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NFL Expert Has No Faith in Raiders’ Geno Smith https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/nfl-expert-has-no-faith-in-raiders-geno-smith/?adt_ei=[email]

Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have signed onto an interfaith effort opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda on taxes and immigration, calling it a "moral failure."
A letter from more than 40 faith leaders of several faith traditions
-- made public by Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 26
-- urged senators to reject the bill.
"We, the undersigned f…

heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good point

With Bryce Huff trade, 49ers continue re-making defense in Robert Saleh's image https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45398149/bryce-huff-trade-shows-49ers-faith-robert-saleh-fix-defense

#book2read: Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World by C. Andrew Doyle
https://a.co/d/5QeXagv
via [PODCAST] Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World w/ Bishop Andy Do…

"I do not deny scientific medicine’s power—its tools have saved my life and improved my functioning as much as its knowledge allowed. However, faith gives me a way of seeing and understanding the body as God’s good creation and sustained by God’s spirit."
—Hospice chaplain Aaron Klink ’05 M.Div. in his article for the new issue of Reflections, titled "Meds, MRIs, Miracles: A Hospice Chaplain Rereads Genesis"

Midea provides heat pump technology to other big brands, like Bosch, Carrier, and Toshiba, so I wasn't scared by what some would consider a no-name. They have only been producing gas furnaces for 5 years so there's an element of faith involved backed by a 10-year warranty. I might regret making the choice but likely a decade in the future.

I grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, very close to where Roger Williams landed. Perhaps he is a person we ought to celebrate - a firm believe in individual rights, especially in faith; a firm believer in treating everyone (including the indigenous peoples) honestly and fairly.
"Boast not proud English, of thy birth & blood; Thy brother Indian is by birth as Good. Of one blood God made Him, and Thee and All, As wise, as fair, as strong, as personal."
"...…

I grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, very close to where Roger Williams landed. Perhaps he is a person we ought to celebrate - a firm believe in individual rights, especially in faith; a firm believer in treating everyone (including the indigenous peoples) honestly and fairly.
"Boast not proud English, of thy birth & blood; Thy brother Indian is by birth as Good. Of one blood God made Him, and Thee and All, As wise, as fair, as strong, as personal."
"...…

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Baoyang Chen, Xian Xu, Huamin Qu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 https://

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Symbiosis of Agents is a large-scale installation by Baoyang Chen that embeds AI-driven robots in an immersive, mirror-lined arena, probing the tension between machine agency and artistic authorship. Drawing on early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and seminal robotic works, it orchestrates fluid exchanges among robotic arms, quadruped machines, their environment, and the public. A three tier faith system pilots the ecology: micro-level adaptive tactics, meso-level narrative drives, and…

Many professed concerns from the right about Israel or antisemitism are expressions of American identity politics and nativism
-- more than they are statements of genuine concern for the safety and well-being of minorities.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/if-not-now-when/

If Not Now, When? Contextualizing the White Supremacist Threat to Muslims and Jews
Much ink has been spilled in recent months debating comments by U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) regarding Israel. People have argued, sometimes in good faith, that they used antisemitic tropes, unintentionally or not. However, this discussion has lacked necessary cultural and social background to make

A look at The Daily, which runs 14 UK lifestyle titles with a model where contributors keep the first £500 and then split revenue 50/50 with founder Marc Astley (Killian Faith-Kelly/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/p…

Former editor switches from local news to lifestyle with launch of 14 titles
Marc Astley's Daily model offers his editors a 50/50 revenue share.

My day just took a nosedive because some fascist jerk is celebrating a bill landing on his desk!
Honestly, it’s wild how people still put their faith in the same old power games when real change comes from people coming together, running things themselves, and kicking the fascists out of the picture.
Being autistic, I usually struggle to get what people mean, but Rudolf Rocker said some real shit that even my autistic brain understands.

