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Had no idea there were so many varieties of foods, I've seen this with other things like apples. Growing up you just think there are "apples" and "olives" and that's it, but it's fascinating to see how much variety there can be within each thing.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Dies_Irae

"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath) is a Latin hymn attributed to either Thomas of Celano of the Franciscan Order (1200 – c. 1265)[1] or to Latino Malabranca Orsini (†1294), lector at the Dominican studium at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome.[2] The hymn dates from at least the thirteenth century, though it is possible that it is much older, with some sources ascribing its origin to St. Gregory the Great (d. 604), St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), or St. Bonaventure (1221-1274).[1]

It is a medieval Latin poem characterized by its accentual stress and its rhymed lines. The metre is trochaic. The poem describes the day of judgment, the last trumpet summoning souls before the throne of God, where the saved will be delivered and the unsaved cast into eternal flames.

The hymn is best known from its use as a sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass (Mass for the Dead or Funeral Mass).

The melody is one of the most-quoted in musical literature, appearing in the works of many diverse composers.

Catholic encyclopedia on topic: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04787a.htm

Here's a DIY example: https://www.instructables.com/wooden-kneeling-chair/

Anyone tried them or some other alternative chair like those exercise ball chairs?

Ball chair DIY example: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Make-a-PVC-Ball-Chair/

kv4p HT is a homebrew VHF radio that makes your phone capable of voice and text communication completely off-grid with at least a Technician class amateur radio license.

The radio simply plugs into the USB C port on your Android smartphone and transforms it into a fully-fledged handheld radio transceiver. It's completely open source (GPL3): the Android app, ESP32 firmware, PCB designs, and 3D printer files.

It's small enough to fit in your pocket and take anywhere, and since it has no internal battery it's the perfect radio to put in a go-bag or your car's glove compartment.

via HackerNews

any hams see this, and does it look viable?

Wiki on "Christian Demonology": https://infogalactic.com/info/Christian_demonology

Catholic encycyclopedia entries:

Demonology: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04713a.htm

Demons: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04710a.htm

Demonical Possession: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12315a.htm

Devil: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04764a.htm

Summa entries related to demons:

https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1064.htm

https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1114.htm

Demons are fallen angels

Any thoughts on the topic of demons?

October 2nd is the "Feast of the Guardian Angels" (Catholic encyclopedia): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07050a.htm

Hence today I was thinking of angels; "Angels" entry: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm

"Guardian Angel" entry: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm

Wiki entry on "Angel": https://infogalactic.com/info/Angelology

Wiki entry on "Feast of Guardian Angels": https://infogalactic.com/info/Memorial_of_the_Holy_Guardian_Angels

That every individual soul has a guardian angel has never been defined by the Church, and is, consequently, not an article of faith; but it is the "mind of the Church", as St. Jerome expressed it: "how great the dignity of the soul, since each one has from his birth an angel commissioned to guard it." (Comm. in Matt., xviii, lib. II).

The angels are thought to exist in a hierarchy of 9 kinds:

In the first hierarchy [Aquinas] places the Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones; in the second, the Dominations, Virtues, and Powers; in the third, the Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.

Any thoughts on angels today?

Catholic encyclopedia: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04394a.htm

Fraternal correction is here taken to mean the admonishing of one's neighbor by a private individual with the purpose of reforming him or, if possible, preventing his sinful indulgence. This is clearly distinguishable from an official disciplining, whose mouthpiece is a judge or other like superior, whose object is the punishment of one found to be guilty, and whose motive is not so directly the individual advantage of the offender as the furtherance of the common good. That there is, upon occasion and with due regard to circumstances, an obligation to administer fraternal correction there can be no doubt. This is a conclusion not only deducible from the natural law binding us to love and to assist one another, but also explicitly contained in positive precept such as the inculcation of Christ: "If thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother" (Matthew 18:15).

Aquinas on topic: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3033.htm

Catholic encyclopedia on "Hairshirt": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113b.htm

A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a shirt or as a girdle around the loins, by way of mortification and penance. The Latin name is said to be derived from Cilicia, where this cloth was made, but the thing itself was probably known and used long before this name was given to it. The sackcloth, for instance, so often mentioned in Holy Scripture as a symbol of mourning and penance, was probably the same thing; and the garment of camels' hair worn by St. John the Baptist was no doubt somewhat similar.