Father Roderick

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In this episode of my podcast The Break I talk about my upcoming trip to the UK for Star Wars Celebration 2023. I explain why March 25 is #tolkienreadingday and why J.R.R. Tolkien chose this specific day for the destruction of the Ring of Power. I also review what I’ve read so far of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy, I talk about mood control through music and about generative AI. And of course, I share my thoughts on the TikTok hearing in the US and the possible future ban of the app in some countries.

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In this week’s episode of my podcast The Break I talk about the upcoming Star Wars Celebration, I discuss the success of Everything, Everywhere, All At Once at The Oscars, I look back on the 10 year anniversary of pope Francis’ papacy, I review the books ‘Dry’ and ‘Mistborn – The Last Kingdom’ and I talk about TikTok, Meta, Twitter and data privacy.

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In this episode, I talk about why Wakanda Forever didn’t work, what the future will bring for Star Wars and the DCU, why pilgrimages may be more important than you think and what I thought about Blake Crouch’s book Recursion.

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I discuss religious symbolism in the first episode of the new season of The Mandalorian, I review ‘Dark Matter’ by Blake Crouch, I share my 2 ingredient Bagel recipe and talk about the Meta Quest 3 and Apple’s Reality headset.

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My spoiler-free review of the first episodes of the retro futuristic TV show ‘Hello Tomorrow!’; The reason we celebrate Lent; Dark Matter and other books I’ve read this week; Valve’s SteamDeck – first impressions.

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In this week’s episode of The Break I share my enthusiasm about season 3 of Star Trek Picard, I talk about Ash Wednesday and Lent, I review ‘The Butterfly Assassin’, and I talk about my love-hate relationship with carrots.

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In this week’s podcast, I talk about James Gunn’s reboot of the DCU, about Hogwarts Legacy and the controversy that surrounds it, I’ll share my thoughts on the shocking report about l’Arche’s founder Jean Vanier and the abuse he kept hidden for decades. And of course I talk about the LEGO Lord of the Rings Rivendell set that was revealed this week!

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In this episode of The Break: my review of Shrinking on Apple TV Plus, Attack on Titan, Faith and Science, Pillars of the Earth, Bami Goreng, transitioning back to the Apple ecosystem.

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In this episode of The Break: Picard and The Bad Batch, why do some Catholics only receive the host and not the chalice during communion? What I thought of The Witcher – The Last Wish; Pumpkin soup and Apple News.

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In this episode of The Break, I review the first episode of The Last of Us on HBO Max, I explain why the priest sometimes whispers during Mass, and I talk about Apple’s new Mac Mini and why I would like to get one.

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In this episode of The Break: The Depth of Deep Space Nine, Spiritual Life Habits, Life Lessons from an Astronaut, Meat and Dairy Alternatives, Computational Photography.

Affiliate Link: An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything – by Col. Chris Hadfield

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In this first episode of the new year, I talk about the movies Knives Out and Glass Onion, I explain why Catholics often like to have their religious objects blessed, I review the book ‘Meet the Frugalwoods’, I share the recipe for fake crab chips and I talk about Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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In this last episode of The Break in 2022, I list my favorite TV shows of the year, I explain why Catholics confess to a priest, which books I loved reading, how I improved on Taco Bell and which videogames I liked most this year.

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In this Christmas Episode of The Break: the best Christmas movies for geeks; why bad things happen to good people; my favorite books of the year and tech upgrades that greatly improved my life. Merry Christmas!

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I talk about the fate of Superman in the DC Universe, I wonder what direction Star Wars will take after Andor, I explain how faith and raison can go together, I review some books, learn to cook in Dreamlight Valley and share my recent D&D experience.

Links: Pasta Arrabbiata original recipe

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This week in The Break: my spoiler-free review of the Netflix Series Wednesday: it’s a massive hit, but why? Should we believe in Ghost Stories? What we should learn from history; DIY microwave chips: to good to be true? My thoughts on the possibilities and serious risks of AI technology like ChatGTP.

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In this episode of The Break: For All Mankind and the Andor finale, Advent and the second coming of Christ, Marvel Unlimited, Pigs in blanket & Toad in the hole; Atari’s Pong.

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• Back To The Future II hit theaters 33 years ago. What made those movies so iconic?
• The meaning of Advent explained
• My review of ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died‘ by Jennette McCurdy
• Amazon losing big on Alexa
• Dutch Comic Con experiences

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This week on The Break: The launch of Artemis, For All Mankind, Purgatory explained, My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper, what I cook for guests, Niantic’s AR headset.

