On July 8, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that ballot harvesting and the use of unsupervised ballot boxes is not consistent with the statutes governing Wisconsin election law and must be discontinued. The decision in Teigen and Thom v. Wisconsin Election Commission represents the latest skirmish in the national debate over election integrity versus ballot… Continue reading The Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Rule of Law, and the Return to Normalcy
Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works
For a decade now, many of the most impressive artificial intelligence systems have been taught using a huge inventory of labeled data. An image might be labeled “tabby cat” or “tiger cat,” for example, to “train” an artificial neural network to correctly distinguish a tabby from a tiger. The strategy has been both spectacularly successful… Continue reading Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works
Three Arrows Capital Is Sorry (Maybe): Recap Of The Biggest Crypto News In The Last Week Of July
By Donovan Choy of Bankless Three Arrows Capital founders break silence The founders of 3AC broke their silence this week in a widely publicized Bloomberg piece. The article doesn’t shed light on any new salient information, but is noteworthy because it’s the first we’re hearing from the co-captains that steered a gargantuan financial catastrophe. Here’s… Continue reading Three Arrows Capital Is Sorry (Maybe): Recap Of The Biggest Crypto News In The Last Week Of July
Wise States Begin to Push Back Against BlackRock, Larry Fink
Encouraging reports indicate that the more sensible of the states have finally begun to confront not only the leftist takeover of corporate boards and executive suites, but against the attempts by the modern malefactors of great power – Larry Fink and BlackRock, Brian Moynihan and Bank of America, and the rest of that crowd –… Continue reading Wise States Begin to Push Back Against BlackRock, Larry Fink
When Should COVID School Restrictions Lift? Intense Debates Persist
Last Friday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a pivot in its guidelines for indoor mask wearing that suggests that more than two thirds of Americans no longer need to wear masks—including children in schools. “We want to give people a break from things like mask wearing when our levels are low and… Continue reading When Should COVID School Restrictions Lift? Intense Debates Persist
CDC Gave Big Tech Platforms Guidance On COVID Censorship
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave censorship ‘suggestions’ to social media companies and Google in order to censor users who expressed skepticism or criticism of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Washington Free Beacon, which obtained a trove of internal communications obtained by America First Legal. The emails, between the CDC, Google,… Continue reading CDC Gave Big Tech Platforms Guidance On COVID Censorship
Kabbalah: Secret Teachings (Jewish Mysticism; Secret Teachings; Esoteric Judaism; Qabala)
Podcast: Download MYS219: Kabbalism is a school of Jewish mysticism that’s made a celebrity splash. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue a conversation with Dr. Justin Sledge about the controversial millennia-old Kabbalah teachings about God, the creation of the world, the origin of evil, and the afterlife. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Kabbalah: Secret Teachings (Jewish Mysticism; Secret Teachings; Esoteric Judaism; Qabala)
Seeking Mathematical Truth in Counterfeit Coin Puzzles
Our recent suite of puzzles featured the humble double-pan balance scale, historically a symbol of commerce and government, art and science. Balance scales are also popular in recreational mathematics. Balance puzzles require clear, logical reasoning and lend themselves well to mathematical generalization. Let’s see how Quanta readers balanced these qualities in the puzzles below. Puzzle… Continue reading Seeking Mathematical Truth in Counterfeit Coin Puzzles
Deafening Silence On Dobbs Leak Undermines Supreme Court As An Institution
Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via The Epoch Times, Chief Justice John Roberts is said to see defending the Supreme Court as an institution as pivotal to his role on it. On its face then, the Court’s silence some two months after Justice Roberts announced an investigation into what he termed an “egregious breach”—the assault on the institution of… Continue reading Deafening Silence On Dobbs Leak Undermines Supreme Court As An Institution
The God of Grace – SpiritualDirection.com
Editor’s note: This article is part 3 of a series, “The Kingdom of Grace.” Part 2 can be found here. Many people speak of the graces of God, but first, let us ponder the God of grace. Scripture and tradition tell us that grace is first of all a gift of God’s love. But how… Continue reading The God of Grace – SpiritualDirection.com