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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Sunspots 794

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:

Christianity: (and health) In Christianity Today, a preacher reflects on his experience when he apparently caught COVID from the worship leader who was on the platform (and singing and talking) with him.

Christianity Today also reports on a survey that indicates that most Christians, especially those who are well off, don't really give very much to charitable causes.

Christianity Today also has published an article on Christian attitudes during a season of on-line dating.

Computing: Gizmo's Freeware suggests that RadioBox is a good, free program for listening to lots of radio stations.

Gizmo's Freeware also suggests a free alternative to Microsoft Office.

And Gizmo's Freeware points us to over 900 free-to-use fonts.

 

Education: Grammarphobia tells us whether "news" is singular or plural.

Environment: Gizmodo reports that internal government documents state that the proposed border wall is the biggest threat to endangered species in the southwest.

Health: Gizmodo discusses the ins and outs of a vaccine for COVID-19.

Politics: (and Christianity) Relevant discusses the moral misguidedness of each of the major political parties.

Christianity Today discusses Joe Biden's Catholic faith.

FiveThirtyEight discusses the probable impact (or not) of Kamala Harris as a vice-presidential candidate.

Relevant discusses the religious background of Kamala Harris.

Science: Gizmodo reports that invading toads are doing well in Qatar, which is not where you'd expect to see toads flourish.

Gizmodo, and other outlets, report that Death Valley has probably had the highest surface temperature ever recorded, during the past few days.

Sports: FiveThirtyEight tells us why left-handed pitchers often do so well.

The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it is free to use like this.

Thanks for looking!

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