@WhitneyEnglish
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Replying to @BethMooreLPM
@BethMooreLPM I finished your memoir the other night. Two am, listening on audible, couldn’t “put it down”. We picked up the Anglican bug almost two years ago, and couldn’t put it down either. I devoured your words.
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It’s crazy that this Christian journey is leading so many back to our roots. Praying for you and cheering you on!
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Wren Reyn@finchnwren10 May 2022
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@WhitneyEnglish's remarkable #AMoreBeautifulLife is the goal-setting plan I've needed all my adult life. I loved it and SO recommend it! Here's my review: wp.me/p3ppO3-3UK #balancedlife #creatingabeautifullife #goalsetting #sponsor #partner
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You have to *want* to love life if you want to love your life.
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I guess the trend of having your Pinterest boards perfectly organized is out.
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When I think of cranky people as weary travelers, it makes them easier to love and me more willing to host.
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NTS: the future belongs to those who can quit scrolling and put down their phone.
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"He has no time to be anything but a machine." - Thoreau. Also, discuss?
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Frances Haugen@FrancesHaugen25 Oct 2021
To start, we must demand: 1) Privacy-concious mandatory transparency from Facebook 2) A reckoning wih the dangers of engagement-based ranking 3) Non-content-based solutions to these problems — we need tools other than censorship to keep the world safe. (3/3)
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Is it just me, or have they always played classical music in airports? #willrogers
Ah, gotta love Oklahoma weather.
Truth isn't afraid of questions.
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What I heard: tech is smarter than government. time.com/6104070/facebook-wh…

Facebook Whistleblower Hearing: What We Learned

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the Senate that “Facebook is prioritizing profit over people"

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The robots are taking our jobs
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Evening journal. Two nights in a row. Breaking some personal consistency records over here, folks.
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I just figured out a workflow for shuffling content btw TikTok and Snapchat, and I’m remembering what it felt like to be 23 and figuring out photoshop for the first time.
Journaling. I just go where it takes me.
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I'm going to try to watch the congressional hearings about FB today. Starts at 11 central: commerce.senate.gov/2021/10/…
Here are apps that I'm exploring in the meantime:
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Use of these apps generates its own set of ethical questions. Who founded? What are their intentions? Motivations? But the question I keep coming back to is: do I see the leadership at these apps making decisions for people or profit?
Twitter. Of course. Good old Twitter.
Of that list, I do keep coming back to Vero. It's free to join right now, but it looks like they will go subscription when they hit critical mass. I'm here for subscriptions, if it means I can avoid algorithms, see what I want to see, when I want to see it (chronologically).
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