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Philippines 2:5-11
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen. Thank you, Jesus!
Going about my life normally today. Waiting to be killed by tsunami.
the tsunami prediction was interesting, time travel possibility is a concept I wonder about, but yeah, I have not noticed any waves hitting the East Coast on the news today
Ultimate date fag question... when is the official end of the Plan, based on the "you were told... 8 years..." or something like that in the Q post?
I'm planning a celebration, regardless.
u/#q3387
I know of 2 drops. u/#q1233 u/#q3387
Thanks! The second one is the one I was referring to. According to that, July 9th, 2025 is the end of the total 8-year Plan, assuming that the timestamp was a marker, and assuming that "what was going to happen" means the Plan.
“The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.”
Abraham Lincoln
Friday Poem...Elinor Wylie - “Wild Peaches”
https://theamericanscholar.org/wild-peaches-by-elinor-wylie/
RUSH "Anthem" Live
https://youtu.be/3oEQuzHp5I0?si=2TsiSKpVTmX2oRYD
Rural Revolution...In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural north Idaho housewife
http://www.rural-revolution.com/
Amish Forgiveness Explained: Two Different Types of Forgiving
https://amishamerica.com/amish-forgiveness-explained-two-different-types-of-forgiving/
Inside A “Plainly” Beautiful Amish Home
https://amishamerica.com/inside-a-plainly-beautiful-amish-home-31-photos/
Backyard farming surges
https://survival.news/2025-04-17-backyard-farming-surges-as-americans-prepare-for-economic-collapse-food-scarcity.html
Winter Oak - Renewed Humanism (Politics of the Heart, Part 5)
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/04/18/renewed-humanism-politics-of-the-heart-part-5/
The Folly of Molly: Dublin’s “Sexually Abused” Female Statue
https://www.takimag.com/article/the-folly-of-molly-dublins-sexually-abused-female-statue/
Worst Of Babylon Bee
American Hostages In Gaza Disguise Themselves As MS-13 Gang Members So Democrats Will Fight To Bring Them Home
https://babylonbee.com/news/american-hostages-in-gaza-disguise-themselves-as-ms-13-gang-members-so-democrats-will-fight-to-bring-them-home
Maine Sues To Allow Sasquatch To Continue Competing In Women's Sports
https://babylonbee.com/news/maine-sues-to-allow-sasquatch-to-continue-competing-in-womens-sports
Harvard Awards Honorary Degree To Man Who Firebombed Governor Shapiro's House
https://babylonbee.com/news/harvard-awards-honorary-degree-to-man-who-firebombed-governor-shapiros-house
Harvard Warns Loss Of Federal Funding Will Cripple Their Ability To Find A Final Solution To The Jewish Problem
https://babylonbee.com/news/harvard-warns-loss-of-federal-funding-will-cripple-their-ability-to-find-solution-for-the-jewish-problem
China Trade War Update: Trump Classifies Panda Express As Domestic Terror Organization
https://babylonbee.com/news/china-trade-war-update-trump-classifies-panda-express-as-domestic-terror-organization
interesting Amish forgiveness article. Forgiveness comes easy for me when good people do small mistakes. I still feel at times that I want justice and revenge against jerks who do bad things, people who don’t care. There’s principle that vengeance belongs to God. Justice can be brought out in some cases, through mediators or courts, but such justice does not undue the harm, especially when friends and relatives get taken away.
“Forbearance” is a concept I have heard to help explain forgiveness in context of troubling experiences: being willing to not take revenge, not carrying around the burden in one’s thoughts 24/7 of feeling of being slighted — this attitude can take a lot of work, but gives space for the person who has been wronged to experience some kind of healing. Some people do suffer so much from bad people that I can’t blame them if they have trouble forgiving, and I think God will have mercy even on people when they have such difficulty. It can take for some a miracle to emulate the words on the Cross, Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
" Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."
Romans 12:19
King James Version
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
...astute observations, nicely stated...
...keep the remnant faithful...
Of all that was said by Christ on the Cross, as his body was dying, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do", is the tenet of Christianity. But read the words, Christ did not say "I" forgive you, He asked Father to. And so when I struggle with past offenses done to me, or see examples of very bad things done by others, as I pray, I ask God to forgive them for me, as I am unable to, and to forgive my shortcoming. "Forgive my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me". I fail time and time again, in my silent judgements, in my knee jerk emotional reactions (which are regulated, and silent). God's mercy is extended to my imperfection, but I do ask Him to forgive what I seem to be unable to.
Thanks tor sharing this insight and helpful detail on this prayerto ask the Father!
Dumb question maybe, but what happened to all the J6 prisoners? Did we ever hear from any of them?
USA military flights and training: I don’t this is worth of a main feed post. Tonight at the NC coast, about forty minutes from Cherry Point Marine base, me we saw at least twenty planes (something) in the sky and very high. They were moving slowly and were dimmer than the stars. High enough that you couldn’t hear them. I did hear what sounded like a helicopter. It was very strange. Also for a possible reference, I heard several planes this afternoon and found several on ADS exchange. Most were from UK and a few were American. I checked monkeywerks and didn’t find a related post. Is there a way to find out military planes practice? Or, track on a different site. posting again, it’s possible it wasn’t seen because I posted late last night.
