Should we try to use AI to uplift humankind, to edify us? And, if so, who gets to decide what constitutes edification?
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December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Should we try to use AI to uplift humankind, to edify us? And, if so, who gets to decide what constitutes edification?
"'News' is not a truth to be revealed in pursuit of justice or holding power to account, not something meant to edify or educate—but just more content, more slop, another entertainment product to pass the time and gawk at." (via @therealnews.com ) therealnews.com/cnn-partners...
CNN partners with Kalshi, a gambling app that lets you wager on starvation in Gaza
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
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December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"'News' is not a truth to be revealed in pursuit of justice or holding power to account, not something meant to edify or educate—but just more content, more slop, another entertainment product to pass the time and gawk at." (via @therealnews.com ) therealnews.com/cnn-partners...
The most significant way you can edify another person is to see them accurately as the same as you, listen to them, and honor their right to their own thoughts and feelings.
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The most significant way you can edify another person is to see them accurately as the same as you, listen to them, and honor their right to their own thoughts and feelings.
“Ultimately, CNN’s open embrace of institutional gambling on news events is an acknowledgment of something that’s been clear for a while: news is not something that’s to be uncovered, not a truth to be revealed in pursuit of justice or holding power to account, not something meant to edify or —
I wrote about CNN partnering with a gambling app that lets you wager on famine in Gaza, what this shift portends in our media, the obvious moral hazards of this arrangement, and “news” as politically impotent, disempowering spectator sport
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
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December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Ultimately, CNN’s open embrace of institutional gambling on news events is an acknowledgment of something that’s been clear for a while: news is not something that’s to be uncovered, not a truth to be revealed in pursuit of justice or holding power to account, not something meant to edify or —
hehe ✌️🙏 & as others have done it, said, written it better than me before, too,... *Totally* supportive of "not just more of the same"!
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"From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. That is the point that must be reached."(F.Kafka)
Onwards!
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"From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. That is the point that must be reached."(F.Kafka)
Onwards!
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
hehe ✌️🙏 & as others have done it, said, written it better than me before, too,... *Totally* supportive of "not just more of the same"!
squirrelwoodnorth.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/a...
"From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. That is the point that must be reached."(F.Kafka)
Onwards!
squirrelwoodnorth.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/a...
"From a certain point onward, there is no turning back. That is the point that must be reached."(F.Kafka)
Onwards!
i guess i should edify that i don't expect character development from the prime games, considering where they are in the timeline lol
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
i guess i should edify that i don't expect character development from the prime games, considering where they are in the timeline lol
the paradox is that you dont even have to post like some lyrical miracle spiritual, inflated passage with all this flowery multisyllabic linguistic type of lexicon, you could say some shit like "edify" or "infer" and people will be like, i dont like that, you're sephiroth posting
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
the paradox is that you dont even have to post like some lyrical miracle spiritual, inflated passage with all this flowery multisyllabic linguistic type of lexicon, you could say some shit like "edify" or "infer" and people will be like, i dont like that, you're sephiroth posting
if you ever feel like running by any thoughts you have on this with me I'm always available to hear you out. This mystery of faith is something that occupies my mind all the time, if we can edify each other that is nothing but a blessing
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
if you ever feel like running by any thoughts you have on this with me I'm always available to hear you out. This mystery of faith is something that occupies my mind all the time, if we can edify each other that is nothing but a blessing
But, a great BIG SHOUT OUT to ALL of the CHURCHES that came through with donations, missions, that fed and passed out MEAL Boxes, every where, to every family that drove or walked up! Bless every state, community and city! God's people don't discriminate! We edify, give hope, show love and motivate!
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
But, a great BIG SHOUT OUT to ALL of the CHURCHES that came through with donations, missions, that fed and passed out MEAL Boxes, every where, to every family that drove or walked up! Bless every state, community and city! God's people don't discriminate! We edify, give hope, show love and motivate!
Look I’m just in here for the air conditioning don’t try to edify my mind, man
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Look I’m just in here for the air conditioning don’t try to edify my mind, man
series of symbols portrayed in order. meaning things that are meant to edify. working fast at spiritual fiber. everything experienced and consumed becomes part of the series.
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
series of symbols portrayed in order. meaning things that are meant to edify. working fast at spiritual fiber. everything experienced and consumed becomes part of the series.
yeah that's the problem is people would rather run with a bad translation than wait for a proper one. at this point i'd rather learn japanese so i could fucking write for some of these outlets rather than them having to rely on MTL and edify.
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
yeah that's the problem is people would rather run with a bad translation than wait for a proper one. at this point i'd rather learn japanese so i could fucking write for some of these outlets rather than them having to rely on MTL and edify.
The Victorians would have loved generative AI. They'd have been making videos of dead loved ones in Heaven, animating Bible stories, and churning out sickly religious tracts to edify the poor.
