ubi amor, ibi oculus. —richard of st. victor, _benjamin minor_

Those looking for insights on Magnifica Humanitas would do well to check out the ongoing series on CatholicMoralTheology.com. I liked this from Julie Hanlon Rubio on the proper place of "pelvic theology." catholicmoraltheology.com/p/…

A poem by Cid Corman. Put it on my tombstone.

hear, hear.

no text of _magnifica humanitas_ in latin yet? anyone know where to find it? @Pontifex

Today, among the goods that are universally intended for everyone, we must also include new forms of property, such as patents, algorithms, digital platforms, technological infrastructure and data. In a context where the wealth of nations depends increasingly on knowledge and technology, when these goods remain concentrated in the hands of a few, without adequate forms of sharing and access, a new imbalance is created that contradicts the universal destination of goods. In turn, it widens the gap between the included and the excluded, between those who can participate in the digital revolution and those who remain on the margins. #MagnificaHumanitas

spontaneous garden

We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. This is the risk of dehumanization: building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means.

In the era of #ArtificialIntelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. #MagnificaHumanitas vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…

As evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.

"approximately"?!

get caught by dawn on a night walk, Edinburgh

amen. the full statement is clear-sighted, not just stating _what_ is expected but _why_ and does not defer to industry ad-speak. also explains why it makes sense to train in particular circumstances for technical knowledge for professional spaces. c'mon #highered; we can do it.

The ashtree growing in the corner of the garden was felled. It was lopped first: I heard the sound and looking out and seeing it maimed there came at that moment a great pang and I wished to die and not see the inscapes of the world destroyed any more. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

Seamus Heaney’s imaginative reach for the transcendent made him the model of a religious poet for a secular age. commonwealmagazine.org/again…

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world. airesistlist.org

Virtual Assembly of the Critical AI Network, 27th-29th May, online. 27 amazing talks 3 keynotes plenary discussions. AI/Education, AI/Law Politics, AI/Environment. Registration & network sign-up: cpct.uk/2026/05/09/programme… Full programme: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

commercial-as-commencement-speech has never been a good idea. also, framing anyone's lack of desire for the thing you're saying will be forced on them as "fear", also not a winning strategy for persuasion.

ivy just made a play in the @Brewers @Cubs game. #plantwatching #baseball #milwaukee