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Mind-blowing archival footage of the 1923 exhumation of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. 30,000 pilgrims joined the soon-to-be-Saint as she was carried back to the convent where she famously wrote the timeless classic, “Story of a Soul.” Translation of the narration in the next tweet👇

Icon of all Saints of the British Isles and Ireland

This map (from ULI) really puts the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex in perspective in a unique way Population over 8 million now Here are all of the well known cities (population wise) that would make it up

Jozef Mehoffer Saint Therese of Lisieux, 1928

Saint Maximus says the 'literal/by the letter' element of Scripture is the flesh. It “cannot coexist” with Spirit. And we must obliterate the literal meaning (subject to time and change). Notably he frames this like an ascetic pursuit, radical allegorization is asceticism.

Addiction is proof that you are capable of intense devotion. You just have a false god

For science to answer all our problems, our whole world must be reduced to the kind of thing that science can know. For AI to answer all our questions, all our knowledge must be reduced to the kind of data AI can process. It’s is the rule of Procrustes.

St. George and the Dragon, from Red Magic by Kay Nielsen c.1930

La rutina:

Helena Vurnik, The Annunciation (1915)

CHILD PRAYING MANTIS: Dad, who are we all praying to exactly? DAD PRAYING MANTIS: Depends which religion you belong to CHILD: So not all bugs follow the same religion? DAD: No, son… we’re in sects

Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 1920 📿

これすごいな。 何度観ても脳が納得しない…。 x.com/MarchUnofficia…

Ever since Coursera courses became very good, only to have basically no impact on higher ed, I've come to the belief that the biggest role of formal ed is to act as a commitment device for students to actually consume the information. AI will be transformative, but AI w/o that commitment element will likely lead folks like you and I to learn more efficiently (but we were going to do the learning anyway), and have little impact otherwise.

AI will destroy univocal conceptions of reality. If you can’t think hierarchically and analogically, you will be utterly lost.

it’s almost Monday

Fun fact : when counting numbers your lips don't touch until you get to one million

The rise of Dopamine Culture

If you do not direct your attention, it will be directed for you.