A Song: https://youtu.be/k7Wp1BEPgv8?feature=shared
And a bonus song: https://youtu.be/OrCpKa_xOcE?feature=shared. (for my brother and our Mom).
Only 1,372 days left for Trump to save the world.
Wake up.
The hour is very late.
and only a few months for Q post 3387 to be fulfilled, as mentioned 2x in today’s general chat! Buckle up, or if I can respectfully borrow the president of El Salvador’s name, “Bukele” up.
Passion Week - Saturday: Mark 15:42-47. https://www.bible.com/bible/59/MRK.15.ESV
My Ai experiments continue, but I wonder if there a LLM that I can download and run on my computer (that is not Deepseek)?
There are lot of LLMs you can run on your computer, if you have a decent GPU. I am using an RTX 3090 with 24GB vram. Which LLM to use depends on what you want to do.
This is what I have on my system
What is your recommendations for:
1.) Creative Writing (Generating chapters, scenes, and outlines)
2.) Image Analysis ("take this image of a character and describe the character" for example)
3.) AI prompt improvements or generation
Has anyone seen the Jake Tapper interview with George Clooney? That really doesn't look much like Clooney, the ears are huge, the nose is wrong. Put a picture of Clooney from a year ago next to the Clooney in that interview, weird. https://x.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1912652580137701517
C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (April 18th)
"And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." — Genesis 32:12
When Jacob was on the other side of the brook Jabbok, and Esau was coming with armed men, he earnestly sought God's protection, and as a master reason he pleaded, "And Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." Oh, the force of that plea! He was holding God to His word-"Thou saidst." The attribute of God's faithfulness is a splendid horn of the altar to lay hold upon; but the promise, which has in it the attribute and something more, is a yet mightier holdfast-"Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." And has He said, and shall He not do it? "Let God be true, and every man a liar." Shall not He be true? Shall He not keep His word? Shall not every word that cometh out of His lips stand fast and be fulfilled? Solomon, at the opening of the temple, used this same mighty plea. He pleaded with God to remember the word which He had spoken to his father David, and to bless that place. When a man gives a promissory note, his honour is engaged; he signs his hand, and he must discharge it when the due time comes, or else he loses credit. It shall never be said that God dishonours His bills. The credit of the Most High never was impeached, and never shall be. He is punctual to the moment: He never is before His time, but He never is behind it. Search God's word through, and compare it with the experience of God's people, and you shall find the two tally from the first to the last. Many a hoary patriarch has said with Joshua, "Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass." If you have a divine promise, you need not plead it with an "if," you may urge it with certainty. The Lord meant to fulfil the promise, or He would not have given it. God does not give His words merely to quiet us, and to keep us hopeful for awhile with the intention of putting us off at last; but when He speaks, it is because He means to do as He has said.
A lot of us here like supplements, natural ones even. So I wanted to reach out to our guy-anons and see if anyone is taking or could perhaps recommend a testosterone booster.
I've been curious to try one for quite some time now but trying to find one seems hit or miss reading reviews. It was just about pre-covid I was tested and supposedly on the low side of the normal range, I'm 52.
Thanks!
Fresh garlic, a clove a day, as Mod. posted recently. AI says some studies suggest it may enhance testosterone levels.
I also like adaptogenic herbs, adaptogens. Of them, I like cordyceps mushroom powder. AI also suggests maca root powder, fenugreek, and ashwagandha. I do not like ashwagandha or tumeric which others do suggest (I like cordyceps best, better for kidneys is what I read, compared to tumeric, and I forget which medical pro I read but he said even though ashwagandha is used for for and anxiety, there can be issues with it).
No guarantees with cordyceps as a stand-alone to boost testosterone, but I use it to help kidneys. A self-taught nutritionist I used to talk with has a medley mix here https://qnlabs.com/men-s-quantum-fuel.html. He lived to b 75, jogged nearly every day ’til it was his time , passing 10 years ago. I don’t like everything in his nutritional mix for men, but I share it as an example of ingredients he put together.
AI: the American ginseng can help with testosterone levels in men trying to lose weight, but has not been shown to benefit T-levels in men of normal weight. In Dr. Bob Marshall’s Quantum brand mix I also don’t like the tumeric in there. His wife also a nutritionist, continues the nutrition their brand and lab after his passing 10 years ago.
If you can’t do the garlic clove all the time (which if you do use in colder months is great for fighting off cold / boosting immune system — gently crush 1 clove and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes —> allicin compound) - Kyolic aged garlic in warmer months when you don’t have to worry about colds & the flu as much, Kyolic has SAC S-allyl cysteine which may help increase testosterone ( AI says it does so in animal studies, it just does not protect against the flu & other colds as 1 clove gently crushed does.
Wow, quite the reply, thanks! The garlic thing would be easy enough to add to my lunch for a daily.
I've heard of cordyceps, maybe here or maybe a podcast I'd seen. I tried a couple mushroom supplements from PetClub247 a few months back but a little pricey for me as a regular. I thought I had a couple other places bookmarked, maybe one with cordyceps, I'll have to look through.
I'd never heard of "adaptogenic" until a few months back watching I think a Dr Ardis show and the guys shop was a play on psilocyben.
Thank you, some good info to look into here.
Happy Resurrection Day brother!