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IA: o que propõe o Papa.
- bsoplvr
https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/ia-que-propoe-o-papa/
#TecnologiaemDisputa #Algoritmos #Babel #Capa #Datacommons #Desarmamentocognitivo #DesarmaraIA #Ecossistemadigital #Encclica #Escravidoatual #Estadonacional #Ethicswashing #IA #Magnificahumanitas #PapaleoXIV #Religiosidade #Revoluodigital #Soberaniacorporativa #Soberaniadigital #Solucionismotecnocrtico #Sulglobal #UnioEuropeia #ValedoSilcio #Vaticano

IA: o que propõe o Papa.
- bsoplvr
https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/ia-que-propoe-o-papa/
#TecnologiaemDisputa #Algoritmos #Babel #Capa #Datacommons #Desarmamentocognitivo #DesarmaraIA #Ecossistemadigital #Encclica #Escravidoatual #Estadonacional #Ethicswashing #IA #Magnificahumanitas #PapaleoXIV #Religiosidade #Revoluodigital #Soberaniacorporativa #Soberaniadigital #Solucionismotecnocrtico #Sulglobal #UnioEuropeia #ValedoSilcio #Vaticano

IA: o que propõe o Papa.
- bsoplvr
https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/ia-que-propoe-o-papa/
#TecnologiaemDisputa #Algoritmos #Babel #Capa #Datacommons #Desarmamentocognitivo #DesarmaraIA #Ecossistemadigital #Encclica #Escravidoatual #Estadonacional #Ethicswashing #IA #Magnificahumanitas #PapaleoXIV #Religiosidade #Revoluodigital #Soberaniacorporativa #Soberaniadigital #Solucionismotecnocrtico #Sulglobal #UnioEuropeia #ValedoSilcio #Vaticano

IA: o que propõe o Papa.
- bsoplvr
https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/ia-que-propoe-o-papa/
#TecnologiaemDisputa #Algoritmos #Babel #Capa #Datacommons #Desarmamentocognitivo #DesarmaraIA #Ecossistemadigital #Encclica #Escravidoatual #Estadonacional #Ethicswashing #IA #Magnificahumanitas #PapaleoXIV #Religiosidade #Revoluodigital #Soberaniacorporativa #Soberaniadigital #Solucionismotecnocrtico #Sulglobal #UnioEuropeia #ValedoSilcio #Vaticano

IA: o que propõe o Papa

https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/ia-que-propoe-o-papa/

Magnifica Humanitas: The Pope Writes Like the Machine He Fears

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/27/magnifica-humanitas-the-pope-writes-like-the-machine-he-fears/

Magnifica Humanitas: The Pope Writes Like the Machine He Fears

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/27/magnifica-humanitas-the-pope-writes-like-the-machine-he-fears/

Magnifica Humanitas: The Pope Writes Like the Machine He Fears

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/27/magnifica-humanitas-the-pope-writes-like-the-machine-he-fears/

Magnifica Humanitas: The Pope Writes Like the Machine He Fears

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/27/magnifica-humanitas-the-pope-writes-like-the-machine-he-fears/

Magnifica Humanitas: The Pope Writes Like the Machine He Fears

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/05/27/magnifica-humanitas-the-pope-writes-like-the-machine-he-fears/

Как я сделал «клик по элементу → открыть в VS Code» за один вечер

Началось всё банально. Зашёл коллега, говорит: «Где у нас хлебные крошки в шапке лежат?». Проект — около 150 компонентов, всё именуется по-своему, структура папок местами загадочная. Я начал тыкать в React DevTools, искать по тексту «Breadcrumb» в файлах… В общем, минут через пять нашёл. Это в очередной раз раздражало.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1039568/

#vite #react #babel #AST #viteplugin #developer_tools #open_source #DX #reactfiber #clicktocomponent

Magnificent Humanity

I am headed on retreat and off the grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, but I couldn’t let a pope release a social encyclical without at least a quick skim before I left, and Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas this morning. So here I am.

I haven’t read any of the commentary already out there, and I’m sure there are already some excellent insights that I’m missing and other thoughts that others have already covered. But since I write mostly for those who are not really that into all this stuff, hopefully you’ll forgive me. So far I have only:

• Listened to Colleen Dulle’s 5-minute overview on the Inside the Vatican podcast, because I couldn’t resist.
• Listened to the remarks Pope Leo gave at the introductory press briefing, which I recommend (and are in English). They are not just a summation of the document but a really good 10-minute complement.
• Read the encyclical online. Had I had time, I would have made our printer churn out the 26 or so pages so I could mark it up and do a better job of analysis, but that can wait for another time.

I should also say since I mentioned in my earlier post that I was curious what the footnotes would look like, I read through those before I actually read a word of the document itself. Would not recommend to others, though it helped me.

Quick takeaways:

