Thirty years ago today: March 26, 1996: seven Trappist monks from the Abbey of Our Lady of the Atlas in Tibhirine, Algeria were kidnapped by the Islamist GIA, bodies never found, their heads would be found six weeks later. The monks were beatified in 2018.
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The events leading up to the abduction of the monks are the subject of the 2010 award-winning movie, "Of Gods and Men. Blessed martyrs of Tibhirine, whose lives exemplified friendship and peace, pray for us.
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Extraordinary souls. Extraordinary witness to the love and peaceful ministry of Jesus Christ. As we remember them, may they pray for us. The film about them, featuring the great Michael Lonsdale, is worth watching.
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A ceux & celles qui n'ont pas vu "Des hommes et des dieux": placez-le dans la liste des films à regarder en priorité! Un souvenir ici xfru.it/Z4O5nD Bel hommage par le #cinema aux moines de Tibhirine, avec une saveur particulière depuis l'adieu de Michael Lonsdale 🙏
Master thread on the 2015-2022 closure of the Internet, the process by which every major Internet platform went from broadly open with a few basic guidelines to strict narrative enforcement, often with the collaboration of govts and outsourcing moderation power to NGOs.
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YouTube was the most important platform for reaching The Youth and also uniquely compatible with monetization, allowing independent political/intellectual entrepreneurs to make a career. Closed 2015-2019.
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Reddit was known for its "anything goes" speech policy in 2015, and was the hub for text-based debate between normal people on opposing sides of issues. Turned into a leftist echo-chamber to spite r/TheDonald.
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Amazon, with its dominance of the e-book and e-commerce markets, played a similar political commissar role for aspiring authors and merch sellers.
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Mind-blowing gut news from UC Davis microbiologists: Plain old sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) can actually shield your intestinal lining from inflammation damage
Raw cabbage? Zero protection.
Just the salty brine? Nope, not enough.
In lab tests with human gut cell models, sauerkraut extracts kept the barrier strong and reduced damage from inflammatory cytokines. Unfermented cabbage? No dice.
It’s the full fermentation magic that creates powerful metabolites, like lactic acid, GABA, and unique amino acid derivatives, that your gut cells recognize and thrive on.
A small daily serving (just a forkful or two!) might help build a more resilient digestive system—especially paired with plenty of fiber.
Fermented foods never stop surprising us. Who’s adding more kraut to their plate this week?
#GutHealth
#FoodAsMedicine
Reference:
Wei L, Marco ML.2025.The fermented cabbage metabolome and its protection against cytokine-induced intestinal barrier disruption of Caco-2 monolayers. Appl Environ ...
RFK Jr: “Sugar is as addictive as crack and very bad for you.”
“It grows tumors.”
“It destroys your mitochondria and your metabolic process.”
“These chemicals are weapons of mass destruction against the human metabolic process.”
“And they’re destroying our kids’ metabolism.”
“And all of these kids are metabolically injured.”