@… It’s a real shame it’s come to this, but I can’t argue in good faith that you shouldn’t.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsRaveForever
Chase & Status:
🎵 Blind Faith (feat. Liam Bailey)
#Chase #Status
https://anthonyatcherley.bandcamp.com/track/chase-status-blind-faith-anthony-atcherley-rmx
https://open.spotify.com/track/04OxTCLGgDKfO0MMA2lcxv

Get me out of this hole: a profile likelihood approach to identifying and avoiding inferior local optima in choice models
Stephane Hess, David Bunch, Andrew Daly
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02722

Get me out of this hole: a profile likelihood approach to identifying and avoiding inferior local optima in choice models
Choice modellers routinely acknowledge the risk of convergence to inferior local optima when using structures other than a simple linear-in-parameters logit model. At the same time, there is no consensus on appropriate mechanisms for addressing this issue. Most analysts seem to ignore the problem, while others try a set of different starting values, or put their faith in what they believe to be more robust estimation approaches. This paper puts forward the use of a profile likelihood approach t…

Faith, Genocide, and Silence
#HealOurCulture on a powerful Zoom presentat…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csRO_…

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Symbiosis of Agents is a large-scale installation by Baoyang Chen that embeds AI-driven robots in an immersive, mirror-lined arena, probing the tension between machine agency and artistic authorship. Drawing on early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and seminal robotic works, it orchestrates fluid exchanges among robotic arms, quadruped machines, their environment, and the public. A three tier faith system pilots the ecology: micro-level adaptive tactics, meso-level narrative drives, and…

"Out of pain and righteous anger I took apart the stained glass windows of my childhood faith. Over time I looked more closely at the glass shards at my feet and chose to reconstruct my faith life."
—Sandra L. Fischer ’12 M.Div. writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections, which addresses whether Christianity is losing its religion.

Reflections on Tech, Faith, and Justice
This week, I'm talking about yet another Christian-famous person falling from grace. Plus a sad court case, and a few other bits.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/reflections-on-tech-faith-and-justice/

Reflections on Tech, Faith, and Justice – Bob Mueller
DIY wins, tech fixes, Disney stars in space, faith deconstruction, and justice in CCM—this week had it all.

I was going to unblock an ex friend again as a sign of good faith but she’s literally lying about me again on main
I dis not use the phrase “in bad fairh” out of knowhere, SHE accused ME and I responded #abuse #lying

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Deathbypeanuts:
🎵 Faith
#Deathbypeanuts
https://lekkercollective.bandcamp.com/track/faith
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bYjspEtYud5o9XhBhrV9I

#book2read: Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
https://a.co/d/fLuNixl
via Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World…

The less faith I have that we’ll be able to work out a trade deal that the US leader will actually abide by, the more I think @… ’s idea of turning Canada into the land of software lock bypassing could work.
It feels like the software-nuclear option—it would do more harm than good if we didn’t dedicate ourselves to it for at least 5 years, and that would e…

Dallas Cowboys should reward Micah Parsons' sign of good faith https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-should-reward-micah-parsons-sign-of-good-faith

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
-- Kahlil Gibran

Court filing: Paramount and Trump ask a judge to stay their 60 Minutes lawsuit until Thursday as they are in "good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations" (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/p

"Despite good-faith efforts by DSI [dense street imagery] providers to protect individual privacy through blurring faces and license plates, these measures fail to address broader privacy concerns. In this work, we find that increased data density and advancements in artificial intelligence enable harmful group membership inferences from supposedly anonymized data."
via @…

Privacy of Groups in Dense Street Imagery
Spatially and temporally dense street imagery (DSI) datasets have grown unbounded. In 2024, individual companies possessed around 3 trillion unique images of public streets. DSI data streams are only set to grow as companies like Lyft and Waymo use DSI to train autonomous vehicle algorithms and analyze collisions. Academic researchers leverage DSI to explore novel approaches to urban analysis. Despite good-faith efforts by DSI providers to protect individual privacy through blurring faces and l…

Well color me surprised. Had no hope Cuomo would lose that one and lost faith in America quite a while ago.
Good job #NYC
https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/1147418…

Have any #FLOSS projects actually had to deal with the consequences of someone submitting a #DCO signed patch in bad faith?

