Jan 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dear Pope Francis: If you’re going to be an asshole, own it. Don’t beat around the bush, and don’t try to spray air freshener on it. Have the courage of your convictions and just be an asshole. Last week Pope Francis made headlines by declaring that...
Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Se acabó el hogar — home is over (public domain) There’s a Southern Baptist movement to “get tough on divorce” that sounds laudable on the surface. Divorce is hard on everyone, especially the children. If there’s a path to reconciliation...
Jan 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
The current huge leaps in the capabilities of so-called AI (artificial intelligence) systems is astonishing. Essays, pictures, cartoons, and conversations are coming out of these machines that are a giant leap forward, far surpassing the machines of just a few years...
Jan 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mastodon and a mosquito Mastodon is amazing … so far. But can it hold up? Mastodon initially solved the designed-in flaws of other social-media platforms, which maximize addictive behavior and corporate profit. But the biggest problem Mastodon faces is still...
Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
See attribution below. Christianity is facing an existential threat, the biggest in its two-thousand-year history. It could well destroy the core tenets of the faith, perhaps even Christianity itself. Can Christianity survive this threat? Perhaps, but if so, it will...
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