Executive Editor, Discovery Institute Press. Author. Tolkien lover. Christ follower. Shameless generalist.
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Jonathan Witt retweeted
A total reversal of the pediatric gender ban in Texas? Elections have consequences.
Democrats flipped the Texas governor's office and the House on November 3. On the first day lawmakers could pre-file bills for 2027, Rep. Donna Howard filed HB 126, a sweeping repeal of the state's abortion restrictions. Buried in it is a repeal of SB 14, the 2023 law that bars puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for minors.
I have reported extensively about the permanent adverse effects and consequences of this unproven “care” for children. Decisions made at 14 that can't be undone later..
Sweden, Finland and the UK are some of the countries that have pulled back.
The first Democratic move in Texas goes the other way.
It won't pass the Republican Senate. But the governor-elect said this wasn't her priority, it’s a messaging move. Her own House caucus just told voters that reinstating pediatric gender hormones and surgery is an early priority for Texas Democrats.
Jonathan Witt retweeted
Nothing like your first act being out of the Venezuelan socialist playbook . . . This will not end well.
foxnews.com/politics/texas-g…
Discovery Institute Launches AI Research Assistant! (And yes, it's intelligently designed.) scienceandculture.com/2026/1… via @discoverycsc @DrJayRichards @RLCrowther
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Jonathan Witt retweeted
Interesting. And yet the Republican Senate could not bring itself to fight for the SAVE America Act.
Ohio results:
🔵 Governor race: +8 Democrat
🔴 Voter ID amendment: +31 Yes
North Carolina results:
🔵 Senate race: +20 Democrat
🔴 Voter ID amendment: +20 Yes
Nevada results:
🔵 Governor race: +7 Democrat
🔴 Voter ID amendment: +25 Yes
Even in a blue tsunami, voter ID was able to pass with landslide margins
Jonathan Witt retweeted
6. The border is secure.
7. Fentanyl OD deaths plummeting.
8. Greenland future secured.
9. U.S. manufacturing booming.
10. DEI, ESG, CRT being dismantled.
11. Trans insanity slowing.
Did I mention the border is secure?
Jonathan Witt retweeted
Another example of the high stakes of this election for our constitutional republic. Biden DOJ goes after a whistleblower who exposed gender destructive surgery on minors by a Texas hospital.
I blew the whistle on @TexasChildrens secret sex change program and the @TheJusticeDept came after me for exposing the truth. After experiencing DOJ corruption we've decided to fight back. If you want to join the fight, donate below.
givesendgo.com/texas_whistle…
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Wikipedia Prohibits Content From 97% of Conservative News Websites thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10… #gatewaypundit via @gatewaypundit @DrJayRichards @JGWestDI @JackoWilliams64
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Jonathan Witt retweeted
And of course David doesn’t practice what he preaches. In 2021 he demonized fellow Christians who were seeking exemptions from COVID vaccine mandates as having “hardened heart[s]” that “reason and virtue have difficulty penetrating.” He accused them of having a “moral framework that’s broken” and being “dangerous,” “extreme,” and examples of “libertinism” that was a threat to liberty itself. Disagreeing with COVID mandates was not immoral. It was a reasonable difference of opinion, and yet David sought to absolutize his view on this disputable issue and anathematize as evil Christians who disagreed with him. By contrast, he now insists that someone like Talarico who is promoting truly evil things must be praised as a paragon of Christian decency.
Jonathan Witt retweeted
This is poison. If anyone needs more material documenting the Darwinian racism of the German elites, I encourage them to check out the website for historian Richard Weikart. Weikart knows a lot more about German ideology than Cooper: darwintohitler.com/
Jonathan Witt retweeted
This new paper is hilarious. It warns about political and cultural biases influencing science, and aims to expose the biased "co-option of research" by...
..."Using the lens of queer monster theory" to reveal the "power dynamics" that have resulted in "binary definitions and proscriptions of cis-heterosexism" the "purported 'biological truth' of immutable binary sex."
Oh yes, the sex binary rooted in observable sperm and ova discovered over a century ago is totally a result of cultural and political bias, but "queer monster theory" and "cis-heterosexism" is rooted in pure reason and derivable from first principles. 🙄
These people have zero self-awareness.
Jonathan Witt retweeted
This is exactly right. Insofar as it seems human, that is because (in the case of LLMs) it's trained on human generated text, fine tuned by humans, and provided with a user interface that produces text based on the same.
Ben Affleck says AI is simply matrix multiplication, linear algebra and floating point calculations, and however convincingly it sounds like a person, it has nothing to do with thought, humanity or feeling
“Nor do I believe, and I think it’s important to draw the distinction between what AI does, which is simply predict the next token or the next word in a sentence, then add that word on, run it back to the machine, do a lot of computation and pick the next word."
"That is a very different thing than sentience or thought. And I think we need to be really clear about that because it can be convincingly, in an illusory way, sound like thought or like a person."
"But let’s be real clear. This is matrix multiplication. This is linear algebra. These are floating point calculations. It has nothing to do with thought, humanity, or feeling.”
Jonathan Witt retweeted
I suppose I should take the opportunity to suggest an alternative book, which happens to have the same title:
amazon.com/dp/B075WC7BSK
Jonathan Witt retweeted
I have to admit, I always wondered what this part of Psalm 23 meant. I thought “He anoints my head with oil” was figurative language for God keeping the Psalmist healthy. I never knew this parallel.
Anoint my head with oil
“Sheep can get their head caught in briers and die trying to get untangled. There are horrid little flies that like to torment sheep by laying eggs in their nostrils which turn into worms and drive the sheep to beat their head against a rock, sometimes to death. Their ears and eyes are also susceptible to tormenting insects. So the shepherd anoints their whole head with oil. Then there is peace. That oil forms a barrier of protection against the evil that tries to destroy the sheep. Do you have times of mental torment? Do the worrisome thoughts invade your mind over and over? Do you beat your head against a wall trying to stop them? Have you ever asked God to anoint your head with oil? He has an endless supply! His oil protects and makes it possible for you to fix your heart, mind, and eyes on Him today and always! There is peace in the valley! May our good good Father anoint your head with oil today so that your cup overflows with blessings! God is good and He is faithful!!”
PBS Forgot to Ask Biologist Richard Sternberg About Cetacean Evolution scienceandculture.com/2026/1… via @discoverycsc
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Jonathan Witt retweeted
Hey @alamodrafthouse, why is your Dallas location mocking Tolkien with a drag queen showing of LOTR?
chroniclesmagazine.org/web/w…
Evolution Is Due to Evolution: PBS “Explains” Dolphin Intelligence scienceandculture.com/2026/1… via @discoverycsc @d_klinghoffer @DrJayRichards @JackoWilliams64