1. I wrote my masters thesis in the mid-1990s on a principle of Catholic social teaching, and Magnifica Humanitas fits in very well within the tradition of “anniversary encyclicals” that commemorate an anniversary of the first major social encyclical, Rerum Novarum. (I wrote more about this tradition in the earlier post.) As is true of others, it outlines the history and development of Catholic social teaching since 1891 (this is the 135th anniversary), then moves the ball forward a little. The footnotes draw almost exclusively on the sorts of sources that those traditional ones did – previous major Church documents and a few Church Fathers. (Surprisingly, there aren’t even that many Augustine callouts.) The way popes generally introduce change is by walking through the works of their predecessors to show how what they’re about to say is not really change at all, but an evolution of tradition. That’s the case here.
2. As such, this is a great place for those who are “Catholic curious” (or otherwise intrigued by what Popes Leo and Francis have had to say) to catch up on Catholic social teaching. Leo does a quick historical recap of each pope’s development of the body of social doctrine (paragraphs 28-45), and then an overview of the core principles of Catholic social teaching (46-85). 
3. Pope Leo establishes clearly that his predecessor Francis is part of Catholic tradition rather than a break from it. There are a bunch of references to all of Leo’s modern predecessors, but especially Pope Francis. A lot of the coverage of Leo’s first year wondered to what degree the more staid Leo might walk back some of Francis’ more controversial (to traditionalists) stances; if it wasn’t already clear by now, Pope Leo is following Pope Francis in his own way. One of the new things I saw in the footnotes, as a small example, was that the final document of the global synod on synodality, a process that some believe will be Francis’ biggest legacy, was referenced in ways not that different from more traditional Church sources.
4. Other new things: While I would resist the temptation to read this in the “Pope Leo vs. President Trump” frame, the recent tensions between the White House and the Vatican might be behind Leo’s section that defines “the lane” for the Church to weigh in on social, political and economic issues (17-27). It’s possible that predecessors have done this too, but I don’t remember this articulation, charting a course between “stick to religion” and “Catholic triumphalism”.
5. Earlier in the encyclical, Leo discusses the importance of admitting faults and seeking forgiveness, but it was striking to see, in a discussion on the element of human trafficking and degradation behind many of the “AI jobs” in underdeveloped countries (176-179) that the Church was wrong to be so slow to denounce all forms of human slavery (which Leo XIII, the Rerum Novarum guy, finally did toward the end of the 19th century). When the Church admits wrong and asks forgiveness, it might be a new day!
6. There will be some stories about a statement in paragraph 192 in which Leo seems to indicate that there are no longer any justifiable wars. It’s not a big part of the document, and it echoes things by predecessors, but it’s the sort of thing you saw popes say about the death penalty before Francis changed official teaching.
7. I’m limiting myself for now to two quotes (one from the beginning and one from near the end); hopefully later this summer we can do a reading group to dig out the many jewels in the document. But for those of you more likely to skim, for your consideration, from the AI section:
   1. #118-130 is the soul of the encyclical as I read it, an argument against posthumanism on what it means to be human that I find hopeful and much-needed. My favorite part on this first read.
   2. #132-138 is for the politicos, journalists and the communicators
   3. #139-147 is for families and educators
   4. #148-169 is for labor and economic policymakers
   5. #182-211 is the part on war and power vs. the civilization of love that will get most of the attention
   6. #212-228 is the part for all of us on the roles we can play in making peace
   7. The close (#229-245) is strong and worthwhile, too.
8. OK back to my footnote fetish. Unlike Pope Francis, there are very few references that are outside of the mainstream Church documents. Besides the synod final document I mentioned and some statements by the International Theological Commission (which I don’t remember from the past but could be de rigeur), there were two theologians referenced (one Italian, one French), only one bishops’ conference (the USCCB!), the UN (in a section on multilateralism) and:
   1. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
   2. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
   3. Plato, Letters
   4. JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King

There’s no reason to believe that this last one was a shoutout to uber-Tolkien nerd Stephen Colbert, but I hope that, wherever he is, he is smiling nonetheless.

Two paragraphs I liked: 

This one, from the open, summarizes the narrative frame Leo uses throughout the document of Babel vs. Nehemiah:

#10: “We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization — of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means — is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise. Instead, let us choose the “way of Nehemiah,” which highlights the importance of working together to make the City of God a safe place for returning exiles. Rebuilding today means recognizing that, precisely from the plurality of voices and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges. Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and dialogue the common ground upon which to cultivate justice and fraternity. Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its solid foundations and its final end. In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem “coming down out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity. And this vision of grace is an invitation for us Christians to work together in order to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life in community within today’s ‘cities.’”

This one, from the section on what our role is in peacemaking, was particularly powerful:

#216: “There are times when, in order to remain human, we must set aside our reservations and take a stand. In some conflicts, it is unjust to remain neutral, nor is it enough merely to claim that we are not complicit. [192] When we witness the bombing of civilians, attacks on hospitals, schools or vital infrastructure, and violence that affects children, we are confronted with scandals that wound humanity itself. For this reason, we cannot limit ourselves to the level of abstract analysis. Pope Francis encouraged us to “touch the wounded flesh” [193] of those who suffer, look at their faces, listen to their stories and acknowledge their wounds. Painful events require both history and memory, the former to recount the facts, the latter to bear witness to lived experiences.”

See you in a few weeks!

Magnificent Humanity

I am headed on retreat and off the grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, but I couldn’t let a pope release a social encyclical without at least a quick skim before I left, and Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas this morning. So here I am.

I haven’t read any of the commentary already out there, and I’m sure there are already some excellent insights that I’m missing and other thoughts that others have already covered. But since I write mostly for those who are not really that into all this stuff, hopefully you’ll forgive me. So far I have only:

• Listened to Colleen Dulle’s 5-minute overview on the Inside the Vatican podcast, because I couldn’t resist.
• Listened to the remarks Pope Leo gave at the introductory press briefing, which I recommend (and are in English). They are not just a summation of the document but a really good 10-minute complement.
• Read the encyclical online. Had I had time, I would have made our printer churn out the 26 or so pages so I could mark it up and do a better job of analysis, but that can wait for another time.

I should also say since I mentioned in my earlier post that I was curious what the footnotes would look like, I read through those before I actually read a word of the document itself. Would not recommend to others, though it helped me.

Quick takeaways:

1. I wrote my masters thesis in the mid-1990s on a principle of Catholic social teaching, and Magnifica Humanitas fits in very well within the tradition of “anniversary encyclicals” that commemorate an anniversary of the first major social encyclical, Rerum Novarum. (I wrote more about this tradition in the earlier post.) As is true of others, it outlines the history and development of Catholic social teaching since 1891 (this is the 135th anniversary), then moves the ball forward a little. The footnotes draw almost exclusively on the sorts of sources that those traditional ones did – previous major Church documents and a few Church Fathers. (Surprisingly, there aren’t even that many Augustine callouts.) The way popes generally introduce change is by walking through the works of their predecessors to show how what they’re about to say is not really change at all, but an evolution of tradition. That’s the case here.
2. As such, this is a great place for those who are “Catholic curious” (or otherwise intrigued by what Popes Leo and Francis have had to say) to catch up on Catholic social teaching. Leo does a quick historical recap of each pope’s development of the body of social doctrine (paragraphs 28-45), and then an overview of the core principles of Catholic social teaching (46-85). 
3. Pope Leo establishes clearly that his predecessor Francis is part of Catholic tradition rather than a break from it. There are a bunch of references to all of Leo’s modern predecessors, but especially Pope Francis. A lot of the coverage of Leo’s first year wondered to what degree the more staid Leo might walk back some of Francis’ more controversial (to traditionalists) stances; if it wasn’t already clear by now, Pope Leo is following Pope Francis in his own way. One of the new things I saw in the footnotes, as a small example, was that the final document of the global synod on synodality, a process that some believe will be Francis’ biggest legacy, was referenced in ways not that different from more traditional Church sources.
4. Other new things: While I would resist the temptation to read this in the “Pope Leo vs. President Trump” frame, the recent tensions between the White House and the Vatican might be behind Leo’s section that defines “the lane” for the Church to weigh in on social, political and economic issues (17-27). It’s possible that predecessors have done this too, but I don’t remember this articulation, charting a course between “stick to religion” and “Catholic triumphalism”.
5. Earlier in the encyclical, Leo discusses the importance of admitting faults and seeking forgiveness, but it was striking to see, in a discussion on the element of human trafficking and degradation behind many of the “AI jobs” in underdeveloped countries (176-179) that the Church was wrong to be so slow to denounce all forms of human slavery (which Leo XIII, the Rerum Novarum guy, finally did toward the end of the 19th century). When the Church admits wrong and asks forgiveness, it might be a new day!
6. There will be some stories about a statement in paragraph 192 in which Leo seems to indicate that there are no longer any justifiable wars. It’s not a big part of the document, and it echoes things by predecessors, but it’s the sort of thing you saw popes say about the death penalty before Francis changed official teaching.
7. I’m limiting myself for now to two quotes (one from the beginning and one from near the end); hopefully later this summer we can do a reading group to dig out the many jewels in the document. But for those of you more likely to skim, for your consideration, from the AI section:
   1. #118-130 is the soul of the encyclical as I read it, an argument against posthumanism on what it means to be human that I find hopeful and much-needed. My favorite part on this first read.
   2. #132-138 is for the politicos, journalists and the communicators
   3. #139-147 is for families and educators
   4. #148-169 is for labor and economic policymakers
   5. #182-211 is the part on war and power vs. the civilization of love that will get most of the attention
   6. #212-228 is the part for all of us on the roles we can play in making peace
   7. The close (#229-245) is strong and worthwhile, too.
8. OK back to my footnote fetish. Unlike Pope Francis, there are very few references that are outside of the mainstream Church documents. Besides the synod final document I mentioned and some statements by the International Theological Commission (which I don’t remember from the past but could be de rigeur), there were two theologians referenced (one Italian, one French), only one bishops’ conference (the USCCB!), the UN (in a section on multilateralism) and:
   1. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
   2. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
   3. Plato, Letters
   4. JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King

There’s no reason to believe that this last one was a shoutout to uber-Tolkien nerd Stephen Colbert, but I hope that, wherever he is, he is smiling nonetheless.

Two paragraphs I liked: 

This one, from the open, summarizes the narrative frame Leo uses throughout the document of Babel vs. Nehemiah:

#10: “We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization — of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means — is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise. Instead, let us choose the “way of Nehemiah,” which highlights the importance of working together to make the City of God a safe place for returning exiles. Rebuilding today means recognizing that, precisely from the plurality of voices and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges. Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and dialogue the common ground upon which to cultivate justice and fraternity. Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its solid foundations and its final end. In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem “coming down out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity. And this vision of grace is an invitation for us Christians to work together in order to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life in community within today’s ‘cities.’”

This one, from the section on what our role is in peacemaking, was particularly powerful:

#216: “There are times when, in order to remain human, we must set aside our reservations and take a stand. In some conflicts, it is unjust to remain neutral, nor is it enough merely to claim that we are not complicit. [192] When we witness the bombing of civilians, attacks on hospitals, schools or vital infrastructure, and violence that affects children, we are confronted with scandals that wound humanity itself. For this reason, we cannot limit ourselves to the level of abstract analysis. Pope Francis encouraged us to “touch the wounded flesh” [193] of those who suffer, look at their faces, listen to their stories and acknowledge their wounds. Painful events require both history and memory, the former to recount the facts, the latter to bear witness to lived experiences.”

See you in a few weeks!

Magnificent Humanity

I am headed on retreat and off the grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, but I couldn’t let a pope release a social encyclical without at least a quick skim before I left, and Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas this morning. So here I am.

I haven’t read any of the commentary already out there, and I’m sure there are already some excellent insights that I’m missing and other thoughts that others have already covered. But since I write mostly for those who are not really that into all this stuff, hopefully you’ll forgive me. So far I have only:

• Listened to Colleen Dulle’s 5-minute overview on the Inside the Vatican podcast, because I couldn’t resist.
• Listened to the remarks Pope Leo gave at the introductory press briefing, which I recommend (and are in English). They are not just a summation of the document but a really good 10-minute complement.
• Read the encyclical online. Had I had time, I would have made our printer churn out the 26 or so pages so I could mark it up and do a better job of analysis, but that can wait for another time.

I should also say since I mentioned in my earlier post that I was curious what the footnotes would look like, I read through those before I actually read a word of the document itself. Would not recommend to others, though it helped me.

Quick takeaways:

1. I wrote my masters thesis in the mid-1990s on a principle of Catholic social teaching, and Magnifica Humanitas fits in very well within the tradition of “anniversary encyclicals” that commemorate an anniversary of the first major social encyclical, Rerum Novarum. (I wrote more about this tradition in the earlier post.) As is true of others, it outlines the history and development of Catholic social teaching since 1891 (this is the 135th anniversary), then moves the ball forward a little. The footnotes draw almost exclusively on the sorts of sources that those traditional ones did – previous major Church documents and a few Church Fathers. (Surprisingly, there aren’t even that many Augustine callouts.) The way popes generally introduce change is by walking through the works of their predecessors to show how what they’re about to say is not really change at all, but an evolution of tradition. That’s the case here.
2. As such, this is a great place for those who are “Catholic curious” (or otherwise intrigued by what Popes Leo and Francis have had to say) to catch up on Catholic social teaching. Leo does a quick historical recap of each pope’s development of the body of social doctrine (paragraphs 28-45), and then an overview of the core principles of Catholic social teaching (46-85). 
3. Pope Leo establishes clearly that his predecessor Francis is part of Catholic tradition rather than a break from it. There are a bunch of references to all of Leo’s modern predecessors, but especially Pope Francis. A lot of the coverage of Leo’s first year wondered to what degree the more staid Leo might walk back some of Francis’ more controversial (to traditionalists) stances; if it wasn’t already clear by now, Pope Leo is following Pope Francis in his own way. One of the new things I saw in the footnotes, as a small example, was that the final document of the global synod on synodality, a process that some believe will be Francis’ biggest legacy, was referenced in ways not that different from more traditional Church sources.
4. Other new things: While I would resist the temptation to read this in the “Pope Leo vs. President Trump” frame, the recent tensions between the White House and the Vatican might be behind Leo’s section that defines “the lane” for the Church to weigh in on social, political and economic issues (17-27). It’s possible that predecessors have done this too, but I don’t remember this articulation, charting a course between “stick to religion” and “Catholic triumphalism”.
5. Earlier in the encyclical, Leo discusses the importance of admitting faults and seeking forgiveness, but it was striking to see, in a discussion on the element of human trafficking and degradation behind many of the “AI jobs” in underdeveloped countries (176-179) that the Church was wrong to be so slow to denounce all forms of human slavery (which Leo XIII, the Rerum Novarum guy, finally did toward the end of the 19th century). When the Church admits wrong and asks forgiveness, it might be a new day!
6. There will be some stories about a statement in paragraph 192 in which Leo seems to indicate that there are no longer any justifiable wars. It’s not a big part of the document, and it echoes things by predecessors, but it’s the sort of thing you saw popes say about the death penalty before Francis changed official teaching.
7. I’m limiting myself for now to two quotes (one from the beginning and one from near the end); hopefully later this summer we can do a reading group to dig out the many jewels in the document. But for those of you more likely to skim, for your consideration, from the AI section:
   1. #118-130 is the soul of the encyclical as I read it, an argument against posthumanism on what it means to be human that I find hopeful and much-needed. My favorite part on this first read.
   2. #132-138 is for the politicos, journalists and the communicators
   3. #139-147 is for families and educators
   4. #148-169 is for labor and economic policymakers
   5. #182-211 is the part on war and power vs. the civilization of love that will get most of the attention
   6. #212-228 is the part for all of us on the roles we can play in making peace
   7. The close (#229-245) is strong and worthwhile, too.
8. OK back to my footnote fetish. Unlike Pope Francis, there are very few references that are outside of the mainstream Church documents. Besides the synod final document I mentioned and some statements by the International Theological Commission (which I don’t remember from the past but could be de rigeur), there were two theologians referenced (one Italian, one French), only one bishops’ conference (the USCCB!), the UN (in a section on multilateralism) and:
   1. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
   2. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
   3. Plato, Letters
   4. JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King

There’s no reason to believe that this last one was a shoutout to uber-Tolkien nerd Stephen Colbert, but I hope that, wherever he is, he is smiling nonetheless.

Two paragraphs I liked: 

This one, from the open, summarizes the narrative frame Leo uses throughout the document of Babel vs. Nehemiah:

#10: “We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization — of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means — is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise. Instead, let us choose the “way of Nehemiah,” which highlights the importance of working together to make the City of God a safe place for returning exiles. Rebuilding today means recognizing that, precisely from the plurality of voices and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges. Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and dialogue the common ground upon which to cultivate justice and fraternity. Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its solid foundations and its final end. In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem “coming down out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity. And this vision of grace is an invitation for us Christians to work together in order to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life in community within today’s ‘cities.’”

This one, from the section on what our role is in peacemaking, was particularly powerful:

#216: “There are times when, in order to remain human, we must set aside our reservations and take a stand. In some conflicts, it is unjust to remain neutral, nor is it enough merely to claim that we are not complicit. [192] When we witness the bombing of civilians, attacks on hospitals, schools or vital infrastructure, and violence that affects children, we are confronted with scandals that wound humanity itself. For this reason, we cannot limit ourselves to the level of abstract analysis. Pope Francis encouraged us to “touch the wounded flesh” [193] of those who suffer, look at their faces, listen to their stories and acknowledge their wounds. Painful events require both history and memory, the former to recount the facts, the latter to bear witness to lived experiences.”

See you in a few weeks!

Magnificent Humanity

I am headed on retreat and off the grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, but I couldn’t let a pope release a social encyclical without at least a quick skim before I left, and Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas this morning. So here I am.

I haven’t read any of the commentary already out there, and I’m sure there are already some excellent insights that I’m missing and other thoughts that others have already covered. But since I write mostly for those who are not really that into all this stuff, hopefully you’ll forgive me. So far I have only:

• Listened to Colleen Dulle’s 5-minute overview on the Inside the Vatican podcast, because I couldn’t resist.
• Listened to the remarks Pope Leo gave at the introductory press briefing, which I recommend (and are in English). They are not just a summation of the document but a really good 10-minute complement.
• Read the encyclical online. Had I had time, I would have made our printer churn out the 26 or so pages so I could mark it up and do a better job of analysis, but that can wait for another time.

I should also say since I mentioned in my earlier post that I was curious what the footnotes would look like, I read through those before I actually read a word of the document itself. Would not recommend to others, though it helped me.

Quick takeaways:

1. I wrote my masters thesis in the mid-1990s on a principle of Catholic social teaching, and Magnifica Humanitas fits in very well within the tradition of “anniversary encyclicals” that commemorate an anniversary of the first major social encyclical, Rerum Novarum. (I wrote more about this tradition in the earlier post.) As is true of others, it outlines the history and development of Catholic social teaching since 1891 (this is the 135th anniversary), then moves the ball forward a little. The footnotes draw almost exclusively on the sorts of sources that those traditional ones did – previous major Church documents and a few Church Fathers. (Surprisingly, there aren’t even that many Augustine callouts.) The way popes generally introduce change is by walking through the works of their predecessors to show how what they’re about to say is not really change at all, but an evolution of tradition. That’s the case here.
2. As such, this is a great place for those who are “Catholic curious” (or otherwise intrigued by what Popes Leo and Francis have had to say) to catch up on Catholic social teaching. Leo does a quick historical recap of each pope’s development of the body of social doctrine (paragraphs 28-45), and then an overview of the core principles of Catholic social teaching (46-85). 
3. Pope Leo establishes clearly that his predecessor Francis is part of Catholic tradition rather than a break from it. There are a bunch of references to all of Leo’s modern predecessors, but especially Pope Francis. A lot of the coverage of Leo’s first year wondered to what degree the more staid Leo might walk back some of Francis’ more controversial (to traditionalists) stances; if it wasn’t already clear by now, Pope Leo is following Pope Francis in his own way. One of the new things I saw in the footnotes, as a small example, was that the final document of the global synod on synodality, a process that some believe will be Francis’ biggest legacy, was referenced in ways not that different from more traditional Church sources.
4. Other new things: While I would resist the temptation to read this in the “Pope Leo vs. President Trump” frame, the recent tensions between the White House and the Vatican might be behind Leo’s section that defines “the lane” for the Church to weigh in on social, political and economic issues (17-27). It’s possible that predecessors have done this too, but I don’t remember this articulation, charting a course between “stick to religion” and “Catholic triumphalism”.
5. Earlier in the encyclical, Leo discusses the importance of admitting faults and seeking forgiveness, but it was striking to see, in a discussion on the element of human trafficking and degradation behind many of the “AI jobs” in underdeveloped countries (176-179) that the Church was wrong to be so slow to denounce all forms of human slavery (which Leo XIII, the Rerum Novarum guy, finally did toward the end of the 19th century). When the Church admits wrong and asks forgiveness, it might be a new day!
6. There will be some stories about a statement in paragraph 192 in which Leo seems to indicate that there are no longer any justifiable wars. It’s not a big part of the document, and it echoes things by predecessors, but it’s the sort of thing you saw popes say about the death penalty before Francis changed official teaching.
7. I’m limiting myself for now to two quotes (one from the beginning and one from near the end); hopefully later this summer we can do a reading group to dig out the many jewels in the document. But for those of you more likely to skim, for your consideration, from the AI section:
   1. #118-130 is the soul of the encyclical as I read it, an argument against posthumanism on what it means to be human that I find hopeful and much-needed. My favorite part on this first read.
   2. #132-138 is for the politicos, journalists and the communicators
   3. #139-147 is for families and educators
   4. #148-169 is for labor and economic policymakers
   5. #182-211 is the part on war and power vs. the civilization of love that will get most of the attention
   6. #212-228 is the part for all of us on the roles we can play in making peace
   7. The close (#229-245) is strong and worthwhile, too.
8. OK back to my footnote fetish. Unlike Pope Francis, there are very few references that are outside of the mainstream Church documents. Besides the synod final document I mentioned and some statements by the International Theological Commission (which I don’t remember from the past but could be de rigeur), there were two theologians referenced (one Italian, one French), only one bishops’ conference (the USCCB!), the UN (in a section on multilateralism) and:
   1. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
   2. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
   3. Plato, Letters
   4. JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King

There’s no reason to believe that this last one was a shoutout to uber-Tolkien nerd Stephen Colbert, but I hope that, wherever he is, he is smiling nonetheless.

Two paragraphs I liked: 

This one, from the open, summarizes the narrative frame Leo uses throughout the document of Babel vs. Nehemiah:

#10: “We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization — of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means — is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise. Instead, let us choose the “way of Nehemiah,” which highlights the importance of working together to make the City of God a safe place for returning exiles. Rebuilding today means recognizing that, precisely from the plurality of voices and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges. Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and dialogue the common ground upon which to cultivate justice and fraternity. Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its solid foundations and its final end. In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem “coming down out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity. And this vision of grace is an invitation for us Christians to work together in order to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life in community within today’s ‘cities.’”

This one, from the section on what our role is in peacemaking, was particularly powerful:

#216: “There are times when, in order to remain human, we must set aside our reservations and take a stand. In some conflicts, it is unjust to remain neutral, nor is it enough merely to claim that we are not complicit. [192] When we witness the bombing of civilians, attacks on hospitals, schools or vital infrastructure, and violence that affects children, we are confronted with scandals that wound humanity itself. For this reason, we cannot limit ourselves to the level of abstract analysis. Pope Francis encouraged us to “touch the wounded flesh” [193] of those who suffer, look at their faces, listen to their stories and acknowledge their wounds. Painful events require both history and memory, the former to recount the facts, the latter to bear witness to lived experiences.”

See you in a few weeks!

Magnificent Humanity

I am headed on retreat and off the grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, but I couldn’t let a pope release a social encyclical without at least a quick skim before I left, and Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas this morning. So here I am.

I haven’t read any of the commentary already out there, and I’m sure there are already some excellent insights that I’m missing and other thoughts that others have already covered. But since I write mostly for those who are not really that into all this stuff, hopefully you’ll forgive me. So far I have only:

• Listened to Colleen Dulle’s 5-minute overview on the Inside the Vatican podcast, because I couldn’t resist.
• Listened to the remarks Pope Leo gave at the introductory press briefing, which I recommend (and are in English). They are not just a summation of the document but a really good 10-minute complement.
• Read the encyclical online. Had I had time, I would have made our printer churn out the 26 or so pages so I could mark it up and do a better job of analysis, but that can wait for another time.

I should also say since I mentioned in my earlier post that I was curious what the footnotes would look like, I read through those before I actually read a word of the document itself. Would not recommend to others, though it helped me.

Quick takeaways:

