Archbishop Fisichella also unveiled the official mascot of the Holy Year 2025: “Luce” (Italian for light), a cartoon pilgrim dressed in a yellow raincoat, mud-stained boots, wearing a missionary cross and holding a pilgrim’s staff. Luce’s glowing eyes feature the shape of scallop shells, a traditional symbol of pilgrimage and hope.

The mascot, he said, was inspired by the church’s desire “to live even within the pop culture so beloved by our youth.”

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Seems they’re trying evangelize the kids and are going to where they are. Gives me Buddy Christ vibes to be honest.

I remember 256MB sticks were a game changer for me. 1TB still seems unnecessarily to me. You carrying Wikipedia in there?!

Seeing SM64 at Walmart was crazy to me. I can’t remember which game it was on PS2, but I was thinking there’s no way they can improve graphics from here on out.

If he did, he’d sacrifice himself as a lib SC would find him not immune. I’d do it.

That saber has been ground down to a foil at this point

Some where, there’s a guy in a basement getting a handshake and plaque.

I usually have to use starter fluid first time each year. I beat the shit out of it. Only changed the oil once, when I bought it second hand. I’m really waiting for it to fail to buy electric, but it’s been 3 years and and still going strong.

Yup, doesn’t help that Afghanistan is like 5 territories masquerading as one whole state. The only reason Afghanistan hasn’t split is because of the Taliban holding it together.

I remember reading a post where the she’s explaining her bisexuality to her grandma and grandma goes, “oh everyone has those feeling. I had feelings for one of my girl friends when i was a teenager.” She then had to explain that no not everyone has those feelings.

Everything will be over insulated. We’ll all where “parkas” with integrated water cooling for our 6 month summers when we go outside

TIL

…it is then classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone, depending upon where the storm originates in the world. In the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, the term hurricane is used. The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a typhoon. Meanwhile, in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term tropical cyclone is used, regardless of the strength of the wind associated with the weather system

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But then the power companies would lose a few million! Hookers and blow ain’t cheap, and inflation has hit these millionaires hard.

Israeli military states hamas submarines where using the trawler’s wake to pass through the blockade. After repeated calls for the trawler to stop, hamas submarines fired torpedos and hit the trawler. Due to the proximity of the submarines to the trawler, the submarines where also destroyed. One of the errant hamas torpedoes hit a hospital in northern Gaza. There were no survivors.

Playing side scrollers my whole life and seeing Mario64 at a Walmart. Being able to play in actual 3D and thinking at no way they can surpass this.

Interesting strategy, can’t stop them, but their usual tactic of throwing bodies at the problem is kinda working out for them. You can’t move on to Moscow if you’re too busy securing the POWs.

'Nam flashback to the Gif/Jif pronouciation wars.

There was a story I read a while back where, during a firefight, the soldier called the manufacturer’s hot line and got his issue fixed. I’d love to hear a soldier screaming over artillery that their stupid HIMARS isn’t accepting the new rockets and Lockheed puts them on hold.

Currently in college. They are agnostic as it’s all turned in on PDF files, quizzes on browser, etc but my online classes require I install some root kit program to make sure I’m not cheating and it detects if it’s on a VM. I talked to IT and they let me borrow a laptop with windows. Slow as hell, but I only need it for the online tests so 4 times a semester.

Nonsense, management has setup meetings throughout the day so that the people that are actually working only get about an hour’s worth of actual work done