For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

I don't pay taxes just so that the Zucks and Musks of the world can use it to burn down the world.

The sooner national governments stop bailing out the plagiarism-ecocide industry with money better spent on schools, healthcare, and public services, the better.

The infrastructure of meaninglessness Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which...

“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”

collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...

Matthew 25 | NRSV the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me. " Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 3 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?' 40 And the king will answer them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.

Matthew 25 | NRSV family, you did it to me? E a Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. 4 Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?' 45 Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

If American evangelicals were actually biblical literalists, ICE wouldn’t exist.

Dictionaries: The original LLM is still the best LLM.

Danielle Smith's 4-year contract for Bruce McAllister to belittle Albertans is $737,000 in salary and $88,000 in pension benefits, for a total of $825,000 paid to do what he did at public forums. It's a disgrace. #ableg

Danielle Smith's 4-year contract for Bruce (Spanky) McAllister to belittle Albertans is $737,000 in salary and $88,000 in pension benefits, for a total of $825,000 paid to do what he did at public forums.
It's a disgrace.
#ableg

petition for law schools to start hiring bible profs with expertise in hermeneutics.

interpreting texts is an exercise of power - something clarence clearly understands, btw. but all of us need to clock how appeals to “originalism” (and walk backs like these) are exercises of power too.

The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem. bell hooks, The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love, 2004

Good morning to the men who are doing the work of dismantling the toxic structures installed in them by violence!

I’m beyond bored with forced car dependency.

Forced car dependency is bad and we really need to interrogate & fix it.

Designing our cities around cars is unsafe, expensive, bad for the climate & our own health.

We can do better.

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

i know we have to "push back" or whatever but this administration has us saying the goofiest, most obvious shit. late night hosts are allowed to make jokes. actually, WE pay tariffs. no, that's not how tylenol works. could be solving climate change but instead we're debunking middle school rumors

You threaten to conquer a country a whole bunch of times and all of a sudden people get all mad bsky.app/profile/step...

Hooray for #Upcycling!

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If you have yet to read Jesus and John Wayne, that could be a great way to "honor" this monster's legacy...

graphic of a gold star written "has never even opened ChatGPT"

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

Join us for a candid conversation about how Edmonton can balance our need for more affordable housing options and the costs of expanding suburban development, while preserving the things that make our oldest neighbourhoods such great places to live.

6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’

$4.00 to see Nirvana open for The Hip in 1989.

A cat poster in the style of a later 20th century soviet propaganda poster. The image is of a close-up, side profile of a cat. The cat is painted in bright yellows and oranges and the background is also yellow such that the cat blends in somewhat with the background. The warm colours are emphasized by streaks of blue in the fur and contrasted with a blue bandana with small yellow star. The image suggests happiness, basking in the sun on a warm day. Below the image are the words in bold: "Find your spot in the sun! We all prosper in the warmth of solidarity and compassion." Signed N.Nun.

"Find Your Spot in the Sun" (2019)
We all want a brighter day, but how do we get there? To the warm belong liberating intention and the materialistically humane.

Maybe it wasn't a good idea for higher education to accommodate the higher education haters quite so much

Seems like all that civility isn't paying off

"Check out as guest" should be an option on every digital store front.

Creating an account should not be required.

Providing your phone number should not be required.

2FA should not be required.

Using the app should not be required.

Using Chrome should not be required.

The site should work […]

Queck indeed.

British Library, 14th c. Add. 49.622

Exclusive: Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats are now appearing in Google search results.

Well this is bad. Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations exposing sensitive user data

I tried a few quick searches. I found someone's chat where I can see their api key

I found some building their resume. Their name, email and phone numbers are exposed.

www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...

I'm so tired of hearing that we need to "teach our students how to use AI" when the thing they most need to use it is a critical-thinking skill set that can only be acquired by NOT using it. I'm tired of hearing that it's inevitable. I'm tired.

OpenAI basically says they want college classrooms to be the test site. We’d be paying to be their subjects. No thanks. Pay faculty, hire more faculty.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Harsh but fair. It also lines up with what I've learned studying the dynamics of collapse over the years.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Seriously, stop letting bad politicians own and weaponize the phrase “common sense.”

Take it back.

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,

Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,

Your fan, Mar🐫