This really isn’t new. Tons of stories stretching back to the Middle Ages of dudes joining monasteries to hide from/attempt to mask their crimes. Abrupt religious affinities have long been used by people to try and avoid consequences of their actions. A true Christian is one who would recognize that repentance involves accepting the consequences of one’s sins and finding effective ways to make amends.

I’d like to believe that Brand has had a genuine change. But as Jesus Himself teaches, it’s what comes out of a person that either defiles or purifies and that we will know a person by their “fruit” (meaning their actions). If his “Christianity” is an elaborate sympathy ploy or selfish attempt at skirting real consequences (“see, I’ve confessed! I’ve made a change in my life to be better!”) then it’s about as genuine as the gold pockmarking the White House right now.

I mean, he found out that there was a company called Tesla and then became CEO…

My local theater had that (before the theater shut down)! It was great. I left Thor Love and Thunder to a note stuck to my car from the Tesla owner next to me asking me to plug him in when I was done (it was a free charger to boot).

At least it’s not that creepy white dude mustache that guys have been sporting to try and look like Miles Teller in Top Gun 2.

What’s funny about this GIF to me is that his name has, by my count, only been said twice before I saw this. And in the movie this is him getting ready for Lydia to say his name for the third time.

Not sure if this was intentional, but it’s pretty great regardless.

Tbf I think they’re basically taking fairly generic algorithmic models for photo editing and voice-to-text and slapping the “AI” moniker on them for marketing/funding purposes. I played with a 4a Pro at Best Buy the other day and the “AI” seemed about par for the course with what my iPhone 16 has (I’ve not updated to iOS27). The option to add Gemini and stuff was there, of course, but the “essentials” stuff was basic.

The Glyph is cool. But not enough to get me on board. It just felt like I was given a veneer of something different but once you get past NothingOS it’s really just Google all the way down.

The data center causes pollution and also steals the water from MANY children. This is some galaxy-brain stuff.

More the suffocation

Oh bless you, you haven't encountered anti-semitism yet, then.

I know we're bullshitting here, but my inner pedant can't help himself: Jesus was born in Roman-era Galilee, at a time when most people spoke Greek and various forms of Aramaic. Jesus is the Anglo-fied rendering of the Latin spelling of the Greek version (Iesus) of the Hebrew name Yeshua (which could also be translated as Joshua or Hosea).

Wow, I haven't seen this site in lo these many years. Good on ya, son (though I'm guessing that, since you know about this site well enough to call upon it for reference purposes, you and I are probably the same age)

Picked up my "sick" daughter from elementary school. FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!

(EDIT: Though I suppose the answer here, and for all of us, is "made a comment FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE")