Richard Birdsall

Waiting for Beethoven at JAX Symphony Orchestra Beethoven 5th.

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Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

@ronsterd89 My grandfather owned and maintained several laundromats which I, as part of my teenager chores, regularly helped out. Never heard him mention aspirin and washers in the same sentence.

After my mother-in-law passed away, I started helping my father-in-law with laundry and other chores. He asks me to add aspirin to the washing machine every time I do the laundry. When I asked him why, he said that's how his wife used to do it. Any idea what aspirin does?

@Estleton12 @bluestein @ajc Almost one-third of the county voted GOP in 2024. Not 10%.

@bluestein @ajc I have a feeling there’s more to this… I mean Athens is 90% Dem but this is surprising. did they limit who could come? Did dems grab all the tickets to prevent people from coming like in the past?

Erika Kirk not at the Georgia Turning Point in Athens due to threats, VP Vance says wsbtv.com/news/local/cla…

New statewide polling shows the race for Florida governor is a dead heat. David Jolly: 40.5% Byron Donalds: 41.2% 18.3% still undecided. This race is wide open. It’s clear Floridians are ready for a real conversation about leadership and the future of our state.

@CharlesCMann What a tragedy. I took a course at Hampshire while at UMass-Amherst in the early '70s and loved it.

Hampshire College, '70s experimental, no-grade school, has run out of money and is permanently closing. A fantastic place in many ways, but badly run for a long time.

@grayfitness9 @travisakers There are dozens upon dozens (hundreds?) of similar stories of charter schools that never open or operating charter schools that close without warning. In every case, parents, students and the school district are left scrambling to get the abandoned students enrolled.

@travisakers cbsnews.com/projects/2025/…

Byron Donalds oppo is coming… Florida GOP has a problem.

On my morning walks I'm averaging one discarded toilet per week. Although, one sighting was of a pair of toilets, so perhaps 1.25 toilets/week. Stunning what someone is willing to leave curbside for their neighbors to gaze upon for the several weeks prior to city pickup.

@crucifixwearer @MassimoFaggioli Downgrade?

@MassimoFaggioli In addition to his domestic war on the Church, Obama did give the Embassy to the Holy See a downgrade from its previous building. It was widely understood to be a diplomatic downgrade.

as I had occasion to hear from an important Catholic archbishop in the USA, in his lecture at a university in front of an audience of students and professors, in 2018: "You may not like Trump, but Obama was worse". Curious to know what he would or will say today.

Waiting for Tosca to begin with JAX Symphony Orchestra.

Sunday morning sunshine.

NEW: Almost 600k Floridians, or 1 in 5 SNAP participants in the state, lost their SNAP over the last year (Feb 25 -Feb 26) 600k Floridians who are struggling to put food on the table for their families.

@ElsaSofia__AI Only one of many answers and one that is quite old and well-used. Is this really a future dominated by AI? Old ideas dressed up as current genius? A depressing thought. (This post not created by AI)

“Why did God create evil?” [This is probably the best answer I’ve ever heard to that question.] A university professor asked his students: “Was everything that exists created by God?” One student bravely replied:

Nearly 25% of state education $$ goes to private schools accepting vouchers. Two-thirds of those private schools getting your tax dollars are unaccredited.

@FLBaloney This is part of a broader effort by the GOP to reinterpret the Establishment Clause as a protection for religion rather than as a ban in establishing a religion. Keep voting Republicans into office if this is what you want.

“Uthmeier’s legal opinion argues the First Amendment’s clause preventing the establishment of a particular religion only applies to the federal government, and THE STATES ARE FREE TO IMPOSE THEIR OWN STATE RELIGION.” 😳 #mni4j5k84e3ilw19o23" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sun-sentinel.com/2026/04/02/flo…

@washingtonpost weighs in on the absurdity of the JAX stadium deal. 1) giving nearly $1B of tax dollars to a billionaire; 2) not all home games played at home; 3) team gone for an entire season; 4) no economic boost to the city. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

@AGGancarski X [Twitter] revels in puerile back-at-ya's as we see in Elsbury's posts. Engaging here seems to turn back the emotional and rational clock to some sort of schoolyard bullying contest.

Peluso has done a lot of work in this part of the district. I live in fear of what we're going to get to replace him.

At the ballpark for tonight’s game.

@FLBaloney My state senator and representative are MAGA wackos. They have absolutely no interest in saying anything negative about school vouchers.

Excellent explanation by Laura Hine : How Universal Vouchers in Florida are implicated in the state's looming budget deficit. Are kids learning? No one knows... shre with your state rep. youtu.be/K76eeWswQ0U?si…