attraction for those looking for authentic maple syrup to be sold there.
From there, the Village of St. Jacobs began to grow along with the additions of the outlet and antique mall in the surrounding areas of the market.
Loebach said now, more than ever, the farm-to-table movement has become increasingly more popular.
“There was a big movement to being more aware about what you were putting into your body and the practices that were behind growing your produce,” Loebach said.
“I think that’s something that has made the farmers market experience just so much more desirable. You get to know who you’re buying from, you’re way more guaranteed about freshness than you are at a grocery store and you’re also getting insider information about how to best serve it or how to store it,” Loebach said.
While the spirit of the market has remained the same, the market has also evolved to mirror the change in demographics and evolution of needs and buying habits.
“There’s always something new here,” Loebach said.
“It keeps it fresh, but it also keeps us being able to adapt to the changing demographics within KW and what the local population is looking for…the market is able to keep pace with that so that it never feels antiquated,” she said.
To celebrate 50 years, the market is reflecting on their legacy vendors—some of which have been a staple at the market since the beginning—as well as some of the newer, more entrepreneurial vendors.
Robert Foreman, owner of 100 Mile Produce, has been a vendor at the St. Jacobs Market for 25 years. Prior to that, he used to come to the market as a child to help at his father’s stall.
For Foreman, a big piece of what makes the market so special for vendors and patrons is that connections made between the food, the farmer and the buyer.
“Depending on which vendors you choose to shop with, you can look the person in the eye and find out exactly where that came from, when it was picked, what the variety name is—the entire history of whatever you’re purchasing,” Foreman said.
As a life-long vendor of the market, Foreman has seen the waves of change that have shaped the evolution of the market, specifically, with regards to changing demographics.
“I can remember years ago, a lot of Eastern European people has moved here in the early 2000’s…and they were asking us to grow certain things,” Foreman said.
“Just because we don’t eat them or we didn’t grow them doesn’t mean we can’t do that, right? And we’ve seen that with each wave of immigration that’s come through,” he said.
As the market continues to evolve and grow, Loebach said this next era continues to acknowledge and celebrate its roots, while finding ways to develop and meet ever-changing needs.
“I am loving how we’re continuing to build on the successes of the farmers market but continuing to make this a spot that will continue to resonate with people over time,” she said.
#100MileProduce #easternEuropean #farmToTable #groceryStore #JoannaLoebach #KatWex #localFood #localHistory #robertForeman #SafinaJennah #StJacobS #waterlooRegion
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50 YEARS OF THE ST. JACOB’S MARKET
For over 50 years, the St. Jacobs Market has been a community staple in the Waterloo region.
What started as a livestock exchange in 1975 eventually amalgamated into the St. Jacobs Market.
Joanna Loebach, general manager of St. Jacobs Market District, said the market grew from family members of those participating in the livestock exchange swapping or selling their produce.
“It sort of evolved to become known to people in the area that on sale days, that was a good time to come and actually buy produce from some of the wives or the children of the farmers,” Loebach said.
“From that origin, they set up concrete bunkers…that was the first evolution to actually formalize this into something that the public could attend,” she said.
Seven years later, the first building was built on the market property to accommodate for year-round sales. As more farmers and vendors joined, the attraction to the market grew amongst the community. In the early 90s, the market became a tourist attraction for those looking for authentic maple syrup to be sold there.
From there, the Village of St. Jacobs began to grow along with the additions of the outlet and antique mall in the surrounding areas of the market.
Loebach said now, more than ever, the farm-to-table movement has become increasingly more popular.
“There was a big movement to being more aware about what you were putting into your body and the practices that were behind growing your produce,” Loebach said.
“I think that’s something that has made the farmers market experience just so much more desirable. You get to know who you’re buying from, you’re way more guaranteed about freshness than you are at a grocery store and you’re also getting insider information about how to best serve it or how to store it,” Loebach said.
While the spirit of the market has remained the same, the market has also evolved to mirror the change in demographics and evolution of needs and buying habits.
“There’s always something new here,” Loebach said.
“It keeps it fresh, but it also keeps us being able to adapt to the changing demographics within KW and what the local population is looking for…the market is able to keep pace with that so that it never feels antiquated,” she said.
