Not sponsored (I don’t do that stuff with this, maybe if I do Youtube someday) but we bought this at Sam’s Club after a demonstration, I was skeptical, but it actually really works well on stains

We need to have a serious conversation about overweight people flying on commercial airlines. I’m flying on @AmericanAir and after paying extra money to upgrade my seat, I got stuck next to a man who is 300+ pounds and stripped mid flight. None of the flight attendants wanted to confront him. He smells like 💩 and weed. He’s literally sitting in my seat and keeps touching me. For context, he’s literally 300+ pounds and I’m 120. Why does American Airlines think it’s acceptable to treat people this way?! I tried reaching out discreetly during the flight, but they have no avenues to do that.

I use AI to help illustrate my children’s books. Does that make the art bad? I set the style and scene, then make edits on the image as needed. I would not be able to publish them otherwise.

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

I actually had a conversation with a bishop yesterday about this About the insidious proliferation of A.I everywhere in our lives It's all so exhausting He said something so profound that it made me pause He said we must try everything in our power to do tasks ourselves and not to rely on A.I for as long as we possibly can Even if A.I can do it much faster, even if A.I is more accurate Humans become better humans through struggling, through taking the more difficult path Then he said something that really hit it home He said, "God himself came down to Earth to redeem us, He could've sent an angel and could've saved humanity in 2 seconds. But He chose to struggle with us humans for 33 years" Why? Because God uses His suffering to redeem us God always chooses the more difficult path (for example, choosing to live inside a dark womb for 9 months instead of magically appearing as an adult), so, if we want to connect with God, aka become more like Jesus, we should follow His example and choose the more difficult path too. Yes even if it means something as benign as using MS Paint to design your flyers instead of A.I

I’m always fascinated by Christians who were solidly raised in the faith I mostly know people who either 1) left Christianity entirely or 2) came to it from some source other than their parents If your parents did well on this front, what do you think they did right?

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf