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@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2025-11-21 07:05:20

#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
KARA: Gan.
[Gan steps back. The spear misses him and hits Kara. The fight continues. Blake is struggling with one of the priests. Vila stabs the priest.]
BLAKE: Don't just stand there Vila. Run.

Claude 3.7 describes the image as: "# Theatrical Scene Analysis This appears to be a dramatic stage production set in a gothic or medieval environment. The scene depicts a funeral or death ritual, with a figure lying horizontally on a red fabric-draped platform or altar. The setting is notably dark, with minimal lighting that creates an eerie atmosphere. The staging includes numerous figures dressed in dark, period-appropriate clothing standing solemnly in the background. Some figures hold ca…
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social
2025-10-16 14:30:33

New episode of the YDS 'Quadcast'! Hear host Emily Judd '19 M.A.R. interview Yale professor Carlos Eire about evolving Protestant and Catholic views on miracles, the history of near-death experiences, and ‘hot-button issues’ including the celibacy rule for Catholic priests.

Logo of a candle with the word Yale
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-14 16:48:38
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Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️
"‘Should we not address a prayer to Comrade #Mars [...] Appoint 10 representatives to accompany me; that will suffice to attack the nearest village and enable me to bring back a meal fit for Salian priests.’
So he set out; the rest laid a huge fire and set up an altar to Mars on the green turf."
Apuleius, The G…

The statue stands to a height of 1.78 m, though it is missing the feet from below the ankle and any plinth it may have originally stood on. Mars is depicted as a youthful soldier, wearing a Greek helmet and bearing a large oval shield held in his left arm. He is wearing a cuirass with elaborate lappets beneath and at the sleeves over a tunic. He has a sword strapped on his left side. His right arm is extended but the hand is missing. It probably held a spear originally.
@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-14 15:11:24
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@… Basically it is. But I think if you go to study as a priest at the Vatican, then you are thought the truth.
Then again I've met my fair share of shitty and awesome priests. The latter being more rare than the former.

@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-01 20:00:13

From the Wikipedia article about the selection process:
"Girls who pass these basic eligibility requirements are examined for the battis lakshanas, or "thirty-two perfections" of a goddess, which involves their bodies being stripped of all clothing and caressed by the priests....In addition to this, her hair and eyes should be as black as possible, and she should have dainty hands and feet, small and well-recessed sexual organs, and a set of twenty teeth."

Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists