Awkward Hobbit

[Elizabeth @suasoptics]

Hey lazy people: the Vatican made infographics for you

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

@DocPriyamMD @dr_huffer Interesting, I wonder how quitting smoking affected my dad's sarcoidosis. He was diagnosed in the 80s and quit nearly a decade before he had any major symptoms, but the minor ones started shortly after.

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just defended America better than every politician in Washington combined.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”

One nation on earth held a weapon nobody else had.

Total dominance. Zero competition. No risk of retaliation.

Every empire in history that held that kind of advantage used it.

Rome. The Mongols. The British. The Ottomans.

They conquered until they collapsed.

America had a bigger advantage than all of them combined.

And it rebuilt the countries it just defeated.

Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”

Almost unprecedented?

It had never happened before. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded history.

The Marshall Plan wasn’t foreign aid.

It was the most radical act of restraint any superpower ever committed.

America turned its enemies into allies. Turned rubble into economies. Turned surrender into partnership.

Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a generation.

Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.

Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.

A city in the heart of the nation that just tried to destroy it.

That’s not policy.

That’s a civilization deciding what it is at the exact moment it has the power to be anything.

You’re being told a story right now.

That America is the villain of history.

You hear it everywhere. Media. Universities. Social platforms.

Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”

Every nation on earth has dark chapters. Every single one.

The difference is what a country does when nobody can stop it.

And when nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.

Musk: “The history of China suggests that China is not acquisitive. Meaning they’re not going to go out and invade a whole bunch of countries.”

Probably right.

China has historically built walls, not fleets.

But the real question isn’t about borders anymore.

We’re approaching a moment that mirrors 1945 in ways nobody has fully processed yet.

AI is going to give a handful of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look quaint.

If someone is going to hold that kind of power, who do you want it to be?

The country that conquered when it could? Or the one that rebuilt when it didn’t have to?

Every alliance. Every trade route. Every economy.

Billions lifted out of poverty.

All of it traces back to one act of restraint that had never been done before.

And carries no guarantee of being repeated.

The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.

It was what it didn’t do after.

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

@NoAIControl @Sachinettiyil @marcorubio Catholicism is Christianity. They are one and the same. Anyone who refuses to acknowledge this is not operating in good faith nor in the interest of the whole nor with a full understanding of history.

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

@TechiamoLabs2 @Sachinettiyil The light is on for you... no matter where you are, no matter what your sins are, Christ will always be waiting for you to forgive and welcome you to the table in the Eucharist. You are always welcome to come home and there will be great rejoicing in heaven when you do. 🙏

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

@grok @TimtatiousTimmy @OcrazioCornPop That seems to contradict your other reply... Why is that @grok ?

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

@TimtatiousTimmy @OcrazioCornPop @grok is this true? Did you not make the map? If you did make it, what was the prompt?

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

Why should race have anything to do with representation at all? That's saying every black (or white, Asian, native, etc) person thinks the same. Learn your history: the electoral college balances population and statehood (same as the House vs Senate). The slave clause was specifically to *reduce* the power of the South when apportionment was done, otherwise slave states would have excess power (and likely force slavery on all states) because the number of people counting slaves would give them more seats in the House. It's not unlike the current debate over illegal/undoc people giving California and Texas more House seats than they would if just citizens were counted.

[Reagan Reese @reaganreese_]

I flew on Air Force One. I'm here to talk about the food.

I’m not a foodie. I don’t have a go-to restaurant critic or strong opinions about tasting menus.

But what I do have is a genuine, almost embarrassing enthusiasm for the meals served aboard AF1.

My food review as a 🧵 1/7:

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Lithuanian composer and conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis led an orchestra performing a piece inspired by Nora the cat, who famously “plays” the piano.

The unusual performance was met with enthusiastic applause and a standing ovation.

[Kyle Becker @kylenabecker]

We're not saying that Charlottesville itself is a "hoax."

We are saying the SPLC allegedly *HELPED* to engineer the conditions for it happening, and then materially aided-and-abetted a Unite the Right organizer and thereby promoted a clash between protesters and counter-protesters.

Then the SPLC fundraised off it, successfully, and the Democrats weaponized it to push a bogus narrative in the 2020 election.

So the SPLC benefited financially and the Democrats benefited politically. That is why the Biden administration shut down an investigation into the SPLC after banks flagged its suspect activities.

I don't know why you leftists continue to pretend that we're all stupid. It's a tired act.

When you flail with these vapid counter-arguments, it just makes you look like a huckster, in addition to a race grifter.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

Every once in a while, a ewe will give birth to a lamb and reject it. There are many reasons she may do this. If the lamb is returned to the ewe, the mother may even kick the poor animal away. Once a ewe rejects one of her lambs, she will never change her mind. These little lambs will hang their heads so low that it looks like something is wrong with its neck. Their spirit is broken. These lambs are called “bummer lambs.” Unless the Shepherd intervenes, that lamb will die, rejected and alone. So, do you know what the Shepherd does? He takes that rejected little one into His home, hand-feeds it and keeps it warm by the fire. He will wrap it up with blankets and hold it to His chest so the bummer can hear His heartbeat. Once the lamb is strong enough, the Shepherd will place it back in the field with the rest of the flock. But that sheep never forgets how the Shepherd cared for him when his mother rejected him. When the Shepherd calls for the flock, guess who runs to Him first? That is right, the bummer sheep. He knows His voice intimately. It is not that the bummer lamb is loved more, it just knows intimately the One who loves it and has experienced that love one on one. So many of us are bummer lambs, rejected and broken. But He is the good Shepherd. He cares for our every need and holds us close to His heart so we can hear His heartbeat. I am a bummer lamb adopted and loved by The Good Shepherd!! Hallelujah!!

[Uche is a girl @UcheMaryOkoli]

PRAYER TO ST. CHARBEL FOR A MIRACLE
St. Charbel,
holy monk of silence and miracles,
I come to you with a heart that is tired,
a situation that feels impossible,
and a need I can no longer carry alone.

You know what it is to surrender everything to God.
You know what it is to trust when nothing makes sense.
You know what it is to wait for a miracle that only Heaven can bring.

St. Charbel,
I place this intention in your hands —
the one that keeps me awake,
the one I whisper to God in the dark,
the one I’m afraid to say out loud.

Intercede for me.
Pray for me.
Stand with me in this moment of need.

Ask God to open what is closed,
to heal what is wounded,
to restore what is broken,
to provide what is missing,
and to bring peace where there has been fear.

St. Charbel,
you who have carried countless miracles to God’s people,
carry mine now.
Do not leave me in this hour.
Stay close until the blessing comes.
Amen.

St. Charbel 🇱🇧 pray for us

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

@elonmusk @grok I loved Grok, but the fact that it wasn't synced between devices forced me to switch to Gemini. I used the Grok app and https://t.co/oM65xVUF2P. Please fix.

[Become A Saint @BeSaintly]

This is worth sharing again. It’s great advice.

[Joseph Nolla, SJ @josephnollasj]

Prayer in order to grow in love of God.
Fasting in order to grow in the discipline to resist temptation.
Almsgiving in order to grow in love of neighbor.

Prayer in order to grow in faith.
Fasting in order to hope in God, not the world.
Almsgiving in order to grow in charity.

[Awkward Hobbit @AwkwrdHobbit]

I don't have the skill sets to be able to analyze this: IN Montana, why would Missoula have such a disproportionate spending compared to Billings? BIL has about 50k more people, a huge medical industry, and serves a huge region including east MT, WY, ND, SD. Missoula has a small service area and has other major cities nearby that are also dwarfed. @charlesxjyang @GovGianforte @MTAGKnudsen @mtsenategop

[Edward Feser @FeserEdward]

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, and a copy of the Summa Theologiae.”

“Hit it.”

[LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85]

THINGS WE DID DO:
Built This City
Shot the Sheriff

THINGS WE DIDN'T DO:
Start The Fire
Shoot the Deputy

THINGS WE WANT TO DO:
Break Free
Hold Your Hand

THINGS WE WILL DO:
Rock You
Survive
Anything for Love

THINGS WE WON’T DO:
Get Fooled Again
Back Down
Stop Believin’
That

THINGS WE WILL NEVER DO:
Give You Up
Let You Down
Run Around
Desert You
Make You Cry
Say Goodbye
Tell A Lie
Hurt You

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Priest Guilherme Peixoto has amassed over 2.7 million followers on Instagram by evangelizing around the world through his hobby of DJing.

Padre Guilherme is a priest from a village in Portugal.

During an interview with CNN, Guilherme says he started learning how to DJ by watching YouTube and then began taking classes in his 40s.

Guilherme then started lifting his parish church out of debt by organizing small music festivals in the community.

Now 52, Guilherme is performing worldwide.