Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to others*
Christianity: (and Politics) Joel Edmund Anderson is not happy with our habit of picking a verse that seems to back up our position, but ignoring the biblical and cultural context. He points out examples from both major positions -- conservative and progressive.
Computing:
Gizmodo reports that children with mobile phones receive a
mind-blowing number of notifications each day.
Gizmodo also reports that there's a deepfake, based on the appearance and sound of Tom Hanks, that's being used to sell on-line. Hanks has nothing to do with the fake.
Politics: The Conversation has a post on "conservative" and "liberal" Supreme Court justices -- they aren't easy to categorize.
CBS News tells us about the more than a dozen government shutdowns since 1980.
Science: ScienceAlert discusses dog-like animals in
South America (there are four species there), and a
new hybrid between a pampas fox (one of them) and a domestic dog.
Gizmodo reports on a study that indicates that, 250 million years from
now, the
present continents will have merged into one, and that land mass will not be suitable for mammalian life.
And Gizmodo gives us a guide to the solar eclipse coming soon to the western hemisphere.
Gizmodo also reports on a study that indicates that some
elephants are considerably better than others at solving puzzles.
Gizmodo also reports that some scientists claim that elephants,
humans, and bonobos
are self-domesticated -- they have become more social and less
aggressive towards others of the same species.
*I try not to include items that require a password or fee to view
Thanks for reading.
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