Dayle Ohlau

Dayle Ohlau

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‘I saw the first great bough, the fruit of love and compassion, the foundation of all things.’ ~Marie Madeleine ˚ ⋆.˚⋆. mavens, connectors, intersubjectives living in États-Unis and France liberté, égalité, fraternité ꨄ︎

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“The work of building something new is already happening all around us. Somehow, some way, we have to learn how to care about one another again. Something has changed. People are ready to act.” — Eric Holthaus, ‘The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What’s Possible’ 𖧷

“Social media is not compatible with democracy.” -Sasha Baron Cohen — “In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. ⤷ “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” Meta directly interfered with Brazilian elections, favoring Bolsonaro.”

lanacion.com.arLula dice que venció la injerencia de las plataformas digitales en Brasil; promete regulaciónLula fue reelecto presidente de Brasil tras vencer a Flávio Bolsonaro; prometió regular las redes sociales

Alternative für Deutschland, et alia. — ‘Pope Leo’s positions are diametrically opposed to those of Trump and Trumpism. This is a confrontation that looks set to continue when the Pontiff arrives in South America next month for 11 days.’ ⤷ Waiting for him: Javier Milei and Peter Thiel, JD’s buddy.

repubblica.itHow Pope Leo’s Church is pushing back against the global far rightIn Italy and across the world, the Vatican is taking positions at odds with nationalist movements. Donald Trump’s attacks on the Pope have backfired

‘In this interregnum a great variety of morbid phenomena occur.’ Translation: Professor Joseph Buttigieg [Pete’s dad, editor of the comprehensive English-language edition of the Prison Notebooks, by Antonio Gramsci, who was imprisoned by Mussolini’s fascist government in 1926] — @thebulwark.com

…interesting. “The homeport move will occur by the end of 2026, the Navy said in a short announcement Monday. It will be a permanent change of station for the approximately 5,000 crew members and their families. ⤷ The Navy also said USS John F. Kennedy will shift its homeport to Kitsap in 2029.” —

stripes.comUSS Abraham Lincoln will shift homeport to Naval Base KitsapUSS Abraham Lincoln will shift homeports from Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego to Naval Base Kitsap before the end of the year.

Round Deux — ‘…the Gilets Jaunes [yellow vests] announced new protests for Saturday under the slogan “Macron doit partir” [Macron must go].’ ⤷ Groups: •CGT trade union (600,000+) •High school/university students •Paris: Place de la République et Place de la Bastille Police deployment, ‘massive.’

thelocal.frProtests in France: What to expect on Saturday, October 24thA second round of protests have been called across France on Saturday, October 24th - here's what is planned and whether the country is likely to see the same level of chaos as the previous protests.

‘Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said that he intends to uphold the “freedom to demonstrate”, and that many people took to the streets peacefully Saturday. The demos will also be tightly policed, acknowledging security last weekend had been "too static and not mobile enough."’ -The Local FR

“…all of Plato’s writings suggest that the most significant political fact is the scarcity of wisdom: the dearth of knowledge needed to live a flourishing human life. What’s more, he taught, most of us don’t recognize our own ignorance – indeed, we powerfully resist recognizing it.” 🤎.˚⋆

theconversation.comToday’s irreverent politics ignore ancient wisdom: The need to know your limitsMany Americans have decried today’s politics as ‘shameless.’ The antidote, a political philosopher argues, may be more reverence – awe at just how difficult democracy is.

Treason is rampant in the United States of America. — #Treason ⤷ Betraying one’s country, especially by helping its enemies. The U.S. Constitution defines treason narrowly as either: • Levying War against the United States • Adhering to its enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. [congress.gov]

‘From his hospital room in Rome today,10.16, #PopeLeo asked Putin to call for a ceasefire in Oleshky, a city in the Ukrainian region of Kherson. Reportedly, there is no food, no safety and no escape. Infrastructure has been destroyed making it nearly impossible to survive or leave.’ #RussiaWar —

americamagazine.orgPope Leo speaks with Putin by telephone from hospitalPope Leo XIV “spoke by telephone” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, from his hospital room on Oct. 16 and asked him to call for a ceasefire in Oleshky, where the humanitarian situation is dire.