To celebrate 50 years, the market is reflecting on their legacy vendors—some of which have been a staple at the market since the beginning—as well as some of the newer, more entrepreneurial vendors.
Robert Foreman, owner of 100 Mile Produce, has been a vendor at the St. Jacobs Market for 25 years. Prior to that, he used to come to the market as a child to help at his father’s stall.
For Foreman, a big piece of what makes the market so special for vendors and patrons is that connections made between the food, the farmer and the buyer.
“Depending on which vendors you choose to shop with, you can look the person in the eye and find out exactly where that came from, when it was picked, what the variety name is—the entire history of whatever you’re purchasing,” Foreman said.
As a life-long vendor of the market, Foreman has seen the waves of change that have shaped the evolution of the market, specifically, with regards to changing demographics.
“I can remember years ago, a lot of Eastern European people has moved here in the early 2000’s…and they were asking us to grow certain things,” Foreman said.
“Just because we don’t eat them or we didn’t grow them doesn’t mean we can’t do that, right? And we’ve seen that with each wave of immigration that’s come through,” he said.
As the market continues to evolve and grow, Loebach said this next era continues to acknowledge and celebrate its roots, while finding ways to develop and meet ever-changing needs.
“I am loving how we’re continuing to build on the successes of the farmers market but continuing to make this a spot that will continue to resonate with people over time,” she said.
#100MileProduce #easternEuropean #farmToTable #groceryStore #JoannaLoebach #KatWex #localFood #localHistory #robertForeman #SafinaJennah #StJacobS #waterlooRegion
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50 YEARS OF THE ST. JACOB’S MARKET
For over 50 years, the St. Jacobs Market has been a community staple in the Waterloo region.
What started as a livestock exchange in 1975 eventually amalgamated into the St. Jacobs Market.
Joanna Loebach, general manager of St. Jacobs Market District, said the market grew from family members of those participating in the livestock exchange swapping or selling their produce.
“It sort of evolved to become known to people in the area that on sale days, that was a good time to come and actually buy produce from some of the wives or the children of the farmers,” Loebach said.
“From that origin, they set up concrete bunkers…that was the first evolution to actually formalize this into something that the public could attend,” she said.
Seven years later, the first building was built on the market property to accommodate for year-round sales. As more farmers and vendors joined, the attraction to the market grew amongst the community. In the early 90s, the market became a tourist attraction for those looking for authentic maple syrup to be sold there.
From there, the Village of St. Jacobs began to grow along with the additions of the outlet and antique mall in the surrounding areas of the market.
Loebach said now, more than ever, the farm-to-table movement has become increasingly more popular.
“There was a big movement to being more aware about what you were putting into your body and the practices that were behind growing your produce,” Loebach said.
“I think that’s something that has made the farmers market experience just so much more desirable. You get to know who you’re buying from, you’re way more guaranteed about freshness than you are at a grocery store and you’re also getting insider information about how to best serve it or how to store it,” Loebach said.
While the spirit of the market has remained the same, the market has also evolved to mirror the change in demographics and evolution of needs and buying habits.
“There’s always something new here,” Loebach said.
“It keeps it fresh, but it also keeps us being able to adapt to the changing demographics within KW and what the local population is looking for…the market is able to keep pace with that so that it never feels antiquated,” she said.
To celebrate 50 years, the market is reflecting on their legacy vendors—some of which have been a staple at the market since the beginning—as well as some of the newer, more entrepreneurial vendors.
Robert Foreman, owner of 100 Mile Produce, has been a vendor at the St. Jacobs Market for 25 years. Prior to that, he used to come to the market as a child to help at his father’s stall.
For Foreman, a big piece of what makes the market so special for vendors and patrons is that connections made between the food, the farmer and the buyer.
“Depending on which vendors you choose to shop with, you can look the person in the eye and find out exactly where that came from, when it was picked, what the variety name is—the entire history of whatever you’re purchasing,” Foreman said.
As a life-long vendor of the market, Foreman has seen the waves of change that have shaped the evolution of the market, specifically, with regards to changing demographics.
“I can remember years ago, a lot of Eastern European people has moved here in the early 2000’s…and they were asking us to grow certain things,” Foreman said.
