Somewhere, probably even in your neighborhood, there’s a modestly-dressed mom, surveying whatever baked goods she has just removed from the oven. There are children playing nearby and she is thinking about what she needs to do before her husband arrives home from work. However this tranquil scene may not be all it seems. Such a… Read More The real tradwives of Modernland
Artificial intelligence is all the rage, with machine and language models presenting all sorts of new tools for creators. Rev Fisk wrote last week about his adventures with ChatGPT and you can read about it here. But innovations in the use of A.I. are being released on a daily basis, it seems. Adobe will integrate generative AI models into its new Firefly suite, with users… Read More Almost like the real thing
President Biden made his first presidential veto last week, denying a GOP-sponsored bill. Republican lawmakers sought to cement Trump-era changes to how retirement funds can be invested. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 was introduced to keep fund managers accountable, requiring that maximizing financial returns be the main criteria for investments. The ERISA… Read More My first veto
It possibly depends on who you talk to, but we may have passed peak woke. Phew! The backlash against identitarian ideals does seem to be getting louder, at least in some places. And we’re here for it. A Twitter user’s post has gone viral after she stated that if she were hiring staff, she would disregard applications which… Read More My pronouns are “un/suitable”
This week we pause our regularly scheduled Rev. Fisk programming “Against All Odds” in order to bring you this service announcement: While the banks collapse, ChatGPT is changing the world behind the scenes. You might want to get on board. It may not be for the better, but I know this: if only evil men… Read More ChatGPT For the Win For the War
Money matters continue taking up a lot of space in news pages, as analysis of the demise of Silicon Valley Bank finds it weighed, measured and wanting. Banking and monetary theory is a dizzyingly difficult thing to wrap your head around at any time, but boy howdy, there’s a plenty of theories about this collapse! Many are pointing to… Read More Crisis: partially averted
(Part 1 in the multipart series “Against All Odds”) The history of the Christian Church is an unmitigated, worldly disaster. Believing in Jesus Christ is always an exercise in repentance, but when it comes to the article of faith, “I believe in the Christian Church,” we find the need for meek assessment. For while it cannot… Read More Unbelievable
Members of an Arizona school board have voted to ban student-teachers from Arizona Christian University. The student-teachers were deemed a threat to LGBTQ pupils since ACU holds to biblical marriage. Quizzically, members of the board reasoned that this is not a case of religious discrimination as “there are plenty of Christian denominations who are LGBTQ-friendly”. Albert Mohler addressed… Read More No discrimination detected
The financial world was rocked at the end of last week by the news that a California regulator had shut down Silicon Valley Bank. The bank was mostly patronized by tech companies and start ups and represents the biggest bank collapse since those in the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said… Read More Blew up the bank
Two lawsuits look set to open a bit of a floodgate and we’re here for that. Chloe Cole, an outspoken de-transitioner is suing medical providers for coercing her into “irreversible chemical and surgical interventions” to live as a boy. A similar case is being brought by a woman in Canada, who was “prescribed testosterone and underwent both a bilateral mastectomy… Read More Transgender lawsuits