1. I wrote my masters thesis in the mid-1990s on a principle of Catholic social teaching, and Magnifica Humanitas fits in very well within the tradition of “anniversary encyclicals” that commemorate an anniversary of the first major social encyclical, Rerum Novarum. (I wrote more about this tradition in the earlier post.) As is true of others, it outlines the history and development of Catholic social teaching since 1891 (this is the 135th anniversary), then moves the ball forward a little. The footnotes draw almost exclusively on the sorts of sources that those traditional ones did – previous major Church documents and a few Church Fathers. (Surprisingly, there aren’t even that many Augustine callouts.) The way popes generally introduce change is by walking through the works of their predecessors to show how what they’re about to say is not really change at all, but an evolution of tradition. That’s the case here.
2. As such, this is a great place for those who are “Catholic curious” (or otherwise intrigued by what Popes Leo and Francis have had to say) to catch up on Catholic social teaching. Leo does a quick historical recap of each pope’s development of the body of social doctrine (paragraphs 28-45), and then an overview of the core principles of Catholic social teaching (46-85). 
3. Pope Leo establishes clearly that his predecessor Francis is part of Catholic tradition rather than a break from it. There are a bunch of references to all of Leo’s modern predecessors, but especially Pope Francis. A lot of the coverage of Leo’s first year wondered to what degree the more staid Leo might walk back some of Francis’ more controversial (to traditionalists) stances; if it wasn’t already clear by now, Pope Leo is following Pope Francis in his own way. One of the new things I saw in the footnotes, as a small example, was that the final document of the global synod on synodality, a process that some believe will be Francis’ biggest legacy, was referenced in ways not that different from more traditional Church sources.
4. Other new things: While I would resist the temptation to read this in the “Pope Leo vs. President Trump” frame, the recent tensions between the White House and the Vatican might be behind Leo’s section that defines “the lane” for the Church to weigh in on social, political and economic issues (17-27). It’s possible that predecessors have done this too, but I don’t remember this articulation, charting a course between “stick to religion” and “Catholic triumphalism”.
5. Earlier in the encyclical, Leo discusses the importance of admitting faults and seeking forgiveness, but it was striking to see, in a discussion on the element of human trafficking and degradation behind many of the “AI jobs” in underdeveloped countries (176-179) that the Church was wrong to be so slow to denounce all forms of human slavery (which Leo XIII, the Rerum Novarum guy, finally did toward the end of the 19th century). When the Church admits wrong and asks forgiveness, it might be a new day!
6. There will be some stories about a statement in paragraph 192 in which Leo seems to indicate that there are no longer any justifiable wars. It’s not a big part of the document, and it echoes things by predecessors, but it’s the sort of thing you saw popes say about the death penalty before Francis changed official teaching.
7. I’m limiting myself for now to two quotes (one from the beginning and one from near the end); hopefully later this summer we can do a reading group to dig out the many jewels in the document. But for those of you more likely to skim, for your consideration, from the AI section:
   1. #118-130 is the soul of the encyclical as I read it, an argument against posthumanism on what it means to be human that I find hopeful and much-needed. My favorite part on this first read.
   2. #132-138 is for the politicos, journalists and the communicators
   3. #139-147 is for families and educators
   4. #148-169 is for labor and economic policymakers
   5. #182-211 is the part on war and power vs. the civilization of love that will get most of the attention
   6. #212-228 is the part for all of us on the roles we can play in making peace
   7. The close (#229-245) is strong and worthwhile, too.
8. OK back to my footnote fetish. Unlike Pope Francis, there are very few references that are outside of the mainstream Church documents. Besides the synod final document I mentioned and some statements by the International Theological Commission (which I don’t remember from the past but could be de rigeur), there were two theologians referenced (one Italian, one French), only one bishops’ conference (the USCCB!), the UN (in a section on multilateralism) and:
   1. Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
   2. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
   3. Plato, Letters
   4. JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King

There’s no reason to believe that this last one was a shoutout to uber-Tolkien nerd Stephen Colbert, but I hope that, wherever he is, he is smiling nonetheless.

Two paragraphs I liked: 

This one, from the open, summarizes the narrative frame Leo uses throughout the document of Babel vs. Nehemiah:

#10: “We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization — of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means — is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise. Instead, let us choose the “way of Nehemiah,” which highlights the importance of working together to make the City of God a safe place for returning exiles. Rebuilding today means recognizing that, precisely from the plurality of voices and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges. Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and dialogue the common ground upon which to cultivate justice and fraternity. Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its solid foundations and its final end. In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem “coming down out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity. And this vision of grace is an invitation for us Christians to work together in order to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life in community within today’s ‘cities.’”

This one, from the section on what our role is in peacemaking, was particularly powerful:

#216: “There are times when, in order to remain human, we must set aside our reservations and take a stand. In some conflicts, it is unjust to remain neutral, nor is it enough merely to claim that we are not complicit. [192] When we witness the bombing of civilians, attacks on hospitals, schools or vital infrastructure, and violence that affects children, we are confronted with scandals that wound humanity itself. For this reason, we cannot limit ourselves to the level of abstract analysis. Pope Francis encouraged us to “touch the wounded flesh” [193] of those who suffer, look at their faces, listen to their stories and acknowledge their wounds. Painful events require both history and memory, the former to recount the facts, the latter to bear witness to lived experiences.”

See you in a few weeks!

@wsj_world

1. The Babel Analogy: Hubris and "Reaching the Heavens"

In Genesis, humanity tries to build a tower to heaven to make a name for themselves and achieve self-sufficiency without God. Pope Leo is applying this directly to the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Big Tech. We are essentially trying to build an omniscient, godlike entity out of human hands.

#AI
#encyclical
#Babel
#hubris

You know, this podcast felt timely. C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength may not be the most accessible book, but he addresses the spirit of 'progress' and 'innovation' that I see used to justify AI. I won't say AI doesn't have uses, but the problems we need to solve don't need more tech, they need more compassion and generosity and kindness. It's just the same old story of silicon valley greed. If you decide to listen I hope you enjoy

#podcast #AI #babel

https://zencastr.com/z/CaMgivlh

https://www.europesays.com/at/140448/ Kaarst: Hanna Effen präsentiert Bilder in neuer Maltechnik #Art #ArtAndDesign #AT #Ausstellung #Austria #Babel #bilder #Design #Effen #Entertainment #Hanna #hannaeffen #Jubiläumsausstellung #Kunst #KunstUndDesign #Künstlerin #Maltechnik #Österreich #Politische #präsentiert #Turm #Turmbau #Unterhaltung

Iran renews threat to second vital shipping lane as Trump warns Tehran to “get smart soon”

21m ago German leader says ties with Trump “as good as ever” after exchange of criticism German…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #Babel-Mandebstrait #BenjaminNeta​nyahu #donaldtrump #Hezbollah #Houthi #iran #israel #Lebanon #MiddleEast #StraitofHormuz #UnitedStatesofAmerica #war
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/613439/

Aujourd'hui, c'était la première fois que faisais une captation vidéo de mon travail. Avec très peu de temps et les moyens du bord.

