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Moldova convention is “Sunday to Tuesday” ??

Found the closeted republican…

Oops, didn't have my glasses on

I went into setting, found the app was still there and deleted in settings. That should stomp it out!

Webb/Hubble Find Far-out Solar System Objects ‘Remember’ Past Release date: 8 September 2026 10am ID:2026-018 These telescopes offer best view yet into early stage of planet-building More than 100 million times dimmer than what can be seen by the naked eye, far-out Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are small, faint, icy bodies orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune’s orbit. Now, in the deepest TNO studies to date, researchers analyzed the color, composition, and size distribution of 27 newly discovered TNOs—some of them the smallest and faintest ever directly seen. Using NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the teams measured the objects’ colors, which are like a fingerprint of the surface composition, as well as their sizes, and determined their orbits. What they found was the best view yet into an early stage of planet-building in our solar system. Working together to detect and characterize these TNOs, Hubble and Webb provided more insight into these tiny objects than either could on its own. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-webb-find-far-out-solar-system-objects-remember-past/ Video link [2m39s]: Pic Description: This artist’s concept depicts a Trans-Neptunian Object, a small, faint, icy body orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. These objects are so small that even with NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes, they appear only as tiny points of light. Artwork: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)

Bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, yes, please! ❤️ Underline in the text (not own writing) in addition to the whole colours.

So a fun little fact for the Cardiff Convention… some of the images are of brothers and sisters in our congregation. When the pics were taken they had no idea they’d be used for the convention info page! the 1st pic is our Service Overseer and his son on the ministry in Brecon and the 2nd is a group of our pioneers on a walk last spring

Oh! What a tangled web they weave ...

I have seen some men in the world and brothers who, after losing their mate in death, continued wearing their wedding ring on their left ring finger until they felt ready to remarry - then they moved the ring to their right ring finger to indicate they were available. Don't know how widespread this practice/custom is - just something I have personally seen.

I know the brothers are looking forward to their heavenly assignment, but they aren't finished with their current assignment yet and we don't want them leaving too early. 🤣

That can be a really sticky situation, it's easy to get tangled up in their life..

It's understandable why the GB regularly reminds us not to post theocratic material on the Internet. I have heard that some are still posting recording of their congregation meetings on YouTube, apparently hoping someone will watch the meeting. However, if people become used to watching the meetings on YouTube, it would be easy for them to see altered videos and believe they were true.

My wife told me to take the spider out instead of killing it. We went and had drinks. Col guy, wants to be a web designer.

I have wondered that also..and most wear wedding bands .

I LOVED the AI portion. Making an AI video of a GB member was bold, but awesome, and the video comparing the two brothers' reactions was great. Worse case scenario, someone else's lack of faith should only make you sad for them; it shouldn't have any effect on your own faith. Trials don't break us, they break our facade.

I've wondered if some of those are smart rings for medical monitoring and alerts.

We’re having 20th wedding anniversary exactly in one year and we want to buy ourselves new wedding rings because the originals we lost some time ago. Im curious about the mention that Gilead graduates receive rings. I heard that’s the custom of some US universities. So, can someone confirm that for Gilead? I read an opinion that you should wear a made-up signet, but only if you received one in heritage. Can anyone comment on that?

I happened to ask the gpt chat, without getting my hopes up too high, just out of curiosity, since it's a personal decision. The chat said that wearing rings within the organization IS NOT A SIGN OF SHOWING OFF. I'm glad to know that an instrument not produced by the organization has reached that conclusion. However, I was also surprised by this response from the gpt chat: I checked specifically because there's a difference between "wearing a wedding ring" and those additional rings, often on the little finger or right hand, that you're probably noticing. Currently, the Governing Body has 11 members: Kenneth Cook Jr., Gage Fleegle, Samuel Herd, Geoffrey Jackson, Jody Jedele, Stephen Lett, Gerrit Lösch, Jacob Rumph, Mark Sanderson, David Splane, and Jeffrey Winder. From public photographs and videos, those who most clearly appear wearing an additional ring besides their wedding ring are: Stephen Lett, Samuel Herd, Gerrit Lösch, Mark Sanderson, Geoffrey Jackson, and David Splane — who appears with a ring on some occasions, although it's less obvious. Kenneth Cook Jr. — there are also photographic records showing him wearing a ring. However, among newer members like Gage Fleegle, Jody Jedele, Jacob Rumph, and Jeffrey Winder, I haven't found sufficiently consistent evidence to confirm that they wear such a ring. There's even an old discussion among former Witnesses specifically about the "pinky rings" (rings on the little finger) worn by several members of the Governing Body. The discussion is interesting because some people have attributed symbolic meaning to the rings, but I haven't found any official source from the organization stating that these rings are a symbol of authority, position, or hierarchy. Reddit +1 And here's something that might be exactly what you noticed: it doesn't seem to be simply "everyone wears them because they're married." Some actually wear a second piece of jewelry in addition to their wedding ring. If you want, I can do something more interesting: take each of the 11 current members and create a "wears/doesn't wear/uncertain" list, showing which hand and finger the ring appears on and, when possible, since when it started appearing. This would allow us to check if there is any pattern. I didn't know this issue was debated by apostates. As it's clear that it's a personal decision, that it doesn't involve ostentation, there's no guidance on this subject, and it's still a matter of debate among apostates, I'm satisfied and will end this discussion here. Thank you all very much for your comments.

I have noted the same thing. It's just an indication that there shouldn't be any reason to refrain from wearing a ring. Of course, we can only imagine that Governing Body members likely receive all kinds of gifts from fellow worshipers, including rings and other small items. It would probably be too much for a given GB member to wear virtually everything given to them, but I've never looked closely enough to see if they wear the same rings every time they are seen. If that was the case, then the giver might become so proud as to think: "Hey look! He's wearing the ring I gave him!" It would not be the kind of attitude a GB member would be wanting to teach by example. Anyway, just a couple of disjointed thoughts I had on the subject.

We need to “rename” this thread to “Bash Trump and his ego” . Who cares what he names things. Someone will rename it soon and it will be permanent and perfect.

Those ☝️suggestions plus: Still waiting to be able to open the App in 2 or more windows/tabs on my desktop, in particular, and or Android! I'm not sure how to describe this feature but to be able to move the line/area between the study material and Gems section. As it is now, it is set/unmovable. Well, hopefully you get what I'm referring to.

JWB Sep 2026 transcript

As mentioned in my initial post. I support playlists. This is the change I made to the bot. Just have a try: @JWLibraryMergeBot