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 I read/heard at least four journalistic efforts about the podcast between Hassan Piker, Jia Tollentino, and Nadya Spiegelman where they discussed committing crimes themselves and what crimes they consider acceptable (theft, murder, vandalism) because of their Marxist ideology.  I have heard a lot of conservative moaning and groaning about these rich kids justifying shoplifting lemons from Whole Foods. "Aren't I cool?" is the undercurrent to their laughing conversation about Bryan Thompson's murder to Mangione, etc.  And I'm driving the U.S. Route 41 By-pass around Dalton, Georgia, dodging traffic, trying to get home, thinking, "How many American citizens give a crapola about what these three idiots have to say? Like me, they are trying to get through traffic, pay bills, pick up kids from school, make their mortgage, take an elderly parent to the doctor, etc. etc.  The journalists and chattering classes do not live where the rest of us do. Twitter users v. gu...

  https://newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/your-body-is-a-temple-so-act?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=2pwl1&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email This substack article from Alan Noble calls for a radical transformation in our view of and treatment of the human body as the temple of the Holy Spirit. 

 I read Joel Miller's Substack (not sure how I got started) because he does thoughtful book reviews. Here is one worth reading: https://www.millersbookreview.com/p/no-books-are-not-remotely-too-expensive?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=564548&post_id=194518187&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2pwl1&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email If you can't get to it, essentially he defends the costs of new books (especially in retail stores) because they have stayed below inflation for other things in the market. He uses the costs of the original To Kill a Mockingbird and The Fellowship of the Ring in the early 1960s: $3.95 and $5.00.  Today a hardcopy of TKAM is $27.99, but if it had followed inflation rates for everything else, it would  be $43.00.  He then presents a clear argument about what you're getting for that $19.99 or $24.99 you pay for a new book. As a writer, I appreciate this. As someone who works closely wi...

 I feel as if I have been in a funk recently. For one, I've been suffering, off and on, from sinusitis and pink eye, of all things, for over a week and am beginning to feel some relief from antibiotics I got too late in the game, as usual. My husband , of course, caught it from me, so I've been dealing with his as well. Nothing can make you feel funkish like conjunctivitis, which I have not had since my son was a toddler and I worked in the church nursery. To someone who spends most of her time reading and too much of it from a screen, this is miserable, and even two types of antibiotics (oral and drops) have not given total relief yet. Of course, there is the pollen and dryness right now. O Lord, send rain! I should be elated, as my eleventh novel is to be published in late-ish summer, and we are working on the launch and revisions. This one is going to get what it deserves, finally. Although I am not 100% happy with it yet. The title and cover should get sales, though. Whethe...

 Nice article on the subject:  https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/to-write-well-is-human-ai-writing-editing-church/ However, I think the writer is a little soft on people who use Generative AI. Its use is pure deception (if not admitted to upfront) and there is no reason to make excuses for them. 

 I am speaking of his bizarre tweets/social media posts about Pope Leo, and the AI where he is dressed like an imagined image of Jesus and healing someone.  I think his associates should stand far away from him when he gets struck by lightning.  He has been called King Cyrus because of helping the Jews. He is more like Nebuchadnezzar, although he has surpassed Neb's nonsense in Daniel 4:28. I would say Trump would be walking around in madness but I think that has already happened.  God help us. It would be an answer to prayer to have leaders we need rather than those we deserve.