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I’ve used the giftful app before. It essentially pins links to a wishlist.
I think it's simultaneously this and the fact that many enthusiasts seem to have a narrow sense of what job tasks are/can look like. There's a lot of "you don't understand what AI can do" coming at some of us and a legitimate response is "you don't understand what I can do, and need to, in my job."
ICYMI: Bernard Lafeyette, who cofounded SNCC and helped lead the Nashville sit-in movement before his activism in Selma for voting rights, died at 85 last week. Here's my and @kirstenfiscus.bsky.social's story in @usatoday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Call for Papers: "Paul's Letter to the Romans and Christian Theology" Conference
We (St Andrews and our friends at Princeton) are hosting a conference in Princeton on 23–25 October. You can propose a paper (until 31 March) and/or register at this link: ptsem.edu/event/pauls-...
Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, a U.S. citizen from Skokie, spent nearly 30 hours in custody by federal immigration officials after she was detained at O’Hare Airport last week. She was later released out of a facility in Wisconsin. Naqvi's sister called the experience "terrifying."
Fox keeps showing the Luxembourg flag 🇱🇺 instead of the Netherlands flag 🇳🇱 when their players are at bat
Readers who love nonfiction will always read nonfiction. The real shift isn’t demand, it’s attention. Books are competing in a much louder ecosystem now, but long-form thinking still and always will matter!
A WBEZ survey of the 46 Democratic congressional candidates in four key races shows the few hopefuls getting AIPAC-linked support would not answer yes or no on putting strict conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel.
The Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, has been extended to 11:59PM ET on March 9. Don't miss this chance to engage the global community of biblical scholarship. buff.ly/4hRL28M
There are over 100 people under quarantine in Camp East Montana in El Paso due to a measles outbreak. This is due to the lack of sanitation there, experts say.
This is my update to the story I wrote early today.
I don’t think it’s a big driver for most, but it seems like one for Hegseth and people he’s connected to. My sense is there are people for whom it is a big deal, but even in the church I attended that tried to teach dispensationalism to first graders, it wasn’t that big.
Human Authored is a project of the Authors Guild that allows an author to certify that their book is created by a human. “Human Authored” means that the text of the book was written by a human and not generated by AI, with the exception of minimal uses, such as AI applications that check spelling and grammar or for brainstorming or research.
So cool that @authorsguild.org has a place where members can go to certify that they did not use AI in writing their books... go.authorsguild.org/account/huma...
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A screenshot of a large group of people facing a heavily damaged building. A few of them are scaling the rubble. A headline reads: "Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School" Photo by IRIB TV, via Agence France-Presse
During the U.S.-Israeli attack in Iran on Saturday, dozens of people, most of them likely children, were killed when a strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab and a high school in Tehran, according to Iranian health officials, state media and a human rights group. trib.al/y3MsQLC
We deserve congressional representation that won’t enable Trump’s unconstitutional wars and we deserve fair elections, free of interference from PACs.
AIPAC is pouring millions of dollars into Chicago area primaries and some candidates backed by AIPAC have refused to answer questions about whether there should be strict conditions on military aid to Israel. AIPAC is supporting some of the biggest names in these races.
www.wbez.org/politics/202...
who could have seen AI become weaponized by a corrupt government, except for literally everyone, as well as decades of science fiction
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
PSA for UGA Press authors (all authors, really): There is a proliferation of sophisticated AI phishing scams going around. Many look legit b/c they hide behind the banner of a "book club." Please don't engage them! Here's a good blog post on the phenomenon. https://loom.ly/ahTL8A0
I'm told that it's been a year since my book on C. S. Lewis came out as an audiobook and they are running a special discount in celebration! Feel free to take a listen if you haven't had a chance already.
It's Ash Wednesday! If you're looking for Lenten companion material that's a little different from your standard devotional, I wrote a book that recommends movies for all six weeks of Lent, plus Holy Week and Easter: share.google/NQTQkr4kchEZ...
Please enjoy this. You will never see a happier pup,
“‘When the choice is between your safety and even, like, life, the choice is not, Oh, I chose to retire. No, I was pushed out,’ Papadakis says.”
"Pappas is running for re-election as county treasurer, a post she’s held since 1998. She has no challengers in the March 17 Democratic primary, and has floated running for mayor in the 2027 election," @adquig.bsky.social reports
Cover of the book Decoy Saves Opening Day with Shohei Ohtani petting his dog Decoy
Stickers, a bookmark, and a bookplate signed by Shohei Ohtani for the book Decoy Saves Opening Day
I was beyond excited to get my copy of Decoy Saves Opening Day by Shohei Ohtani, and the stickers and bookmark from @honestdogbooks.bsky.social were a delightful surprise
It makes a difference to me that my current priest actually listens to me and is fine with my questions. I liked the idea of confirmation at a previous church, but being taught EFS in class and the fact that the bishop who prayed over me at confirmation has since been defrocked changed things.
For me it completely depends upon the church context. I’m wary of churches where membership is a multi page contract that involves signing off on not questioning church leadership, but at my current church it means calling the church home and voting on major decisions.
My professor’s lecture on reading Ecclesiastes in an age of empire with “there is nothing new under the sun” felt very appropriate today.
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