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**Adrian Segar** @ASegar@mastodon.social · 2h

Adrian Segar @ASegar@mastodon.social

Remember that if you remain continually immersed in interim work, executing your Mission becomes Impossible.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2015/09/mission-impossible

Mission Impossible: An illustration of a nerdy superhero flying toward the viewer away from a huge fiery explosion behind them. Photo attribution: Flickr user taylor-mcbride

#mission #MissionImpossible #ShortVersusLongTerm

**EVSHIFT** @evshift@channels.im · 1d

EVSHIFT @evshift@channels.im

https://www.evshift.com/324249/the-bmw-vision-driving-experience-mission-ultimate/ The BMW Vision Driving Experience | Mission Ultimate #bmw #driving #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #experience #Mission #ultimate #Vision

**Alive in Christ** @aliveinchristaz@mastodon.social · 1d

Alive in Christ @aliveinchristaz@mastodon.social

#Jesus #Faith #Mission

**Prairie_Dog** @digitalrodent@universeodon.com · 1d

Prairie_Dog @digitalrodent@universeodon.com

For #bloomscrolling I thought I’d post some things I’ve seen this week in #Arizona. First, there are these amazing #roses that are being cultivated in the #garden area of Tumacácori National Historical Park. This was a very old #mission, so it’s possible that this is an old variety of rose. The color was striking!

A dark red rose is seen blooming profusely on the end of a stem. An out of focus background includes other garden plants and the yellow-brown garden wall.

Another view of the dark red rose flowers, this is looking down onto the top of the rose bush. The profuse blossoms are scattered over the stems.

**Japan Pop Videos** @videos@wakoka.com · 2d

Japan Pop Videos @videos@wakoka.com

https://www.wacoca.com/videos/2678368/celebrity/ 【アークナイツ】PV-1~10：置くだけ簡単攻略 or 快速周回【Arknights | 幕開く者たち】 #AFK #Arknights #auto #Celebrities #Celebrity #challenge #easy #Full #Medal #MISSION #normal #Oyuki #oyuki_ch #PV1 #pv10 #PV2 #pv3 #pv4 #pv5 #pv6 #pv7 #pv8 #pv9 #pvsp1 #pvsp2 #pvsp3 #stable #TrimMedal #Vlog #アークナイツ #アークナイツPV110置くだけ簡単攻略 #ウルピスフォリア #おユキ #クラウンスレイヤー #コントレイル #スズランママ #ナイツ #フィグリーノ #フィラエ #任務 #勲章 #周回 #安定 #幕開く者たち #強襲 #快速周回Arknights #攻略 #明日方舟 #楽して #簡単 #置くだけ #花火実行委員会 #荒蕪ラップランド #通常 #명일방주

**Media Japan** @media@wakoka.com · 2d

Media Japan @media@wakoka.com

https://www.wacoca.com/media/313714/ トム・クルーズ、極限の“潜水スタント”に笑顔封印／映画『ミッション：インポッシブル／ファイナル・レコニング』特別映像 #Mission:Impossible–TheFinalReckoning #movie #MovieCollection #MovieCollectionJP #アンジェラ・バセット #イーサイ・モラレス #ヴァネッサ・カービー #ヴィング・レイムス #クリストファー・マッカリー #グレッグ・ターザン・デイヴィス #サイモン・ペッグ #シェー・ウィガム #ジャネット・マクティア #チャールズ・パーネル #トム・クルーズ #ニック・オファーマン #ハンナ・ワディンガム #フレデリック・シュミット #ヘイリー・アトウェル #ヘンリー・ツェニー #ポム・クレメンティエフ #ホルト・マッキャラニー #マリエラ・ガリガ #ミッション：インポッシブル／ファイナル・レコニング #ムビコレ

**rye** @rmaloley@infosec.exchange · 2d

rye @rmaloley@infosec.exchange

Yesterday a jury was sat for the Schurr trial. Officer Schurr fought with and killed an unarmed man during a traffic stop several years ago. As a preface: I am not “anti-police(ing)” I am “anti bad-police(ing).”

Officer Schurr is facing accountability for his criminal mistakes. This attitude of “me or them” and “us or them” is our downfall. According to the Chief of GRPD the police exist for: “Your safety is our highest priority. We will work together as a department and in partnership with the community to ensure all people feel safe and are safe in Grand Rapids. We are committed to being an effective, inclusive, and modern police department and advancing public safety while earning the trust and pride of those we serve. We value service delivered with compassion and courage; equity in providing fair and just services for all individuals; integrity of purpose and action; and being transparent and accountable in all we do. I am proud to lead this department and to serve Grand Rapids.”

On that fateful day Officer Schurr failed to uphold the values of the department and the reasons for the existence of a police department.

Let me be clear: There was no reason for Officer Schurr to initiate physical contact with the victim. From the shop cam to the body cam there was plenty of data to identify the victim and arrest him at a later time. There were numerous options for deescalation in support of public safety.

Officer Schurr and Patrick, the victim, would both be alive and safe today if Officer Schurr had heeded his core call to public service.

Officer Schurr is receiving his due process that he denied to Patrick. I wish godspeed to this jury and court.

#patrickloyola #officerschurr #dueprocess

**admin** @jkt0eh@alistan.se · 2d

admin @jkt0eh@alistan.se

Mission i vår tid och dess betydelse

I den oroliga tid vi lever just nu är det viktigt att Svenska kyrkan visar vägen till gemenskap och tro. Församlingar behöver förstärka sin teologiska verksamhet och rekrytera fler präster och diakoner. Vi behöver ha målet att alla obesatta tjänster ska fyllas med kvalificerad personal. För att kunna genomföras behöver det tas fram kreativa planer. Missionen är den minst genomarbetade aspekten i det kyrkliga uppdraget av Gudstjänst, Utbildning, Diakoni och Mission. Det borde […]

https://alistan.se/mission/mission-i-var-tid-och-dess-betydelse/

Person knyter en ögonbindel under en dramatisering. I bakgrunden skymtar andra personer

#mission #omvarld

**Carmelite Quotes** @carmelitequotes.blog@carmelitequotes.blog · 3d

Carmelite Quotes @carmelitequotes.blog@carmelitequotes.blog

Quote of the day, 24 April: Pope Francis & St. Teresa

Saint Teresa is above all a teacher of prayer.

The discovery of the humanity of Christ was central to her experience. Moved by the desire to share this personal experience with others, she describes it in a lively and simple manner, within the reach of all, for it consists simply in “being on terms of friendship … with Him who, we know, loves us” (Life, 8:5). 1

Often the narrative itself transforms into a prayer, as if she wished to introduce the reader to her inner dialogue with Christ.

Teresa’s prayer was not reserved to only one space or one moment of the day; it arose spontaneously on many different occasions: “It would be hard if our prayers could only be made in corners” (The Book of the Foundations, 5:16).2

She was certain of the value of constant, albeit not always perfect prayer. The Saint asks us to be persevering, faithful, even in the midst of aridity, of personal difficulties or of the pressing needs that call to us.

Starting with her encounter with Jesus, St. Teresa lived “another life”; she became a tireless communicator of the Gospel (cf. Life, 23:1).3 With the desire to serve the Church, and confronted by the serious problems of her time, she did not limit herself to being a spectator of the reality that surrounded her. As a woman with health problems, she decided — she says — “to do the little which lay in my power, viz. to follow the evangelical counsels with all the perfection I could, and to induce the few nuns who are here to do the same” (The Way of Perfection, 1:2).4

Thus began the Teresian reform, in which she asked her sisters not to waste time praying to God about “things of little importance” while “the world is on fire” (Way, 1:5).5

This missionary and ecclesial dimension has always distinguished the Discalced Carmelite men and women.

Today, as then, the Saint opens new horizons for us, she convokes us to a great undertaking, in order to look at the world through Christ’s eyes, to seek what He seeks, and to love what He loves.

Pope Francis

Letter for the Fifth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus (2015)

Note: The English quotations in this excerpt are drawn from Pope Francis’s 2015 letter for the Fifth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa, translated from the original Spanish. For reference, the corresponding passages in The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated by Kavanaugh and Rodriguez (ICS Publications), read as follows:

Life 8:5: “Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us.” ↩︎
Foundations 5:16: “It would be a thing hard to bear if we were able to pray only when off in some corner.” ↩︎
Life 23:1: “This is another, new book from here on — I mean another, new life.” ↩︎
Way 1:2: “I resolved to do the little that was in my power; that is, to follow the evangelical counsels as perfectly as I could and strive that these few persons who live here do the same.” ↩︎
Way 1:5: “This is not the time to be discussing with God matters that have little importance… The world is all in flames.” ↩︎

Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Our featured image is a detail from Diego Velasquez’s portrait of Saint Teresa, created in 1630. It is currently held in a private collection. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites (Public domain).

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
Do I keep prayer in a corner, or let it accompany my whole day?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

#Centenary #DiscalcedCarmelites #mission

**Don Curren** @dbcurren.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 3d

Don Curren @dbcurren.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

#ElbowsUp for sure, but let’s also have a national huddle, decide how we need to rebuild our team, then get back on the ice and play to win. Read my piece on how to transform our Made-in-USA #crisis into a Made-in-Canada #mission. #US #Canada #Never51stState doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/04/on-t...

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**emmauspilger** @emmauspilger@katholisch.social · 3d

emmauspilger @emmauspilger@katholisch.social

"In ihrer Unveränderbarkeit inmitten des Umbruchs liegt nicht das Risiko, sondern die Chance der Kirche. Dafür müsste sie allerdings den Mut aufbringen, sich gegen den atheistischen Trend der Gesellschaft in Stellung zu bringen und ihrer ursprünglichen Funktion als Vermittlerin des christlichen Glaubens gewahr zu werden. Verkommt die Kirche dagegen zur politisierten Organisation oder sozialen Einrichtung wie jede andere, wird sie beliebig und durch ihren religionslosen Charakter ersetzbar."
Hannah Bethke, Journalistin
#fedikirche #evangelisch #katholisch #atheismus #mission

**Comics and Jokes @ Lucentinian Works Co Ltd** @comics@social.lucentinian.com · 4d

Comics and Jokes @ Lucentinian Works Co Ltd @comics@social.lucentinian.com

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#All-Female #Space #Mission #Joke

comics.lucentinian.com/7039
#DailyComedy #AIHumor #AIGeneratedJokes #NewsLaughs #VisitUsNow

comics.lucentinian.comAll-Female Space Mission JokeWhy did the all-female space mission cause so much controversy? Because everyone expected more than just a quick trip to say, "We came, we saw, we briefly orbited!"

#allfemale

**axadle** @axadle@mastodon.social · 6d

axadle @axadle@mastodon.social

US Support Deficit Puts AU Mission Funding in Somalia at Risk #Somalia #WestAfrica #Deficit #funding #mission #puts #risk #Somalia #support
https://tinyurl.com/22udje2f

**Dendrobatus Azureus** @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · Apr 18 *

Apr 18 *

Dendrobatus Azureus @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe

Playing the awesome Star Wars the Old Republic again.
This is a boosted toon that I specifically use to do certain Missions. I earned the boosted toon by playing the game for years. She is my Trophy and of the class of Bounty Hunter which wield dual pistol weapons doing an Incredible a Mount of DOT damage over Time

The photograph shot in total darkness depicts a scene from the video game SWTOR set in a futuristic environment. The main focus is on a character in a high-tech room with blue and purple lighting. The character is standing on a platform, surrounded by advanced technology, including a holographic display and a control panel with various indicators. The room features a sleek, metallic design with glowing elements, enhancing the sci-fi atmosphere. In the foreground, there is a user interface displaying system performance metrics, such as CPU temperature and usage, along with other game-related information. The interface is in a horizontal orientation, contrasting with the orientation of the game scene. The overall color scheme is dominated by blues and purples, with accents of red and green from the interface and the holographic display.

Ovis2-8B

🌱 Energy used: 0.206 Wh

#Streaming #SWTOR #Gaming

**Giuseppe Michieli** @GMIK69@mstdn.science · Apr 18

Apr 18

Giuseppe Michieli @GMIK69@mstdn.science

Emmanuel #Macron, un #président seul en son château https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/editorial/emmanuel-macron-un-president-seul-en-son-chateau-20250418_M4CLQPTH6NGA5M6AJLIPSL6LNY/

Désavoué et isolé depuis la dissolution, le chef de l’Etat cherche aujourd’hui à se réinventer, entouré de militaires et de jeunes communicants survoltés, et se concentre sur sa nouvelle #mission : combattre les #guerres et s’y préparer.