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Michelle Zier retweeted
“In my most evil moments I was convinced that I was doing good, and I was well supplied with systematic arguments. And it was only when I lay there rotting on prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good.”
Michelle Zier retweeted
What happens when we become afraid to criticize an ideology because of who might be offended?
When criticism of Western societies, Christianity or “white people” is treated as acceptable, but criticism of other cultures or religions is dismissed as prejudice, we create a dangerous double standard.
No ideology should be above scrutiny. No belief system should be protected from criticism because of the identity of the people who hold it.
If we are serious about defending free expression, that principle has to apply consistently.
I’m so grateful to @TudorDixon for giving me the space to have these difficult conversations.
Watch the full episode at the link in comment section.
Michelle Zier retweeted
Those who take stability for granted often mistake the need for it as a defect of character.
Michelle Zier retweeted
“The ideologue...thinks of politics as a revolutionary instrument for transforming society and even transforming human nature. In his march toward Utopia, the ideologue is merciless.”
—Russell Kirk
Michelle Zier retweeted
“A nation that does not demand high standards of character in its leaders will end up being a nation of barbarians.” - Chuck Colson
Michelle Zier retweeted
Leaders bless, encourage, and refresh those around them. They speak words of life into others, words drenched in hope. Not just feel-good words, but "I believe in you" words.
Michelle Zier retweeted
An election shouldn't matter for civics centers because we should be offering & embodying something so enduring & transformative that students & faculty find it irresistible. Such a thing really is possible because we humans by nature wonder & long for goodness, beauty, & truth.
Non-persons used as a liability shield. Whoever could have seen this idea coming?
If this legislation passes, AI would need to be considered conscious and legally accountable in order to be deemed fiduciaries.
I can’t believe I just wrote that last sentence. Crazy timeline. 🤦♀️
Michelle Zier retweeted
🚨🇺🇸 Wall Street is looking like an absolute BLOODBATH.
Over $3 TRILLION got wiped off the U.S. stock market in ONE DAY.
Nvidia down nearly 9%. AMD down almost 16%. Micron down 15%. Tesla down 11%.
Even Microsoft, Google and Amazon are getting hammered.
The AI selloff is turning into something MUCH bigger, with investors questioning the industry's enormous spending and whether the profits will ever justify it.
And fears of tougher restrictions on data centers after the midterms are adding fuel to the fire.
Just yesterday, Wall Street was celebrating a historic post-election rally.
24 hours later, TRILLIONS have vanished.
Quite the turnaround.
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Michelle Zier retweeted
JUST NOW | Asian markets crash as AI sell-off triggers Korean trading halt.
Asian equity markets plunged sharply on Friday after a rout in U.S. artificial-intelligence and semiconductor stocks rippled across the region.
South Korea’s KOSPI fell more than 8% within minutes of the open, dropping below 5,000 and forcing the Korea Exchange to trigger a first-level circuit breaker that halted stock and derivatives trading for 20 minutes.
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the decline, each losing more than 9%.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 sank over 6%, breaking below 60,000 and approaching bear-market territory.
Investors fear tighter U.S. regulation and slower AI data-centre investment could undercut the sector’s earnings outlook.
Michelle Zier retweeted
I went to the Secretary of State today to get my new ID with my correct name and sex. As I handed the clerk helping my countless documents, I explained to him that I once believed that I was trans when I was a teenager.
He looked up and told me that I wouldn't believe how frequently people come in to correct their documents because they used to believe they were trans.
Detransitioners are facing consequences from the advice of "trans allies" everywhere. Most deal with them and detransition in silence.
Spot on. Their over-explaining is a vital clue about their back story. Compassion is warranted.
Michelle Zier retweeted
If you understood how many lives are connected to your obedience to God, you would stop treating your spiritual path so casually.
Your consecration is not just about you, there are people waiting for your guidance.
Some people will find healing because of your words.
Some people will find purpose because of your faith.
Some people will find God because of your prayers.
Some people will find deliverance because you led them to God.
Some battles will be won in the spirit because you remained with God.
Your devotion has weight. Never underestimate it.
Your consecration is a doorway to transformation for others.
Michelle Zier retweeted
Dehumanizing speech is ungodly, whoever says it and wherever it comes from. It has no place among those who follow Christ.
Every human being bears the image of God. Demeaning someone cannot take that away, but it does reveal something grievous in us. We have forgotten the dignity we share with the person we’re attacking.
James saw this plainly: "With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God… My brothers and sisters, these things ought not to be so" (James 3:9–10).
We may have a real grievance. We may feel strongly about a cause or a political conviction. None of that gives us permission to degrade another person. Even on the cross, Jesus prayed for those who crucified Him.
Following Him means learning to regard people with that same mercy, especially when we are angry.
Before we speak, we need to remember whose image the person before us bears.
Michelle Zier retweeted
A few years ago I read this book and there was a chapter that still haunts me that detailed how the Bolsheviks would take peasants on airplane rides so they could see for themselves that there was no God or angels in the sky. They wanted to dismantle an entire worldview where people were answerable to something beyond the material world and beyond the authority of the state. They wanted to replace what they saw as primitive superstition with their promise of an eventual communist society and its secular vision of redemption. The promise of Heaven offered a hope that they sought to extinguish.
