Americans are trained to be tribal.

What used to fly under the banner of liberty (“I disagree with you”) now advances as authoritarianism.

Truth is truth. No doubt. His Name is Jesus Christ.

When we look to Him, we see our imperfections in His context - and here is where disagreements should be anchored.

Politics is a dumb thing to divide on until you anchor it to Him, and then it’s just part of the overall conquest.

👆Anyone follow Jarrin’s channel on Telegram? He is a strong voice and an amazing writer!

Learning to break away from the emerging government/'big tech' technocracy is one of the most important, healthy things you can do for yourself, now and for your digital future. Linux is Digital Freedom!

Learn a little more each week by following this channel. And start your Linux journey in our Technology forums -> forums.jeff.pro

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, we humbly ask for forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Cleanse our hearts and minds and fill us with Your Spirit. We submit our will to Yours knowing that with You all things are possible.

We lift up those who suffer unjustly, the falsely accused. Comfort those who cry out in pain. Give wisdom and courage to those fighting against corruption and evil in our world.

Shine the light of Your truth brightly, exposing deeds of darkness. We pray that You pour out Your blessings abundantly on our nation as we seek to live righteously.

We ask these things in the precious name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

Amen.

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Used GIMP to scan the negative of this image, then used the healing brush tool to remove the dust and scratches

Learning to Use Linux: Backups and Security

A short clip from this weekend’s Weekend Linux Workshop.

Easily back up your computer and set restore points whenever you want.

Secure your system, take back your privacy and make your important files indestructible when you switch your computers from Microsoft Windows to Free and Open Source Linux 💪

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A not-so-subtle reminder why those of us on the Jeff.pro channel have put in almost two years of effort helping wake up as many Patriots as possible about the realities of the harm that is being done to you, and the vunerable position you are in by having Microsoft Windows on your computers.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget. Put it in the back of your mind. Say you’re “too busy” to think about it. But the reality is still there.

It’s important stuff, friends.

I agree with you on the Windows issue wholeheartedly. I only have windows 10 on 1 laptop that I need to program my ham and commercial radios, and I only need it about every 3 months. I run Linux Mint Cinnamon on 1 computer, Linux Mint Debian Edition "Elsie" on 1 computer and Ubuntu Server 23.04 on another computer. Come late November it will be 1 year since I dumped windows and went to Mint on my main computer, I am loving it!! Now I need to figure out how to de-google my phone!

I have decided to run my "Windows Only" apps utilizing Oracle VirtualBox running a Win10 virtual machine inside my Linux Mint world. This is working quite well as opposed to trying to run them under Wine.

SOME SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK ABOUT TYRANNICAL TECHNOLOGY

This channel consistently preaches how emerging technologies present us with both opportunity and challenge. As we see that some aspects of the proposed tyrannical payment systems set forth by the WEF and other groups appear to parallel prophetic passages like Revelation 13, what may be prophecy fulfillment, if that is indeed what it is, ought to inspire wonder and awe at God's sovereignty, all things considered. Don't know about you, but I'm convinced about what we are seeing.

I think these developments should motivate us first of all spiritually rather than “just” intellectually as dissenters. We are called not only to observe but obey, discerning spiritual truth amid technological change. Also—the miracle of God's prophetic accuracy may offer an opportunity for witness among many who are lost and searching for meaning in a complex world.

Our witness to a lost world depends not only on following signs but abiding in Christ as the answer for the troubles of our times. And may the unfolding of events align our hearts with the timeless message of hope, love and redemption through the gospel.

We pray for wisdom to navigate it with grace and faith. Though the days may be dark, we know the story ends in victory for our Savior and King.

Learning to break away from the emerging government/'big tech' technocracy is one of the most important, healthy things you can do for yourself, now and for your digital future. Linux is Digital Freedom!

Learn a little more each week by following this channel. And start your Linux journey in our Technology forums -> forums.jeff.pro

Science and Technology: There are some brilliant scientists among us.

This guy is not one of them.

What an idiot!

I don’t buy it that’s he’s only “lost his way”, because he’s consistently choosing to push stupid ideas. Difficult to respect him because the ideas he’s pushing are not even his own.

POTUS: "The Grand Canyon — one of the earth's nine wonders — wonders of the world. Literally. Think of that. It's amazing."

In many, or most cases, when it comes to technology, convenience is the enemy of individual sovereignty.

'big tech' software like Microsoft Windows is likely tracking, capturing and monitoring every single thing you do on or near your computers.

It doesn’t have to be this way. But as of this moment in history, that is the world Silicon Valley ‘big tech’ companies and Microsoft built. And that is the direction they would like to keep taking you in.

Stand up for your Digital Rights. FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and Unix-like Operating Systems such as Linux will get you back on the right track for your Digital future — they are are the technology equivalents to growing your own food.

Follow this channel to learn a little more each week.

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It is absolutely urgent that everyone hear the words of Sean Patrick Tario, founder of mark37.com 💪

AI is a tool. It can be used for good or for bad. Build good AI tech and it will serve us well. Build it to serve nefarious purposes, and it will do that too. It's a tool that is fashioned by it's creator. I can make a pipe wrench, and other may make a gun. They are tools made for a purpose.
That is what AI is. It's a tool that works according to how it's maker designs it to work.

A lot of people have a misconception about AI. It is not a mysterious new life form. It's not actually sentient. It's actually not even "intelligent". It's sophisticated instructions programmed in by people, made into a tool of their choosing. The programming is certainly complex. But it is just programming. Instructions. Written by someone, and followed by the machine.

Google, Microsoft, Apple, and many many others are working on their uses of AI.
Microsoft intends to embed it in Windows. The AI is a tool they built to look at all of the data on your computer. What are they doing with that data?
What did they program their AI tool to do with your data?
We just don't know. Windows software is closed source... meaning we cannot look at the program to see what it does on the inside.
Same for Google
Same for Apple

This is YOUR freedom at stake.

Learn something about how web addresses work: What is a URL?

A URL is like a map on the internet. It tells your browser where to find stuff like webpages or images.

Here's what each part means: the protocol is how your browser gets the stuff (like HTTP or HTTPS); the subdomain helps sort parts of a website (but it's not always there); the domain name is the website's address; the path is the exact spot of what you're looking for; the query string (starting with a "?") gives extra info to the website; and the fragment (starting with a "#") tells your browser where to go on the page.