Links:

• My Squirrel Days: Tales from the Star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Office – Ellie Kemper
• Creamy Pasta with Chicken
• Niantic’s reference AR headset

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I talk about Tolkien’s The Fall of Númenor, about the TV series ‘The Bear’, Money and Liturgy, Midjourney and pizza!

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• Information about Midjourney version 4

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I talk about the tumultuous changes at Twitter and about my first experiences after moving my conversations to Mastodon. I also review the TV show ‘The Offer’ and talk about the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Stephen King, the Big Bang Theory and about the Steam Deck.

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In this episode I talk about the connection between Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. I also review Strange New Worlds, Stephen King’s book ‘Carrie’ and the new versions of Apple’s operating systems. And what’s next for Twitter and Meta?

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In this episode of my podcast The Break, I’ll answer a question from one of my TikTok followers regarding a video I did about the anime series Chainsaw Man: ‘what is the difference between devils and demons’?

I also review the movie ‘Moonfall’, the book Red Rising by Pierce Brown (affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3VSDD0I), I tell you why Popeye was wrong about spinach and I talk about DaVinci Resolve coming to the iPad. And much more!

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The She-Hulk finale did something that upset some fans, but actually can teach us something about the way that we read the Bible. I’ll explain! Also in this episode:
– my ‘book book’ haul
– Crunchyroll
– Crispy Tofu
– The Meta Quest Pro

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In this episode I share how Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power manages to play on my heartstrings. I also talk about how to future-proof the church, I review Jenny Lawson’s book ‘Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things’. I also share my recipe for crab salad, discuss the Kindle Scribe and why I love the Oasis.

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In this episode I review the movie ‘Roadrunner’ about the life of Anthony Bourdain, I talk about the role of silence in monastic life and about its importance for our own lives and I tell you why I started to follow Ryder Carroll’s Bullet Journal Method.

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In this episode I talk about Star Wars: Andor, Rings of Power, inter-religious dialogue, the Murderbot Diaries, the Chronicles of Narnia, Indian cuisine and about the iPhone 14 Pro.

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This week I am both excited about the premiere of Star Wars: Andor and disappointed by the news that Patty Jenkins’ movie Rogue Squadron was reportedly shelved. I have Star Wars emotional whiplash! What is going on at Disney? I have a theory.

I also talk about the importance of explaining the faith, about the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, about vegetarian wraps, crispy tofu and about the iPhone 14 Pro Max!

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In this episode of The Break:

• Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: First impressions
• The Hobbit, the Wardrobe and the Great War by Joseph Loconte
• The new Apple Watch and the iPhone 14

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In this episode of the Break:

• Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power first impressions
• How Catholics prepare the altar
• Book reviews:
  J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend – Colin Duriez
  A Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
  The Real Hergé – Sian Lye
• Artemis and new photos from the James Webb telescope
• My new smart watch: The Xiaomi Redmi Watch 2 Lite

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In this episode: back from vacation, House of the Dragon, Seinfeld, She-Hulk; Tortilla de Patatas; Light of the Jedi audiobook; Thunderstorm in Italy; Linked In; Apple Event.

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AI generated art opens an unlimited amount of possibilities, but also raises some thorny questions. I played around with an online art generator and witnessed Superman flying over the Vatican.

🌍 Intro/News:
• Fall projects: Lego city

🍿 Movies & TV shows:
• Moon Knight seems to be getting a second season.
• Behind the scenes videos on Warner’s YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/warnerbrosentertainment/videos

🍴 Food & health:
• Celery soup

📚 Books:
• Jade City by Fonda Lee

🪴 Nature & Sustainability:
• Looking for easy ways to automatically turn of devices on stand-by power

🎮 Tech & Video Games:
• AI generated art: https://hypnogram.xyz/

💡 Outro/Inspirational thought:
• An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox – Lao Tzu

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This month will see the release of the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. Will it be any good?

🌍 Intro/News:
• How I prepare my programs in advance when I go on a trip.

🍿 Movies & TV shows:
• House of the Dragon

🍴 Food & health:
• Tofu!

📚 Books:
• The story of a soul – trad. John Beevers

🪴 Nature & Sustainability:
• Short showers with the tomato timer; night/weekend electricity tariffs.

🎓 This Week I learned:
• How early filmmakers recorded music, dialogue and sound

🎮 Tech & Video Games:
• Meta changing it’s VR/AR strategy after ad revenu decline?

