Jay Bird

Modest stillness and humility are my passion.

[HankHeIl @HankHeil]

Elder Millennial weddings be like "come celebrate the start of their life together".

You're both 38, it's not starting, it's already over.

[emz 😼🍓 @emzberry]

ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@JayTee20006401 @BenGrahamUK This is a different post from the one you we're commenting on.

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@JayTee20006401 @BenGrahamUK … He didn’t? It’s clearly visible around 14 seconds in. You’re straightforwardly lying.

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@jacklarsonok @ArtemisConsort What’s the source?

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@DCTalks1009 @xwanyex Dude you obsessively comment on everything this guy posts.

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@0x49fa98 The post immediately underneath in my feed disagrees.

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

St. Juan Diego said he heard the most beautiful music when Mary appeared to him.

Centuries later, a renowned professor divided the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe along its vertical vertical seam.

What he found was shocking: The stars and flowers perfectly align to become musical notes that create a celestial harmony.

This is what it sounds like… 🤯

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@memeticsisyphus It’s been deleted. What did it say?

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@xwanyex We still have people who fill the functional role of slaves today they make our clothes, pick our foods. Build our smartphones. We just built a system where we don’t have to see them. The old form of slavery was arguably more honest.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@jbraunstein914 @Eric_Die_Spinne @xwanyex This is shifting the conversation though. You’re arguing against a hypothetical guy who’s against affirmative action the day after Jim Crow ended. These is easier ground for you to argue on, so I get why you’re trying to go there, but it’s not what’s being discussed.

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

This is what will happen with AI.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The decline in CGI deserves closer examination—especially considering this is from nearly 20 years ago.

[Knoxite Theocrat 🕊 @KnoxiteTheocrat]

They made this insane pfp for some Huguenot acct on here

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

There’s a crown lying in the gutter, waiting to be picked up. Someone will eventually use AI to make a new live-action season of firefly.

[thatstarwarsgirl @thatstarwarsgrl]

Here are my thoughts on the Firefly news of the new show being animated:
-I’m very happy for all the actors getting to reprise their roles
- I think it’s a HUGE missed opportunity to not do it in live action since they’re still capable.
- yes if the cartoon is successful it could potentially lead to more BUT why waste time waiting on a potential? We only get a short time on this planet. No one’s getting any younger. Just do a live action show like everyone wants.

Thats my 2 cents. What do you think?

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@mebenstein7 @jessegenet People can live happy and fulfilling lives and have children.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

All of the research actually finds precisely the opposite

Direct instruction is wildly effective

Discovery learning is an abject failure

Yet like learning styles and big foot, the myth persists

[Jay Bird @jayber__crow]

@allie__voss @Louise_m_perry often says a lot of gender war discourse come from both sides wanting the privileges of traditional gender roles while rejecting the responsibilities that came with them.

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

The litany of humility is probably the most radical prayer I have ever come across and it has seriously impacted my life. Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

[The Middle-earth Mixer @MiddleearthMixr]

The reason sacrifice appeals so deeply to men on a DNA level is because we are made in the image of the Almighty, and if God is Love, and the Author of our ability to experience love, and the ultimate form of love is laying down one’s life then it’s an inescapable innate desire in our fallen world.

But one doesnt have to experience physical death to ride out and meet this desire.

A man can die to his self every single day for Christ, for his wife, his children, and for his community.