“Just because we don’t eat them or we didn’t grow them doesn’t mean we can’t do that, right? And we’ve seen that with each wave of immigration that’s come through,” he said.
As the market continues to evolve and grow, Loebach said this next era continues to acknowledge and celebrate its roots, while finding ways to develop and meet ever-changing needs.
“I am loving how we’re continuing to build on the successes of the farmers market but continuing to make this a spot that will continue to resonate with people over time,” she said.
#100MileProduce #easternEuropean #farmToTable #groceryStore #JoannaLoebach #KatWex #localFood #localHistory #robertForeman #SafinaJennah #StJacobS #waterlooRegion
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50 YEARS OF THE ST. JACOB’S MARKET
For over 50 years, the St. Jacobs Market has been a community staple in the Waterloo region.
What started as a livestock exchange in 1975 eventually amalgamated into the St. Jacobs Market.
Joanna Loebach, general manager of St. Jacobs Market District, said the market grew from family members of those participating in the livestock exchange swapping or selling their produce.
“It sort of evolved to become known to people in the area that on sale days, that was a good time to come and actually buy produce from some of the wives or the children of the farmers,” Loebach said.
“From that origin, they set up concrete bunkers…that was the first evolution to actually formalize this into something that the public could attend,” she said.
Seven years later, the first building was built on the market property to accommodate for year-round sales. As more farmers and vendors joined, the attraction to the market grew amongst the community. In the early 90s, the market became a tourist attraction for those looking for authentic maple syrup to be sold there.
From there, the Village of St. Jacobs began to grow along with the additions of the outlet and antique mall in the surrounding areas of the market.
Loebach said now, more than ever, the farm-to-table movement has become increasingly more popular.
“There was a big movement to being more aware about what you were putting into your body and the practices that were behind growing your produce,” Loebach said.
“I think that’s something that has made the farmers market experience just so much more desirable. You get to know who you’re buying from, you’re way more guaranteed about freshness than you are at a grocery store and you’re also getting insider information about how to best serve it or how to store it,” Loebach said.
While the spirit of the market has remained the same, the market has also evolved to mirror the change in demographics and evolution of needs and buying habits.
“There’s always something new here,” Loebach said.
“It keeps it fresh, but it also keeps us being able to adapt to the changing demographics within KW and what the local population is looking for…the market is able to keep pace with that so that it never feels antiquated,” she said.
To celebrate 50 years, the market is reflecting on their legacy vendors—some of which have been a staple at the market since the beginning—as well as some of the newer, more entrepreneurial vendors.
Robert Foreman, owner of 100 Mile Produce, has been a vendor at the St. Jacobs Market for 25 years. Prior to that, he used to come to the market as a child to help at his father’s stall.
For Foreman, a big piece of what makes the market so special for vendors and patrons is that connections made between the food, the farmer and the buyer.
“Depending on which vendors you choose to shop with, you can look the person in the eye and find out exactly where that came from, when it was picked, what the variety name is—the entire history of whatever you’re purchasing,” Foreman said.
As a life-long vendor of the market, Foreman has seen the waves of change that have shaped the evolution of the market, specifically, with regards to changing demographics.
“I can remember years ago, a lot of Eastern European people has moved here in the early 2000’s…and they were asking us to grow certain things,” Foreman said.
“Just because we don’t eat them or we didn’t grow them doesn’t mean we can’t do that, right? And we’ve seen that with each wave of immigration that’s come through,” he said.
As the market continues to evolve and grow, Loebach said this next era continues to acknowledge and celebrate its roots, while finding ways to develop and meet ever-changing needs.
“I am loving how we’re continuing to build on the successes of the farmers market but continuing to make this a spot that will continue to resonate with people over time,” she said.
#100MileProduce #easternEuropean #farmToTable #groceryStore #JoannaLoebach #KatWex #localFood #localHistory #robertForeman #SafinaJennah #StJacobS #waterlooRegion
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50 YEARS OF THE ST. JACOB’S MARKET
For over 50 years, the St. Jacobs Market has been a community staple in the Waterloo region.
What started as a livestock exchange in 1975 eventually amalgamated into the St. Jacobs Market.
Joanna Loebach, general manager of St. Jacobs Market District, said the market grew from family members of those participating in the livestock exchange swapping or selling their produce.