Yet another Christian-famous person falls from their pedestal. Plus, a Michigan court case where no one wins.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/reflections-on-tech-faith-and-justice/

Reflections on Tech, Faith, and Justice – Bob Mueller
DIY wins, tech fixes, Disney stars in space, faith deconstruction, and justice in CCM—this week had it all.

We see despicable kow-towing of the officers of Fort Liberty (aka "bragg") in putting a tailored audience as a backdrop for FFOTUS and Hogsbreath - and allowing the soldiers to engage in unlawful political acts.
Previously I had faith that officers in the US Military would refuse unlawful orders.
I no longer have that faith.
I am beginning to fear that the path out of maga-land will not be a peaceful one.

»One of Mr. Reagan's advisers, David Stockman, later wrote that the real aim of fiscal policy was to create a ›strategic deficit‹ that would slam the door and reduce the size of the federal government.« https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/07/opinion/ronald-reagan.html

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 bombing that departed Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and exploded off the coast of Ireland.
Many lives stolen - never forgotten. We still grieve. We still love.
My best friend and her family were on that plane. She was 11.
🤍

'My kids haven't heard about this': Community calls for Air India bombing learning centre in B.C. | CBC News
A coalition of B.C.-based faith groups and community members are calling on the province to build a large memorial and education centre to honour the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing, considered the worst terrorist attack in Canada's history.

Next Woman Up: Faith Lee, Player Personnel Coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals https://www.nfl.com/news/next-woman-up-faith-lee-player-personnel-coordinator-for-the-arizona-cardinals

Sonnet 141 - CXLI
In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who, in despite of view, is pleased to dote.
Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted;
Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any sensual feast with thee alone:
But my five wits nor my five senses can
Dissuade one foo…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Faith Evans:
🎵 Soon as I Get Home
#FaithEvans
https://austinmillz.bandcamp.com/track/faith-evans-soon-as-i-get-home-austin-millz-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6SkGfPa77E4giShVbk9N6R

Let's use Hanlon's Razor, and assume good faith in that the #inaturalist staff just needs a bit of help for how one could actually share decision-making power with a large online community.
To do that, I've written up some ideas of how other online communities (in #citizenscience, #openscience and beyond) have gone about doing that.
https://tzovar.as/power-sharing/

Ugh. So twitter right now is WAY too effective at dividing the Dems. I hope we get this out of our system.
For the record, the big problem here is misplaced faith in the (white) left; e.g. Bernie's a good cheerleader but *wildly* ineffective on the ground because at the end of the day you have to work within the ugly system
a thing elder black folks in politics excel at, which the white left ALWAYS seems to forget

Well, we have some advance notice. Can we take advantage? Can we find some candidate not deluded by the neoliberal myth, the simplistic YIMBY faith that the market will provide affordable housing?
https://bsky.app/profile/laurajnelson.bsky.social/post/3lsmkny…

Perseverance aims to fulfill God's will.
#Bible #faith

I don’t have any heroes because people are always flawed and will disappoint you if you invest them with your faith and hope , except for Greta Thunberg, who is a hero and must be protected at all costs.

Pete Carroll Offers More Faith vs. Hope to Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/pete-carroll-las-vegas-josh-mcdaniels-antonio-pierce

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Charles Villiers Stanford, Andrew West & Roderick Williams:
🎵 To The Soul (from Songs of Faith)
#CharlesVilliersStanford #AndrewWest #RoderickWilliams

A Domain Ontology for Modeling the Book of Purification in Islam
Hessa Alawwad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18222 https://arxiv.org/pdf…

A Domain Ontology for Modeling the Book of Purification in Islam
This paper aims to address a gap in major Islamic topics by developing an ontology for the Book of Purification in Islam. Many authoritative Islamic texts begin with the Book of Purification, as it is essential for performing prayer (the second pillar of Islam after Shahadah, the profession of faith) and other religious duties such as Umrah and Hajj. The ontology development strategy followed six key steps: (1) domain identification, (2) knowledge acquisition, (3) conceptualization, (4) class…

