Andrew Goelst

Happily married Father of 4.

[Divinely Designed @DivinelyDesined]

Scientists mapped a piece of brain the size of half a grain of rice.

One-millionth the size of the human brain.

It took them a year and over 1.4 million gigabytes to scan it.

They found over 57,000 cells, 150 million synapses, and even some new structures they didn't know existed.

Mapping the entire human brain in this level of detail would require all the data storage generated on Earth in a year + a 140-acre data center.

But the human brain itself can hold up to ~2.5 million gigabytes of information - enough for ~3 million hours of HD video or 342 years of continuous viewing.

It can process roughly 10 quadrillion calculations per second - enough processing power to run over 4,000 high-end gaming PCs all operating at peak ability.

And it only runs on the amount of power needed for a single dim light bulb.

No technology even comes close to doing what the brain can do.

The more we learn about biology, the more complex it becomes.

This is God's Glory on display.

[Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash @SenatorCash]

The Full Federal Court’s decision in Tickle v Giggle confirms the original finding that the Giggle for Girls app unlawfully discriminated against Roxanne Tickle.

The Coalition’s position remains clear: women and girls have a right to safe, private and fair single-sex spaces.

That is not controversial. It is common sense.

Single-sex spaces exist for important reasons - safety, privacy, dignity and fairness and the Coalition will continue to stand up for the rights of women and girls.

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

Every ‘equal society’ in history ended the same way: with force.

You cannot redistribute productivity without coercion.

That’s the part radical socialism never admits.

The more 'equality' you want, the more authoritarian it must become to enforce it.

[John Anderson AC @JohnAndersonAC]

Thirty-two years after the fall of apartheid, South Africa is a warning the West refuses to hear.

In this video, @FreyaThinks breaks down how a country that had every opportunity to become a beacon of racial reconciliation descended into corruption, crime, and decline, and why the same ideas driving that collapse are spreading through Western institutions right now.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Obviously giving a tablet to a 4 year old is total madness. There is no upside for the child. It’s all downside. Parents do it for one reason and one reason only. To keep their kids quiet and docile so that they (the parents) can spend more time on their own devices.

[Kosher @koshercockney]

This should be shared everywhere.

The length these men must have gone to, and others involved to get this video out to the world.

These 6 men, just before they were executed by the Islamic Regime, sing a final song of Resistance against the terrorist regime.

Honour them.
FREE IRAN.

Via @nypost

[Imam of Peace @Imamofpeace]

Australia,

It is an injustice to the victims and to society as a whole to blame the weapons rather than the terrorists. Violence does not act on its own; terrorists do. Responsibility lies with those who plan, incite, and carry out these crimes, not with inanimate objects. Ban Hizb ut Tahrir. Ban the Muslim Brotherhood. Confront and dismantle the ideology at its source.

[Rowan Dean @rowandean]

Please repost

[Mason Burchette @BurchetteMason]

@TIME There’s no such thing as giving your kids access to the internet. You’re giving the internet access to your kids. Innocence is precious. Protect it at all costs.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

This gave me chills.

Vance is one of the most powerful people on earth and just proclaimed the Gospel in front of millions.

Glory be to God.

[Giga Based Dad @GigaBasedDad]

You have been given your mission, gentlemen.

[Damani Felder @TheDamaniFelder]

Charlie Kirk was NOT a racist. I have proof and I am proof.

[Moira Deeming MP @MoiraDeemingMP]

On the day of @charliekirk11’s tragic death - my eldest daughter arrived at school to find her classmates celebrating his murder.

What she recounted reminded me of William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’- about the descent of well-trained, well behaved schoolchildren into violent savages.

For publicly defending Charlie Kirk, my daughter faced a sudden and aggressive onslaught of physical intimidation, fury, jeering and accusations.

I’m pleased to report that she calmly answered every question, never responded in kind and after the teacher put a stop to it- one girl later apologised for her bad behaviour and acknowledged my daughter’s grace under fire.

My daughter learned how to do so in large part, by watching Charlie Kirk use good humour, clear language and good will toward those he was debating.

I’m so grateful my daughter had an alternative to the savagery of the youth “influencers” our culture has produced.

Vale Charlie 🙏

[Eric Metaxas @ericmetaxas]

This was what mattered the most to Charlie Kirk. May his murder lead millions to follow Jesus -- which would truly change this broken and sick world.

[Patrick Parkinson @ProfPParkinson]

My post yesterday on whether the law in Victoria could be read in the same way as the UK Supreme Court in the 'For Women Scotland' case clearly touched a chord. There were many interesting responses.
In terms of federal law, Bromwich J's decision in Tickle v Giggle is on appeal, and it remains to be seen whether the kind of reasoning so carefully explained by a unanimous Supreme Court in Britain could equally be applied to the different statutory language of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in Australia.
To be clear, no-one wants to eviscerate trans people's rights to be free of discrimination in the various aspects of life to which discrimination protections apply. The grievious problem now is that various anti-discrimination commissioners and human rights bodies such as @AusHumanRights are not seeking appropriately to balance those rights with the rights of women and girls to single sex facilities, sports competitions and the like. They have championed and applied interpretations of the law which adversely affect the rights of natal women. They have even undermined sexual orientation rights.
Worse, certain states such as Victoria have passed self-id laws that make it far easier than in the UK to register as female. The bar to gender identity recognition is not only low. It is virtually non-existent. And that means there is no scrutiny in terms of who can claim the rights associated with womanhood.
Legislators ought to have thought through all the consequences for different human rights with great care before passing these laws on gender identity discrimination and self-id. Instead, they failed even to clarify fundamental questions such as when someone can be said even to have a stable 'gender identity' for legal purposes, whether self-identified gender is to be equated with 'sex' when that word is used in a statute; when organisations are entitled to be single sex rather than single gender; and what on earth it means for someone to have a birth certificate which says they are "non-binary" or "agender". Politicians have failed the whole community, including trans-identified people, by neglecting their duty to pass laws that are clear.
An election is on. Perhaps politicians of different parties could indicate whether they are prepared to sort out the mess they have created in a way that fairly and properly balances different human rights. It really would be most unwise to ignore the strength of feeling in the community on these issues. @markdreyfusKCMP; @SenatorCash; #Auspol2025

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Today, is what we in our family call miracle day.

22 years ago I was healed from paralysis. Just before my 12th birthday I was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition that left me paralyzed from the waist down (a 🧵).

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Your world is not spinning out of control, careening toward chaos, because we have a King who rules over all the earth.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

Amazing grace brought sinners to the Savior.

The Magi — pagans, Gentiles, even magicians — were met by God in their sin and drawn to worship the newborn King. This is the wonder of Christmas: God’s grace reaches further than we ever imagine.

Let this truth fill you with awe this Christmas Eve.

[Patrick Parkinson @ProfPParkinson]

For the many who do not share my faith that Jesus came to us from God, there is still much to celebrate about Christmas. Jesus was undoubtedly a historical figure. Roman writers attest to this. He turned the world upside down. Most of our secular values derive from his teaching. Read the gospels and his teachings continue to amaze, inspire and challenge.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Jesus’ promise of abundant life is not a promise of a comfortable life, with nice cars, big houses, good food and great vacations, but rather the profound blessings of his presence and grace, giving us a life that is rich with meaning and purpose.