WheatNOil

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Hockey, Geekiness, Parenthood. Physician at the U of Saskatchewan.

Haaland running with a Viking weapon photoshopped into his hands.
The RBFA said it had learned of the change in Balogun’s circumstances through media reports and written to FIFA to request a full explanation of “the process” and “applicable regulations”. “As its only response, FIFA sent a letter to the RBFA stating that it considered this correspondence to constitute an appeal, that a judge had been appointed, and that the RBFA had only a few hours to complete that appeal. No information whatsoever was provided by FIFA,” the RBFA statement continued. “For an appeal to be admissible, FIFA’s own regulations state that the reasoned decision must first have been communicated to the appellant. While the RBFA was merely seeking legitimate explanations, FIFA itself created an appeal and immediately ensured that it would be declared inadmissible. “All of this occurred while FIFA simultaneously refused to respond to the RBFA’s legitimate requests … To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player’s eligibility for the upcoming match.”
Bob Nicholson holding a “Bobby Nick’s Burger” wearing a white chef’s coat with Roger’s Place on it. He has a huge shit-eating grin.
Panoramic shot of BC Place filled with red Canada jerseys.
A video going around in a circle from a slightly elevated spot. Nothing but Canada shirts / jerseys and flags for as far as can be seen, outside in Vancouver.
Meme of Sue Sylvester from Glee with the caption “I am going to create an environment that is so toxic,”.
BUILDING THE CIVILIZATION OF LOVE Technology, war, and responsibility in the digital age A constantly growing connection between technology, power, and violence Culture of Power • Normalization of war • Logic of the “strongest” • Economic interests (weapons Risks of technology: • Automated decisions • Unclear responsibility • Citizens reduced to “data” Peace = the fundamental condition of the common good Civilization of Love • Justice + Charity • Fraternity among peoples • Universal common good Role of technology: • Serves the human person, not the other way around • Fosters real relationships • Builds community “No algorithm can make war morally acceptable.” MH 198 What is not working: Weak multilateralism Politics based on force Disinformation War economy What we can do: Disarm words Build justice Listen to victims Have balanced realism (no cynicism, no naïveté) Dialogue and diplomacy “Nothing is lost with peace, whereas with war everything can be lost.” MH 219 The civilization of love is born from small daily actions We cannot change everything, but we can do our part. No technological transformation can be fully embraced without a conversion of the heart and without a concrete practice of justice, solidarity, and care for the most vulnerable. “The Magnificat” as a key for interpretation: upending power and recognizing the value of humility. Let us become “builders of communion, rather than architects of Babel”! (MH 16) so that humanity may not lose its magnificence and the world may recognize, in the human heart, the place where God desires to dwell.
Infographic about the AI Encyclical from the Pope. FIRST ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIV ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS Introduction and Chapter 1 On safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence Today’s new issues (res novae): • Artificial Intelligence • Digitalisation • New technological capabilities; Risk: Concentrated power (often in private hands) Automated decision-making Loss of human control TWO ROADS AHEAD OF US: “What direction should we choose as people and as a human community?” Babel - Humanity without God, Uniformity , Dehumanisation; Jerusalem God at the centre Diversity as a source of richness Brotherhood / Collaboration “Never has humanity had such power over itself.” MH 6 The Tower of Babel Syndrome: Profit before people, Reducing people to mere data, Growing inequalities, Loss of dignity. Choose “Nehemia's way” - build together, Dialogue, Listening Inclusion, Shared responsibility “No one can single-handedly bear the weight of the challenges the world is facing.” MH 13 4 PILLARS FOR BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE Relationship with God 1 Accepting human limitations 2 Shared responsibility 3 Language that unites 4 “When human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace.” MH 15 Let us not build another Tower of Babel; let us become builders of communion
New article with the headline: Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running far below projections.
An Excel graph titled % of games started. Skinner, Pickard, and Ingram are represented. Games started are divided into Skinkers, Mid, Reasonable, Good, and Great!. Skinner's results are pretty even across the categories. It least towards Reasonable or better but that's not entirely obvious visually from the graph. Pickard skews towards Mid. Ingram (in a small sample) has generally been Reasonable with very little below this.
ICE agent slipping on ice in the street. He’s just about to fall backwards. A man on the other side of him is taking a picture of the fall.
Vladimir Guerrero wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey walking into the stadium.
Lucille Bluth meme from Arrested Development. “It’s one vaccine, Michael. How much liquid could it be? 100mLs?”
Three ADORABLE kittens! One grey tabby, one void black, and one black with white mittens and whiskers. All sitting in what looks like a box but is actually a partition of a drawer in the bathroom. The downstairs bathroom is their ‘safe space’ home with their litter and food. Went in there to check on them and there were nowhere to be seen. This is not my first rodeo though, so I opened the drawer and all 3 were looking up at me like “oh, you found us!”.
A view of a field from a backyard. You can see over the fence where dark clouds are in the distance. There are flashes of light from the clouds like a light bulb flickering on and off, covering a wide area.
A screenshot of a website where it says “Roster, Get to Know Your Berries” and it’s 5 baseball players lined up with one head atop the other in a hilarious pose.
George Bush meme of someone whispering into his ear as he finds out a plane has crashed into the Towers.
Screenshot of an email Subject line: Manulife Group Benefits “You’re not alone - mental health support is here”
Arrested Development meme with George Bluth in prison saying “I have the worst fucking attorney” but attorney is replaced with Surgeon General.