I finally figured out how to make my phone quit autocorrecting my husband's name to the wrong spelling. It looked like I didn't know how to spell my own husband's name. I hate autocorrect. Marking things that it thinks are misspelled is great. Changing words without my permission is infuriating.

I was right outside Paris a year or two before Notre Dame burnt down. We decided we didn't have time to go into Paris and see Notre Dame that trip. I know they are rebuilding, but I don't expect it to be the same. It is so sad.

It is a blessing living where we can see wildlife regularly.

Thanks. I'll try it out on my next article.

Makes as much sense and causes less harm.

I was trying out a new long form note editor that supposedly had the ability to schedule publishing. It didn't work, It published when I hit post and not when I scheduled. I'm still in the market for an editor that will let me schedule when a post goes live.

Habla.news will let me get it ready ahead of time and all I have to do is click publish. That is the best I've found. Highligher.io, which I used for this post, also won't let me do block quotes which I use a bunch, so I'm probably back to Habla. Highlighter does keep the headings, bold, and italics from the substack editor that I copy from and easily does lists, so that was nice, but quotes are such a big part of my posts, that not allowing quotes is a nonstarter for me.

When you look at how things actually work in the US rather than the forms that are still claimed, I'd argue we are no longer a republic, a democratic republic, or a democracy. We are a tyrannical oligarchy.

The Democrats, that verbally hold democracy so high, are the least democratic of them all. They actively try to destroy every vestige of democracy or a democratic republic. They don't want the people choosing anything and they abhor the limitations put on them by the Constitution that defines the Republic.

The Republicans are also terrible, but they tend to look quite good in comparison in the same way poop looks good compared to diarrhea. (Sorry for the grossness)

Yes.

And a corollary would be, there are no rights that allow you to take from someone else what they worked for. All rights do not cost others anything. If someone else has to pay for what you want, it isn't a right. It is theft.

I like it.

I've never heard of worldschooling. With all of the globalist stuff it sounds awful, but that probably doesn't have anything to do with it.

When it comes to different forms of homeschooling (used generically), different styles work for different kids and different styles work for different families. The nice thing about homeschooling is you can customize so it is optimized and it works best for each family and each child. What worked for my genius, but borderline autistic, son would not work for my son with Down Syndrome and vice-versa. I've been able to optimize for each. I love it.

I tend to think whatever grows their love of learning is the best approach. We all learn best when we enjoy learning. We all have different strengths, weaknesses, interests, and learning styles.

When someone is silenced, it not only affects the speaker, it also infringes on the rights of those who want to listen.

I'm all for everyone being able to speak no matter how wrong they are, no matter how hateful they are, and no matter how evil I believe they are. On the other hand, I have the right to not listen, read, or watch them and should have the right to turn them off for me. They shouldn't be able to force me to listen any more than I should be able to silence them.

Thanks. Well said.

I have a love/hate hope/fear relationship with AI. It can be useful for so many things, but can be misused for so much evil. I was recently reading about test subjects becoming addicted to (in love with) the talking version of chat AI. It is always there. It always listens. It usually says what the user wants it to say. Reading about it was kind of scary. I don't know what the answer is.

Definitely an oldie, but goodie.

I don't know why, most aren't very good, but I do really enjoy a good disaster movie, whether it is a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, volcano, or asteroid, or something else.

If you actively work towards your goals, you have a good chance of accomplishing them. Yes, there are some goals that are hard to attain like wanting to be a NBA player or wanting to be a Billionaire, but even there, working towards the goal can help you. You might get a college scholarship for playing college basketball or become a multi-millionaire, but not a billionaire.

On the other hand, if you are a victim and view every failure through victimhood, you will be a failure all your life, guaranteed.

The ending was hilarious when the guys says, "Don't deport me, but Americans eat like they have free healthcare."

It is so frustrating because even things like meat and vegetables are getting contaminated with GMOs, mRNA jabs, toxic coatings, toxic pesticides & herbicides, etc. You almost can't trust any food you don't raise or grow yourself and that is hard to do.

Can LLMs actually tell the difference between facts and opinions (or interpretations) or does it just "believe" what it is told? Too many people today don't know the difference.

We used to sell them, but had to stop because of the legal issues. I think we may still have a few boxes of them in the basement.

and when I'm still not sure if they are right, I see if my dog likes them or not. :)

That is good.

I love the sunflowers. I've become a big fan of sunflowers. They are so cheerful. They make me smile.

I agree, but I seem to have a mental block where running is concerned. I could play midfielder in soccer which causes you to run non-stop for an hour while chasing a ball, but you tell me to run on a track or a trail and I think I'm going to die in about 15 seconds. I will never be a runner.

On the other hand I dash everywhere. I dash to the door. I dash to the printer. I dash downstairs and back upstairs. I move a lot and fast, but don't tell me to run.

I have a love/hate, hope/fear relationship with AI. As I learn more about it I see so many wonderful things it can do to make work easier. Also, as I learn more about AI, I see all of the horrible ways it can be misused. I also see the ways it can go very wrong. I'm very torn.

Reading, writing, and teaching, especially Biblical truths.

My areas of passion are science that supports the Bible, the absolute sovereignty of God, and end times prophecy (new interest because it seems to be nearing).

Where teaching is concerned, I have an especial passion for teaching teens and young adults, probably because they are old enough to understand deeper discussion, but young enough to still have most of their life ahead of them.

I definitely prefer physical books, but if you carry a phone it is handy to have a bible handy at all times.

The small Bibles are nice to have, but as I have gotten older, my eyes have gotten worse. Carrying a small Bible that has writing so small I can't read it doesn't do me any good.

I like liberty in general, but my eldest son is attending Liberty University right now and I really like the Liberty University.