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There is a claim at the centre of contemporary Zionist politics that deserves to be examined on its own terms rather than simply accepted or rejected on political grounds. The claim is this: God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people through an ancient covenant, and that covenant establishes an absolute and permanent … Read more
There is an idea so old it appears in Leviticus and so radical it has never been fully implemented — and so structurally precise that it addresses the housing crisis, the concentration of wealth, and the breakdown of social cohesion in a single move. It is the Jubilee land tenure principle. And it deserves a … Read more
There is a serious theological argument for the position that hierarchy is divinely ordained. It deserves to be stated plainly before it is examined. The argument runs like this: Genesis 2 is not a departure from Genesis 1 but its natural development — one level of created order giving way to another, more structured and … Read more
Here is a stream from ChatGPT where it cannot decide on the correct answer and progressively looses its cool. The topic is Korean grammar. Here is the question: What is 추다 conjugation to (ㅂ)습니다 Answer from ChatGPT:
https://theconversation.com/first-robodebt-now-ndis-and-aged-care-how-computers-still-decide-who-gets-care-280711 Some interesting points, and all relevant to algorithmic assessment – in this case for the elderly and impacting on the government support they receive. Some relevant quotes: The key ethical problems in algorithmic decision-making relate to opacity, discretion and accountability. In other words, problems relate to whether the people affected can see how the system works, … Read more
https://theconversation.com/demosau-gives-labor-one-of-its-worst-poll-results-this-term-280270 Here are some quotes The Poll Bludger reported a national DemosAU poll for Capital Brief that was conducted April 8–14 from a sample of 1,439. Primary votes were 26% Labor (down three since the February DemosAU poll), 26% One Nation (down two), 23% Coalition (up two), 13% Greens (up one) and 12% for all Others (up two). … Read more
This is a genuine question, not a rhetorical one. If you supported Donald Trump — if you still do — what do you see in him that others are missing? Not the media caricature, not the opposition’s version. What did he represent to you, and does he still? Because the grievances that brought him to … Read more
The Guardian has published a detailed account of the theology animating Pete Hegseth’s conduct as US Secretary of Defense — the Crusader tattoos, the Pentagon worship services, the framing of the Iran war as divinely sanctioned, the school bombing that killed more than 175 people, most of them children, met without remorse. It is worth … Read more
History was made this week. NASA’s Artemis II crew — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — have returned safely to Earth after completing humanity’s first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. Over 10 days aboard Integrity, the four astronauts flew 700,237 miles, swung around the … Read more
The man of tragedy flees his dire destiny through action — and in those actions, completes it. There is a structural pattern that appears across the oldest stories of Western civilisation — in Greek tragedy, in the Hebrew Bible, and at the founding moment of the Christian faith itself. A man receives a prophecy of … Read more