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Victorians would have loved generative AI. They'd have been making videos of dead loved ones in Heaven, animating Bible stories, and churning out sickly religious tracts to edify the poor.
Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or edify them.
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or edify them.
Songs edify the soul.
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Songs edify the soul.
Three quarters of my deepest, angriest angst in life is in finding out that 5 people are talking about the same fucking thing and using none of the same words. It's fucking miserable to edify yourself with highly localized jargon.
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Three quarters of my deepest, angriest angst in life is in finding out that 5 people are talking about the same fucking thing and using none of the same words. It's fucking miserable to edify yourself with highly localized jargon.
'Shared HEIs Ecosystem' a reality - NEP2020 IHE Journey moves from Phase I to Phase II-propelled by AIU & Edify Online
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'Shared HEIs Ecosystem' a reality - NEP2020 IHE Journey moves from Phase I to Phase II-propelled by AIU & Edify Online
Internationalizing Highter Education - Journey from Phase I to Phase II PHASE I-study to architect ‘Shared HEIs Ecosystem’ for promoting glo...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
'Shared HEIs Ecosystem' a reality - NEP2020 IHE Journey moves from Phase I to Phase II-propelled by AIU & Edify Online
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People of color are allowed, even required to perform, and, especially these days on issues of race, to edify as well. 'Here you are, now entertain us'. But are we allowed to lead?
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
People of color are allowed, even required to perform, and, especially these days on issues of race, to edify as well. 'Here you are, now entertain us'. But are we allowed to lead?
“… knowing why something
is true is a more powerful form of knowledge than just knowing that it
isn’t false.”
— Ron Taylor
[P => ~Q]
The legend, and a Texan—just sayin’. He continues to edify me.. Set Notation could render any skeptic to their found humanity, should they choose to be rational!
is true is a more powerful form of knowledge than just knowing that it
isn’t false.”
— Ron Taylor
[P => ~Q]
The legend, and a Texan—just sayin’. He continues to edify me.. Set Notation could render any skeptic to their found humanity, should they choose to be rational!
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“… knowing why something
is true is a more powerful form of knowledge than just knowing that it
isn’t false.”
— Ron Taylor
[P => ~Q]
The legend, and a Texan—just sayin’. He continues to edify me.. Set Notation could render any skeptic to their found humanity, should they choose to be rational!
is true is a more powerful form of knowledge than just knowing that it
isn’t false.”
— Ron Taylor
[P => ~Q]
The legend, and a Texan—just sayin’. He continues to edify me.. Set Notation could render any skeptic to their found humanity, should they choose to be rational!
To edify yourself re: these films, you might listen to @mikemuncer.bsky.social 's Evolution of Horror, S11 E01-E04; @everyscififilm.bsky.social E06; @fearcodedpod.bsky.social S1 E09; Journey Through Sci-Fi S07 E01 & E15; @scaredyboys.bsky.social S02 E47; Faculty of Horror E16; et many al
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
To edify yourself re: these films, you might listen to @mikemuncer.bsky.social 's Evolution of Horror, S11 E01-E04; @everyscififilm.bsky.social E06; @fearcodedpod.bsky.social S1 E09; Journey Through Sci-Fi S07 E01 & E15; @scaredyboys.bsky.social S02 E47; Faculty of Horror E16; et many al
Y2K wasn't an issue because we took it so seriously we even made shirts.
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Y2K wasn't an issue because we took it so seriously we even made shirts.
Today's Word is: Gorgonize:
To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on someone. Derived from the Greek Gorgons (like Medusa), whose gaze turned people to stone. Useful for modern times: News and Internet algorithms are designed to gorgonize, not apprise. To stupefy, not edify.
To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on someone. Derived from the Greek Gorgons (like Medusa), whose gaze turned people to stone. Useful for modern times: News and Internet algorithms are designed to gorgonize, not apprise. To stupefy, not edify.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today's Word is: Gorgonize:
To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on someone. Derived from the Greek Gorgons (like Medusa), whose gaze turned people to stone. Useful for modern times: News and Internet algorithms are designed to gorgonize, not apprise. To stupefy, not edify.
To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on someone. Derived from the Greek Gorgons (like Medusa), whose gaze turned people to stone. Useful for modern times: News and Internet algorithms are designed to gorgonize, not apprise. To stupefy, not edify.
Once art served to educate and edify, now it distracts and amuses.
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Once art served to educate and edify, now it distracts and amuses.
This photo captures two students creating common ground as they do some trail work in the Circlewood forest. They were part of a group of 25 young people in Circlewood's Ecological Discipleship Immersion for Youth program (EDIFY).
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This photo captures two students creating common ground as they do some trail work in the Circlewood forest. They were part of a group of 25 young people in Circlewood's Ecological Discipleship Immersion for Youth program (EDIFY).
