not to be the oomf thats too woke but i find it so strange when white people treat coke as this nonchalant, fun thing when black communities are jailed at extreme rates and completely destabilized due to the drug https://t.co/HWmaoPmYOY

— ⭐️ (@deaunteee) January 31, 2025

call me woke idc but glamorizing hard drugs will never be c*nty to me https://t.co/42tXNSPoIU

— aisha¹⁶ (@leclercferraris) January 30, 2025

Not to be that person but can we STOP glorifying drug abuse. “oh you’re just miserable you weren’t invited to the nightclubs by the cool kids” i know and i’m grateful i didn’t get invited to become a cokehead 😊 https://t.co/OLf5iyqQJ1

— rᗩt, 17y/o 🍉 (@yellowcrustyrat) January 31, 2025

!catholics !christians happy Feast of the Presentation of the Lord!

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First Reading

Thus says the Lord GOD:

Lo, I am sending my messenger

to prepare the way before me;

And suddenly there will come to the temple

the LORD whom you seek,

And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.

Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.

But who will endure the day of his coming?

And who can stand when he appears?

For he is like the refiner's fire,

or like the fuller's lye.

He will sit refining and purifying silver,

and he will purify the sons of Levi,

Refining them like gold or like silver

that they may offer due sacrifice to the LORD.

Then the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem

will please the LORD,

as in the days of old, as in years gone by.

-Malachi 3:1-4

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Responsorial Pslam

R. (8) Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

Lift up, O gates, your lintels;

reach up, you ancient portals,

that the king of glory may come in!

R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

Who is this king of glory?

The LORD, strong and mighty,

the LORD, mighty in battle.

R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

Lift up, O gates, your lintels;

reach up, you ancient portals,

that the king of glory may come in!

R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

Who is this king of glory?

The LORD of hosts; he is the king of glory.

R. Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!

-Psalms 24:7, 8, 9, 10

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Second Reading

Since the children share in blood and flesh,

Jesus likewise shared in them,

that through death he might destroy the one

who has the power of death, that is, the Devil,

and free those who through fear of death

had been subject to slavery all their life.

Surely he did not help angels

but rather the descendants of Abraham;

therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters

in every way,

that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God

to expiate the sins of the people.

Because he himself was tested through what he suffered,

he is able to help those who are being tested.

-Hebrews 2:14-18

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Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

A light of revelation to the Gentiles,

and glory for your people Israel.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

-Luke 2:32

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Gospel

When the days were completed for their purification

according to the law of Moses,

Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem

to present him to the Lord,

just as it is written in the law of the Lord,

Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,

and to offer the sacrifice of

a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,

in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.

This man was righteous and devout,

awaiting the consolation of Israel,

and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit

that he should not see death

before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

He came in the Spirit into the temple;

and when the parents brought in the child Jesus

to perform the custom of the law in regard to him,

he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:

"Now, Master, you may let your servant go 

    in peace, according to your word,

for my eyes have seen your salvation,

    which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples:

a light for revelation to the Gentiles,

    and glory for your people Israel."

The child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;

and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,

"Behold, this child is destined

for the fall and rise of many in Israel,

and to be a sign that will be contradicted

-and you yourself a sword will pierce-

so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

There was also a prophetess, Anna,

the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.

She was advanced in years,

having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage,

and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.

She never left the temple,

but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.

And coming forward at that very time,

she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child

to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.

When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions

of the law of the Lord,

they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom;

and the favor of God was upon him.

-Luke 2:22-40

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Literally doing the "LGB Drop the T"-Meme as an official directive?

Wall (Tariffs) for Mexico?

Actually deporting people?

In general doing stuff instead of announcing stuff??? I guess its good for Drama but I hate smug rightoids.

