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Nick Freiling

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Dad*5. Entrepreneur. Incurable generalist. 'Too serious.' Words at @TheophaneiaX, @FrontPorchRepub. 'Love alone is credible' ~HUvB ❤️‍🔥

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Nick Freiling
Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
"I am quite certain that neither love nor grief can ever be excessive; each is its own absolute measure, and knows its own proper proportions. And, as a rule, we generally fail to love or grieve nearly as much as we ought to do." ~David Bentley Hart
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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
Flannery O'Connor on the terrible cost of religion 👇 "I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but I can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened. A faith that just accepts is a child's faith and all right for children, but eventually you have to grow religiously as every other way, though some never do. What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross. It is much harder to believe than not to believe. If you feel you can't believe, you must at least do this: keep an open mind. Keep it open toward faith, keep wanting it, keep asking for it, and leave the rest to God."
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Nick Freiling
Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
@freganmitts "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh..."
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Megan Fritts
Megan Fritts@freganmitts·
@NickFreiling that's exactly how I am. I'd love to have more control or discipline over my reading/writing cycles but as hard as I've tried to do this for 15+ years it just never happens. I'm completely at its mercy.
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Megan Fritts
Megan Fritts@freganmitts·
It’s been a weird year for me in a lot of ways, but most notably it’s been the exact opposite of last year. Last year I read nonstop, couldn’t write anything, and had a crisis. This year I’m writing nonstop but I cannot make myself read *anything*. The crisis part is the same.
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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
I go through these same cycles. I try to lean into them, but usually I realize in the course of either trying to read or write that there was some idea nagging in my subconscious that wasn't going to allow me to focus on much else until I either wrote out my thoughts *perfectly* or read someone who was thinking the *exact* same thing. But I only realize this by chance – when I happen to find the words. Last time it was reading The Sibyl (Pär Lagerkvist) that kicked me back into gear. I don't exactly know why, but everything just made a little more sense after I read that. Took me only 2-3 days to finish – short enough that I didn't get discouraged before it was done.
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Megan Fritts
Megan Fritts@freganmitts·
I’ve probably tried to start 5+ books in the last two months and when I open them I feel panicked and cannot do it.
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Nick Freiling
Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
@BMcGrewvy Yeah, absolutely. Frankly, that kind of AI has been around for a decade – nobody complained about it until people started using LLMs to write for them.
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Bethel McGrew
Bethel McGrew@BMcGrewvy·
Very rare that I disagree with Annie around AI stuff, but I actually do part ways a bit with her here. The OP she's reacting to is someone who had AI help him create an app. I think that sort of thing is harmless. It's not a subversion the way having AI write for you is.
Annie Crawford@annielcrawford

How this sounds to me: I made my first ugly, kitschy Christmas ornament with a foam crafting kit from Hobby Lobby. I know nothing about making foam! I have 100 more ideas for foam ornaments no one needs! What a time to be alive! As if a world with 1 billion unskilled people making 100 apps is a great world? We are just building digital garbage dumps at this point, aren’t we?

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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
@LexDecs I've always said this app should show you your bookmark to posts in your For You feed sometimes. I never go back to look at mine.
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Josh@LexDecs·
A toxic trait of mine is I bookmark too many books recommendations from rando accs.
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Jonathan Pageau
Jonathan Pageau@PageauJonathan·
Short version: the movie is a Trojan Horse.
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Jonathan Pageau@PageauJonathan·
First thoughts on The Odyssey. There is a scene at the very beginning of the film in which, in the absence of his father, Telemachus is being trained by the blind Eumaeus, Odysseus’s loyal servant. Eumaeus warns that the reason Telemachus is constantly being bested by his sparring partner is that his defense is too quick. He must move more slowly, open his chest, invite the attack, and use his opponent’s momentum against him. In the spirit of Odysseus, deep trickery is at work in this film. Don’t let the apparent compromises fool you. The Odyssey is an absolute triumph. It is made with a profound love for the source material, filled with deep pathos: the return of the father, the elevation of the son, and the restoration of proper order despite all the sins perpetrated by the guardians of that order. It is a film about the end of one world and the beginning of another; about remembrance, return, and the perpetuation of an order after a long wandering through chaos. It’s The Odyssey.
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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
An endorsement from someone who you should trust on these things.
Jonathan Pageau@PageauJonathan

First thoughts on The Odyssey. There is a scene at the very beginning of the film in which, in the absence of his father, Telemachus is being trained by the blind Eumaeus, Odysseus’s loyal servant. Eumaeus warns that the reason Telemachus is constantly being bested by his sparring partner is that his defense is too quick. He must move more slowly, open his chest, invite the attack, and use his opponent’s momentum against him. In the spirit of Odysseus, deep trickery is at work in this film. Don’t let the apparent compromises fool you. The Odyssey is an absolute triumph. It is made with a profound love for the source material, filled with deep pathos: the return of the father, the elevation of the son, and the restoration of proper order despite all the sins perpetrated by the guardians of that order. It is a film about the end of one world and the beginning of another; about remembrance, return, and the perpetuation of an order after a long wandering through chaos. It’s The Odyssey.

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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
@pjfahey He's a deep thinker! I've appreciated his homilies over the years.
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Paul Joseph
Paul Joseph@pjfahey·
…We have to find our way between relativism and fundamentalism, toward truth that is ultimately deep and mysterious. We must be confident in our faith and confident in proclaiming it yet humble enough to learn from other people.”
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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
I wish I could have been in the room when this decision was made. I imagine it was some intern in the corner who was trying to make a joke. "Hey, we could tie the shuttle to the back of a plane lol!"
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Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
@PhilipDBunn Maybe he just wants to win another war? Iran War I and Iran War II?
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Philip Bunn
Philip Bunn@PhilipDBunn·
I was assured we had achieved all our military objectives.
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter

BREAKING: President Trump has formally notified US Congress that the US is at war with Iran, per Politico. Details include: 1. The move gives Trump another 60 days to use the military in the region without congressional approval 2. Trump said strikes that began on July 7th represent "military action consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and US interests both at home and abroad" 3. Trump also just said that he will "hit Iran hard" tonight amid mounting tensions The Iran War appears to be back again.

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Nick Freiling
Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
Eh, I think this is fine, given the timing of everything. It's happened before that a spouse was appointed to a seat, and (assuming Darline isn't interested in running for the six-year term) it stays out of the way of the primary – the governor is endorsing no particular person or ideology, this way.
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Billy Binion
Billy Binion@billybinion·
I'm sincerely sorry for this woman's loss, but this is not how this should work. Senate seats—which represent millions of people—aren't supposed to be given out as a kind gesture. All this does is reinforce the idea that Congress is performance art.
Rapid Response 47@RapidResponse47

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Nick Freiling
Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
When possible, I like to get news from local sources. I support local journalism, and local-beat journalists often have deeper context surrounding events that national outlets typically just instrumentalize toward some bigger, scarier narrative. Things aren't always as they seem on X. But almost without fail, local news websites are so overloaded with ads and pop-ups that I can't even see the page. It will take ~10 seconds to load, then the viewing window to see the actual content covers just a tiny fraction of the screen (the rest filled with ads and auto-play videos). It's a waste of my time, so I click away. It's a shame.
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David J. Bier
David J. Bier@David_J_Bier·
ICE apparently shot and killed another person in Maine today, and they have pushed all observers and media 7-8 blocks away from the scene.
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Nick Freiling
Nick Freiling@NickFreiling·
Yes. I think the bigger issue here is the belief that a prosperous society is a definite outcome of prevailing faith in Jesus Christ – that Christian faith precipitates "human flourishing" on economic margins. So the idea that Christian love might result in economic loss seems...off. I often see Christian political commentators blame material problems on lack of prevailing Christian faith, as if widespread Christian faith would necessarily cascade into a "flourishing" society. I think this is something people are tempted to believe when they are wealthy. But these things are not related in any way. They have *nothing* to do with one another. In fact, Christian faith entails a rejection of worldly prosperity *as such.* Insofar as faith is understood or experienced as a means to secure any outcome – to build a better nation, a stronger family, or even a more "moral" culture – it is not Christian.
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