Nena Moss

Former Web tech. Info specialist @OSTIGOV, now free agent (retired)! RABrittain & FBC Webmaster. Musician. @AppAlumni @Watauga_College

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Yes, it's about gratitude.

[Teddy - PolyBackTest.com @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:

“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”

The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

We had a wonderful experience with FRH Construction of Oak Ridge, TN. A project to help us age in place turned into a beautiful and highly functional addition to our home.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

@Casillic Congratulations to you both!

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Ireland’s Call. Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the west of Ireland ☘️

[Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell]

In many ways artificial intelligence is a conversation with history.

AI is largely a function of the data that it is trained on (and opinions/ choices of programmers). That data comes from the past and the past is often something we don’t want to repeat. However, historical power imbalances and societal biases that can be found in data sets don’t have to be perpetuated into the future. We can edit data sets. We can be thoughtful about what data we choose to train AI systems on. We can interrogate the systems we build before we deploy them. We can continue to audit and update them.

Thanks for having me @NBCNews

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

My son loves to shop there!

[Franklin Tennessee @visitfranklin]

Join us at Mill Creek Church of Christ in Nolensville for a year-round weekly Farmers Market every Saturday from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm featuring locally grown product, meat, eggs, baked goods and crafts!

Learn more: https://t.co/pS9djvfpFF

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Folk song from Ukraine: Пливе кача (A Duckling Swims). This weekend marks 2 years since the invasion. From the other side of Europe, on the west coast of Ireland, our love and support continues to be with the people of Ukraine🇺🇦

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Interesting @NPR story on Long COVID and exercise: https://t.co/9gsRqEi9DY @MugPhlute

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Nikola Tesla on the importance of seclusion and solitude (1934) ✍️

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Watch them learn.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Does your toddler throw things? ⚽️ 🧩 📚 🍕

Join the club!

Yesterday I introduced “play schemas” - a set of nine developmentally appropriate play patterns routinely observed in young children.

And, frustrating as it can be, throwing is one of them.

It’s the “trajectory” schema.

If you take nothing else away from this post, let it be this: your little one doesn’t throw things because they are “misbehaving” or “bad.”

Babies throw things because they are babies. 

And they throw things because they are learning.

Learning about cause and effect. 

Learning about gravity.

Learning what they can do with their bodies.

Learning hand-eye coordination.

So, what should you do about it?

First, be proactive. Expect that anything your little one handles might be thrown or dropped. So choose wisely, avoiding items that are valuable or might pose a danger to them or others if they suddenly took flight.

Second, depending on the age of your child, begin introducing some natural consequences. Put the toy/object away after it is thrown. Or involve your child in the subsequent clean-up, for example.

Redirect. Explain which things are and are not for throwing. Model the correct use of these objects.

Finally, lean into it. Recognizing that young children are drawn to throwing, provide items that are safe to throw. 

Soft toys. Socks. Balls. 

And look for opportunities and settings for your little one to explore this urge safely and appropriately.

How did you manage your child’d throwing phase?

This sweet little throwing machine was posted to TT by kristinnicole122.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

@emilykmay Hi, I'm Appendix.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Molly was inspiring. She was scheduled to speak @DOE_InterLab 2005 and I so looked forward to meeting her. A bad snowstorm got in the way. :( Glad her pain is gone. <3

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

@hgtv Countertops!

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

“It is not the measure of your obstacles that ultimately decides who wins, it is your willingness to persevere come what may that separates the champions.”

[Dr. Joel Brown FRSA @JoelBrownMD]

As a black immigrant from Jamaica to the UK, I lacked the social "privileges" necessary to achieve my dreams and achieved several of them anyway in the face of some struggle.

Much of the exaggerated discourse about social privilege in our society serves to demonise the achievements of some people("the privileged")and demoralise others from fighting hard to achieve their dreams.

It is not the measure of your obstacles that ultimately decides who wins, it is your willingness to persevere come what may that separates the champions.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

@BethMooreLPM Oh, that hurts. ❤️

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

@baptist_news My dad was one of those CBF charter members. I’m grateful for his deep and analytical thinking, as well as my wonderful CBF church fellowship.

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Hilarious :)

[OnStage Blog @OnstageBlog]

Finally started watching Chicago Med and they had Betty Buckley guest star as a woman who has resorted to eating cat food.

I see what you did there, Chicago Med. 😹

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Interesting. My mother lost hers early and suffered from Alzheimer’s later in life.

[Discover Magazine @DiscoverMag]

🔄FROM THE ARCHIVE: Did you know that a woman's uterus may play a role in memory and cognition? 🤯 Scientists have found that women who have had a hysterectomy experience cognitive decline at a faster rate than those who have not. 💭 https://t.co/QPDejNQJlO

[Nena Moss @nenamoss]

Just finished the memoir by @BethMooreLPM - touched me in so many ways. Ministry, for sure. Then, SBC disappointment. Praying about what’s next.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Meditating this morning on the powerful exhortation in Hebrews 10:23 where the Holy Spirit through God-knows-who tells us to “hold on unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” A 30 yr old friend told me yesterday that the power in her car shut off inexplicably going full speed on I-45, one of the freakiest freeways in Houston. She described how terrifying it was for the cars, pickups & 18-wheelers, for the love, to swerve around her. You can imagine. She said the sound was deafening. She obviously lived to tell about it and, though young in faith, knows the Lord kept her.

There is such madness and chaos swerving around us in this era. Deafening noise. We don’t know if it will let up or not. But what we can know is this: the Lord will not let up. His hold on us is firm. We’re in his palm, safe and secure. His goodness and holiness cannot wear off. He is utterly incapable of unfaithfulness.

In this day when everything is shaking and almost nothing about the landscape seems recognizable, brother and sister, hold on to the hope you profess.

HOLD FIRM. Tighten your grip on that wheel. Straight ahead. We may feel we know absolutely nothing else but if we know Jesus, we know—I said we KNOW—we are held
and nothing can snatch us out of his Father’s hand. We can know when we’re down and feel like the future is bleak that, no matter what, whether here or There, our best days are to come in the renewal of all things. As Jude wrote, we are beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.