“It sort of evolved to become known to people in the area that on sale days, that was a good time to come and actually buy produce from some of the wives or the children of the farmers,” Loebach said.
“From that origin, they set up concrete bunkers…that was the first evolution to actually formalize this into something that the public could attend,” she said.
Seven years later, the first building was built on the market property to accommodate for year-round sales. As more farmers and vendors joined, the attraction to the market grew amongst the community. In the early 90s, the market became a tourist attraction for those looking for authentic maple syrup to be sold there.
From there, the Village of St. Jacobs began to grow along with the additions of the outlet and antique mall in the surrounding areas of the market.
Loebach said now, more than ever, the farm-to-table movement has become increasingly more popular.
“There was a big movement to being more aware about what you were putting into your body and the practices that were behind growing your produce,” Loebach said.
“I think that’s something that has made the farmers market experience just so much more desirable. You get to know who you’re buying from, you’re way more guaranteed about freshness than you are at a grocery store and you’re also getting insider information about how to best serve it or how to store it,” Loebach said.
While the spirit of the market has remained the same, the market has also evolved to mirror the change in demographics and evolution of needs and buying habits.
“There’s always something new here,” Loebach said.
“It keeps it fresh, but it also keeps us being able to adapt to the changing demographics within KW and what the local population is looking for…the market is able to keep pace with that so that it never feels antiquated,” she said.
To celebrate 50 years, the market is reflecting on their legacy vendors—some of which have been a staple at the market since the beginning—as well as some of the newer, more entrepreneurial vendors.
Robert Foreman, owner of 100 Mile Produce, has been a vendor at the St. Jacobs Market for 25 years. Prior to that, he used to come to the market as a child to help at his father’s stall.
For Foreman, a big piece of what makes the market so special for vendors and patrons is that connections made between the food, the farmer and the buyer.
“Depending on which vendors you choose to shop with, you can look the person in the eye and find out exactly where that came from, when it was picked, what the variety name is—the entire history of whatever you’re purchasing,” Foreman said.
As a life-long vendor of the market, Foreman has seen the waves of change that have shaped the evolution of the market, specifically, with regards to changing demographics.
“I can remember years ago, a lot of Eastern European people has moved here in the early 2000’s…and they were asking us to grow certain things,” Foreman said.
“Just because we don’t eat them or we didn’t grow them doesn’t mean we can’t do that, right? And we’ve seen that with each wave of immigration that’s come through,” he said.
As the market continues to evolve and grow, Loebach said this next era continues to acknowledge and celebrate its roots, while finding ways to develop and meet ever-changing needs.
“I am loving how we’re continuing to build on the successes of the farmers market but continuing to make this a spot that will continue to resonate with people over time,” she said.
#100MileProduce #easternEuropean #farmToTable #groceryStore #JoannaLoebach #KatWex #localFood #localHistory #robertForeman #SafinaJennah #StJacobS #waterlooRegion
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Craig Hockenberry’s Take on the Why of Lquid Glass
There is a quote largely attributed to Robert F. Kennedy. No not the one rampaging through the U.S. healthcare system. It goes “some men see things as they are and ask why. I dream things that never were, and ask why not?” But, it actually came first from George Bernard Shaw in his play Back to Methuselah.
The text gets mangled often enough as does the attribution. Regardless, the point is made. In my experience as a theatre producer/director/designer/playwright the biggest part of the game is the “dreaming” part. The next hurdle is finding a way to turn that into reality. The dreams often come when least expected, occasionally after many attempts at finding a solution, and sometimes at random moments. They sometimes come into focus as almost impossible, or perhaps wrong-headed.
Typically, in something completely uncharacteristic for me, when I find I can’t articulate what I’m feeling or seeing, I know I’m on to something, and that’s the moment to ask “why not?” rather than “why?”
I’m also very familiar with the desire or temptation to do something new instead of doing again what I know works. Speaking from my experience that’s yielded both positive and negative results. There’s a reason some things are called “tried and true.” There’s also a reason to hold your breath, roll the dice and gamble it all on something new.
Honestly, either way is a risk. And that’s how it should be. But if you feel the need for change, go for it and don’t reverse course.
