David Birky

Okie. Tech guy. Likes backroad traveling, good stories, and pie. Doing my best to follow Jesus.

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@softballcrazed8 @OKWildlifeDept In Claremore Lake! And for a long time.

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@MattWhitmanTMBH I definitely read that as "made fun of by Kirk" and I'm a little disappointed that's not right but I'm still going to find a way to watch it 🙂

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@FaceLikeTheSun Gonz, do you have a higher resolution version of this graphic? It's a helpful visualization but some parts are nigh unreadable.

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@Bradley_Cude @PaulAnleitner There's a lot of Mennonite farmers in Kansas too.

[Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen]

@justsomegu80724 Guess we better make things easier for the lazy, bloated government that never seems to hesitate to make our lives harder then.

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@Andrewnsnyder @Mythic_Mind Just downloaded and queued up the whole series. Very much looking forward to it. Thanks!

[C.S. Lewis and Beyond @cslewisbeyond]

Of course we never wanted to be made into the sort of creatures He is going to make us into. But the question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.
-CS Lewis, Mere Christianity

[Brady Shearer @BradyShearer]

Before embracing AI in church tech, read this:

The future of tech and creativity is being shaped.

Except this time, humans are not the only ones doing the shaping.

A team at MIT ran EEG brain scans on 54 participants for 4 months.

They tracked alpha waves (creative processing), beta waves (active thinking), and neural connectivity patterns.

The findings? ChatGPT makes you 60% faster at completing tasks.

But here’s the tradeoff: it reduced the need for actual learning by 32%.

Said differently, you're trading long-term brain capacity for short-term speed.

MIT researchers called this "cognitive debt" - like financial debt, but for your brain.

I call it creative bankruptcy.

Basically, every shortcut you take with AI creates interest payments in lost thinking ability.

And just like financial debt, the bill comes due eventually.

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@Andrewnsnyder Which university? Asking for a friend who is considering going back to school.

[Dr. Henry Cloud @DrHenryCloud]

There is a difference between hurt and harm. Like a good stretch, growth can hurt — it pulls, it challenges, it asks more of you. But it’s building toward strength.
Harm is different. Harm tears. Harm injures. Harm leaves you limping long after the moment has passed.
If you’re heartsore but moving, it was growth. If you’re wounded and stuck, it may have been harm.
Pay attention to the difference. Name it. Address it appropriately. Your healing depends on it.

[David Birky @magoh76]

@TheMuppetPastor I work at a Christian school for kids under 6 with special needs. Check out https://t.co/pO9Zt0tzu3 (free training) and https://t.co/P173t5cmoP (our main site with more free resources).

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@Andrewnsnyder @bluecollarwrite

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@Andrewnsnyder @The_Kyle_Mann I can hear this gif

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[Blurry Creatures Podcast @blurrycreatures]

WE KNEW IT

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@Andrewnsnyder Sang that in church today! One of my favorite hymns and this absolute best verse ever:
Crown him the Lord of years,
the potentate of time,
creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime.

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

Just a helpful clarification:

The proper conclusion from Jesus’s flipping of the tables in the temple is not that we are called to “flip tables.” This has nothing to do with us.

Jesus is prophetically announcing his lordship of the temple, his judgment on a corrupted temple system, and that he was the true meeting place of humanity and God.

I am none of those things, so I don’t get to copy Jesus and apply it to whatever contemporary issue I might want to flip a table about.

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More here:
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🎄Happy Birthday Jesus!? 🎁

https://t.co/ytnovG1QNe

Did you know some Bible scholars believe Jesus was born on September 11?

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If you'd like to learn more about Little Light House or give to the school, please check it out here: https://t.co/WvVAKcP3Tv

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@LLHTulsa is a Christian, nonprofit, TUITON-FREE developmental center that provides specialized education and therapy services for children with special needs in Tulsa and around the world.

Every year the staff, of which I am one, raises money in a back-to-school fundraiser.