Mark Cuban this is 100% your fault, you sold controlling interest in your franchise to a bunch of fucking jews who have no clue what they’re doing and you just ruined basketball in Dallas forever. Congratulations, i’m done with this dog shit franchise

— 🤷🏻‍♂️ (@PFF_Nicky) February 2, 2025

Arkansas state police don’t mess around 🤣 pic.twitter.com/HjXjR0X2xv

— LRHN cash (@LRHN_Cash) January 31, 2025

How's the guy supposed to get out when they're standing at the door and pushing a dog through the broken window? Why can't they just drag him out lol?

!ebayers !cheapskates i have about two or three deliveries in interested in trying to refund that seem completely untracked, should i risk it? Im not TOO hung up on losing my account and tbh id prefer losing it to curb any temptation but i wonder whats YOUR ebay ettique?

People think im joking when I say moviebob is the true innovator of left wing political thought in the internet era. Every wild take today is something he said 10 years ago and was shunned by his fellow leftists for saying.

— stricture (@bog_beef) January 30, 2025

The reported settlement talks come after both ABC News and Meta settled cases with Trump before going to trial. In the latter case, Meta on Thursday decided to pay the president $25 million in order to drop a case he filed over being banned from Facebook following the January 6th Capitol riots. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been full-throated in his endorsement of President Trump since his election victory following an acrimonious relationship in his first term. Meta, coincidentally, is facing an antitrust trial in April seeking to unwind its acquisition of Instagram, a case that was filed by the Biden administration.

The lawsuit that President Trump filed against Paramount relies on an untested legal theory that CBS violated Texas law which prohibits deceptive trade practices in marketing to consumers. CBS promoted its interview with Harris on "Face the Nation" where she was shown giving a different answer from the one she gave in the full "60 Minutes" interview. CBS has said it aired a different portion of her answer during the promotional segment due to time constraints.

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Paramount is trying to complete a merger with film studio Skydance, which would produce billions of dollars in proceeds for Paramount's controlling shareholder Shari Redstone. The Times reports she is supportive of reaching a settlement with President Trump, whose new FCC chairman has control over TV broadcast licenses and has requested an unedited transcript of the Harris interview, potentially setting up Trump's administration to block the merger.

None of this should be surprising at this point. Major corporations are lining up to kiss the ring of President Trump in hopes that he will give them free reign to do whatever they would like without guardrails, or gain access to public funds and contracts, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been able to quickly collect after giving President Trump the opportunity to take credit for major deals that would have likely happened anyway. In the case of Paramount, it will certainly cause a lot of reputational damage to the news outlets being thrown under the bus. But Trump gets to claim victory against "woke media" and his supporters will eat it up. Redstone probably does not care very much about the reporters at CBS anyway. It is all just business, as they would say.

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1ieon8j/paramount_reportedly_ready_to_pay_off_trump/

Public corruption, in full view of everyone

and nobody cares, or even reports on it. good luck everybody

It gets reported, but MAGA thinks it's hilarious and thrives on liberal tears regardless of how corrupt and bad for America it is

What the fricking shit? This isn't how the US government is supposed to work. Pay to play at the highest level. Project 2025 apparently learned from video game companies. tight

The old U.S. is dead.

Its what Americans voted for. To legalize and legitimize corruption

Its what 77 million out of an eligible 165 million voters, voted for.

Unfortunately 90 million didn't vote

Those 90 million deserve their suffering

Those 90 million fricked the world.

cancel your paramount plus if you have it - shitty Taylor Sheridan shows anyway

I knnow this user isnt specifically speaking of the ongoing music, but to be fair, my device is muted and im chilling with my cat lsitening to mr kitty, i COMPLETELY forgot there ws even music till another user kindly pointed out in a similar gesture.

NEIGHBOR AD IS AN OLD TRASH B-WORD????

ALSO LAKERS HAVE LEBRON AND NOW THEY HAVE MINI EHITE LEBRON TOO????

YALL NEIGHBORS AINT WINNING A RING THIS IS EMBARRASSING

BOTH TEAMS LOST THE TRADE YEHFJFJFF

FRICK THE NBA I AM GONNA START WATCHING T20

some street shitter explain to me where i can watch t20 cricket and what team to watch for. any good white american teams/players?