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In this episode of the Break, I talk about the Batgirl movie cancelled at the very last moment, despite it testing well with audiences, and I share my thoughts on the Superman & Lois TV-series on HBO.

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🌍 Intro/News:
• Got my ducks in a row before going to Italy

🍿 Movies & TV shows:
• Superman & Lois,
• Batgirl cancelled; HBO & Discovery+ merger

🍴 Food & health:
• Oriental style Red Cabbage

📚 Books:
• The Big Book of 30-day challenges

🪴 Nature & Sustainability:
• Old-fashioned soap instead of ‘convenient’ soap dispensers

🎓 This Week I learned:
• More editing tricks in Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

🎮 Tech & Video Games:
• Tomato Timer

💡 Outro/Inspirational thought:
• Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now

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In this episode of The Break:

🌍 News:
Blisters, upcoming vacation and posting schedules.

🍿 Movies/TV:
• Rings of Power full trailer
• Star Trek: Lower Decks

🍴 Food & health:
• Non-fussy Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka https://smittenkitchen.com/2016/04/sheet-pan-chicken-tikka/

📚 Books:
• Michael Ward – Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1800794.Planet_Narnia
• Charles Soule – Light of the Jedi: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51637946-light-of-the-jedi

♻️ Nature & Sustainability:
• Shampoo and other soapbars: https://www.sustainablylazy.com/blog/best-shampoo-bars-usa
• Matt Winning – Hot Mess: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56222117-hot-mess

🎮 Tech & Video Games:
• Planet Zoo (Zoo simulator) is 70% off until 1 August. https://store.steampowered.com/app/703080/Planet_Zoo/
• No Man’s Sky 50% off. https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
• Descript!

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In this episode of The Break:

🌍 News:
• The Walk of the World
• Check out my vlog & documentary channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCicqw-CMUlfLPPx11GDqmYg

🍿 Movies/TV:
• Avatar: The Way of the Water, Comic-Con: Wakanda Forever and The Rings of Power

🙏 Faith:
• What I learned during the Walk of the World

📚 Books:
• The Science of Storytelling – Will Storr

🧪 Science & Tech:
• James Webb telescope first photos comparison https://www.webbcompare.com/

Check out my LEGO Channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/brickpriest

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In this episode, I react to the teaser trailer for The Rings of Power. Also in this episode: prayer, poodles, stars and iPhones!

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🌍 News: Reworking the YouTube channels and renaming the podcast!

🍿 Movies/TV: Stranger Things 4

🙏 Faith: Determinism and Free will in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

📚 Books: Shadow of the Sith audiobook

🧪 Science: The James Webb telescope is ready for action https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/7/23188300/nasa-jwst-space-telescope-mirror-alignment-commissioning-engineers

⚙️ Tech: Getting my iPad Air iOS 12 to speed up.

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🌍 News: Arturo died

🍿 Movies/TV: Lego Masters; Masterchef Australia

🙏 Faith: Do cats go to heaven?

📚 Books: The 007 diaries; The happiest man on earth

🧪 Science: Are electric cars ‘green’? https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/lifetime-emissions-of-evs-are-lower-than-gasoline-cars-experts-say.html

⚙️ Tech: AR/VR: https://www.techradar.com/news/wait-did-tim-cook-just-confirm-apples-ar-headset-and-glasses

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🌍 News: The most unusual neomist party ever

🍿 Movies/TV: TV Time app (Tvtime.com); Obi-Wan Kenobi review; Documentary series: Keep sweet, pray and obey

🙏 Faith: Is the pope going to resign?

📚 Books: The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57093755-the-office-bffs

🧪 Science: Science and drought in the US: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61669233

⚙️ Tech: Google Nest Doorbell trouble

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🌍 News: Documentary series update

🍿 Movies/TV: TV Time app; Obi-Wan Kenobi

🙏 Faith: Should you avoid certain books or movies/tv series as a catholic or christian?

📚 Books: Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell

🧪 Science: Interstellar travel with free floating planets? https://www.rawstory.com/space-travel/

⚙️ Tech: Stage Manager not working on pre M1 iPads. DaVinci Resolve – The best editing software, and it’s free!

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🌍 News: US Trip recap

🍿 Movies/TV: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – the illuminati

🙏 Faith:  Liturgy and simplicity – how you reacted to my liturgical penguins – many parishes don’t have the means to have good music.

