Blogaround

A puppy on a leash. Image source.

1. This neural net knows your secret recipe (posted June 20) "It figured out that it was supposed to be making easter eggs, but apparently didn’t know how and sort of panicked."

2. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods could lead to a Bible shortage in the US (posted June 19) Well this is just FASCINATING- it's an intersection of a bunch of different things: white evangelicals' support for the orange antichrist, the economic reality of tons of stuff being made in China (even stuff you wouldn't expect), and the way white evangelicals are OBSESSED with the idea of having a physical printed book as if that's what "knowing God" means. (Apparently only a few people could be Christians before the invention of the printing press?) And also, not mentioned in the article is all the evangelical myths about Christian persecution in China. (Which is why it feels so surprising to find out that ACTUALLY a significant proportion of bibles are printed in China.) Persecution DOES HAPPEN, but not at all in the way that American Christians imagine it.

(Ahem, please note that I live in China.)

3. Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility (posted June 21) This is bad.

4. Facebook cofounder says the company's cryptocurrency plans are 'frightening' (posted June 21)

5. Honest Trailers | MCU (posted June 18) "Are you sure you know how to fly this thing?"

6. Black People’s Land Was Stolen (posted June 20) "But in addition to invoking the 40 acres black people never got, the reparations movement today should be talking about the approximately 11 million acres black people had but lost, in many cases through fraud, deception and outright theft, much of it taken in the past 50 years."

7. This group found thousands of offensive Facebook comments by police. Here's what you should know (posted June 20)

8. No White Saviors: Woman Accused of Letting African Babies Die at Fake Medical Facility in Uganda (posted June 25) [content note: child death] Oh wow this is terrible. And the only thing I can think is "God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called."

9. Young Earth Creationists and the Flat Earth Conspiracy (posted June 24) "I am absolutely confounded as to how Faulkner can write this. He works for Answers in Genesis." Libby Anne responds to an Answers in Genesis post bemoaning the fact that some Christians have so little scientific understanding that they accept conspiracy theories about the earth being flat, and it's FANTASTIC.