One of the biggest mysteries to me is that orcas are the most efficient predators on Earth, yet they’ve never hunted humans in the wild. Maybe they know something we don’t
Another massive L for Chicago.
In 2014, George Lucas picked Chicago for a $1 billion privately funded museum for his legendary collection - Star Wars artifacts, Norman Rockwell paintings, etc. Zero taxpayer dollars.
A left-wing nonprofit (“Friends of the Parks”) sued, claiming a parking lot was sacred “public trust land.” After years of delays, Lucas said screw it and took the whole thing to LA.
Opening this September. It looks incredible.
Meanwhile, Chicago rammed through the Obama Presidential Center on 19.3 acres of historic Jackson Park.
• Originally ~$300M → now $850M (nearly 3x over)
• Promised 2021 opening → now opening June 2026 (5 years late)
• Promised $470M endowment so taxpayers wouldn’t get stuck → only ~$1M deposited
One museum Chicago blocked.
One museum Chicago rammed through.
Chicago’s priorities on full display.
The people who are going to be the most mad at @ChicagoBears when they move to Indiana are the people who’ve been actively voting to make Illinois the least business friendly state…there’s zero chance that they realize they are 100% to blame…
Illuminated manuscript page by Florence Aseult.
The Passion of Christ, hand-painted on goat parchment using traditional medieval techniques.
Lapis blue, crimson, 23-carat gold, and vivid floral pigments.
I fell in love with this scripture:
“There will come a time when your tears will fall, not because of your troubles, but because God has answered your prayers.”
— 𝖧𝖠𝖡𝖠𝖪𝖪𝖴𝖪 𝟤:𝟥
Did you know Tim Keller wrote a detailed analysis of American political ideology — conservative, liberal, nationalist, progressive — and showed why every single one is functioning as a religion? He wrote it in January 2023. He died in May. It was never published. Until now.
It's one of the most clarifying things I've read on why political tribalism feels so all-consuming — and what Christians can actually do about it. Part 2 drops this summer.
https://t.co/bQdhuFn5H6
-Michael Keller
I've wanted to have this kind of conversation for a long time. @WesleyLHuff is a New Testament historian who studies ancient manuscripts, and he is exactly the kind of thinker I wish I had found before I became a Christian. The logical part of my brain needed someone who could walk through the evidence without assuming you already believe it.
What is the evidence for the resurrection?
What was speaking in tongues?
Which translation is the most accurate?
And more!
A Turkish proverb says, “If a father bathes his children, both will laugh, and if a son bathes his father, both will cry.” Such is the painful beauty of life, where love comes full circle with time.
Tucked into Chicago’s Wicker Park, the Hermann Weinhardt House looks less like a city residence and more like a Victorian fairy tale.
Generally dated to 1888–1889 and attributed to architect William Ohlhaber, the house is best known for its richly ornamented, Bavarian “gingerbread” character—an extravagant mix of brickwork, carving, color, and late 19th-century decorative ambition.
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