Brad Boydston
@jucundus.bsky.social
Forgein operative
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DON'T PANIC. THE ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RHETORIC ISN'T NEW.
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No More Climate Worship: The Theology of Denial Comes to the Pentagon
Climate skeptics, including leaders in the Pentagon, frame environmentalism as a “religion” to justify rolling back climate policy.
martycenter.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
DON'T PANIC. THE ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RHETORIC ISN'T NEW.
martycenter.org/sightings/no...
martycenter.org/sightings/no...
THE SWEDISH CONSUMER AGENCY is proposing that over-the-phone sales be banned. It sounds like a wonderful idea but are they taking the nanny state thing too far? www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/stig...
Stig om telefonförsäljning: ”Oseriöst” - Radio Sweden på lätt svenska
Konsumentverket föreslår att telefonförsäljning förbjuds. Alltså att det blir förbjudet för säljare att ringa folk och sälja saker som mobilabonnemang ...
www.sverigesradio.se
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
THE SWEDISH CONSUMER AGENCY is proposing that over-the-phone sales be banned. It sounds like a wonderful idea but are they taking the nanny state thing too far? www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/stig...
DYNAMIC FUEL PRICING? Some of the area gasoline stations seem to be changing their prices multiple times a day. For example, we pass by at 11:30 AM and the advertised price is $2.93/gallon but when we drive by at 12:30, it’s $3.15. At 3 PM the price is $2.89. Has anyone else noticed this happening?
July 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
DYNAMIC FUEL PRICING? Some of the area gasoline stations seem to be changing their prices multiple times a day. For example, we pass by at 11:30 AM and the advertised price is $2.93/gallon but when we drive by at 12:30, it’s $3.15. At 3 PM the price is $2.89. Has anyone else noticed this happening?
Since 2015, I've been modeling one way of using the MORAVIAN DAILY TEXTS as a simple way of maintaining a daily conversation with God. They have been published at DailyTexts.org and today's post is #4,000. There are about 1,200 viewers each day.
DailyTexts.org
May 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Since 2015, I've been modeling one way of using the MORAVIAN DAILY TEXTS as a simple way of maintaining a daily conversation with God. They have been published at DailyTexts.org and today's post is #4,000. There are about 1,200 viewers each day.
TUESDAY IS EARTH DAY
If everyone on our planet consumed resources at the level of the US, the planet would need to have 5.1 times the amount of resources the planet has available. overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
If everyone on our planet consumed resources at the level of the US, the planet would need to have 5.1 times the amount of resources the planet has available. overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
How many Earths? How many countries? - Earth Overshoot Day
overshoot.footprintnetwork.org
April 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
TUESDAY IS EARTH DAY
If everyone on our planet consumed resources at the level of the US, the planet would need to have 5.1 times the amount of resources the planet has available. overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
If everyone on our planet consumed resources at the level of the US, the planet would need to have 5.1 times the amount of resources the planet has available. overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-ear...
REFUGEES CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
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How Refugees are Greening the Edge of the Sahara
YouTube video by Andrew Millison
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March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
REFUGEES CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
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FLORA FRIDAY — One of my pineapple plants is starting to develop fruit. It sits next to a hallway window at Covenant Living of Florida so it is also developing a fan club among the residents.
March 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
FLORA FRIDAY — One of my pineapple plants is starting to develop fruit. It sits next to a hallway window at Covenant Living of Florida so it is also developing a fan club among the residents.
DON'T FIGHT THE STUPIDITY...
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sojo.net/articles/opi...
‘Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice
Lessons from Bonhoeffer's essay on Christian life under authoritarianism.
sojo.net
March 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
DON'T FIGHT THE STUPIDITY...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
STELLAR LEADER RETIRING
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www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency
Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
STELLAR LEADER RETIRING
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www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Reposted by Brad Boydston
OPINION: Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.
Gut-wrenching love: What a fresh look at the ‘Good Samaritan’ story says for ethics today
(The Conversation) — Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.
religionnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
OPINION: Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.
WAKING UP THIS MORNING TO THE SOUND OF ROOSTERS outside our Guam hotel. It's one of the many things I miss about living on the island.
February 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
WAKING UP THIS MORNING TO THE SOUND OF ROOSTERS outside our Guam hotel. It's one of the many things I miss about living on the island.
DANISH WORK-LIFE BALANCE
"Only 1.1% of Danes have to work 50 or more hours a week..." In the US it's over 10%.
"Only 1.1% of Danes have to work 50 or more hours a week..." In the US it's over 10%.
What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?
The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system.
www.bbc.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
DANISH WORK-LIFE BALANCE
"Only 1.1% of Danes have to work 50 or more hours a week..." In the US it's over 10%.
"Only 1.1% of Danes have to work 50 or more hours a week..." In the US it's over 10%.
Reposted by Brad Boydston
OPINION: As president, Carter accomplished a great deal more than he is given credit for and was a far more savvy politician than the subsequent smear campaign would lead you to believe.
Can a good man be president?
(RNS) — Maybe this is a lesson of the Carter administration, that true Christianity often finds itself drawn away from places of power and down in the muck.
religionnews.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
OPINION: As president, Carter accomplished a great deal more than he is given credit for and was a far more savvy politician than the subsequent smear campaign would lead you to believe.
Reposted by Brad Boydston
There's an incredibly strong connection between educational attainment and interpersonal trust.
Among people who have a graduate degree, 56% say that "people can generally be trusted."
Among those who went no further than high school, it's just 19%.
Among people who have a graduate degree, 56% say that "people can generally be trusted."
Among those who went no further than high school, it's just 19%.
January 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There's an incredibly strong connection between educational attainment and interpersonal trust.
Among people who have a graduate degree, 56% say that "people can generally be trusted."
Among those who went no further than high school, it's just 19%.
Among people who have a graduate degree, 56% say that "people can generally be trusted."
Among those who went no further than high school, it's just 19%.
A DRAGON LIVES FOREVER but not so little boys...
Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.
apnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A DRAGON LIVES FOREVER but not so little boys...
CHARITY AIN'T WHAT IS USED TO BE
"While red-blooded capitalists use charitable donations to help advance their individual or corporate goals, philanthropists are increasingly moving away from gifts, grants, and donations and toward vehicles that allow them to retain their wealth."
"While red-blooded capitalists use charitable donations to help advance their individual or corporate goals, philanthropists are increasingly moving away from gifts, grants, and donations and toward vehicles that allow them to retain their wealth."
Billionaires like Musk give to charity and get something from it too
"Philanthropic cakeism" is the new paradigm for donors.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
CHARITY AIN'T WHAT IS USED TO BE
"While red-blooded capitalists use charitable donations to help advance their individual or corporate goals, philanthropists are increasingly moving away from gifts, grants, and donations and toward vehicles that allow them to retain their wealth."
"While red-blooded capitalists use charitable donations to help advance their individual or corporate goals, philanthropists are increasingly moving away from gifts, grants, and donations and toward vehicles that allow them to retain their wealth."
Reposted by Brad Boydston
"The priesthood of all believers did not make everyone into church workers; rather, it turned every kind of work into a sacred calling." #Covocational
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr.
(Take 2 minutes to watch this video!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwai...
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr.
(Take 2 minutes to watch this video!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwai...
Work is Beautiful: The Florist's Story
YouTube video by Made to Flourish
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:22 AM
"The priesthood of all believers did not make everyone into church workers; rather, it turned every kind of work into a sacred calling." #Covocational
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr.
(Take 2 minutes to watch this video!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwai...
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr.
(Take 2 minutes to watch this video!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwai...
I'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL WRONG
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apnews.com/article/span...
A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title.
apnews.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL WRONG
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ON MY WATCH LIST
Movie Review: A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year's best animated movie
“Flow” is quite easily the best animated movie of the year and one of the most poetic ecological parables in recent memory, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.
apnews.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:33 PM
ON MY WATCH LIST
HAPPY ST NICHOLAS DAY
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religionnews.com/2023/12/06/w...
When is St. Nicholas Day? And how did this Christian saint inspire the Santa Claus legend?
NEW YORK (AP) — The legends surrounding jolly old St. Nicholas — celebrated annually on Dec. 6 — go way beyond delivering candy and toys to children.
religionnews.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:15 PM
HAPPY ST NICHOLAS DAY
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WE COULD USE A SUCCESS ABOUT NOW
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apnews.com/article/hawa...
Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui
Conservationists say five Hawaiian crows have been released on Maui for the first time as part of an ongoing effort to return the species to its home.
apnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:21 PM
WE COULD USE A SUCCESS ABOUT NOW
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apnews.com/article/hawa...
BIKE BASED BUSINESS
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AP PHOTOS: Starlings, Indonesia's bicycle coffee sellers, peddle the streets of Jakarta
Bicycles roam the streets of Indonesia's capital with dozens of plastic sachets of coffee and other packaged drinks dangling from their handlebars.
apnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:10 PM
BIKE BASED BUSINESS
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apnews.com/article/indo...
Reposted by Brad Boydston
Stores that remove items on the brink of expiration, donate them to food banks and fill up the emptied shelf space with fresher inventory get more revenue from sales and earn higher profits.
Grocery stores that donate expiring food − instead of price discounting or discarding − make higher profits
Supply chain improvements could help lower the food insecurity rate and reduce food waste while boosting profits for retailers.
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Stores that remove items on the brink of expiration, donate them to food banks and fill up the emptied shelf space with fresher inventory get more revenue from sales and earn higher profits.