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[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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[任天堂株式会社 @Nintendo]

宮本です。素晴らしい大自然で、ゼルダ役のBo Bragasonさん、リンク役のBenjamin Evan Ainsworthさんとともに「ゼル��の伝説」実写映画の撮影を本格的に開始しました。撮影は順調に進んでいますので静かに見守っていただけると幸いです。劇場公開は2027年5月7日予定です。もうしばらくお待ちください。

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must fall silent, for they never solve problems but only intensify them. Those who sow peace will endure throughout history, not those who reap victims. Others are not enemies to hate but human beings with whom to speak.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

It was the film no one wanted.
Too brutal. Too sacred. Too true.
But one man believed, and another took up the Cross.

This is the story behind The Passion of the Christ.
Not just a movie, a miracle in motion - a 🧵✝️

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Wishing everyone a Blessed and Happy All Saints’ Day!

[Dingotoad(commission open) @dingotoad]

luce

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

WHEN I’M PRESIDENT THE MCDONALD’S ICE CREAM MACHINES WILL WORK GREAT AGAIN!

[Sean Berube @SeanBerube4]

C.S. Lewis was an atheist for 30 years

Finally, one conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien changed his mind

So what did Tolkien say?

Here’s what they discussed, and how it led to the conversion of the 20th century’s greatest theologian… 🧵

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

[George @BehizyTweets]

BREAKING: Hollywood Superstar Zachary Levi just came out in full support of Trump, saying he initially supported RFK Jr. He just gave a beautiful speech in Michigan

"I stand with Bobby and I stand with everyone else who is standing with President Trump."

"My parents were Kennedy Democrats that then turned into Reagan Republicans. And they taught me to have a healthy level of distrust for the government and a healthy level of distrust for industry that runs amok."

I had no idea Levi was BASED. I love Shazam even more now.

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Is this the image of Jesus of Nazareth?

New X-ray analysis just revealed the Shroud of Turin, Christ's alleged burial cloth, to be 2,000 years old.

So here's what we know — and why it might just be real... (thread) 🧵

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

LotR is a meditation on hope. The story turns on this virtue.

Tolkien shows that true hope is less about peppy optimism and more about humility. It requires an admission that you lack godlike vision and don't know how things will end. The hopeful man perseveres, however gloomy the skies overhead might be. He might feel bereft of good cheer; he might even believe, on some level, that all is probably lost, but he continues forward nevertheless—and he gives things a chance to turn.

The opposite of hope is despair, a sign of presumption. “Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt,” Gandalf says. He could have added that despair is for those who think they see, those who think they possess godlike vision.

This is precisely the cause of Denethor's fall. He calls hope a thing for fools. He presumes to know for certain that the worst has already happened (“The Enemy has found it,” he says, meaning the ring). He thus thinks he knows how it will end and refuses to stay in the game. It's hard to blame him too much, considering all he has lost. But his arc is clearly a cautionary tale for us. Just a few pages after his declaration of despair, the cavalry literally arrives. But not even that will change his mind. He is too far gone.

There's much more to say. Pretty much all the characters can be measured according to their capacity for hope. More to come...

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Disney sucks