Dan Biezad

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I welcome with satisfaction the reaching of an agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, which will be signed on Friday, as an encouraging result of patient work in dialogue and negotiation. I express my gratitude to the countries that have worked to facilitate a meeting between the parties and to make this agreement possible. I hope that the agreement may help strengthen mutual trust, security, and stability in the Middle East, promoting paths of dialogue and cooperation among peoples. #Peace

[NASA @NASA]

Have you signed up yet to send your name around the Moon?

When Artemis II lifts off next year, more than 900,000 names will be aboard—and yours (or your friend's, or your pet's...) could be one of them. Register today: https://t.co/5nu5GdtPvo

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

https://t.co/QFwLJrFY6C

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

4 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rika Porcelijn, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://t.co/KArryHBbea

[JP Lindsley | Journalist @JPLindsley]

1/ “My former unit would not last 48 hours out there.”

That’s what a US Special Forces veteran said after seeing Ukraine’s front lines.

Eighteen months later, dozens more ex-soldiers echo the same DIRE warning: The West is NOT ready. 🧵⤵️

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Ukraine is a test, the front line of a war on the western world order once led by the United States. It’s also a teacher of how to fight, to not be complacent against rising autocracy. Nobel Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk tells us about both aspects. https://t.co/zgnIelupxc

[Dan Biezad @DBiezad]

@AMcDiarmid @elonmusk @xai Certainly you are not saying that engineers do not follow the code of ethics for their respective professions?

[GabrielSaidR @GabrielSaidR]

In February ISIS affiliated jihadi militants abducted 70 Christians in Congo & killed them inside a Protestant Church. Now ISIS jihadis entered into a Catholic church in eastern Congo during a vigil service. Now over 50 dead. Amazing how little folks seem to care.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Looking without walking by, halting the frantic pace of our lives, allowing the lives of others, whoever they may be, with their needs and troubles, to touch our heart. That is what makes us neighbors to one another, what generates true fraternity and breaks down walls and barriers.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters, who were at the summer camp, in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas in the United States. We pray for them.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

F-16 Pilot Maksym Ustymenko was made Hero of Ukraine by President Zelenskyy today.

Maksym died today, fighting off a massive Russian attack. He didn't have time to eject as he was leading his damaged aircraft away from a residential area.

RIP, Maksym.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I express my closeness to martyred Ukraine—to the children, the young people, the elderly, and especially to families who mourn their loved ones. I share your sorrow for the prisoners and victims of this senseless war.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the face of hatred and violence, what can we Christians do? First of all, we must pray. It is up to us to turn every tragic news story and image that touches us into a cry of intercession to God. Then, we must help others. But there is more—there is witness, our call to remain faithful to Jesus, who conquered evil by loving from the cross.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Liubov Panchenko, 85, starved during Russia’s occupation of Bucha.

The artist, who had defended Ukrainian identity since the 1960s, died shortly after liberation.

🧵 1/9 ⬇️

[Dana Gioia @DanaGioiaPoet]

I'll take a poem into 100 drafts for no reason other than the pleasure of getting it right.

[Jonathan Liedl @JLLiedl]

Something undeniably awe-inspiring about tens of thousands of Catholics singing “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” at a major league ball park.

[FAADroneZone @FAADroneZone]

The FAA works with first responders to explore innovative technologies that keep the public safe on the ground and in the air. Check out our blog to learn how drones help police improve response times, enhance public safety and save lives: https://t.co/VBxN9Tscbg

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

If you want #Peace, prepare institutions of peace. This doesn’t refer only to political institutions, whether national or international, but to the entire forum of institutions – educational, economic, and social – that are involved.