@elforesto is that just mishearing and eggcorn or Song somewhere?

"Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk lead companies that are part of a group known in financial circles as the 'Magnificent Seven.' On Thursday alone, Cook’s Apple lost $312 billion in market capitalization—comparable to the entire market value of Coca-Cola. Tesla, a company whose stock has already fallen because of general hatred for Elon Musk, lost about 10% of its value last week."

~ Marlon Weems

#Musk #Trump #tariffs #TaxCuts
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https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/of-course-he-did-this-on-purpose

I hoping my digitally savvy friends might seem some light on my conundrum. As a Dad (of five, one who is nearly a teenager), I am struggling to find a good plan for digital safety and literacy. The trouble is that the plethora of resources offering help and advice are in stark violation to principles of data protection and privacy. If a government proposed it, we would be outraged. But to protect kids, we are willing to go full Big Brother.

So, how can I make my kids digitally savvy without going Big Brother or selling them or their future to the sharks?

#PersonalStudy #BookOfMormon #testimony #miracles The right reason for testimony isn't angels and wall-shattering miracles (which Nephi had experienced)
https://orys.us/wI

I was just signed up for CPAP due to "mild sleep apnea". My wife thinks that it might help with my cerebellar ataxia (CB). She is probably right. They had me sign a cooperation agreement when we picked it up, because apparently it's not uncommon for people to simply not use the CPAP once they have it.

They probably aren't all reading the app's privacy and permission agreement, but let me tell you, it was obscene. I'll paraphrase: 'we'll have your personal and health issue info because... Medical.' Now, that might be understandable; I might have to live with that (we hope...). But then, '... And we contract with an undisclosed list of affiliates and will share any of your information with any of them as they request. And that information includes anything they derive from all your Google information combined with all that juicy medical information.'

But, don't worry; they say it's all for my good. Including services they can "customize to me." I'm sure they are all perfectly benevolent. But I'm not using their app.

@GottaLaff @reay

Thanks for pointing that out. "Illegal aliens", and worse, "illegals", is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. The sole purpose of this political framing is, as you pointed out, to dehumanize a group of people, mainly, people with brown skin. Repeating it only serves to legitimize it.

A good #BYUDevo by Michelle Bennett, one of the chiefs from BYU's business sector, on the importance of being brave and stalwart in keeping to a foundation on Christ. As a Humanities person I did take a little exception to her unquestioning statement about the ideal path being from studies to job using those studies; I mean, that's true, but that's not the most healthy perspective. But overall I enjoyed the devotional greatly.

@GottaLaff thanks so much (as always) for doing this. 🌹

Now listening to the highly relevant Currently tuning in to

Coming soon:
- Jesus Christ is the Lord of the vineyard.
- The Lord invites me to labor with Him in His vineyard.
- The Lord remembers His people in love and mercy.
- I can stand strong when others challenge my faith in Jesus Christ.

The parable of the vineyard is one of the dense chapters of the #BookOfMormon, in some ways rivaling any Isaiah chapter. But #ComeFollowMe this week has a clear principle we can draw: we only work in a limited area, and God works beside us.
https://orys.us/wG

@worldsendless@mastodon.social Coming soon:

*** Jesus Christ is the Lord of the vineyard.
*** The Lord invites me to labor with Him in His vineyard.
*** The Lord remembers His people in love and mercy.
*** I can stand strong when others challenge my faith in Jesus Christ.

The incompatibility of an intellectual and faith-based exploration is a false dichotomy. We can and must put both our minds AND our hearts to work in exploring the principles of eternity. #BYUDevo #RickAnderson

#BYUDevo #RickAnderson "But Rick, you're already a Nerd. You're a professional nerd!" "True. For I am a bowtie-wearing, banjo-playing nerd; for me the ship of "hipness" sailed a long time ago. So I may have less skin in the game than you do." The game is being socially accepted and being brave in representing the divine and the eternal.

Time to give my full attention to #BYUDevo #RickAnderson. Eternity and the bypartite relation beteen Eternity and our current world. Eternity is not just a span of unlimited time, but an alternate place in its own right.

Today I am reminded that the difference between lazy "a la" and correct "à la" is called a "grave accent," not the pinyin 4th tone. We are doing french-english, not chinese-latin characters!

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The ticking clock wants you to know that you have less than 24 hours left to be immortalized by the writerly hand of @pluralistic. Bid on this tuckerization and you will have a character named after you in Cory's latest Marty Hench book. https://locus.betterworld.org/auctions/locus-magazine-science-fiction-f/items/tuckerization-by-cory-doctorow

#BYUDEVO #BrianKTaylor “if men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 39, 40).

As developing identity becomes more of a self-driven task without guidance and leadership, the distress is manifest in a proliferation of mental illnesses. #BYUDEVO #BrianKTaylor

#BYUDEVO #BrianKTaylor was a BYU basketball player back when the uniform shorts were basically superman-style underwear