Chris Johnson

One thing only I know

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

Imagine a man who lived in constant danger for more than 15 years.

A man hunted by thousands of security service officers.

A man with a price on his head.

A man who woke up every day knowing it could be his last.

That was the life of Vasyl Palyniuk, a Hutsul from the village of Sokolivka in the Kosiv region, known among his comrades by the pseudonym “Nenasytets” (“The Insatiable”).

Today, he is rarely mentioned in school textbooks. His name is seldom found in popular history books. Yet for the Kosiv region and the entire Ukrainian underground movement, he was one of the key figures in the struggle for independence.

Vasyl Palyniuk was born in 1903 in the picturesque Hutsul village near Kosiv. While most people dreamed of a peaceful life, a family, and a household of their own, he chose a different path.

In June 1937, he joined the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

At first, he served as a courier and liaison. He delivered messages, maintained contacts between underground members, and carried out missions on which entire resistance networks depended. With each passing year, however, his role became increasingly important.

In 1941, he was arrested by the NKVD near the village of Zhabie, now known as Verkhovyna. It seemed that his story had come to an end.

But it had not.

Vasyl Palyniuk managed to escape custody and return to the underground.

And that was when the most dangerous chapter of his life began.

The following years were spent in a struggle that today seems almost unbelievable.

Carpathian forests.

Secret hideouts.

Underground printing presses.

Endless journeys through the mountains.

Constant raids.

Arrests.

Ambushes.

Betrayals.

He did not command large armies or lead fronts. Yet it was people like him who kept the entire liberation movement alive.

When most of Europe was celebrating peace after the Second World War, the war in the Carpathians continued.

Palyniuk became the leader of the Kosiv district branch of the OUN. This meant not only directing the underground movement, but also being responsible for the safety of its members, communications, supplies, and coordination of resistance activities throughout the district.

For his service, he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit and the Bronze Cross of Merit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, among the highest honors of the Ukrainian liberation movement.

But the most remarkable thing was something else.

Despite years of persecution, arrests, and mortal danger, he never abandoned the struggle.

Even when many others had lost hope.

Even when the odds seemed impossible.

In June 1952, following a betrayal, he was captured by Soviet security services.

Then came the interrogations.

Pressure.

Torture.

Attempts to force him to cooperate.

Yet he gave no testimony against his comrades.

Eventually, he was sentenced to the highest punishment.

Vasyl Palyniuk's final journey ended in Kyiv’s Lukyanivska Prison.

He was 50 years old.

More than seven decades have passed.

States, borders, and generations have changed.

But whenever we speak of people who did not renounce their convictions even in the face of death, the name of Vasyl Palyniuk deserves to be remembered.

A Hutsul from Sokolivka.

A man who lived his life in such a way that one day people could say: he did not betray.

And perhaps the best way to honor his memory is not only to remember his name today, but to pass his story on to others.

Because a nation that remembers its lesser-known heroes never loses itself.

🇺🇦 Eternal memory to Vasyl Palyniuk — “Nenasytets.”

[Chris Johnson @TheContrastFilm]

@JasonWilde108 @sunfellow Ordered today 👍

[James Gallagher @J_Gallagher4CA]

Watch me get sworn in on the House floor today! Tune in around 12:15 PM.

https://t.co/B8ONw861Kw

[Dangerous Thoughts @DangerousThinkg]

Monty Python would be cancelled today

Society has lost its collective mind

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

"I'm so proud of you for what you're doing," says CA candidate for Gov Tom Steyer to the boy stealing opportunities and titles from deserving girls

There's literally 0 regard for girls. Actual girls.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

These Spencer Pratt videos by @dsonoiki are better than 99.9% of political consultant ads. He does it again.

[♱Faith guard⚔️🛡 @Defensofidei]

UNDERSTANDING TRANSUBSTANTIATION: THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD MIRACLE IN CHRISTIANITY

“What if the bread and wine at Mass are no longer bread and wine… but Jesus Christ Himself? That is the doctrine of Transubstantiation.”