DWT just hosted a 10-man MMA Royal Rumble with all weight classes and no time limit 🤯 pic.twitter.com/P0KYnunFLA

— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) February 1, 2025

!fitness

Yeah, it's a normie thing, but it's not like we aren't above these sorts of things, ah?

!music !swifties !kpop join in on the epic fun fun fun

ADHD is bullshit and anyone that "has it" should be shot. You have a kid that misbehaves? Smack the little shit up side the head and tell him to shut up. I'm tired of all these kitty parents that are afraid to discipline their kids.

There's a fine line between child abuse and discipline. Take my dad for example; when I screwed up, my dad would electrocute me. And look at me today: flawless. Electrocution builds character.

All seriousness aside, the real reason ADHD exists is because executives at pharmaceutical companies need to make their Lexus payments. Companies that produce Ritalin, Dexedrin and Cylert make billions of dollars every year selling their shit to lazy/irresponsible parents that want an excuse for letting their kids become the stupid, obnoxious, spoiled bratts that they're growing up to be. When I was a kid, all my parents gave me was a brick to play with. If I complained about the brick, my dad would drop kick me in the throat and I'd realize how ungrateful I was being.

I bet all those wimps diagnosed with ADD when they were kids are the same dipshits that still pay with checks in grocery stores. NOBODY PAYS WITH CHECKS ANYMORE. Get out of the stone ages. Seriously. People that pay with checks drive me up the wall. Might as well pay with foreign currency. Some old lady was paying with a check while I was in line at the grocery store the other day, so I dislocated her hip. Old lady had nothing on me, I kick butt!

In the sixth section of Nietzsche's first essay, he pivots to expound upon the phenomena of the priestly aristocracy. It should be reminded that the emergence of the priestly caste, the archetype of the physically meek yet immaterially, spiritually superior man. This priestly archetype is emergent yet at odds with the knightly-warrior caste; I feel it is relevant to reference the Knights Templar, their history of reveling in holy violence and more specifically their dynamic with the Papacy. I venture to say that the Crusades gave a certain group of young men in Europe an opportunity to pursue and revel in Dionysian violence backed by divine justification, such an incongruity still exists in some to this day! The alleged Satanism of the Templars was forged as a parallel construction by the Papacy to retroactively condemn their violent, yet vital way of life, preserving the Church's image while still toppling the Templars for their true crime of rivaling them in power and ownership of land.

"When the highest caste is at the same time the priestly caste... it is then, for example, that 'pure' and 'impure' confront one another for the first time as designations of station; and here to there evolves a 'good' and a 'bad' in a sense no longer referring to station."

Nietzsche reiterates here, that the contemporary meaning of good and evil has its origins in a revaluation of values from the weak against their more powerful oppressors. He pushes on to contrast the earliest valuations of purity and impurity with the valuations of the priests: they are morbid, inactive haters of life; unhealthy. The priests carry a hatred of life and its vital functions because the material world is inherently chaotic and unjust. The priests have a resentment towards the flesh, the tangible, the sexual. Those of a lower wit could solely investigate the origins of such resentments to be a simple matter of the beautiful against the sick and poor and ugly, a purely psychosexual resentment, however I say it is more broadly the resentment against the dynamic of subjective experience itself. Pleasure and suffering are not ontologically independent of one another; one cannot categorize what is pleasure without memory of a past sensation to contrast it to, that contrasted sensation being suffering. Pleasure exists because of suffering and vice versa and embracing this absurdity is the core of Nietzsche's life-affirmation. The priest simply chooses to disengage from the world because he does not want to risk the possibility of suffering for the potential reward of pleasures; cowardice.

However, Nietzsche is not so quick to dismiss the withdrawn brooding of the priest, as it was only with the invention of God that man became an interesting animal- the introspection and "above-worldliness" necessitated by the ascetic ideal is what makes humanity superior to every other being on the planet.

To be continued in next comment

Surely they were teens once and coomed?