Valentina W @vmwharton

Asking God, in a public prayer, to help a political leader make wise decisions, care for the poor, seek peace, foster harmony, and try to include all those who feel excluded? Yes. Comparing a political leader, in a public prayer, to the sinless Son of God during Holy Week? No.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar

3 months ago

Paula White compares Trump to Jesus during event with faith leaders: "You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It's a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us. Because of His resurrection, you rose up."

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I am not merely a Catholic by affiliation, I nearly walked the path to the priesthood. Scripture, to me, has never been casual reading; it has been studied with the care of a sculptor refining form; patiently, attentively, reverently. And so I say this with both conviction and humility: Prayer is not performance. It is not spectacle. It is a sacred act, an intimate communion between the human spirit and the divine. A means not only to speak, but to interface with the heavens, the hosts of heaven themselves. When we pray, we approach with humility. With thanksgiving. With love. Just as one brings offerings into the house of the Lord, not in arrogance, but in surrender. Which is why moments of public prayer demand even greater care. When figures such as Paula White stand before the world in prayer, the expectation is clear: to seek wisdom, not validation. To ask that leaders like Donald Trump be guided toward justice, compassion, peace, and discernment. To intercede for the poor, the vulnerable, and the preservation of life. That is what true supplication looks like. But to elevate any political figure especially during the sacred solemnity of Holy Week to a comparison with the sinless Son of God is not devotion. It is error. And more than that, it borders on blasphemy. Likewise, when Franklin Graham invokes the Book of Esther as justification for the destruction of a modern nation such as Iran, it reflects not divine insight, but a troubling misapplication of scripture. Context matters. Theology demands responsibility. Sacred texts are not instruments for political ends. Faith was never meant to be weaponized. It was meant to guide, to correct, to humble. And if we are to invoke God in matters of leadership and war, then let it be done with trembling reverence, not confident distortion. Because the danger is not in believing too deeply but in believing wrongly. I am ashamed, this is our Holy Week for Gods sake. God have mercy.

After years of work, countless screenings, and an incredible community behind it… Below the Belt is now streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and YouTube. If you’ve been waiting to watch, now’s the time and share it with someone who needs it 💛

Distracted by the slaughter of children in Iran & Lebanon? Me too! But what better time could there be for govt to quietly relaunch its Digital ID plan? Missed it? Me too! But look who’s celebrating… The director of ‘govt innovation’ at the Tony Blair Institute! 1/

Sri Lanka declares Wednesdays off as Asian countries try to conserve fuel bbc.in/41ahui4

Many people have asked about Gisele’s relationship with her daughter Caroline. Our interview gives the most up to date account of their complicated relationship. (More) nytimes.com/2026/02/13/mag…

“Rough sex gone wrong” is the most hideous defence for homicide charge. Blames her for his killing her. Besmirches her name when she can’t speak. Because he killed her.

We Can't Consent To This @Wecantconsentto

5 months ago

Oh, so did Jeffrey Epstein plot the use of a 'rough sex' defence? With a former Director of Public Prosecutions for the @CPSUK?

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I'm not sure how many people want this piped into their ears but this podcast is outside the paywall.... open.spotify.com/episode/7s6nm3…

The incidence of neuroendocrine neoplasms is said to be now about between 6 or 8 per 100 000 population. ☑️Spread awareness on NETs with #NETInfo in 11 languages: incalliance.org/net-info-packs/ #LetsTalkAboutNETs #MedTwitter #MedEd #LungTwitter #RadTwitter #GITwitter

How AI lied and gaslit me: 🤯💣🔥 Won’t lie: what happened to me this week made my jaw drop Do watch:

I’m hearing from ever more parents of primary school aged children that their children really don’t like school. They say that it’s boring, that they have to sit for long hours listening. Parents say that young children are taught things which they, their parents, have never needed to know. Things like ‘fronted adverbials’ and the difference between homophones and homographs. Which wouldn’t matter if the children were interested and curious, but this isn’t why they are learning those things. They’re learning them because someone has decided that this is the best way for young children to spend their time. That these – fronted adverbials, for example - are the most important things. Parents say that their children are stressed about school work before they’ve even turned seven. They say that children wake up at night worrying that they’ll be put in the Red Zone or taken off the Sun and put on the Rain Cloud. They say that when they tell school that their child doesn’t want to come, school tells them that maybe home is just too nice. They suggest that rather than improving their experience of school, parents should focus on making their experience of home worse so school seems better in comparison. Huh? How does that make any sense? We’re losing a generation of children. They’re learning that they don’t like to learn, at the stage of their lives when they should be bursting with curiosity and excitement. By the time they are nine, some of them are already saying that school is ‘just something to get through’. Here’s my take. Education shouldn’t be about ‘information in’. The first priority should not be covering content or passing tests. That is something which can happen later, but first? We need to inspire children about learning. When our young children think that they are stupid. When our six-year-olds learn that learning is irrelevant and difficult. When our eight-year-olds believe that they are bad because they can’t sit still and concentrate? Those things last a lifetime. This is the foundation of education. If we get it wrong now, we’ll be dealing with the consequences far into the future. Our children need change.

I've been quiet for a month - busy with a critically ill relative & having to navigate the Welsh NHS. I won't bore you with everything that has gone wrong but my overriding takeaway is this... The front line staff are amazing; the system is broken. Doctors & nurses (we found no exceptions) are warm, talented, & caring - everything you want them to be. Their behaviour and demeanour is all the more incredible given the chaos and bureaucracy within which they work. The system doesn't care about your relative. The system manages people and beds as if they are items in a warehouse. The system has one screen saying this is happening and another saying this isn't happening. The system would be better off firing all non-medical staff and starting again. (The system has protected itself by not allowing this, so useless managers are there for life 😡).

What an emotional scene... #StephenGraham #Adolescence

How *that* scene in #Adolescence was filmed.

Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson

a year ago

Adolescence. The camera at the end of show 2. How on earth did they do that? It’s impossible.

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A #SciencePerspective by @zalaly and @EricTopol identifies key issues that need to be prioritized in the study of #LongCovid. Learn more on #LongCovidAwarenessDay: scim.ag/3DCyV2Q

🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨 Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions. On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, @DrAmirKhanGP joins us to bust harmful myths. Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.

Endometriosis diagnosis: You can have LIGHT periods and still have severe endometriosis. In fact, I've connected with lots of sufferers who faced dismissal (like me) due to not having 'heavy' periods I have stage 4 endometriosis #endometriosisAwarenessMonth #endometriosis

In an attempt to meet the demands of the Home Office - demands made on false illusions of providing security - Apple has been forced to entirely undermine the online security of pretty much every UK citizen who uses an Apple product. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"there’s been a complete reframing of this disorder as a neuroinflammatory whole-body condition" - ENDO1000 co-lead Philippa Saunders spoke to Scientific American about changing understanding of endometriosis away from it just being gynaecological scientificamerican.com/article/painfu…

I’m genuinely confused by how the U.S. Government has decided to shut down TikTok, yet has failed to do the same for the P*rnhub crime scene despite overwhelming evidence the site has intentionally globally distributed and monetized the child abuse and rape of countless victims.