"Bradbury had a lighter touch and less moral substance than either Tolkien or Lewis. But in Something Wicked he offered up the same way to resist evil. It’s the deliberate choice to love when it’s easier to hate; to be grateful; to take joy from the gifts we already have in life despite its burdens and disappointments – these are what defeat Mr. Dark. These are the things that give us peace, make us happy, and keep us fully human. Which is why they’re so infuriating to the chronically restless and dissatisfied."
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2024/08/02/something-wicked-this-way-comes-2/#:~:text=Bradbury%20had%20a,restless%20and%20dissatisfied.

Boeing really is in free fall... and that's not changing anytime soon.

https://x.com/ajtourville/status/1820118331061321828

At this rate of growth in the United States, in 4 years there will be 16,875,000 Orthodox Christians in the United States. This isn't from Immigration. It's from new Baptisms and conversions.

"Recently sentenced to 13 months in prison for illegally filming a court proceeding involving Muslims accused of sexual assault and publishing it on Facebook Live, Robinson is more than just an agent provocateur. He’s one of the main forces bringing extremist forms of hate and bigotry from the fringes to the mainstream.

"Why, then, are some of his biggest supporters — financial and otherwise — a loose coalition of reactionary, self-proclaimed pro-Israel backers?

"According to a recent investigation by The Guardian, Robinson is being bankrolled by a nexus of international organizations. Many of those groups, it turns out, are part of the American right-wing infrastructure supporting the Israeli cause."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-are-us-pro-israel-groups-boosting-a-far-right-anti-muslim-uk-extremist/

More Rumors of War

The neocons are hoping that after more than 20 years of agitating for it, they’re finally going to get the war between Iran and the USA they’ve been seeking. This appears to be the culmination of Michael Ledeen’s “Faster, Please”. But be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. The US and […]

https://voxday.net/2024/08/04/more-rumors-of-war/

The End Game

More women across the West desperately need to understand that all of their “oh, poor refugees” and “someone should so something” and “be nice, don’t be raciss” and “they’re just here to seek a better life” is going to avail them precisely nothing once the foreign invaders have sufficient numbers to impose their will on […]

https://voxday.net/2024/08/04/the-end-game/

A cool guide of bodies found on MT Everest
https://redd.it/1ec9nhk
@coolguides

“I got a bus lane fine and that was my excuse and I actually got away with it...saying I identified as a bus 🤣”

💯% genuine!

Using their own twatty system back on them. ✅🤣 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. 🤦🏽‍♀️😋

He taunted Scott Adams the day before he died of the thing Scott Adams warned him of.

t.me/theferrymanstoll

You know those posh blue and pink haired children that have got nothing better to do but glue themselves to the road and throw soup at Van Gough paintings? Hillary Clinton is funding them.

https://modernity.news/2024/08/02/it-turns-out-hillary-clinton-is-the-biggest-donor-to-extremist-climate-protesters-in-the-uk/

"Some background on me: my research field of interest is in how periodic structures can manipulate optical properties. That is, how tiny little repeating patterns in a material can change light.

"Metalenses, for example, utilize pillars instead of the holes of photonic crystals and are poised to upend traditional optics by replacing round lenses with thin, flat ones.

"That’s right, a flat optic.

"Have thick eyeglasses? Slap a metalens in a frame and you’ll be crewing it up with the cool kids.

"Tired of lugging around that heavy 20x rifle scope? Get the new and improved version with 1/10th the weight and 1/100th the glare.

"We have been stuck with large, bulky optics for hundreds of years. Like Large Language Models (LLMs) and image generators did last year, nanophotonics will be the sneaky revolution around the corner that upends the game.

"Cheaper, faster, better. Get rid of the bulky, heavy, expensive components. Sense more properties with less energy.

"Magic!"

https://thepoyntingvector.substack.com/p/photonic-crystals