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APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (DE)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICE
Foreword by N. Irish philosopher #PeterRollins.
So, happy #Lent a week in -- but it's not too late to give up God for a season. My book can help! 😁
Links and book description following in thread!
#theism
#atheism
#pyrotheology
#RadicalTheology
#DeathOfGodTheology
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'Grandpas' got together to help kids. Scientists say it boosts the elders' health, too
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/26/g-s1-55822/volunteer-retirement-health-benefits-grandpas-united?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Health @health-npr
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/i…
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #elonmusk #nazi #corruption #doge
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’s internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have…Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
"Asked about dental care and pharmacare, two programs the Liberals established over their last term in government, Poilievre pledged to “protect these programs.”"
nationalpost.com/news/politics…
I hope all the people who've been claiming Mr. Poilievre would cancel these programmes will now mention his pledge to keep them.
Be sceptical if you want, but it's only fair to note what a politician promises.
#pharmacare #DentalCare
#CanPol #cdnpoli #elxn45
#NationalPost
Poilievre promises to 'protect' dental care, after Liberals accuse him of wanting to 'eliminate' it
Poilievre promises to "protect" dental care, after Liberals accuse him of wanting to "eliminate."Stephanie Taylor (National Post)
@annecavicchi That's probably right. If expanding pharmacare and dental care are your main political goals, it would be a mistake to support Mr. Poilievre. Probably Mr. Singh is the leader most likely to expand such programmes.
Thank you again to @andypiper@maxaw.social for joining me on today's #FiresideFedi. And thank you to all of those working with the #Mastodon group, every #admin, everyone that's chosen to make the #Fediverse their #home. You all are what make this the greatest platform it can be.
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
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As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation,” an expert said.
propublica.org/article/elon-mu…
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The US FINCEN (Financial Crimes unit of the FBI) has started getting more forceful in demanding that companies file a "BOI" - a statement of beneficial ownership or interest. The idea is to make it easier to figure out who actually owns, operates, and controls companies that exist under complicated webs of owning corporations and trusts.
Whether that BOI system will continue under FFOTUS is an open question.
A recent lawsuit highlights the vulnerability of programs intended to promote DEI.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
In de VS is ophef ontstaan over een journalist die kon meelezen met een groepschat van de Trump-regering. Het is slordig en onverantwoord en zet mensenlevens op het spel. De schuld bij de app leggen, is een manier om eigen fouten te verbloemen.
If (Art) Then {Plot} T-Shirt | Forge & Craft
Code Your Creativity! Celebrate the intersection of art, coding, and creativity with this stylish and witty t-shirt.Forge & Craft
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I painstakingly created a clean, bulletproof Facebook account, and it worked. Finally, able to interact with dumbfuck events and businesses using only Facebook online. Just now, I missed the VPN disconnect notification, and clicked on a Facebook link. And now my new account is banned.
Well, fuck.
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maybe if you dip the banana in warm water you'll become unstoppable?
I honestly wonder what fraction of Youtube is paid for by people lying about basic nutrition and wifi security.
ChatGPT Gets Native AI Image Generation
Users can drop prompts (and images) and get AI-generated images within the regular ChatGPT window, thanks to GPT-4o. It's available now to Plus, Pro, Team, and Free users with limitations.Jibin Joseph (PCMag)
Boeing seeks to withdraw guilty plea deal in deadly crashes of 737 MAX jets
reuters.com/business/aerospace…
#news #business #boeing #planecrash #guilty
I mean maybe... but that's not reportable... explain your ideas and feelings in the Market Place of Ideas (tm) IDK.
🟣 Purple Day! 💜
Our purple hold-down clamps are here to steal the show! 🛠️
• Fits t-track perfectly
• Safe for CNC & woodworking
• Developed for our pasta machine base
• Available in kit or solo
No purple people eaters - just precision and style!
#PurpleDay #WoodworkingTools #HeartwooodAndSteel
The Universe should be full of alien civilizations. Why can’t we find any?
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…
1. Space is very big and stars are very far apart
2. All evidence to date and our best theories of physics say FTL travel is impossible (yes, I know about “warp drives," and they are impossible too AFAWK).
3. The closest one may be too far away to detect.
4. Only a few survive long enough.
NPR and PBS heads appear on Capitol Hill to answer allegations of bias
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5339951/npr-pbs-congress-hearing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Brädgård" (lumber yard) and "Staket" (fence)
Yeah, I wish I had any idea of how to stop that. Not really because I value my own stuff so much, but because I really dislike "AI" and don't want to help it in any way.
Torsten Hoefler of ETH Zurich is the recipient of the 2024 ACM Prize in Computing for fundamental contributions to high-performance computing and the ongoing AI revolution
Hoefler developed many of the core capabilities of modern supercomputers and defined key aspects of the algorithms for distributing AI models on them.awards.acm.org
universalhub.com/2025/ice-disa…
#Massachusetts
ICE disappears a Tufts graduate student in Somerville
Regime agents yesterday arrested a Tufts graduate student, possibly for the thought crime of co-authoring an article on a campus news site last year criticizing the school's official position on the war in Gaza and demanding it divest itself of Israe…Universal Hub
#Pittsburgh backpackandsnorkel.com/USA/Pit…
SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF PITTSBURGH'S GOLDEN TRIANGLE (PART 1) - Pittsburgh Purple Travel Guide
Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle is very walkable and many attractions are within walking distance from each other. This self-guided walking tour of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle covers the highlights in architecture, history and culture.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released an open source project called Rayhunter. It is designed to run on an inexpensive (~$20) mobile hotspot and look for signs of mobile spying devices called cell-site simulators. Also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, they masquerade as legitimate cellphone towers, tricking phones w/in a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet…
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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The Greenpeace verdict is a warning sign for protest rights
Human rights and First Amendment lawyers say Energy Transfer’s case against Greenpeace is part of an escalating attack on nonprofits and protestors.Emily Sanders (ExxonKnews)
DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5339842/doge-data-access-privacy-act-social-security-treasury-opm-lawsuit?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Intelligence officials to testify before Congress about war plans leaking on Signal
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5339796/intelligence-officials-to-testify-before-congress-about-war-plans-leaking-on-signal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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COVID-19 gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect our preparedness for the next pandemic
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5341297/covid-19-gave-rise-to-vaccine-skepticism-that-may-affect-our-preparedness-for-the-next-pandemic?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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alright... made it over to Makertube as well now if you prefer following me there:
makertube.net/c/banjoguyollie_…
I'll slowly be uploading most of the back catalog of covers and new covers.
Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03…
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #science #health #medicine #equity
Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research
The Trump administration is canceling dozens of National Institutes of Health grants funding health equity research, including work studying Black maternal and fetal health and HIV.Jessie Hellmann (Medical Xpress)
🇪🇷Götterdämmerung
in reply to Court Cantrell prefers not to • • •With the Spring Semester behind me, I've finally snagged a copy of your book.
A Lentent exploration of (un)knowing God sounds like a theological feast for the spiritually hungry & philosophically restless. I'll be reading it at the pace it deserves. Unhurried, thoughtful & caffeinated.