Le but : convaincre des jurys de me laisser représenter la France au jeux de la francophonie en 2027.

Cela mériterait un deuxième essai. Mais je n'ai pas le temps. et qui ne tente rien...

#vidéo #conte #babel #bible #Scifi #Asimov #oralite

Aujourd'hui, c'était la première fois que faisais une captation vidéo de mon travail. Avec très peu de temps et les moyens du bord.

Le but : convaincre des jurys de me laisser représenter la France au jeux de la francophonie en 2027.

Cela mériterait un deuxième essai. Mais je n'ai pas le temps. et qui ne tente rien...

#vidéo #conte #babel #bible #Scifi #Asimov #oralite

OK, I am stuck with #texlatex, specifically #babel. May I invoke the mighty #fedibrain for some help? #boosts welcome.

Thing is, I am writing a thesis on a Linux Mint 22.3 laptop. Some of the LaTeX packages are quite old, eg. Babel is nearly two years behind. The document is mainly in nynorsk, but has sections in many other languages, both LTR and RTL. I have used Polyglossia up until now. It works of sorts, but not for everything, eg. for bilingual text in a heading.

1/

https://www.europesays.com/it/421676/ L’asso nella manica degli Houthi: custodi dello stretto di Bab el Mandeb #bab #BabEl #BabElMandeb #conto #Cronaca #custodi #DalMondo #DalMondo #droni #el #ElMandeb #hormuz #houthi #ingresso #iran #lacrime #mandeb #mar #MarRosso #miliziani #missili #MissiliDroni #Mondo #News #Notizie #porta #PortaLacrime #rosso #saudita #scontro #teheran #UltimeNotizie #UltimeNotizieDiMondo #UltimeNotizie #UltimeNotizieDiMondo #World #WorldNews #WorldNews

Trump renews threat to Iran’s power plants as war sends oil prices soaring again

At least two Chinese cargo ships that were blocked by Iran last week as they tried to transit…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #Babel-Mandebstrait #donaldtrump #Houthi #iran #israel #MiddleEast #OilandGas #StraitofHormuz #UnitedStatesMilitary #UnitedStatesofAmerica #war
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/554695/

“The story of #Babel is the best metaphor I have found for what happened to #America in the 2010s, and for the fractured country we now inhabit. Something went terribly wrong, very suddenly.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Why the Past 10 Years of Ameri...

Pemprov Babel dan Pertamina Pastikan Stok BBM Aman, Masyarakat Diimbau Tidak Panik

JokBangka -#PANGKALPINANG – #Pemerintah #Provinsi #Kepulauan #Bangka Belitung (#Pemprov #Babel) #bersama #pihak #PT Pertamina Patra Niaga memastikan stok bahan bakar minyak (BBM) di wilayah Bangka Belitung dalam kondisi aman dan mencukupi kebutuhan masyarakat. Kepastian ini disampaikan setelah dilakukan pemantauan langsung di sejumlah Stasiun Pengisian Bahan Bakar Umum (SPBU) di Kota…

https://jokbangka.com/1233/pemprov-babel-dan-pertamina-pastikan-stok-bbm-aman-masyarakat-diimbau-tidak-panik/

Pemprov Babel dan Pertamina Pastikan Stok BBM Aman, Masyarakat Diimbau Tidak Panik

JokBangka -#PANGKALPINANG – #Pemerintah #Provinsi #Kepulauan #Bangka Belitung (#Pemprov #Babel) #bersama #pihak #PT Pertamina Patra Niaga memastikan stok bahan bakar minyak (BBM) di wilayah Bangka Belitung dalam kondisi aman dan mencukupi kebutuhan masyarakat. Kepastian ini disampaikan setelah dilakukan pemantauan langsung di sejumlah Stasiun Pengisian Bahan Bakar Umum (SPBU) di Kota…

https://jokbangka.com/1233/pemprov-babel-dan-pertamina-pastikan-stok-bbm-aman-masyarakat-diimbau-tidak-panik/

Pemprov Babel dan Pertamina Pastikan Stok BBM Aman, Masyarakat Diimbau Tidak Panik

JokBangka -#PANGKALPINANG – #Pemerintah #Provinsi #Kepulauan #Bangka Belitung (#Pemprov #Babel) #bersama #pihak #PT Pertamina Patra Niaga memastikan stok bahan bakar minyak (BBM) di wilayah Bangka Belitung dalam kondisi aman dan mencukupi kebutuhan masyarakat. Kepastian ini disampaikan setelah dilakukan pemantauan langsung di sejumlah Stasiun Pengisian Bahan Bakar Umum (SPBU) di Kota…

https://jokbangka.com/1233/pemprov-babel-dan-pertamina-pastikan-stok-bbm-aman-masyarakat-diimbau-tidak-panik/

Babel: Lessons learnt

Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. Genesis 12:4-9

#churchleadership #jesus #Messiah #salvation #SignsOfTheTimes #Babel #lessonslearned

https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/hebrew-prophets/babel-lessons-learnt/

Quark's experience with multitasking in the bar will help him succeed in Ops.
- Ferengi Public Relations Rep

#StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Babel
#AllStarTrek

@JoeWynne

#ResetGleaming

#AllStarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #Babel

Catastrophic that it took out O'Brien and Dax among the first.

#StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Babel #AllStarTrek

@pbharristoo Hey! Sorry I went quiet for a bit, had some offline duties to take care of.

#StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Babel
#AllStarTrek

There's some type of language problem in tonight's episodes. 🤬

#StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Babel
#AllStarTrek

Pengedar Narkoba di Sungailiat Ditangkap Polisi, Sabu Disimpan di Dalam Magic Com

JokBangka - #SUNGAILIAT, #BABEL – #Satuan #Reserse #Narkoba (#Satresnarkoba) #Polres #Bangka #berhasil #menangkap #seorang #pengedar #narkotika jenis sabu yang menyimpan barang bukti di dalam sebuah magic com (rice cooker) di Sungailiat, Kabupaten Bangka, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung. Penangkapan tersebut sekaligus menunjukkan masih tingginya upaya aparat kepolisian dalam menindak tegas…

https://jokbangka.com/1177/pengedar-narkoba-di-sungailiat-ditangkap-polisi-sabu-disimpan-di-dalam-magic-com/

Pengedar Narkoba di Sungailiat Ditangkap Polisi, Sabu Disimpan di Dalam Magic Com

JokBangka - #SUNGAILIAT, #BABEL – #Satuan #Reserse #Narkoba (#Satresnarkoba) #Polres #Bangka #berhasil #menangkap #seorang #pengedar #narkotika jenis sabu yang menyimpan barang bukti di dalam sebuah magic com (rice cooker) di Sungailiat, Kabupaten Bangka, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung. Penangkapan tersebut sekaligus menunjukkan masih tingginya upaya aparat kepolisian dalam menindak tegas…

https://jokbangka.com/1177/pengedar-narkoba-di-sungailiat-ditangkap-polisi-sabu-disimpan-di-dalam-magic-com/

Satresnarkoba Polres Bangka Selatan Tangkap Dua Pengedar Sabu, Ancaman Hukuman Hingga 20 Tahun Penjara

JokBangka - #TOBOALI, #BABEL – #Satuan #Reserse #Narkoba (#Satresnarkoba) #Polres #Bangka Selatan, #Kepulauan #Bangka Belitung, kembali mencatat prestasi dalam pemberantasan narkotika. Pada Rabu malam tanggal 25 Februari 2026 sekitar pukul 19.30 WIB, polisi berhasil meringkus dua pengedar narkoba jenis sabu di wilayah hukum Bangka Selatan setelah dilakukan…

https://jokbangka.com/1160/satresnarkoba-polres-bangka-selatan-tangkap-dua-pengedar-sabu-ancaman-hukuman-hingga-20-tahun-penjara/

Satresnarkoba Polres Bangka Selatan Tangkap Dua Pengedar Sabu, Ancaman Hukuman Hingga 20 Tahun Penjara

JokBangka - #TOBOALI, #BABEL – #Satuan #Reserse #Narkoba (#Satresnarkoba) #Polres #Bangka Selatan, #Kepulauan #Bangka Belitung, kembali mencatat prestasi dalam pemberantasan narkotika. Pada Rabu malam tanggal 25 Februari 2026 sekitar pukul 19.30 WIB, polisi berhasil meringkus dua pengedar narkoba jenis sabu di wilayah hukum Bangka Selatan setelah dilakukan…

https://jokbangka.com/1160/satresnarkoba-polres-bangka-selatan-tangkap-dua-pengedar-sabu-ancaman-hukuman-hingga-20-tahun-penjara/

The origins of Babel and our life today

"The word ‘Babel’ – capitalised to show that it has not managed to shake off its origins as a proper name – is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘a confused or disordered medley of sounds, esp. of voices’. But where did the word ‘Babel’ come from?

The Curious Origins of the Word ‘Babel’ – Interesting Literature

#churchleadership #faith #jesus #Messiah #salvation #SignsOfTheTimes #babel

https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/hebrew-prophets/the-origins-of-babel-and-our-life-today/

#art #kunst #oliemaleri #abstrakt #kunstgalleri #galleri #stoholm #Viborg #malerier #atelier #Vestergaard #JensChristian #forvandling #Senere #Babel

Senere endnu * 110cm x 130cm * Olie på lærred * Februar 2026

#art #kunst #oliemaleri #abstrakt #kunstgalleri #galleri #Stoholm #Viborg #malerier #atelier #Vestergaard #JensChristian #forvandling #Senere #Babel

Senere endnu * 110cm x 130cm * Olie på lærred * Februar 2026

Buaya di Bangka Belitung Mengganas: Penyebab Serangan, Dampak Kerusakan Habitat, dan Solusi Pencegahannya

JokBangka - #Provinsi #Kepulauan #Bangka #Belitung (#Babel) #kini #menghadapi #peningkatan #konflik #antara #manusia dan #buaya #Crocodylus porosus — reptil predator yang dikenal agresif saat terpojok. Serangan terhadap warga lokal makin sering terjadi dan dipicu oleh rusaknya habitat alaminya akibat aktivitas manusia yang merusak lingkungan. Baca juga: PT Timah…

https://jokbangka.com/1042/buaya-di-bangka-belitung-mengganas-penyebab-serangan-dampak-kerusakan-habitat-dan-solusi-pencegahannya/

Buaya di Bangka Belitung Mengganas: Penyebab Serangan, Dampak Kerusakan Habitat, dan Solusi Pencegahannya

JokBangka - #Provinsi #Kepulauan #Bangka #Belitung (#Babel) #kini #menghadapi #peningkatan #konflik #antara #manusia dan #buaya #Crocodylus porosus — reptil predator yang dikenal agresif saat terpojok. Serangan terhadap warga lokal makin sering terjadi dan dipicu oleh rusaknya habitat alaminya akibat aktivitas manusia yang merusak lingkungan. Baca juga: PT Timah…

https://jokbangka.com/1042/buaya-di-bangka-belitung-mengganas-penyebab-serangan-dampak-kerusakan-habitat-dan-solusi-pencegahannya/

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Dieses Jahr wollte ich wieder mehr #lesen und habe es geschafft :blobcattoot:
9 #Bücher mit insgesamt 3220 #Seiten

Das scheint jetzt für manch einen hier nicht viel, aber da ich tagsüber viele #paper und #dokumentation am Bildschirm zu lesen habe, und abends oft einfach nur noch die Augen zu haben möchte, ist das schon ne Leistung :blobcatboo:

Das beste #Buch dieses Jahr war für mich #Babel von #RFKuang, der größte Reinfall Das #Einhörnchen das rückwärts leben wollte von #WalterMoers

#2025reads #bookstodon #Bücherliebe

Dieses Jahr wollte ich wieder mehr #lesen und habe es geschafft :blobcattoot:
9 #Bücher mit insgesamt 3220 #Seiten

Das scheint jetzt für manch einen hier nicht viel, aber da ich tagsüber viele #paper und #dokumentation am Bildschirm zu lesen habe, und abends oft einfach nur noch die Augen zu haben möchte, ist das schon ne Leistung :blobcatboo:

Das beste #Buch dieses Jahr war für mich #Babel von #RFKuang, der größte Reinfall Das #Einhörnchen das rückwärts leben wollte von #WalterMoers

#2025reads #bookstodon #Bücherliebe