But what do I know? I’m just a theatre guy who’s produced hits and flops along the way and comfortable taking slings and arrows along with occasional accolades. I’m not sure what feels better, being admired for a courageous leap of faith, or feeling accomplished for sticking the landing. In the end, I’m not sure it matters.
Liquid Glass
A lot has already been said, good, bad, or indifferent about how Apple’s designers dreamed up its new Liquid Glass design approach. But that doesn’t answer the “why?” Was it a compulsion for something new? Time for a change? A diversion to distract? Or a romantic new vision spurred on by a heavy new headset?
App developer and designer Craig Hockenberry of the iconfactory, in an interesting post recently asked that question and provided what he thinks is a possible answer. It’s titled simply Liquid Glass. Why? I don’t want to spoil the post. You should go read it yourself. But his answer points to a possible future of devices “with screens that disappear seamlessly into the physical edge.”
A cautionary note here. For several years Apple trumpeted “edge-to-edge screens” that still had bezels. Marketing mavens often outrace product dreamers to the destination.
I joked with Craig on Mastodon that he should have subtitled the piece Liquid Glass is an Edge Case.
The joke may indeed prove to be true, but it’s a truth we’ll live with in some form or fashion for the next few years, edge case or not, regardless of the good, bad, or indifferent reactions.
Anyway, go read Craig’s piece. However Liquid Glass is received in a few weeks, I’m looking forward to discovering it myself. I mean, why not?
You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above.
#Apple #cats #GeorgeBernardShaw #iOS #iOS26 #iPadOS26 #iPhone #LiquidGlass #macOS26 #Tech #technology
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Pope Leo XIV: “You Must Go On”
The following is an excerpt from a homily delivered by Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., then Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, during a fraternal visit to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, on Sunday, 11 August 2024.
We encounter the prophet Elijah. He feels tired. He feels like his mission has failed. He no longer wants to continue.
In his prayer, after a full day in the desert, he says: “Enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors” [1 Kg 19:4]. He lies down under a broom tree and falls asleep.
Maybe he thought that was the end.
But, as we hear in the reading, the Lord never abandons us. Not only does He not abandon us, but He often pushes us and says: “Get up! You must go on. I will not leave you alone. I will feed you. I will give you what you need to continue.”
In this case, the angel of the Lord came to Elijah, gave him bread, gave him nourishment, and said: “Eat, for the journey will be too much for you.” And Elijah, attentive to the Lord’s word, ate, got up, and continued on his way [1 Kg 19:7–8].
Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.)
Homily, Chiclayo Cathedral, 11 August, 2024 (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAukfwsn4rk
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: Detail from Elijah under the Juniper Tree: I Kings 19:4–8, attributed to the School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with correction in opaque white on the right portion of the figure’s cloak, on paper. Image credit: The Morgan Library & Museum / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
When I feel like Elijah—tired, discouraged, or alone—how does the Lord give me the strength to go on?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments. -
Pope Leo XIV: “You Must Go On”
The following is an excerpt from a homily delivered by Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., then Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, during a fraternal visit to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, on Sunday, 11 August 2024.
We encounter the prophet Elijah. He feels tired. He feels like his mission has failed. He no longer wants to continue.
In his prayer, after a full day in the desert, he says: “Enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors” [1 Kg 19:4]. He lies down under a broom tree and falls asleep.
Maybe he thought that was the end.
But, as we hear in the reading, the Lord never abandons us. Not only does He not abandon us, but He often pushes us and says: “Get up! You must go on. I will not leave you alone. I will feed you. I will give you what you need to continue.”
In this case, the angel of the Lord came to Elijah, gave him bread, gave him nourishment, and said: “Eat, for the journey will be too much for you.” And Elijah, attentive to the Lord’s word, ate, got up, and continued on his way [1 Kg 19:7–8].
Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.)
Homily, Chiclayo Cathedral, 11 August, 2024 (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAukfwsn4rk
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: Detail from Elijah under the Juniper Tree: I Kings 19:4–8, attributed to the School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with correction in opaque white on the right portion of the figure’s cloak, on paper. Image credit: The Morgan Library & Museum / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
When I feel like Elijah—tired, discouraged, or alone—how does the Lord give me the strength to go on?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments. -
Pope Leo XIV: “You Must Go On”
The following is an excerpt from a homily delivered by Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., then Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, during a fraternal visit to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, on Sunday, 11 August 2024.
