A cutting reflection from Cardinal Ratzinger, Good Friday 2005:
"Pilate is not utterly evil. He knows that the condemned man is innocent, and he looks for a way to free him. But his heart is divided. And in the end he lets his own position, his own self-interest, prevail over what is right.
Nor are the men who are shouting and demanding the death of Jesus utterly evil. Many of them, on the day of Pentecost, will feel "cut to the heart," when Peter will say to them: "Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God... you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law."
But at that moment they are caught up in the crowd. They are shouting because everyone else is shouting, and they are shouting the same thing that everyone else is shouting. And in this way, justice is trampled underfoot by weakness, cowardice and fear of the diktat of the ruling mindset. The quiet voice of conscience is drowned out by the cries of the crowd.
Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think."
I wanted to update you on an epic battle being played out over multiple days, between man and beast, at the end of a nearby street. I will attempt to identify when I am using speculation and when I am using fact. I warn you that some of this information isn’t pretty.
I assume a skunk tried to cross the street.
I assume this skunk was hit by a car.
I know the skunk was in two pieces. One piece consisting of approximately 25 percent of the skunk, the other consisting of the remaining 75 percent.
Next drive by: I know the smaller piece was no longer operational in any meaningful biological sense. But the larger piece was now gone. I assume it had been picked up by a bird of prey.
Next drive by: I assume the bird of prey came back for the smaller piece. Why? The smaller piece of skunk was still there, now lying beside a bird, which had also apparently been hit by a car.
Next drive-by: only the bird remains. Skunk pieces all gone. Full bird still there. How would this even happen?
Next drive-by: now the bird is gone. Where did it go? Removed by humans? Another bird—cannibalism? Or was it eaten by a skunk?
Why a skunk?
Next drive-by: everything is gone except... a full skunk. It has also apparently been hit by a car. Assuming this was this a new skunk? Or was it the same skunk, Humpty Dumptied back together? Or, did I enter a tear in the space time contiuum, and this is actually the original skunk? Is this going to start all over and repeat again and again like Groundhog Day?
I will continue to report any future developments to maintain the historical record.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Pray for healing and a miracle. Getting word that #charliekirk has been stabilized. I pray it is true. If it is THAT IS A SECOND MIRACLE. 1. Trump. 2. Kirk. The hospital is taking blood now. Our God is a God of Miracles. In Jesus name.
Here’s my vision:
The best science
The best people
The best care
All powered by the best tech.
No babysitting
No daycare model
No cookie-cutter programs
This is the new ABA model and the way forward.
The future belongs to those building it this way.
Quality ABA + AI = expanded access and better outcomes.
Write strong programs.
Train techs well.
Integrate AI.
Clients progress faster.
Faster progress = fewer hours.
Fewer hours = more families served.
This is better ABA.
This is the new model.
Left my job.
Behavior Group is now full-time.
We’re building a new kind of ABA clinic for kids with autism and AI that transforms behavioral data.
Big things coming. Stay close.
Went to the doctor this morning and they were unable to add Glycine and TMG to my medication list because it wasn’t an option in their EMR. The nurse had never heard of them. This is what is wrong with our medical model
Reporter: “What happened to the Epstein client list that the Attorney General said she had on her desk?”
White House: “Yes, she was saying the entirety of all of the paperwork, all of the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein's crime. That's what the Attorney General was referring to.
The Founders of the United States weren’t just political thinkers.
They were behavioral realists.
They built a system based on how people actually behave.
Not how we wish they would.
10 examples that prove it 🧵🇺🇸