Lucas Newton

he/him 🏳️‍🌈

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“I want to talk about everything with at least one person the way I talk about things with myself.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

[QG Jenna 🖤 @QuiGonJenna]

“But we were sleeping…”

[CoffeeWithTheClassics @CoffeewClassics]

Thinking about Pope Francis and his Letter on the Role of Literature in Formation:

[Lucas Newton @PurrgilRider]

If others go to hell, then I will too. But I do not believe that; on the contrary, I believe that all will be saved, myself with them—something which arouses my deepest amazement. —SØREN KIERKEGAARD

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“From the time you were very little, you’ve had people who have smiled you into
smiling, people who have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you
into loving. Let’s take some time to think of those extra special people”

[love drops @lovedropx]

— James Baldwin

[Lucas Newton @PurrgilRider]

@Panthers @EAMaddenNFL Xbox

[𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐡 @kwameaddoobiri_]

There is something beautiful about having long term friends that have witnessed multiple versions of you and loved you unconditionally through each version

[Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05]

I define love as “the commitment to wholeness.”

Not a feeling. A decision. A commitment. Love is that which says “I will do what it takes for you to thrive. For you to experience freedom. For you to be all that you were created to be.”

That’s what love looks like. 2/9

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“It’s the people who feel strong and good about themselves who are best able to accept outside difference—their own and others!”

[Lucas Newton @PurrgilRider]

@turiyaaa I think about this a lot: "My entire soul is a cry, and all my work the commentary on that cry."

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Earth's rotation visualized in a stunning timelapse by Martin Giraud.

https://t.co/lqEqOAGYB8

[Danielle Fong 🔆 @DanielleFong]

goodbye interesting tweet that refreshed away from the timeline. i’ll never see you again

[Lucas Newton @PurrgilRider]

Dune Two done twice

(I saw it a second time and it was still so good!)

[Ameya! अमेय! @turiyaaa]

Dune 3 release date when

[The Sietch of Sci-Fi | @TSoS_]

We HAVE to talk about Stilgar.

In all three of my screenings, he got the best reactions from the audience. He is genuinely funny, but in a way that fits so perfectly with the film's tone. There is gravitas to his humorous moments. When he quotes the prophecy for everything that Paul does, it's not a joke to him. It's a reflection of his deepest beliefs.

Villeneuve's and Bardem's choice to make it funny for the audience is powerful to me. Playing it as a joke for the first two acts makes him seem like the nice, crazy uncle who rambles about religion after a few too many beers.

When the third act hits, it becomes clear that there is nothing funny about it. The Holy War takes off under his leadership. Stilgar is such a poignant exploration of the problem of religious indoctrination, messianic worship and blindly following charismatic leaders. To me, using humor to convey this was a brilliant decision. People remember what they laughed about.

[Lucas Newton @PurrgilRider]

Just eat roses in the rain.