We encounter the prophet Elijah. He feels tired. He feels like his mission has failed. He no longer wants to continue.
In his prayer, after a full day in the desert, he says: “Enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors” [1 Kg 19:4]. He lies down under a broom tree and falls asleep.
Maybe he thought that was the end.
But, as we hear in the reading, the Lord never abandons us. Not only does He not abandon us, but He often pushes us and says: “Get up! You must go on. I will not leave you alone. I will feed you. I will give you what you need to continue.”
In this case, the angel of the Lord came to Elijah, gave him bread, gave him nourishment, and said: “Eat, for the journey will be too much for you.” And Elijah, attentive to the Lord’s word, ate, got up, and continued on his way [1 Kg 19:7–8].
Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.)
Homily, Chiclayo Cathedral, 11 August, 2024 (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAukfwsn4rk
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: Detail from Elijah under the Juniper Tree: I Kings 19:4–8, attributed to the School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with correction in opaque white on the right portion of the figure’s cloak, on paper. Image credit: The Morgan Library & Museum / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
When I feel like Elijah—tired, discouraged, or alone—how does the Lord give me the strength to go on?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments. -
Pope Leo XIV: “You Must Go On”
The following is an excerpt from a homily delivered by Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., then Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, during a fraternal visit to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, on Sunday, 11 August 2024.
We encounter the prophet Elijah. He feels tired. He feels like his mission has failed. He no longer wants to continue.
In his prayer, after a full day in the desert, he says: “Enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors” [1 Kg 19:4]. He lies down under a broom tree and falls asleep.
Maybe he thought that was the end.
But, as we hear in the reading, the Lord never abandons us. Not only does He not abandon us, but He often pushes us and says: “Get up! You must go on. I will not leave you alone. I will feed you. I will give you what you need to continue.”
In this case, the angel of the Lord came to Elijah, gave him bread, gave him nourishment, and said: “Eat, for the journey will be too much for you.” And Elijah, attentive to the Lord’s word, ate, got up, and continued on his way [1 Kg 19:7–8].
Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.)
Homily, Chiclayo Cathedral, 11 August, 2024 (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAukfwsn4rk
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: Detail from Elijah under the Juniper Tree: I Kings 19:4–8, attributed to the School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with correction in opaque white on the right portion of the figure’s cloak, on paper. Image credit: The Morgan Library & Museum / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
When I feel like Elijah—tired, discouraged, or alone—how does the Lord give me the strength to go on?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments. -
Pope Leo XIV: “You Must Go On”
The following is an excerpt from a homily delivered by Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., then Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, during a fraternal visit to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, on Sunday, 11 August 2024.
We encounter the prophet Elijah. He feels tired. He feels like his mission has failed. He no longer wants to continue.
In his prayer, after a full day in the desert, he says: “Enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors” [1 Kg 19:4]. He lies down under a broom tree and falls asleep.
Maybe he thought that was the end.
But, as we hear in the reading, the Lord never abandons us. Not only does He not abandon us, but He often pushes us and says: “Get up! You must go on. I will not leave you alone. I will feed you. I will give you what you need to continue.”
In this case, the angel of the Lord came to Elijah, gave him bread, gave him nourishment, and said: “Eat, for the journey will be too much for you.” And Elijah, attentive to the Lord’s word, ate, got up, and continued on his way [1 Kg 19:7–8].
Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.)
Homily, Chiclayo Cathedral, 11 August, 2024 (excerpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAukfwsn4rk
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: Detail from Elijah under the Juniper Tree: I Kings 19:4–8, attributed to the School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with correction in opaque white on the right portion of the figure’s cloak, on paper. Image credit: The Morgan Library & Museum / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
When I feel like Elijah—tired, discouraged, or alone—how does the Lord give me the strength to go on?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments. -
Alien 3: The Ultimate Cut, coming soon to a theater near you
Photo by Олег Мороз on UnsplashThe year is 1992. This year that saw the release of such seminal songs as Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Baby Got Back or Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy. More importantly, this is the year that saw the release of the third installment in the Alien franchise, Alien 3.
