‘It’s prime time for rapture talk’

UK, Australia and Canada recognize a Palestinian state, prompting anger from Israel
The Associated Press: The coordinated initiative from the three Commonwealth nations reflects growing outrage at Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza and the steps taken by the Israeli government to thwart efforts to create a Palestinian state.

‘It’s prime time for rapture talk’: TikTok gets its first ‘world is ending’ moment
The Guardian: Evangelical Christians on #RaptureTok are warning others of doom on 23 or 24 September — and sharing how they’re prepping

Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
The Conversation: Arguably the most popular anti-feminist content today is produced by women: tradwives.

‘They’re small but they’re mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin sisters healing the land.*
The New York Times: The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said.

Texts reveal behind-the-scenes maneuvering of the Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’
The Associated Press: In the last two years, defense lawyers have acquired 3,225 pages of WhatsApp messages between two women who were tangential to the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” but were actually intimately aware of the investigation and in some ways involved.