The doctrine of Transubstantiation is one of the greatest and most mysterious miracles in the history of the Catholic Church — a miracle so profound that even many Christians struggle to believe it. Yet Catholics have defended this truth for over 2,000 years because it came directly from Jesus Christ Himself.

No mere symbol.
No metaphor.
No empty ritual.

The Eucharist is the Real Presence of Christ.

What Is the Holy Eucharist?

The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament in which Jesus Christ becomes truly present — Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity — under the appearances of bread and wine.

This was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper when He declared:
“This is My Body.”
“This is My Blood.”

He did not say, “This represents My Body.” He spoke literally and the early Christians understood Him literally.

What Is Transubstantiation?

During every Mass, when the priest repeats the words of Christ at the consecration, the bread and wine are completely transformed into the actual Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

Not symbolically.
Not spiritually alone.
But substantially and truly.

The outward appearance remains the same, but the inner reality changes completely.

Catholic theology explains this through substance and accidents:

Substance → what something truly is.
Accidents → what we perceive with our senses: taste, color, texture, shape, and smell.

After consecration, the accidents remain bread and wine, but the substance becomes Christ Himself.

The Church also explains this sacrament through matter and form:

Matter → the bread and wine offered on the altar.
Form → the words of Christ spoken by the priest: “This is My Body… This is My Blood.”

Through the power of God, Heaven touches Earth at that moment.

The Biblical Foundation

Jesus made this doctrine unmistakably clear in the Gospel of John chapter 6:

“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.”

Many disciples abandoned Him after hearing this because the teaching sounded too hard and too literal. Yet Christ never corrected them or softened His words.

The Eucharist is therefore not optional in Catholic spirituality it is the center of Christian life itself.

Why This Doctrine Matters

If Transubstantiation is true, then every Catholic Mass is the greatest encounter with Jesus Christ on Earth.

That means:
the altar is holy,
the tabernacle is sacred,
and Holy Communion is not ordinary bread.

It is Christ Himself.

This doctrine was formally defined at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 and reaffirmed at the Council of Trent during the Protestant Reformation, when many reformers rejected or reinterpreted the Eucharist as symbolic.

Yet for Catholics, the Eucharist remains the beating heart of the faith the miracle hidden in plain sight.

So the question remains:

If Christ truly meant what He said… how should we approach the Eucharist?

[タンタンパパ @tintinpapa1]

いいなっ、これ...

歳取ったらストームトルーパーの
マスクつけてこんなん押そう☺️

[David Sunfellow @sunfellow]

"Good news: That only happens every ~360 years. Bad news: they are aligned now and for the next few years."

GROK, please explain this post from @EcdoPrep in plain English:

https://t.co/kraDO06TnK

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A priceless joke is now circulating inside Russia that goes like this:
One day, Putin visits a school and gives a speech about how excellent the Russian government is and how Russia is the greatest country in the world.
At the end of the speech, he invites the students to ask questions.
A boy stands up and says:
“Hello, my name is Sasha, and I have two questions.”
Putin replies:
“Alright, go ahead.”
Sasha asks:
“Why did Russia invade Ukraine?
And why haven’t we won the war yet?”
At that exact moment, the lunch bell rings and everyone leaves for lunch.
After lunch, the Q&A session continues and another student stands up.
“Hello, my name is Boris, and I have four questions.”
Putin says:
“Yes?”
Boris asks:
“Why did Russia invade Ukraine?
Why haven’t we won the war?
Why did the lunch bell ring 20 minutes early?
And where is Sasha?”

#StandWithUkraine

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

I’m trying to raise sons like this.

Imagine the pride of this man’s father.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Russians kidnapped and killed priest Stepan Podolchak from Kherson Oblast because he refused to hold sermons in Russian and transfer his church to the control of the Moscow Patriarchate.

