And being found in human form, the Incarnate God humbled Christself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. youtube.com/watch?v=CSDG...

Considering that math was supposed to be the one thing computers were very good at, it strikes me as ironic just how bad generative AI is at simple arithmetic. I understand why (it doesn't actually understand that it needs to do math) but it still amuses me.

Internal monologue as I walk by Christmas trees dumped on the curb on December 27:

(Picard voice): There. Are. TWELVE. Days.

Thanks for highlighting this, Christopher. Reposted, now with alt text.

Lord, hear our prayer.

I feel like everyone either overinflates the value of soi-disant "job creators" or else denies their value entirely (I'm not saying the quoted post is doing this). The truth most likely is somewhere in between.

The first point--that image generators are being trained on copyrighted images that the owner of the generator doesn't own--strikes me as valid.

My sermon for the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, preached in 2022: cjbanning.dreamwidth.org/36992.html

OPINION: The purpose of Trump’s policies and rhetoric is not to solve problems; it is to create unity among his supporters. This was what I thought of as I watched “Wicked,” a remarkable parable of how scapegoating works.

Yes, this means loli, shota, guro, incest, noncon, and so on. You don't have to like any of it personally. Hide it, block it, mute it, whatever. But you should stand up for their right to exist because it is not possible to draw lines with icky fiction that couldn't be used to hurt innocents.

Let's make this clear: if you claim to be leftist, pro-LGBT, pro other minorities etc, then you MUST stand up for freedom of artistic expression, which means defending the right for legal but icky art to exist. Not doing so directly empowers the worst kind of actors wishing to eradicate minorities 🧵

I admittedly haven't seen everything that Marvel had produced post-Endgame, but Winter Soldier is still the best Marvel movie I've ever seen. The fact that so many people put Thor: Ragnarok above it is just embarrassing.

The problem, and forgive me if this is obvious, is that "a coalition of the antisystem" can be formed to get rid of the incumbents, but it's fundamentally incapable of governing, at least in a way that respects all of the diverse membership of the coalition.

Left-liberalism, right-liberalism, and libertarianism are all developments from classical liberalism, and the original classical liberals would, I think, find them all equally shocking and familiar.

Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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You have no idea how distressing I find it that when working with databases the plural of index is indexes and not indices like in normal English.

If your definition of the political center puts 95% of your county to the right of center (or to the left of center), then your definition is stupid. Worse, it's dishonest.

Please save our green space.
“The Black Run Preserve in Evesham Township is a critical headwater area for the southwest branch of the Rancocas Creek. It provides wildlife habitat and is a recreational resource for many thousands of people.The Black Run is at risk of being devastated by development”

One of the photos I took at Black Run Preserve in Evesham NJ, please consider signing the petition to protect this space.

engage.pinelandsalliance.org/black-run-pe...