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Simon Barrow

@simonbarrow

Writer | Poet | Politics, ethics, beliefs | Art | former director @Ekklesia_co_uk | NUJ | @TUG_SNP | Music: @MusicTippett @YesSolidMental

Leith, Scotland Katılım Mayıs 2008
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Simon Barrow
Simon Barrow@simonbarrow·
@themarginalian Beautiful. (Though it should be pointed out that the scriptural word hesed literally means ‘loving kindness’. Whether and by whom it is truly practiced is another matter…)
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Maria Popova@themarginalian·
“Tenderness is the most modest form of love. It is the kind of love that does not appear in the scriptures or the gospels… It appears wherever we take a close and careful look at another being, at something that is not our ‘self.’” Superb read: themarginalian.org/2022/11/21/ten…
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Thomas@TallisWaller·
@BylineTimes @Hardeep_Matharu @GoldbergRadio @peterjukes @simonbarrow In the video of the conversation between Rowan Williams & Mona Siddiqui embedded in that thread, Simon Barrow mentions Gilbert Achcar’s book ‘The Clash of Barbarisms (2002) - new to me - which seems such a good phrase for what we’re seeing. I’ve been referring to….(contd.)/
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Kenshi
Kenshi@kenshii_ai·
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam Webster have just sued Sam Altmans OpenAI. These legendary publishers accuse OpenAI of stealing nearly 100000 copyrighted articles and dictionary entries to train ChatGPT. The AI now copies their content freely while crushing their website traffic and revenue that built centuries of real knowledge. This is not innovation or progress. This is blatant industrial scale theft from the guardians of human knowledge. Sam Altman preaches ethics and safety while building his empire on plagiarism and lies. The lawsuits are only getting started.
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Thomas@TallisWaller·
@J_Bloodworth @simonbarrow @BylineTimes P.Marshall, it seems to me we may well have a case of a Dunning Kruger ‘frustrated triumphalist’ (v.dangerous) who has refused the challenge of letting his faith be ‘chastened by atheism’ (a phrase from Rowan W., I think…). Ok - & that’s more than enough from me…. Apologies.
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Thomas@TallisWaller·
Ok, so 2 final, final thoughts @J_Bloodworth @simonbarrow @BylineTimes 1. there’s been a problem in understanding & responding to this iteration of the far-right, in that the secular press often don’t really get the religious elements of it, while journalists covering…(contd.)/
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NUJ
NUJ@NUJofficial·
The NUJ has condemned Israeli airstrikes that have killed and injured journalists in Lebanon. The NUJ parliamentary group has tabled a motion, urging accountability for the persistent targeting of journalists and a UN convention to protect journalists. nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-c…
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Ekklesia Network
Ekklesia Network@Ekklesia_co_uk·
Jesus deconstructs the gods of war, absorbing and triumphing over the imperial violence and murder of crucifixion. His vindication is by way of the gift of new life, not death-dealing. This is the gospel. Wilson’s religion, by contrast, is that of the crucifiers: an abomination.
The Bulwark@BulwarkOnline

"Jesus, champion of the peacemakers, shows one side of the character of God, but so too does the God of War as described in Deuteronomy 20. Wilson draws a great deal on this latter view of God." Wilson is the spiritual mentor of the "secretary of war." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rBTeQU

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David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎
What’s the best word to describe the behaviour of The Guardian who, opposed by 93% The Observer and Guardian journalists, dismissed better rival bids and sold the paper to a website? (Utterly predictably, a year later, it’s a disaster.) Torn between “squalid” and “disgusting”.
Bron Maher@Bron_Maher

New: The Observer has opened a voluntary redundancy round, nearly a year after the paper was acrimoniously acquired from The Guardian by Tortoise Media

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A Field
A Field@ponyfaceddog·
@Kulambq This is what good criticism is for: to open new, unexplored rooms in familiar old houses.
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Ihab Hassan
Ihab Hassan@IhabHassane·
Over 100 Israelis in Tel Aviv holding photos of children killed in Israel, Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon during the ongoing war with Iran.
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Into The Forest Dark
Into The Forest Dark@ElliottBlackwe3·
“Tonight A friendly breeze Will agitate roots of meanings. Wonder will flap its wings." - Sohrab Sepehri
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Hesse Philosophy
Hesse Philosophy@HermannHessed·
“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.” ―E.M. Forster
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Henri Nouwen (1932–1996)
Henri Nouwen (1932–1996)@nofearinlove77·
"Our life is a short opportunity to say 'yes' to God's love." — The Road to Daybreak
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pokey pup
pokey pup@Whatapityonyou·
Imagine being so soulless you end up rooting for a future like this
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Bret van den Brink
Bret van den Brink@BretVDB·
“Of course we use figurative language everywhere, but in poetry what seems to be dominant in importance is not so much the relation of signifiers to signifieds as the resonance among the signifiers.” —Northrop Frye, “The Expanding World of Metaphor”
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Joseph Fasano
Joseph Fasano@Joseph_Fasano_·
Friends, if you're familiar with my work, you know what I try to do every day in these spaces. My doctors tell me I'm on the edge of mental and physical exhaustion, so I have to rest. I have my son, my faith, my poetry, and my belief in you. I'll return soon. xo
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Literarium@Literarium12·
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Cian McCarthy
Cian McCarthy@arealmofwonder·
"Things aren't all so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us believe; most experiences are unsayable: they happen in a space that no word has ever entered." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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