SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
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"The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by 'the veil of familiarity.' The child enjoys his cold meat, otherwise dull to him, by pretending it is buffalo, just killed with his own bow and arrow. And the child is wise. The real meat comes back to him more savory for having been dipped in a story . . . by putting bread, gold, horse, apple, or the very roads into a myth, we do not retreat from reality: we rediscover it." — C.S. Lewis
My Jr higher was asking about reliable news sources.
I suggested to him that people used to think good news was information that aligned with reality.
Today we get alignment with a narrative regardless of reality.
I settle for sources with a declared bias because then you know how to filter it.
Funny to see a post yesterday about how people should be scared of Fox News CoMiNg fOr yOuR FaMiLy.
Fox is going after the guy that the "Fox news is ScArY" crowd are upset about.
In a situation with one of my teen sons that seems hopeless.
And yet, God does pretty good with hopeless.
May we not grow completely weary.
Yesterday I thought, wait.... Have we ever seen Lemon and Carson in the same room?
Now the same lawyer represents both.
Here's my theory.... Fox and CNN realized they had someone working in disguise at a competitor and let him go.
But which is the costume? Was Carson dressed to as Lemon to make a mockery of leftists, or was Lemon dressed up as Carson to make a mockery of Conservatives?
https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-don-lemon-lawyer-110412342.html
Dude in medieval armor expertly explains why he's pro-death penalty and why pro-abortion arguments are immoral
Met a #Denver Mayoral candidate today. He knocked on my door and we chatted for a few minutes.
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@tylerdave I've been happy with https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms for a month or so after needing a new app for the same reason.
I've stayed on target with #running with the 1% daily cardio distance increase, only skipping a run once per month so far. Cracked 2 miles daily this weekend.
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“Sorry, Pippin, but I don’t think they serve second breakfast in hell, either…”
Regardless of whether you intend it or recognize it, the structures around you form who you are. The way your time is structured, the way your spaces, home, workplace, church are structured are all formative. They all influence who you are.
We shape the world we live in, which in turn shapes us.
(My takeaway from a discussion spawned out of my admiration of - and a friend's disgust for - the beautifully ornate architecture of the historic churches in San Francisco, as compared to a equally expensive multi use conference center of a church facility.)
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Salesforce Partners with OpenAI to Launch Einstein GPT AI to Rival ChatGPT
https://www.coinspeaker.com/salesforce-partners-openai-launch-einstein-gpt/
#StoryoftheDay #BusinessNews #einsteingpt #MarketNews #salesforce #google #openai #News #Bard
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Jesus both loved people for who they were and called for repentance. I'd like to suggest that different Christian traditions tend to favour one of those sides. But loving people without calling for repentance leaves people stuck in sin. Calling for repentance without loving people is judgmentalism.
God's kindness leads us to repentance. We need both.
The tricky question is: how can we make sure that we don't get stuck on only one side?
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Many software engineers will only take a job if remote work is an option and will likely quit if their employer mandates a return to the office, according to Hired's annual software engineering study. https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/news/365531979/Nearly-40-of-software-engineers-will-only-work-remotely
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@pmarca: "Buy paper copies of all books you plan to ever read. Do it now. [screenshot]"
“The GSFA is no longer able to recognise the present Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rt Hon and Most Rev Justin Welby, as the ‘first among equals’ leader of the global Communion,” the statement said.
“He has sadly led his House of Bishops to make the recommendations that undergirded the General Synod motion on ‘Living in Love and Faith’, knowing that they run contrary to the faith and order of the orthodox provinces in the Communion whose people constitute the majority in the global flock.
SecondJon
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It’s a beautiful day to remember your mortality and forsake your sins.
SecondJon
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One I saw by James Heale elsewhere:
> There’d be a rich irony if it was Britain’s first Hindu PM who took back the power to appoint CofE bishops.
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
