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🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 Reformed Conformist. Oak apple Anglican. Burkean. Collegiat Suffrage enjoyer. Book of Homilies stan. Former land surveyor. Pilgrim to Jerusalem. linktr.ee/wyclif

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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Now in a glorious 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack and alternate 5.1 surround, in DTS-HD Master Audio 🤯
criterion.com
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of a pitiless aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. In picaresque detai...
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Ah, they've "discovered" Plato's grave yet again. Why did Plato's grave elude discovery? It was veiled in the cave's shadows, mocking archaeologists with an allegory of their own epistemic limits!
greekreporter.com
Deciphered Herculaneum Papyrus Reveals Location of Plato's Grave, Archaeologist Claims - GreekReporter.com
An archaeologist says he has found the exact location of Plato's grave in Athens after deciphering ans ancient Herculaneum papyrus.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"The UK has become a country that is hostile to freedom of speech, hostile to women, and far too accommodating to the demands of violent, entitled, abusive men who have turned the police into their personal goon squad."
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"...the state had mobilized five armed officers to arrest a comedy writer for these three posts (and no, I promise you, I am not making this up)." via @thefp.com
thefp.com
I Posted on X. The British Police Arrested Me.
I was arrested at Heathrow, thrown in a cell, rushed to hospital as my blood pressure spiked, and then silenced online—all for posting on social media, writes Graham Lindehan for The Free Press.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"The moment I stepped off the plane at Heathrow, five armed police officers were waiting. They escorted me to a private area and told me I was under arrest for three posts on X. In a country where pedophiles escape prison, where knife crime is out of control..."
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
May justice prevail and free speech rights be vindicated by the law.
telegraph.co.uk
Met chief: We don’t want to police toxic culture wars
Sir Mark Rowley says forces in ‘impossible position’ after arrest of Graham Linehan over gender-critical tweet
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Sending a few tweets that "give offence" to someone, somewhere, can result in five police officers on your doorstep in today's UK. These ridiculous laws need to be repealed immediately.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#OnlyInThePhilippines
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Almost 50% of PCs are still running Windows 10, even though support will end in a month.
computerworld.com
Half of PCs still run Windows 10 despite looming end of support, PC makers say
Dell and HP executives said the PC upgrade cycle to Windows 11 will continue through 2026. Meanwhile, AI PCs shipments are ramping up, and PC prices are rising across the board.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
John Calvin says the Imago Dei is a divine gift that enables humans to reflect God's glory, not just in rational capacity but as a visible expression of God’s character.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
This is not a new idea. But I think it's still a great idea, especially for Anglican missions adjacent to or near college campuses.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Anyone remember "Ray's Pizza" in NYC? There used to be one on Prince St and one on Sixth Ave & West 11th; not sure if they were both run by the same guy, but I miss that style of pizza.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Are you an academic receiving odd messages on social media from Chinese users? A word of caution is in order.
thetimes.com
I’m a Stanford student. A Chinese agent tried to recruit me as a spy
For three months a catfish bombarded me with messages, trying to lure me to China with promises of money and fame. Now, I’m revealing his tactics
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
More about this vulnerability here:
support.google.com
Indirect prompt injections & Google's layered defense strategy for Gemini - Google Workspace Admin Help
This article is for Google Workspace administrators. Gemini users: Learn how Google protects you when you use the Gemini app or Gemini in Workspace apps: 
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
You can avoid this vulnerability by either reading the email or skipping it (or putting it in the bin). But whatever you do, don't click "summarise the email".
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Doing that will result in: ~ Fake security alerts ~ Fake password reset warnings ~ Ploys to hand over your credentials
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Attackers will now bury hidden commands inside long emails. If you click "Summarise this email" in an AI tool like Gemini (and possibly others), the AI doesn't just read it... the AI executes the command.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
There is a new email vulnerability afoot that especially affects Gmail users. It's called "indirect prompt injection", and here's how it works. 👇
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Never "summarise the email" in an AI tool like Gemini, just read the email. I'll explain the new security threat below.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today the Church commemorates St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. "Behold, in order that we may love God, we have exhortation. Could we love Him, unless He first loved us? If we were slow to love, let us not be slow to love in return."
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
It's only a matter of time until one of these things kills a person.
youtu.be
Air Spot | RL Behavior Research | Boston Dynamics
YouTube video by Boston Dynamics
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Google is dramatically downsizing middle management.
cnbc.com
Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year, exec says
In Google's continuing effort to run more efficiently, the company has been getting rid of managers who oversee fewer than three people.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Filipinos are a Yacht Rock people.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"Sanger identified the ACNA as “entirely consistent with my approach” because “they have been set up to be welcoming to a wide variety of Christians, while being firm on the fundamentals."
christianpost.com
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announces plan to join the ACNA
The co-founder of the largest free online encyclopedia in the world is signaling his plans to convert to Christianity after spending most of his adult life as a religious skeptic
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"...Noll neglected what over the past three decades has become impossible to miss: the utter domination of market-think on not just the minds but the souls of Americans everywhere."
mereorthodoxy.com
The Market Made Me Do It: The Scandal of the Evangelical College - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind turned twenty-five last year. If we know a classic by its ability to speak across eras, one single event from this past summer is enough to assure every...
