Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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The posts in this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can copy and use this material, as long as you aren't making money from it. If you give me credit, thanks. If not, OK.
Friday, November 28, 2025
Sunspots 992
Gizmodo reports on a woman who married an artificially intelligent entity that she created in cyberspace. Really.
Gizmodo also reports that moss plants survived conditions in space, such as temperatures from -196 to 55 degrees Celsius.
Gizmodo warns against giving AI - enabled toys for Christmas (or at any other time).
Gizmodo also reports that many pro-MAGA X accounts are actually not based in North America.
Reuters News reports on how the Trump administration has treated over 200 people or entities perceived as being enemies of that administration, or of Trump.
Labels:
Artificial Intelligence,
Donald Trump,
MAGA,
marriage,
retribution,
toys
Monday, November 10, 2025
Sunspots 991
Ken Schenck has been writing an up-to-date version of C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters. Here is the 23rd chapter.
A Conversation writer discusses maps created for her stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, arguably the most importaant writer of fantastic literature in the past several decades.
The New Republic reports that obese people may not be allowed to get a US Visa.
Labels:
c. s. lewis,
fantastic literature,
fat,
maps,
obesity,
temptation,
The Screwtape Letters,
travel,
Ursula K. Le Guin,
visas
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