His wife had to identify his body after he was taken from his home — United24. 1/

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

You know, when we started this drone factory, we were just two idiots trying to help Ukraine hit a million FPVs a year.

Next thing you know, we’re out here accidentally becoming the Oppenheimer of kamikaze drones. Ours are now FULLY unjammable, as in, the russians can jam all they want, our babies just laugh and keep flying like they run on renewables.

We’re about to delete A LOT of russian logistics. Like, ‘sorry bro, your supply truck just got yeeted into the next dimension’ levels of deleted.

[Skscartoon @skscartoon]

The fact that Derek Chauvin is still in prison for the death of George Floyd, is one of the biggest miscarriage of justice in the US history.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Ukrainian servicewoman who downed missile with MANPADS opens football match.

[Zarina Zabrisky 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ZarinaZabrisky]

A walk downtown Kherson.

Drones buzzing fill the air and we hide every five minutes.

Two days ago, the fire from Russian artillery ruined entire blocks of historic center.

The situation is deteriorating rapidly.

[RedAlways @PATRIOT2117]

A church in Atlanta was honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many years. He was 92 at that time and I wondered why the church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to preach at that age.

After a warm welcome, introduction of this speaker, and as the applause quieted down, he rose from his high back chair and walked slowly, with great effort and a sliding gait to the podium.

Without a note or written paper of any kind he placed both hands on the pulpit to steady himself and then quietly and slowly he began to speak....

"When I was asked to come here today and talk to you, your pastor asked me to tell you what was the greatest lesson ever learned in my 50-odd years of preaching. I thought about it for a few days and boiled it down to just one thing that made the most difference in my life and sustained me through all my trials. The one thing that I could always rely on when tears and heartbreak and pain and fear and sorrow paralyzed me...

The only thing that would comfort was this verse....

"Jesus loves me this I know.
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong,
We are weak but He is strong.....
Yes, Jesus loves me....
The Bible tells me so."

The old pastor stated, "I always noticed that it was the adults who chose the children's hymn 'Jesus Loves Me' (for the children of course) during a hymn sing, and it was the adults who sang the loudest because I could see they knew it the best."

"Here for you now is a Senior version of Jesus Loves Me":

JESUS LOVES ME
Jesus loves me, this I know,
Though my hair is white as snow
Though my sight is growing dim,
Still He bids me trust in Him.

(CHORUS)
YES, JESUS LOVES ME.. YES, JESUS LOVES ME..
YES, JESUS LOVES ME, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.
Though my steps are oh, so slow,
With my hand in His I'll go
On through life, let come what may,
He'll be there to lead the way.

(verse 2)
When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song..
Telling me in words so clear,
"Have no fear, for I am near."

(Verse 3)
When my work on earth is done,
And life's victories have been won.
He will take me home above,
Then I'll understand His love.

(CHORUS)
I love Jesus, does He know?
Have I ever told Him so?
Jesus loves to hear me say,
That I love Him every day.

If you think this is neat, please pass it on to your friends. If you do not pass it on, nothing bad will happen, but you will have missed an opportunity to "reach out and touch" a friend or a loved one. God Bless Us All!!! AMEN!

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I just had the craziest experience at the airport.

We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.

Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”

Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.

The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”

He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”

Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…

Start clapping.

I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.

All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.

It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.

@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.

[David Sunfellow @sunfellow]

If you've been having a hard time wrapping your head around the pole shift theories of @SunWeatherMan and @EthicalSkeptic this article might help...

[Roy Rogers Happy Trails Music Shop  @RoyRogers_HTMS]

Hannes Bieger completely lost in this massive wall of modular Moog synths playing “Black Hole” 🤯🌌
This isn’t just performing — it’s conducting an entire living, breathing analog universe in real time.
Question for musicians or anyone that wants yo weigh in:
Would you rather spend years mastering one instrument… or have the freedom (and beautiful chaos) of building sounds from scratch with a setup like this?