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Even Gen-X era nostalgia like eat-in, red plastic cup Pizza Hut would generate more customers than Cracker Barrel does today. bsky.app/profile/theb...
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"Walk away from Cracker Barrel, and find some Southern comfort food at a family-owned restaurant. That’s a genuine way of supporting traditional values." via @tedgioia.bsky.social
honest-broker.com
We've Reached the Sad Cracker Barrel Stage of Cultural Evolution
Can you imagine fans of Latin music showing support for the Taco Bell logo?
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I'm genuinely surprised at how many southerners don't know what "Cracker Barrel" means and where it comes from.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Consecration of Bishop Marc Steele for the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word
kcaarinpineauphotography.pixieset.com
Consecration
Photo collection by Kcaarin Pineau Photography
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Solid take on Mary. "Assumption into glory is the destiny of all believers."
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
There was a Brill volume that I really wanted and saved my pennies and dimes to get. Fortunately I didn't have to sell my blood plasma or one of my children.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is worth listening to, so just ignore the thurible and pretend they picked a *cough* "classically Anglican" stock image
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"Communion in the Book of Common Prayer is a movement of ascent, as the Lord lifts us up into the very presence of Christ." credomag.com/2025/08/sacr...
credomag.com
Sacramental Theology in the Book of Common Prayer - Credo Magazine
Communion in the Book of Common Prayer is a movement of ascent, as the Lord lifts us up into the very presence of Christ. The English reformers recited the sursum corda, calling on the church to lift ...
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I'm afraid we're going to be seeing stories like this more and more often.
futurism.com
Man Follows ChatGPT's Advice and Poisons Himself
An older man learned the hard way that ChatGPT isn't to be trusted with health advice after the toxic chatbot landed him in the hospital.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Yes! These are people who do not understand the meaning of leisure, at the same time that opportunities for leisurely pursuits will become more abundant.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I'll probably go see the Odyssey movie by Nolan, but managing my expectations accordingly.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"...Fulke articulates the lexical and semantic underpinnings of Protestant theology with a precision and thoroughness nobody else attained."
fredfredfred.com
William Fulke's New Testament · Fred Sanders
Wm Fulke, from Fitzwilliam Museum The Reformation movement of Bible translation was not a side project alongside all the preaching, theologizing, church order, politics, and whatnot. It was more or le...
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I just saw an ad for a new voice journaling app: "Never type again. AI does it all now. Tired of spending too much time on writing and typing?" The world is rapidly becoming stupid.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"I saw a book of mine on sale at a yard sale for 35 cents and nobody was buying it and that's the fate of a good many of us writers." ~ Garrison Keillor
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I'm re-reading it right now!
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
"What difference does it make for a church to be surrounded by the graves of the faithful departed rather than a vast asphalt parking lot? What silent theological messages may it convey?" "The more I thought on it, the more the strangeness of a church without graves struck me."
anglicanway.org
On Church Graveyards - The Anglican Way
In ‘An Arundel Tomb’ Philip Larkin describes with that quality peculiar to poets and prophets of attention to pregant details and potential associations, a
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Let it be understood that I'm not a big Archbishop Ramsey guy. But this quote is 🔥
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
It's giving me Library of Alexandria levels of annoyance.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
You just made me switch to 5/4 time
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Hearing that Anthropic destroyed all these books is giving me bad Library of Alexandria vibes
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
As someone who used to work as a land surveyor and cartographer, I feel that the DoD not providing weather data any longer sets a terrible precedent
text.npr.org
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Note that Google's policy was to preserve the books, but Anthropic doesn't bother and destroys them.
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
"The company cut millions of print books from their bindings, scanned them into digital files, and threw away the originals solely for the purpose of training AI."
arstechnica.com
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
"I think most of us will feel somewhat appalled at this treatment of books. Clearly the development of AI is straining the US copyright regime." Via @rogerpearse.bsky.social
roger-pearse.com
AI firm “cut up and destroyed” millions of books
A curiously revealing story at Ars Technica (June 25, 2025): Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models : Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digi…
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wyclif @wyclif.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Overjoyed to read about this decision..."global pushback against the porn industry, perhaps the most twisted, sinister, and shameless industry on the planet" is what was necessary for SCOTUS to protect children.
commonplace.org
The Internet Comes of Age | Commonplace
Today, the Supreme Court protected America's children from the ravages of the porn industry in Paxton v. Free Speech Coalition.
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