📚 Books: A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away – Paul Hirsch

🧪 Science: DAVINCI Mission to Venus in 2029: https://gizmodo.com/davinci-nasa-venus-mission-probe-atmosphere-planet-spac-1849014802

⚙️ Tech: WWDC 2022 comments

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🌍 News: Writing a book

🍿 Movies/TV: Star Wars – The Sequels

🙏 Faith: How to get something out of any Bible reading

📚 Books: Life’s too short to go so f*ing slow

🧪 Science: Crimes in Space: https://www.iflscience.com/policy/canada-looks-to-prosecute-crimes-committed-on-the-moon/

⚙️ Tech: Upgrading my camera gear

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🌍 News:

• Why I travel

🍿 Movies/TV:

• Star Wars – The Prequels; the hype and the disappointment, lack of chemistry, bad villains.

🙏 Faith:

• Bad liturgical music and what I do in my mind

📚 Books:

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

🧪 Science:

• Should billionairs rule in space? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/30/leave-space-missions-to-billionaires-and-robots-says-astronomer-royal

⚙️ Tech:

• Meta is behind a lot of the bad stories about TikTok

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🌍 News: US trip & Star Wars celebration

🍿 Movies/TV: Star Wars – The Original Trilogy; imagination, hope, friends, good villains

🙏 Faith:  What I don’t like about Vatican liturgy (choral music, concelebration, Italian dominance)

📚 Books: The Tao of Fully Feeling. Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame – Pete Walker

🧪 Science: Should billionairs rule in space? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/30/leave-space-missions-to-billionaires-and-robots-says-astronomer-royal

⚙️ Tech: Tech and lemonade (Xbox controler

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In this week’s episode:

🌍 News: Filming in Rome

🍿 Movies/TV: The Adam Project

🙏 Faith: Finding faith in Anime

📚 Books: How to survive a horror movie – Seth Grahame-Smith

🧪 Science: Perseverance helicopter takes picture of debris

⚙️ Tech: What if Twitter goes bad? Trying out Mastodon

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🌍 News:
• Filming at Elfia – found my format

🍿 Movies/TV:
• Neon Genesis Evangelion

🙏 Faith:
• What I think of Satanism?

📚 Books:
• The Wall

🧪 Science:
• Perseverance helicopter takes picture of debris: https://www.ign.com/articles/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter-beams-back-eerie-spacecraft-wreckage-from-mars-perseverance

⚙️ Tech:
• Macbook experiences

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🌍 News

• After Elfia, getting ready for a month of travel. Join me as a patron or individually.

🍿 Movies/TV

• Turning Red

🙏 Faith:

• What to think about violent games, esoteric stories, or Zumba?

📚 Books:

• Old Man’s War, Putin’s Russia: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51798602-het-rusland-van-poetin

🧪 Science:

• Spinosaurus’ dense bones fuel debate over whether some dinosaurs could swim: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/spinosaurus-bones-dinosaur-swim-paleontology

⚙️ Tech:

• Descript – Voice synthesis: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZML9Qjy8d/

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🌍 News: Dutch Easter traditions: eggs, bread with calfsmeat and sauce, brunch. International parish: pot luck. Second day of Easter: IKEA. What will be my own, new traditions? Simplicity, resting, hanging out with the community, take time off.

🍿 Movies/TV: Moon Knight

🙏 Faith: Easter: the new reality after the resurrection. A continuation and yet also something the disciples can’t grasp.

📚 Books: Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control by Dana K. White.

🧪 Science: Hubble telescope’s most distant star discovery gets a Tolkien-inspired name. Obscure LOTR facts on TikTok explains more:  https://www.tiktok.com/@donmarshall72/video/7081104464983412014

⚙️ Tech: Turning 2D photos into 3D (Nvidia Nerf)

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🌍 News:

• Holy Week – when celebrities suffer. Bruce Willis Aphasia, I was impressed by Demi Moore’s autobiography, pope Francis has difficulties walking, Ukranian musicians now fighting as soldiers. Their suffering reminds us that we are all the same when it comes to our mortality.

🍿 Movies/TV:

• Severance – Apple Plus TV

🙏 Faith:

• Holy Week: the story twist no one expects

📚 Books:

• In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15825932-in-the-tall-grass – also a movie

🧪 Science:

• Does the brain change because of Covid-19? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-brain-change-size-shape

⚙️ Tech:

• Mac Studio (Max or Ultra?)
  

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🌍 News:

• Birthday – the things I learned this past year

🍿 Movies/TV:

• Inventing Anna – Netflix

🙏 Faith:

• Divine Renovation: don’t ‘how’ away your dream. It starts with inner passion. With a desire to share. Desire, conviction, will. Without a desire, plans are futile.

