Edmond Francis

@MostlyPeaceful @TrevorSheatz You won't see the pearly gates 👀

My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world ​— ​what is viewed as nothing ​— ​to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us ​— ​our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)

@Michaeldudufudu @TrevorSheatz 😂😂 Why, Mike? Why?

@TrevorSheatz Pls delete this 😭

@NeedlemindB @SpillTheMemes Very soon I'll start saying stuff like "Grüß gott" But wait, how do we even pronounce the "ü"? 😊

@theedmind @SpillTheMemes Hallo zurück! 👍🏻

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@messedupfoods @peta look at this one 🎭

@radioactivered Probably with one or two graphite rods underneath in place of the bill

This is what actually works on me, tbh. ☢️

@kmcnam1 *She also knows why trying to access an element in an array beyond its defined boundaries using pointer arithmetic results in behavior we're yet to describe coherently in words 🤭

@brockpierson Not even a smidge of creativity or authenticity there. It's as sickening as it's laughable.

Currently one huge scam is daring you to mention a 10/10 non alcoholic drink

It's funny how some people think "electrical engineering" is all about tinkering with breadboards, hooking up wires here and there and playing with Arduinos; and the worst part -- that you can actually learn it in 1 or 2 weeks. With a straight face, my brother in Christ? Someone somewhere is saying such things with a straight face! This TikTok-level attention span along with the vibecoding hogwash needs to be checked now. Trust me, you're not crazy enough. 😭😭

@farzyness Curve a piece of rock, refine it, draw patterns on it, feed it lightning...Voila! It can now think and follow instructions!

How chips are made: Fire a laser at tin droplets in a vacuum, creating plasma hotter than the sun, bouncing that light off mirrors that are the smoothest objects ever made by humans, to print patterns that are smaller than a virus, on a thin slice of purified sand. lol.

@vxunderground What's the worst that could happen?

Big news for Threat Actors We unironically need to worry about nerds hacking the cows

Halter is selling a way to control cows with AI 🤯🤯 Yes, you read that right! But it's better than what you're thinking. Halter has built a lightweight, ergonomic collar that is also solar-powered to "guide" cows through vibrations. Imagine a technology that lets you: (1) Assign and manage pastures (2) Monitor your animals' health and behavior (3) Move/manage your heards remotely Right from your smartphone! I especially find the third bit interesting, what they call "virtual fencing." You literally draw a boundary on your phone's screen and the cows won't breach it. It's proven to work and farmers are already loving it. The future you've dreamt of with AI is now!

@TukiFromKL And if I told you what kinds of bets these folks are placing on Polymarket, you'd probably want to cry

🚨 Do you understand what just happened.. five minutes before Trump announced he's halting attacks on Iran.. someone bought $1.5 billion in S&P 500 futures and sold $192 million in oil.. five minutes.. not five days.. not five hours.. five minutes.. the trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else hitting the market at that time.. someone knew the exact words the President was going to say before he said them.. and turned that information into the biggest single trade of the day.. they tell you the stock market is a "free and fair market".. that "anyone can build wealth".. that "the system works for everyone".. the system worked for someone today.. five minutes before you even knew what happened.. they already got paid.. this isn't insider trading anymore.. insider trading implies they're hiding it.. this is broad daylight.

@he1kumwya The right question is: IS THIS "PLANET TERROR" OR WHAT??

IS THAT A GUN PROSTHETIC ?? WTF 😭

@LibTearCreator1 "denominational theological code" What bollocks!

🚨 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Christian music star Brandon Lake has been officially suspended from all artistic activities in NYC for two years after publicly refusing to wear the mandated attire for a televised LGBTQ+ pride event at an upcoming music show in New York. While the specifics of the "maпdated attire" have beeп kept υпder wraps by the eveпt’s prodυctioп team, soυrces close to the sitυatioп sυggest the reqυiremeпts were part of a "visυal cohesioп iпitiative" that Lake felt compromised his persoпal coпvictioпs aпd artistic ideпtity. “He will never be allowed to step on stage in NYC and perform again," Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated.

@osasinrobotics Proof that you can always do more with little and make stuff work. Zero limitations especially if you're driven by curiosity with a subtle touch of hypomania on the side, haha

@theedmind Some little cutting here and there 😂

When you think tuning will be your only issue but then you discover a faulty wire 🫠 A day in the life....

@ComeHometoRome To the "uninitiated", this might look like some stuff from the Klan 👀

Sometimes I feel robbed of my Christian heritage growing up in the US.

@Chime_Fave College A-level Chemistry 🔥🔥🥂

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I still can’t believe we are losing our jobs to this.