Maureen Boland

Tech cheerleader!

I am an accidental ID and technologist in online learning & instructional support.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

Researchers spent 500 hours and $70,000 and found LG TVs logging plain text transcripts in standby, mapping every device in the house, and feeding it to LG's ad arm

Unplug the internet and it saves the files until you plug back in.

LG says its TVs don't record ambient conversations.

The evidence begs to differ.

216 million of these are sitting in living rooms.

Where are the regulators?

Writer: Daniel

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

J. R. R. Tolkien didn’t just write fantasy.

He rebuilt a moral universe.

A thread on what The Lord of the Rings is really about (you'll want to bookmark this): 🧵

[Fr. Chris Vorderbruggen @FatherChrisVor1]

Update: 12-year-old Sofia Forchas, shot in the head at Annunciation Catholic Church, is leaving acute care for rehab. Her recovery is called miraculous, though a bullet remains lodged in her brain. God be praised—please keep praying for her.

[William Penn @penn_williamE]

In 1968, Cairo traffic froze. A woman in glowing white stood on the roof of a church.
Thousands watched in silence.
She returned again the next night.
And again.
And again—for 3 years.
This is the most publicly witnessed Marian apparition in history. 🧵👇

[Pray The Rosary @PrayTheRosary]

Saint Dymphna, pray for us

[Morbid Knowledge @MorbidKnowledge]

During the Vietnam war Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez found himself with 37 puncture wounds, exposed intestine, a broken jaw, and was completely caked in blood.

He appeared to be dead until he spit in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.

Benavidez was evacuated to Fort Sam Houston's Brooke Army Medical Center, where he eventually recovered.

[Brian Burgess @Burgess7281975]

You do realize the Sub Tuum Praesidium predates the Canonization of the NT by likely at least a Century right?

The Title of Theotokos (God Bearer) was assigned to the Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus in 431.

(1) As to Marian Veneration in Scripture:

(A) Marian Typology in the Old Testament

⁃Genesis 3:15 “I will put enmity between you and the woman”

⁃Kings 2:19-20 (Solomon institutes office of Queen Mother)

⁃Psalms 45:9 “at your right hand stands the queen in gold at Ophix”

⁃Psalms 45:13 “the daughter of the king . . . with gold woven robes”

⁃Isaiah 7:14 “a virgin shall conceive and bear a son”

⁃Luke 1 (compares Mary with the Ark of the Covenant - verse 35 with Numbers 9:15, verse 44 with 2 Samuel 6:14, verse 43 with 2 Samuel 6:9, verse 56 with 2 Samuel 6:11)

(B) Mary Hailed as “Mother of Our Lord”

⁃Matthew 1:23 “virgin shall . . . bear a son . . . shall be called “Emmanuel””

⁃Luke 1:35 “child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God”

⁃Luke 1:43 “the mother of my Lord”

⁃Galatians 4:4 “God sent forth His Son, born of woman”

⁃John 19:27 “Behold your mother.”

(C) Mary As Intercessor

⁃John 2:1 (IHS works Miracle at Cana at Mary’s request)

⁃See also Acts 1:14; 1 Timothy 4:16; Hebrews 4:16

(D) Marian Assumption prefigured in OT and supported in NT

⁃Genesis 5:23-24 (Mary’s Assumption prefigured through Enoch’s assumption)

⁃Apocalypse of Saint John 12:1-12 (Woman in Heaven clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, wearing a crown of twelve stars)

(E) Mary’s Uniqueness in Creation

⁃Genesis 3:15 (Total opposition to satan)

⁃Luke 1:28 “Hail, full of Grace”

⁃Luke 1:42 “blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb”

⁃Luke 1:48 “behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed”

(2) Regarding Intercessory Prayer

Many protestants conflate “prayer” with worship.

It’s not. Prayer means literally “to ask or petition.”

Parties to litigation indeed “pray” to civil courts for relief.

Intercessory Prayer is referenced at least as far back as 1 Kings 13:6.

Even the Lord’s Prayer references our forgiveness for those who trespass against us. Paul exhorts us to pray for others (in Ephesians 6:18), prays for Onesiphorous (2 Timothy 1:16-18), James exhorts the same (James 5:16) and IHS does this repeatedly (John 17:9 inter Alia).

Saints aren’t dead. Archangels Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael are most definitely Saints and most definitely not dead.

Elijah and Moses appeared with IHS at the Transfiguration (Mark 9, Luke 9, Matt 17) and that Jesus promised Saint Dismas Eternal Life that very day of his Crucifixion (Luke 23:43).

Saints are alive

⁃Wisdom 3:1-7 “souls of the righteous are in the Hand of God . . . they will shine forth”

⁃Matthew 17:1-5 (Transfiguration: Jesus speaks with Moses and Elijah)

⁃Mark 12:26-27 “God of Abraham . . . Isaac . . . Jacob . . . not God of the dead but God of the living”

⁃Apocalypse of Saint John 7:15 “they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night”

⁃Luke 23:43 “Amen, I say to you today, you will be with me in paradise.”

⁃Luke 20:38 “and He is not the God of the dead but the God of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

See also

⁃Matthew 22:30-32
⁃Matthew 27:52-53
⁃Mark 9:4
⁃Luke 9:30-31
⁃Luke 15:17
⁃Luke 16:19-31
⁃John 12:25-26
⁃John 17:3
⁃Romans 8:26-27
⁃1 Corinthians 13:9-12
⁃1 Corinthians 15:42-43
⁃2 Corinthians 3:18
⁃Philippians 3:20-21
⁃1 Thessalonians 3:13
⁃1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
⁃2 Thessalonians 1:10
⁃1 John 3:2
⁃Revelation 6:9-11
⁃Revelation 7:9-17
⁃Revelation 14:1-5
⁃Revelation 16:6

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[Maureen Boland @mo_boland]

@DobryJane @CWBChicago The photos, the video, and the police description about facial hair indicate a male suspect.
"Police described him as White, 35 to 40 years old, and about 6 feet tall. He is slim, balding, has a beard and mustache, and usually wears glasses while carrying a messenger bag."

[CWBChicago @CWBChicago]

Chicago.

[Maureen Boland @mo_boland]

@ShelleeKJohnson @ABC ;!

[Maureen Boland @mo_boland]

@hicster1956 @SecondCityCop Sometimes criminals might not purchase from a store or reputable dealers.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

History of Europe 1500-2022 in country balls

https://t.co/J4WcbNl2zB

[EDTECH@UTRGV @ImFutureReady]

What is Microlearning? Advantages And Examples. https://t.co/hjAFofg6Wy #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #microlearning

[Maureen Boland @mo_boland]

My creative type is Dreamer, and we're known for our empathy and imagination. Take the #mycreativetype quiz to discover your type. https://t.co/dK6SuwV150

[Queen's College Library @QueensLibOx]

Overheard in the library: “they keep a preserved rat from bubonic plague times down here” sir, we absolutely do not.

[Maureen Boland @mo_boland]

"How, specifically, do you want your life to be better at this time next year?"

–@JamesClear

[ANNE BARDSLEY @ANNEBARDSLEY1]

Here’s a cover consideration for Angel Bumps, Hugs From Heaven. (Vol 2)
Arms outstretched for an embrace. Go hug her!

[Karl (RIP ) @supersat]

Apparently the Buffalo Wild Wings online ordering platform has a base64-encoded list of words it won't accept

The list is... interesting