David Rowbory

Mainly here for space, rockets, Bible translation and random bits of Nigerian life.

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@MrAshCunningham Did the bubbles go down?

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@Stroopwaffle Belated happy birthday!

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@OctopusEnergy And where are octopodes?

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Looks like they love him to the moon and back!

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Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover received a hero's welcome from his neighbors! 🇺🇸

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Prayer isn’t a wartime hotline https://t.co/V3vQlGWhBN

Boldness comes in many shapes.

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Yes. Odd. That continuation tweet seems to have vanished.

ugrupke was just "the group"

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Today I puzzled briefly over an unusual Ishɛ language word from a historical text an elder recorded: ugrupke. Unusual because we never have g followed by r. It clearly has the definite suffix appropriate for nouns ending -p, and a slight giveaway was the noun class prefix u-

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@DJSnM @bscholl And those particular red white and blue concurred. I think we can all agree with that?

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@ealinglevy What makes you ask? In our work we had coordinators before we had directors but directors have multiplied. Nigerians love big titles and Executive Director is much appreciated.

[Drew Maust @drewmaust]

Lynell Marchese Zogbo (1948-2026), “a woman who lived, without reserve, so that the Word of God might become accessible to all in French-speaking Africa.”

Bridge-Builder of the Bible Translation Movement in Africa – A Tribute by Michel Kenmogne

https://t.co/K8YkQ4AClW

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@josephcumming @JohnPiper I guess the point people may make is that Jesus wasn't an *illegal* immigrant (because there weren't any such concepts or laws there and then). I have to suspect they were actually undocumented, though they'll have appeared on Caesar's tax-payers register in Bethlehem.

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@unherd Yikes. A salutary read. Sounds like anyone mandating others to use a particular system should also have to try it and survive it. So many wrong and troubling things documented all in one article. What are the best human+tech ways of helping kids learn and thrive?

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Just heard that funding for Keyman the global keyboarding solution dried up: see the https://t.co/OBDv6Igy0t

And that's just as I check and see 14,600 people seem to have downloaded my pan-Nigerian keyboard https://t.co/Ig9Z3JKql1 so far.

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Walking the tightrope: https://t.co/jrgGqLSG0b

Fascinating to hear more of Steve Rosenberg's story of his interest in and respect for Russia through the years and keeping going trying to be honest and respectful in a very uncertain environment. With his lovely piano music too.

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Does anyone know a past tense for shine? Asking for a journalist.

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Very exciting. From the earliest days Christians have translated the message not usually to sound impressive, or to preserve languages, but to help people use their normal language skills to take God seriously.

[Tyndale House, Cambridge @Tyndale_House]

We are excited to announce a 3-part, documentary-style series on William Tyndale's life and legacy, starting next Thursday!

It opens with the journey from Jerome’s Vulgate to Tyndale’s translation.

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@JerryPikePhoto @NASASpaceflight @SpaceX @NASA Haha!

The future is orange.

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Perhaps then the question comes back to us ordinary followers of Christ, to ask whether we really value the right fruit? Would we recognise true Godliness? How many of God's faithful servants would we rate highly? Jeremiah stuck in the mud? Paul eclipsed by 'super apostles'?

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How do we choose who to listen to and allow to influence us? If they sign a Doctrinal Basis? That may have a role, if they are thoroughly honest, but perhaps looking at the fruit, the well assessed outcomes of their service and ministry is wiser, but takes time to see.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Jesus said, “Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves” (Mt. 7:15). They look like the sheep category and behave like the wolf category. Their accurate or orthodox words ARE the sheep’s clothing.

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@MrAshCunningham Ah. Well do share what falls to the cutting room floor. Then us dogs can eat the scraps that fall from the lecturer's table.