Multi-Technique Characterization of Rhodium Gem-Dicarbonyls on TiO$_2$(110)
Moritz Eder, Faith J. Lewis, Johanna I. H\"utner, Panukorn Sombut, Maosheng Hao, David Rath, Jan Balajka, Margareta Wagner, Matthias Meier, Cesare Franchini, Ulrike Diebold, Michael Schmid, Florian Libisch, Ji\v{r}\'i Pavelec, Gareth S. Parkinson
https://

Multi-Technique Characterization of Rhodium Gem-Dicarbonyls on TiO$_2$(110)
Gem-dicarbonyls of transition metals supported on metal (oxide) surfaces are common intermediates in heterogeneous catalysis. While infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a standard tool for detecting these species on applied catalysts, the ill-defined crystallographic environment of species observed on powder catalysts renders data interpretation challenging. In this work, we apply a multi-technique surface science approach to investigate rhodium gem-dicarbonyls on a single-crystalline rutile TiO$_2$(1…

Quinta Jurecic: "there's something interesting here in how judges are building on each other's arguments, even in very different cases, in working through how to approach the administration's bad faith storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us..." — Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:maiw2rfujepnphhrejytvuu5/post/3lrhbzdy73x2o

"This so-called big, beautiful bill pushes 16 million people off of health care and literally takes food from the mouths of hungry children. An enormous tax cut for the very wealthiest is the definition of an immoral bill," said Sen. Coons, a Presbyterian and graduate of Yale Divinity School.

Episcopalians join other faith leaders, lawmakers, in DC rally against budget bill
[Religion News Service – Washington] Religious leaders are ramping up pressure on lawmakers to reject the Republican-led budget bill currently before the U.S. Senate, arguing proposed cuts to healt…

Budda Baker 'excited' for Cardinals' future despite 'more losing than winning' over first eight seasons https://www.nfl.com/news/budda-baker-excited-for-cardinals-future-despite-more-losing-t…

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment,
San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee,
invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”
with migrants at courthouse
on June 20, as they make court appearances.
https://bsky.app/profile/richraho.bsky…

Rich Raho (@richraho.bsky.social)
Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

This is an interesting take on how AI can, in specific cases, when used carefully, be used to level the playing field.
https://tylertringas.com/ai-legal/
I think this is true in many situations, including education. We just have to get past the shortcuts, the blind faith and the hype,…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Faith No More:
🎵 Easy
#FaithNoMore
https://juancarloscano.bandcamp.com/track/easy-faith-no-more-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Y3WqmBWmG23thvU9xEhMv

Which part of the Oath of Enlistment do you think Marines in LA will uphold?
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

@… Perhaps being an outsider to the faith makes it easier to analyze for what it is.
I agree that, if Christianity is largely right about an almighty deity, and they really did send someone to speak on their behalf 2000 years ago, the conclusion must inevitably be:
Most of the shit people have done “for god” throughout history, is directly …

Cowboys' defensive line has work cut out after latest rankings https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-defensive-line-has-work-cut-out-after-latest-rankings

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
New Order:
🎵 True Faith
#NowPlaying #NewOrder
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

I don’t have any heroes because people are always flawed and will disappoint you if you invest them with your faith and hope , except for Greta Thunberg, who is a hero and must be protected at all costs.

