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Canady is out in the 2nd inning

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Hmm, maybe a fastball pitcher shouldn't throw three games in a row

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Hey, if you're going to write a paper on the subject of academic writing with AI and you reference a book by me that I NEVER WROTE AND DOESN'T EXIST AT ALL, maybe don't submit it to the journal I edit and where I am literally its first reader (and now perhaps its only reader)

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youth pastor voice You know else always sees sinners, no matter how hard they try to hide?

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seems good

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The softball is wildly entertaining tonight

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The Abduction of Proserpina, by Gregorio Lazzarini, late 17th century, 📸 via @brwalkoff.bsky.social

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Uncle Walter (not really my uncle, just a familiar figure from hundreds of sermons and several seminars). RIP www.walterbrueggemann.com/2025/06/05/i...

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Worth reading. And, spoiler warning:

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Guy Kay being featured in Christianity Today is not something I would have had on my bingo card, but this was a lovely interview and reflection.

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editing my 17 year old daughter's English essay and, yup, there are all the syntax and grammar issues I get from my undergrads, plus some of the most obvious padding meet wordcount that I've ever seen. Apparently I haven't magically taught her to write through osmosis. Will have to get on that.

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YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING... the Sooners are inevitable. Down to their last strike, they tie it

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OOOOOOOOklahoma!

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WHAT? Texas Tech pulls off the straight steal of home (and grabs second as well)

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Shem, to Japheth at the reunion:

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New #HamOnt LRT details are out. Planning began in 2011, the year of my first non-contract job. I've been joking for years that they won't finish it by the time I retire. The new plan now states the LRT is a 'Metrolinx 2041' priority. I can retire in 2039. assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload...

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Do. Not. Disturb. The. Mysterious. Ancient. Rune-inscribed. Skull-adorned. Ring. Found. In. The. Idyllic. Countryside. Seriously, there's a whole book about this. And movies. Long ones!

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This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a forgotten password.

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Possibly of interest to @joeposnanski.com and @kentremendous.bsky.social. Like Mike, I am the GameChanger parent. Also, like Mike, I have a mission not to award unnecessary stolen bases. So, the typical runners on 1st and 3rd situation that leads to an auto-steal, I call defensive indifference.

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An unbelievable twist. A new book by @sarahspain.com. And Sir Mix-a-Lot, of course, to whom @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social dedicates this episode: youtu.be/SmLQUJexh5s?...

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I asked Google if there is a commentary on 1Cor written by Martin Luther. The AI invented one, gave a short introduction and a summary. 🫣

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Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..

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‘The parallels between Hannibal and Scipio are pretty tenuous: both spent years campaigning in foreign lands; both careers ended in bitter failure, brought down by domestic rivals; and that’s about it.’ Michael Kulikowski on a double biography of the two generals: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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prison rules in OT, apparently

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How did I not realize that Morn from DS9 was clearly an anagram of Norm from Cheers?

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Two episodes in Andor Season 2, and I have to say that naming the imperial propaganda arm "The Ministry of Enlightenment" is some top-tier Orwellian villainy.

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welp, now that the Leafs season is done, time for something happy and uplifting. How 'bout some exciting, swashbuckling sci-fi action? Time to dive into season 2 of Andor* in case it's not clear, this is a joke

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