It really is crazy how much evangelicals have monopolised mainstream discussions of Christianity in America because this is literally just official Catholic Church doctrine - it's what I was taught at school.
insane slight of hand here where they casually explain that the units fell into intense disrepair in the first place because “they had tenants living in them for decades” who “left them in need of repairs” as if it wasn’t the landlords’ job to maintain them in the first place
The takeaway here should be that Chicagoans love street festivals in dedicated pedestrian public spaces, and we don’t have enough of them to fulfill demand
Wicker Park as west side actually predates gentrification (“west town” was coined in the 1920s if not earlier) and I think feels weird now because of the socioeconomic connotations of each “side”
Even as a non-religious person, I personally cringe at the hubris required to personally tell the Pope that you think your company has created an ensouled being, thus rendering Anthropic equivalent to God the creator. Further, that you did it for profit and it is now enslaved.
guyssss capital punishment is wrong not necessarily because the perpetrators dont deserve to die but because the government shouldnt have the power to kill someone. that power can and has been abused. it also makes victims less likely to come forward
Hopefully the creation of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority will result in a high-quality constellation of coordinated, efficient, and reliable bus and train runs, a "Champagne Supernova" of service.
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It's incredibly important to aggressively resist the idea that AI can be conscious or have "personhood," not only because it's as ridiculous as believing that a book can think, but because once this is accepted, "AI's interests" will very quickly be prioritized over humanity.