📚 Books:

Bond, James Bond: Exploring the Shaken and Stirred History of Ian Fleming’s 007

by Brad Gilmore, Mike Kalinowski: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59897490-bond-james-bond

🧪 Science:

• Two different speeds of sound on Mars: https://phys.org/news/2022-04-audio-mars-reveals.html

⚙️ Tech:

• Topaz Video Enhance AI

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🌍 News:
• Exploring heat pumps as an alternative to gas

🍿 Movies/TV:
• HBO Max in the Netherlands. Young Sheldon, GoT final season, DC movies (Snyder Cut), lots of movies/shows that used to be on Netflix.

🙏 Faith:
• I want to go on a pilgrimage (on foot) again.

📚 Books:
• Hyperfocus

🧪 Science:
• Dinosaurs in Scotland: https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/49559/20220222/new-pterosaur-dinosaur-fossil-discovered-isle-skye-scotland.htm

⚙️ Tech:
• Can I ever go back to iOS for my mobile devices?

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🌍 News: Laetare Sunday next Sunday; Online Mass reactions

🍿 Movies/TV: Encanto

🙏 Faith: Sharing: look for projects you can invest in.

📚 Books: Why has nobody told me this before? By Dr. Julie Smith

🧪 Science: Where were the oceans on Mars?

⚙️ Tech: Amazon Music Free (much less annoying than Spotify Free)

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🌍 News:
• Fase II of the house renovation: doors, garden, simplifying the office.

🍿 Movies/TV:
• Severance on Apple TV+

🙏 Faith:
• Prayer: Mindfulness is not prayer, but can help to create an opening to God

📚 Books:
• Embrace your weird: Face your fears and unleash creativity

🧪 Science:
• Scientists Discover the Long-Lost Continent ‘Balkanatolia’
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5q8zm/scientists-discover-the-long-lost-continent-balkanatolia

⚙️ Tech:
• The iPhone Fold? https://bgr.com/tech/we-might-finally-know-when-apples-iphone-fold-will-be-released/
• What’s the deal with foldable phones?

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In this week’s show I talk about the following subjects:

🌍 News: Biking past the fuel crisis

🍿 Movies/TV: The Matrix Resurrections

🙏 Faith: Fasting: flexitarian lifestyle, veggies at every meal (tiny habits-style)

📚 Books: The Prison Doctor

🧪 Science:  Magpies Help Each Other Remove Scientists’ Tracking Devices

⚙️ Tech Siri gets a more gender neutral voice. Which voice did you pick for your smart home devices?

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In this episode of my weekly podcast:

🌍 News:
• Ukraine

🍿 Movies/TV:
• TV: Suspicion on Apple TV+

🙏 Faith:
• Ash Wednesday

📚 Books:
• Together we will go – Michael Strazcynski

🧪 Science:
• Resurrecting the Woolly Mamoth: https://www.wired.com/story/de-extinction-patents/

⚙️ Tech:
• Playstation VR2 revealed: https://blog.playstation.com/2022/02/22/first-look-the-headset-design-for-playstation-vr2/

• Apple still hoping for a 2022 release of their AR/VR headset: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/apples-ar-vr-headset-isnt-just-a-prototype-anymore-sources-say/

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In this episode of my weekly podcast:

• How build community among my YouTube viewers?

🌍 World news:

• Rising Fuel costs – can I go bike/public transport-only?

🍿 Movies/TV:

• Superstore (Prime)

🙏 Faith:

• Church building as communication

📚 Books:

• The Appendices – Tolkien

🧪 Science:

• Science and alternative energy. https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/4/22917801/emissions-new-cars-record-low-uk-electric-vehicles

⚙️ Tech:

• Google’s D-Light is genius: https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/13/22932202/google-smart-lamp-d-light

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Patreon:
• How to grow the YouTube viewers into a community?

🌍 World news:
• Covid effects subsiding, travel may get easier

🍿 Movies/TV:
• Avatar – The Last Airbender TV series (Netflix)

🙏 Faith:
• The most important thing I learned in theology: God as a mystery. Circling the city. Humility and theology

📚 Books:
• The Storyteller’s secret – Carnine Gallo

🧪 Science:
• James Webb telescope took a selfie: https://www.space.com/webb-telescope-space-selfie-nircam

⚙️ Tech:
• Logitech MX Keys and new mouse

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