🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Apple’s new custom emoji come with climate costs'

11 June 2024 - kudos:

I am very grumpy about this. Also, the point of emoji is that they exist within Unicode, yeah? So these aren’t really emoji in the way that those icons are useful—they’re just a fun trick that’s helping advance the climate crisis. link to “Apple’s new custom emoji come with climate costs”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions'

16 May 2024 - kudos:

Such a depressing article. link to “Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.'

28 March 2024 - kudos:

There are some important and interesting pieces of information in here. link to “AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.”

text for recent Beyond the Walls sermon

26 January 2024 - kudos:

Last Sunday, I gave a sermon on the Temptation of Jesus for a Beyond the Walls service by the Toronto Congregation of Community of Christ. The whole service was great, and I was happy to make my small contribution to it. It’s been recorded and archived here: As I did the last time that I gave a sermon, though, I wanted to share the text I preached from: This week, as we follow Jesus into the wilderness, we might wonder what the purpose of this journey is.