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Really enjoyed the BWDR piece about how it's a complement to Conclave, answering questions of what the Church can do next

The phone call scene really is the best in the film. There's a lot in the movie that suggests Rian Johnson is really really angry at religion, but that? That's a scene made by someone who knows it can be better

I am including the Chernobyl power plant operators in that equation

Genuinely one of the most important pieces of online writing. Turned a lightbulb on in head that's never gone off

Someone should whisper in his ear that now is the right time to release I Love You Daddy. Dodged the negative press on that once (by having worse press for other reasons); I think he's due

That assist on the first goal was so nice. You could watch his eyes the whole time and see it worked exactly like he wanted it to

OTBC podcast brought up someone saying that Knapper's big failing is that he is incredibly deferential to the players and I think the speed in getting rid of the Hoff and slowness in getting rid of Manning could both come down to some player(s) whispering in his ear

My dad met JP2 when he was just a cardinal. He was visiting my dad's uncle who was a bishop. Dad is playing baseball in the school parking lot. JP2 wanders over to talk to the kids. Starts playing catch with them. Absolutely dismissive of the idea of baseball gloves.

Sherlock absolutely lost the plot of being a good show, but my god did it establish this wonderful visual language

Done more good for this world than almost anyone else

Their voices complement each other so well. I just listened to the Dido medley on the album and absolutely got emotional