Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? The Uncertain Biological Basis of Morality
I think the above article makes the case for contemplation and although it was written in 2013, the message is needed now more than ever.
To answer Dave, who asks when will it be too much for the country to bear? There is already a revolution, the problem is there are multiple revolutions occurring at the same time. Trump’s presidency is a revolution against all the norms of U.S. Government, Constitution be damned. Black Lives Matter is a revolution. COVID-19 is a revolution.
Sitting down to watch hockey, feels like the start of the season except that it’s the first day of August. Strange times indeed.
That moment when one is sitting on their patio and all the air conditioners nearby are off so one can hear nature.
More positive tests with MLB teams, this time the Brewers/Cardinals. Anyone making bets on which day it will be shut down? The odds on the completion of the 60 game season is very, very low. At least this ought to re-affirm just how active COVID-19 is in the community. Now imagine sending your kids to school every day.
The damage of Trump’s election tweet has already been done. The con is all about sowing doubt, and the fact that a POTUS is even willing to suggest it says all that one needs to know. Trump never has understood nor appreciated the Constitution nor the Republic for which it stands, and that was known at the time when he was impeached by the House. In fact, it’s basically why he WAS IMPEACHED! Republicans have been aiding the con since he took office and had a chance to do the right thing in the impeachment trial. You might try to save face, but any claims you make now you bring also on yourself. Any statements to the contrary to anyone who call themselves a Federalist is laughable.
I think that Governor Whitmer has done a good job of managing COVID-19 in Michigan. However, some of the executive orders she has issued don’t make sense. Allowing casinos to re-open, even under strict protocols, in the same statement as closing bars doesn’t help your cause. I know the difference has to do with space and being able to keep distance, but yet that is not going to matter much to the small business owners who are being put out of business again.
What is more dangerous than Trump is what Trump represents, and I think this Vox article on the rise of American authoritarianism does as good a job as any in explaining it.
Here are some really interesting charts on battery life of the Google Pixel phones. I own a Pixel 2, which by my read of the charts is middle of the road in battery life. What is worrisome is that the newer Pixel phones seem to have worse battery life.
Currently reading: The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith by Marcus Borg 📚
Currently reading: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 📚
“The Christian life is not about believing or doing what we need to believe or do so that we can be saved. Rather, it’s about seeing what is already true—that God loves us already—and then beginning to live in this relationship. It is about becoming conscious of and intentional about a deepening relationship with God.”
— The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith by Marcus J. Borg
The fake fans in the Fox Sports baseball broadcast is cute, but I’ve already grown tired of it.
I am testing Pocket for my “read it later” needs. I’ve been using Instapaper but its web app has not been updated in years and seems to perform slower than Pocket. I am hoping that using Readwise to capture my highlights from Pocket will obviate the need to pay for the yearly premium subscription.
I think police unions are one of the beneficiaries of a police state in the United States, and so it is no surprise they welcome the increase military presence.
COVID-19 is back on the rise nearly every where, now it appears to be picking back up in Wisconsin.
If you call yourself a Christian, how do you imagine the Kingdom of God that Jesus constantly talked about looks like? Being one in Christ does NOT mean we are all the same like #AllLivesMatter. Being one in Christ means we see Christ in everyone and everything through our different skin colors, nationalities, and genders.
Finished reading: Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church by Barbara A. Holmes 📚
We went on our biggest trip in months, to the east side (Auburn Hills) to deposit some checks at our bank, then all the way back west to Novi before picking up something to eat and go back home. Maybe 40 miles of driving, some of it even on a freeway. This is what is now considered excitement due to COVID.
The state of the union. People resisting wearing masks during a pandemic because of tyranny. Actual acts of tyranny pass barely noticed. Lazy or intentional misdirection? I keep waiting for the 2nd Amendment / guns rights / “we need these guns to defend against tyranny” people to react to actual tyranny as if they believe what they say, but I guess tyranny only happens when one is told to do something they don’t want to do. I thought that was the definition of a two year old.