Although Alien had been absolutely groundbreaking, and Aliens (the second movie in the franchise), while not as great as the first movie, was still interesting and had taken this franchise in new directions, Alien 3 was an abysmal flop. It was so bad that even the movie’s director, David Fincher, disowned it.
In 2025, undaunted by the sheer turdity of the original cut, Robert Vance has taken upon himself to give moviegoers the movie they deserve. The Daily Isotope went to the premiere of Alien 3: The Ultimate Cut, and interviewed Vance ahead of the showing.
DI: What prompted you to beat this dead horse?
Vance: I felt Fincher was never given the opportunity to present the movie he wanted. Also, I needed money for a yacht. Come to think of it, the yacht was the main reason.
DI: How did the editing go?
Vance: The original cut had spent too much time on the xenomorph, character development, and the plot.
DI: So, what did you do?
Vance: I’ve cut a lot of the original material, and given the public what they wanted. The Ultimate Cut definitely won’t waste your time.
After having seen the movie, The Daily Isotope can faithfully report that Vance has achieved his goal. Clocking at 35 seconds, this black and white, and silent movie will definitely not waste your time. However, if you are pressed for money, we do recommend waiting for streaming. You could also wait for it to be available on one of those services that are free but subject you to advertisements. The ratio of ads to movie might be irritating, however.
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🆘 Your government is in the hands of super-rich people who never had to show anything to anybody!
And you can bet they plan to run the country the same way they have run their companies:
using shell games and pyramid schemes, fraud and shakedown, answerable to virtually no one.
These are people who have thrived in a culture of unaccountability and self-dealing.
They are also people who have convinced themselves that the accrual of wealth to themselves is a boon to the nation at large.
They like to think of themselves as job creators, dynamic players in shaping the global economy.
Because their magnificence exists to benefit us all, the reasoning goes, they need not show us the methods by which they perform their magic.
And indeed we do all stand, mouths agape, at the show, dazzled by the 22,000-square-foot mansion
(with a 6,200-square-foot guest house)
that serves as the home address of secretary of education #Betsy #DeVos,
or the 203-foot yacht (with an elevator inside) owned by #Robert #Mercer, the Trump donor and patron of chief White House strategist #Stephen K. #Bannon.(Mercer’s daughter, #Rebekah, is said to have great influence in the West Wing.)
The source of Mercer’s wealth is ♦️Renaissance Technologies LLC, a privately owned firm known as a hedge-fund sponsor,
which was built by scientists who learned how to run algorithms that identify signals emanating from great masses of data in order to generate profitable financial trades.After Renaissance founder and math wizard James Simons, a big donor to Democratic candidates and political action committees, retired and kicked himself upstairs to serve as the company’s chairman,
Mercer became co-CEO with #Peter #Brown, his longtime research partner.At the Renaissance office in East Setauket on New York’s Long Island, no sign is visible from the road to tell you you’ve arrived at the headquarters of a rare kind of casino
—one that moves billions of dollars around the world.Thick plantings of trees obscure any view of the low-slung Renaissance building from the public side of the security gate.
Renaissance is spectacularly successful
—Investopedia named Renaissance Institutional Equities, the LLC’s largest entity,
the top-performing hedge fund of 2016,
after it yielded investors a return of 20 percent for the year.Mercer’s genius as a data and systems geek is part of the super-secret sauce of this “quant fund”
that turned other people’s assets-minus-liabilities into riches for his investors.It’s like a very complicated version of counting cards at the blackjack table.
But the best-performing fund at Renaissance is one that only its employees can join
—and indeed they must in order to actualize their full compensation package.Bloomberg’s Katherine Burton described the employee-only Medallion fund as
“finance’s blackest box.”
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/what-we-do-is-secret-stan -
🆘 Your government is in the hands of super-rich people who never had to show anything to anybody!
And you can bet they plan to run the country the same way they have run their companies:
using shell games and pyramid schemes, fraud and shakedown, answerable to virtually no one.
These are people who have thrived in a culture of unaccountability and self-dealing.
They are also people who have convinced themselves that the accrual of wealth to themselves is a boon to the nation at large.
They like to think of themselves as job creators, dynamic players in shaping the global economy.
Because their magnificence exists to benefit us all, the reasoning goes, they need not show us the methods by which they perform their magic.