My current Audiobook shelf…
#book2read #books #goodideas #IDEAS
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From the article: "Gregory E. Sterling, dean of Yale Divinity School, recently said that Christians do not have to agree on all aspects of what the teachings of Jesus Christ mean, but we can apply the test given in the Fourth Gospel..."
https://www.churchleadership.c…

Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel? - Lewis Center for Church Leadership
Many Christians today feel tension between faith and politics, often confusing partisan allegiance with discipleship. Lovett Weems warns that Christianity’s credibility suffers when political power replaces Christlike love. True patriotism, rooted in Jesus’ teachings, values compassion, diversity, humility, and love. Why, indeed, are so many Christians so cruel? This is the question David French said Lovett Weems writes Christians risk losing credibility when politics eclipse Christlike lov…

📰 Browsing Seven Mountain Mandate | Safe for Whose Whole “Family?” - Good Faith Media (https://goodfaithmedia.org/seven-mountain-mandate-safe-for-whose-whole-family/).

Sonnet 131 - CXXXI
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art,
As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel;
For well thou know'st to my dear doting heart
Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.
Yet, in good faith, some say that thee behold,
Thy face hath not the power to make love groan;
To say they err I dare not be so bold,
Although I swear it to myself alone.
And to be sure that is not false I swear,
A thousand groans, b…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Faith Evans:
🎵 Love Like This
#FaithEvans
https://jaybaptiste.bandcamp.com/track/faith-evans-love-like-this-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7MQywXGHEev7JmwwIzMcao

The Writing's on the Wall
https://ift.tt/vH2kWtV
updated: Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 1:59pmfull name / name of organization: Institute of Faith and…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://

Understanding Community-Level Blocklists in Decentralized Social Media
Owen Xingjian Zhang, Sohyeon Hwang, Yuhan Liu, Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Andr\'es Monroy-Hern\'andez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05522

Understanding Community-Level Blocklists in Decentralized Social Media
Community-level blocklists are key to content moderation practices in decentralized social media. These blocklists enable moderators to prevent other communities, such as those acting in bad faith, from interacting with their own -- and, if shared publicly, warn others about communities worth blocking. Prior work has examined blocklists in centralized social media, noting their potential for collective moderation outcomes, but has focused on blocklists as individual-level tools. To understand h…

As Canada Day approaches, this story of a Mom finding her Canadian identity through helping Syrian refugees settle here after 2015 is poignant.
"In 2025, being a Canadian woman to me means looking out for our neighbours, leaning into differences in culture, religious practices and learning how to help others in need. Because we are not different at all. We are all just looking for safety and peace. It's our Canadian values of equality, respect and freedom in action.
It is the singular privilege of my life to walk alongside these families from Cape Breton and those who are newcomers to Canada. It's changed how I live, and I intend to do this work as long as I am able. I learn from them grace, service, faith and hope. They taught me how to be a Canadian.”
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Refugees #Immigration #Syria #AlanKurdi
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/first-person-cape-breton-welcomes-syrian-refugees-1.7559341

(RNS) — ‘Faith leaders have been at the forefront of every progressive movement in our nation’s history … so I’m glad to see faith leaders speaking out and getting into good trouble in opposition to the upcoming reconciliation bill,’ Delaware Sen. Chris Coons told RNS.
https:…

To put pressure on Trump, Democrats turn to religion — and religious activists
(RNS) — ‘Faith leaders have been at the forefront of every progressive movement in our nation’s history … so I’m glad to see faith leaders speaking out and getting into good trouble in opposition to the upcoming reconciliation bill,’ Delaware Sen. Chris Coons told RNS.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Faith No More:
🎵 Epic
#FaithNoMore
https://reaps.bandcamp.com/album/faith-no-more-epic-reaps-remix-v2
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ReyTz0y3TGkX48wO3Llot

Is Christianity losing its religion? In the new issue of Reflections, YDS-related scholars and ministers take up this question and declare their own reasons for Christian faith. https://reflections.yale.edu/

"I am an embodiment journeying towards belief. Faith seeking greater confidence. That is what being a Christian means to me. It may well be the work of a lifetime."
—Ian Barclay ’24 M.A.R. writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections https://…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
New Order:
🎵 True Faith
#NewOrder
https://djpaulharwoodremixes.bandcamp.com/track/new-order-true-faith-dj-paul-harwood-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4fpxnJGDWFxjGvLJOqPPt8