Are you living on a diet of headlines and quick scrolls? In this meditation, Fr Gavan reflects on Pope Leo’s recent call to read more books, and the three reasons behind it. Reading nourishes the mind, lets us meet others through their stories, and forms the heart through spiritual writing. A simple invitation to start
I have recently been cut off from the internet due to a big outage that took several days to fix. Something weird happens when you get unplugged… (Richard Vobes/YT) What If They Turned the Internet Off? We Are Drowning In Messaging, but There Is Less Conversation Than Ever Stop Feeding the Beast When Will They
It has been suggested the biggest weapon ‘they’ have is to turn off the internet. Would that weaken the people or strengthen them? (Richard Vobes/YT) Resist digital censorship and tyranny by subscribing to the Freedom Magazine Economic Collapse and Online Safety Act We Are Drowning In Messaging, but There Is Less Conversation Than Ever Stop
By T J Martin The Magic Words, Please and … Some people are notoriously difficult to shop for! Lest I be taken for an Ebenezer, though, I submit to the yearly ritual of second-guessing sizes, tastes, needs, wants, and frivolities of family members—usually at the last possible moment. Any post-Christmas reprieve is short, however, given
Before You Use the Internet Before buying online, consider going to a small shop or market. Before writing a personal email, consider writing a handwritten letter and sending it off by mail. Before sharing a personal thought on social media, consider writing a diary. Before looking up a recipe online, could you find the same
By Vernon Coleman The following video and transcript was first published in June 2021. It was, I fear, greeted with the usual jeers and disbelief. But as the internet comes under increasing attack, it seems timely to make an updated version of the article available. (Ironically, the video may or may not still be available
People think the world changes all by itself, but nothing could be further from the truth By Darren Smith When the world’s most powerful people meet to discuss how to shape the future, you can be sure it is not for our benefit. Digital IDs, a ‘recalibration of human rights’, and the control of information
By Dr Vernon Coleman There are many distractions around at the moment (wars, storms, the soap opera that is the British royal family and increasingly hysterical and absurd covid propaganda) but the really important news is going largely unnoticed. Our remaining freedom is disappearing rapidly. In the UK, the Home Office wants new powers requiring
The UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) is now responsible for taking entire privately hosted websites offline, as they seek to take total control of the flow of information and establish their “Great Narrative.” CTED notifies domain registrars of “extremist” sites — i.e., those that promote narratives they don’t approve of — and the sites