Today’s Wordle: 4
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This…
Important address of Pope Leo XIV to the Roman Rota at the start of the Judical Year:
“In fact, misunderstood compassion, even if apparently motivated by pastoral zeal, risks obscuring the necessary dimension of ascertaining the truth proper to the judicial office. This can… pic.twitter.com/1HiLVL1gs4
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) January 26, 2026
And…
– “Lift up your smartphones.”
– “We lift them up to the Lord”. pic.twitter.com/NLLw6qqp4r— Hendro Munsterman (@HendroM) January 25, 2026
Chessy…
When you start a chess game, you have 20 moves available (16 for pawn and 2 for one knight). After completing the first movement you have more than 40 different possibilities. And 8900 in the third and 197740 in the fourth. In the 40s there will be 10 puissance 40 possibilities.… pic.twitter.com/c8mT6lvPGu
— Chess Feed (@chess_feed) January 8, 2026
Pain in Charlotte…
ICYMI: Following the first Sunday of the altar rail ban, voices from across the Diocese of Charlotte describe their reactions, including a quiet resistance.
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— The Catholic Herald (@CatholicHerald) January 26, 2026
Here’s a great puzzle. White to move and WIN. It’ll take a couple moves, but it’s there.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
1. K-e2 . . . f5-f4
2. c5-c6 . . K-g4
3. c6-c7 . . f4-f3+
4. K-e3 . . . f6-f5
5. c7-c8=Q . f5-f4+
6. Q×f4
After Q×f3, White should coast
“Your move!” https://preview.redd.it/yv73icx795b71.png?auto=webp&s=d3d6cb535516be6bbbb06f7fbad0909e92afb369
P-b6 followed by followed by p-f4 (check) regardless of black’s move.
Hendro Munsterman may be a modernist and I rarely agree with him, but this tweet is spot on. Very funny.