And indeed we do all stand, mouths agape, at the show, dazzled by the 22,000-square-foot mansion
(with a 6,200-square-foot guest house)
that serves as the home address of secretary of education #Betsy #DeVos,
or the 203-foot yacht (with an elevator inside) owned by #Robert #Mercer, the Trump donor and patron of chief White House strategist #Stephen K. #Bannon.(Mercer’s daughter, #Rebekah, is said to have great influence in the West Wing.)
The source of Mercer’s wealth is ♦️Renaissance Technologies LLC, a privately owned firm known as a hedge-fund sponsor,
which was built by scientists who learned how to run algorithms that identify signals emanating from great masses of data in order to generate profitable financial trades.After Renaissance founder and math wizard James Simons, a big donor to Democratic candidates and political action committees, retired and kicked himself upstairs to serve as the company’s chairman,
Mercer became co-CEO with #Peter #Brown, his longtime research partner.At the Renaissance office in East Setauket on New York’s Long Island, no sign is visible from the road to tell you you’ve arrived at the headquarters of a rare kind of casino
—one that moves billions of dollars around the world.Thick plantings of trees obscure any view of the low-slung Renaissance building from the public side of the security gate.
Renaissance is spectacularly successful
—Investopedia named Renaissance Institutional Equities, the LLC’s largest entity,
the top-performing hedge fund of 2016,
after it yielded investors a return of 20 percent for the year.Mercer’s genius as a data and systems geek is part of the super-secret sauce of this “quant fund”
that turned other people’s assets-minus-liabilities into riches for his investors.It’s like a very complicated version of counting cards at the blackjack table.
But the best-performing fund at Renaissance is one that only its employees can join
—and indeed they must in order to actualize their full compensation package.Bloomberg’s Katherine Burton described the employee-only Medallion fund as
“finance’s blackest box.”
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/what-we-do-is-secret-stan -
🆘 Your government is in the hands of super-rich people who never had to show anything to anybody!
And you can bet they plan to run the country the same way they have run their companies:
using shell games and pyramid schemes, fraud and shakedown, answerable to virtually no one.
These are people who have thrived in a culture of unaccountability and self-dealing.
They are also people who have convinced themselves that the accrual of wealth to themselves is a boon to the nation at large.
They like to think of themselves as job creators, dynamic players in shaping the global economy.
Because their magnificence exists to benefit us all, the reasoning goes, they need not show us the methods by which they perform their magic.
And indeed we do all stand, mouths agape, at the show, dazzled by the 22,000-square-foot mansion
(with a 6,200-square-foot guest house)
that serves as the home address of secretary of education #Betsy #DeVos,
or the 203-foot yacht (with an elevator inside) owned by #Robert #Mercer, the Trump donor and patron of chief White House strategist #Stephen K. #Bannon.(Mercer’s daughter, #Rebekah, is said to have great influence in the West Wing.)
The source of Mercer’s wealth is ♦️Renaissance Technologies LLC, a privately owned firm known as a hedge-fund sponsor,
which was built by scientists who learned how to run algorithms that identify signals emanating from great masses of data in order to generate profitable financial trades.After Renaissance founder and math wizard James Simons, a big donor to Democratic candidates and political action committees, retired and kicked himself upstairs to serve as the company’s chairman,
Mercer became co-CEO with #Peter #Brown, his longtime research partner.At the Renaissance office in East Setauket on New York’s Long Island, no sign is visible from the road to tell you you’ve arrived at the headquarters of a rare kind of casino
—one that moves billions of dollars around the world.Thick plantings of trees obscure any view of the low-slung Renaissance building from the public side of the security gate.
Renaissance is spectacularly successful
—Investopedia named Renaissance Institutional Equities, the LLC’s largest entity,
the top-performing hedge fund of 2016,
after it yielded investors a return of 20 percent for the year.Mercer’s genius as a data and systems geek is part of the super-secret sauce of this “quant fund”
that turned other people’s assets-minus-liabilities into riches for his investors.It’s like a very complicated version of counting cards at the blackjack table.
But the best-performing fund at Renaissance is one that only its employees can join
—and indeed they must in order to actualize their full compensation package.Bloomberg’s Katherine Burton described the employee-only Medallion fund as
“finance’s blackest box.”
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/what-we-do-is-secret-stan