Oleshky (Олешки) is in southern Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River, across the river from the Kherson area. — Slava Ukraini ღ

“…early signs offer hope.” — “The United States and the world desperately need Leo XIV. In 17 months, he has become a clear voice for peace and for the dignity of migrants and the poor, and last month some 800,000 people filled central Paris for his open-air Mass. If you pray, pray for Pope Leo.”

open.substack.comPope Leo XIV Has Lung CancerDoctors removed the lower lobe of the Holy Father’s right lung on Tuesday, and the Vatican says the operation went well. It’s okay to be afraid — and more than 2,000 of you have already written to him

“I am afraid tonight, and I suspect many of you are too. Losing him would be a catastrophe, and I don’t say that lightly. The last thing this Church needs is to be pulled into chaos. We want his steady hand on the wheel for many years to come, which means we need him to live.” — Christopher Hale

San Diego Union~Tribune AP — ROME (AP) —#PopeLeoXIV surgery confirmed that he has lung cancer and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, 
The 71-year-old was in the operating room for about 3 hours, the surgery itself lasted approx 90 minutes; no complications. [Developing story.]

CBS — ‘CBS’s report, citing the Vatican’s postoperative medical bulletin, adds these details: • The diagnosis is lung adenocarcinoma. • Cancer had been suspected from preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery.’

Cleveland Clinic — ‘Removing an entire lobe does not, by itself, mean the cancer was advanced. A lobectomy is a standard treatment for early-stage lung cancer and can offer a chance of cure.’

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The archbishop, Timothy Broglio, is a conservative. He has opposed this administration more than once. “Do we really want to imitate the terrorists of this world and make a public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries? The US military generally enjoys a good reputation in the world.”

open.substack.comU.S. Military Archbishop Orders Catholic Troops Not to Take Part in Hegseth’s Firing SquadHours after meeting Pope Leo XIV, the military archbishop bound Catholic soldiers as he would on abortion. The conservative prelate has spent the year defending Catholics against the Trump-Vance Penta...

“Is there really a value to throwing them in the same boat w/terrorists by broadcasting the image of the execution of a man in a wheel chair to the whole world?” Has anyone in the chain of command weighed the moral injury the firing squad might carry home?” [Christopher Hale, Letters from Leo] —

‘America Magazine is a Catholic publication founded by the Jesuits in 1909, publishing reporting, essays, commentary, and reviews about the Catholic Church and its relationship to the wider world, including social issues, theology, scripture, literature, and the arts.’ — www.americamagazine.org

americamagazine.orgAmerica Magazine - Catholic news and analysisCatholic news and analysis on current events. America covers the Vatican, politics, arts and culture, theology, Scripture and more.

“Let us disarm words, and we will help to disarm the world.” — Prayers from church leaders and heads of state from around the world were sent to Rome on Sunday and today before Pope Leo XIV’s lung surgery Tuesday morning. Only silence from Trump and Vance for America’s first pope. Bien sûr. ⍭

“Wherever we went, the soldiers came to kill us. It was all our own country. The treaty said it would be ours as long as grass should grow and water flow. That was only eight winters before, and they were chasing us now because we remembered and they forgot.” ― Black Elk #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶

Merci pour l'Ukraine: • Canada • France • Germany • Italy • Japan • United Kingdom • Denmark • Netherlands The United States of America is a traitor. Slava Ukraini .ᐟ ˚ ⋆ 💛 .˚⋆ “Russia could end this war today. We remain committed to supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes.” -UK 10.10.26

The Social Reckoning — See it. Remember. …derailing politics, fomenting ethnic violence, addicting teenagers, and would not stop. “What do you do when being right is not enough to change what’s wrong?” -Jon Favreau Frances Haugen, the whistleblower who became ‘The Power of One.’ [Aaron Sorkin]

⤷ The story of one woman’s courage to bring transparency and accountability to Big Tech with The Wall Street Journal’s Pulitzer Prize winning investigative series, ‘The Facebook Files.’ Frances Haugen founded the nonprofit ‘Beyond the Screen,’ supporting potential whistleblowers at AI companies. —

Frances Haugen with Jon Favreau. “Frances joins Offline to reflect on what she learned trying to change Facebook from the inside, and how it applies to the growing number of Al employees.” #TheSocialReckoning [Mike Madison, Jeremy Strong, and Jeremy Allen White—Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed.]

open.substack.comWhat A Big Tech Whistleblower Learned About PowerFrances Haugen became one of the most influential whistleblowers in tech history when she revealed in 2021 that Facebook knew the havoc it was wreaking...

𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ. — Navanethem “Navi” Pillay was at the Nuremberg Court in Germany when she learned that she had won the peace prize. She has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes and genocide are prosecuted. Navi was awarded the prize for promoting peace and international law. b r a v a .ᐟ ˚ ⋆ ꨄ︎.˚⋆

Navi Pillay was Chair of the Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, which she led from ‘21 to ‘25. The investigation determined Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza— the Israeli government rejected it. Her essay in the NYTimes. —

U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs D-San Diego — “I think it’s clear, what happened is no fault of the commanders on board. It’s that President Trump launched a war without the requisite planning to make sure that the 5,000+ service members he was putting into harm’s way would have what they need.“ — #USSLincoln

sandiegouniontribune.comUSS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after long combat deployment in Middle EastThe crew, including 67 new fathers, anxiously waited to great their loved ones waiting at the Navy pier Thursday.

321 days. — USS Abraham Lincoln is closer to home, expecting to arrive in San Diego tomorrow at noon PDT. Today, an early surprise from a dad. ♡ ‘Hannah Tross, a mass communication specialist, broke into tears when her father, Lt. Cmdr. Jason Tross, unexpectedly showed up to greet her.’ [SDUT]

𝓜𝓜 🥀 — ‘Gregory the Great in 591 AD turned her into a prostitute with one sermon. Fourteen centuries later, Pope Francis handed her an apostle’s feast — and from what I heard in Rome, Leo is only getting started.’ -Christopher Hale “I’ll tell you what’s hidden from you.” -Gospel of Mary

open.substack.com“Run Like Mary Magdalene” — Pope Leo XIV’s Vision for Women in the ChurchGregory the Great turned her into a prostitute with one sermon. Fourteen centuries later, Pope Francis handed her an apostle’s feast — and from what I heard in Rome, Leo is only getting started.

⤷ ‘Mary Magdalene Revealed is a blend of feminist theology, spiritual memoir, and commentary on the ancient Gospel of Mary. Its central argument is grounded in inner spiritual authority and love rather than shame, and that Mary represents a female teacher whose authority deserves to be recovered.’ —

‘Meggan Watterson has a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. She approaches the material as a feminist theologian and spiritual writer.’ 𝓜𝓜 🥀 —

A Dream From the Earth — ‘Generosity reveals itself in countless ways...a significant gift, deep listening, flower petals and water offered back to the earth, acts that honors the reciprocity upon which life depends…earth herself generously dreaming us back into right relationship with ourselves.’ ღ

Ryan Redman Flourish Foundation 𖧷 — ‘Children cannot create a life enhancing culture alone. Young people need adults who embody the values they are learning and elders who carry the wisdom of lives deeply lived. Cultural change happens when generations are connected in community.’ Sun Valley, ID

us.list-manage.comFlourish Foundation | Cultivating Collective WellbeingFlourish creates intergenerational experiences that strengthen awareness, expand perspective, nurture compassion, and hold space for our changing seasons.

“We don’t have the luxury of despair right now.” -Senator Jon Ossoff “I never have been in despair about the world; I’ve been enraged by it. Despair is a wasteful emotion.” -James Baldwin ‘Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and never stops at all.’ -Emily Dickinson v o t e ღ

“…he also said it appeared that Iran was getting information on how to target the Lincoln carrier group, making the situation more dangerous.” — Vice Admiral Marc Miguez, United States Navy Third Fleet in San Diego, CA. ⤷USS Abraham Lincoln expected to home port SD on Thursday. #Iran #USSLincoln

sandiegouniontribune.comQuestions linger as San Diego’s battle-tested carrier USS Abraham Lincoln nears homeThe flattop and its escort ships experienced a shortage of food and other supplies and 264 straight days without a port call.

“Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.” -Pope Leo — “AI was released into our world with less safety regulation than a new toaster, and seemingly less concern about the harm it might create.” -Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. ˚ ⋆ ♥️.˚⋆