ChrisC

Da 4:30 The king was saying: “Is this not Babylon the Great that I myself have built for the royal house by my own strength and might and for the glory of my majesty?” (BBC News app) Careful now.

Screenshot from BBC News app:

How long until an AI video appears on Truth Social showing paradise in Venezuela with Trump sitting on the beach? —- I just pray things get better for the brothers out there.

We both struggle with names but Emma calls Brother Lett “Tigger”. ”He’s so bouncy and sweet!”

2.5% publisher increase, but total congregations are only up <1% Congregations purposely getting bigger? Or is this about shortage of Kingdom Halls?

Don’t breathe it in! (Eph 2:2)

John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025' His (fairly long) article/opinion: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4qp17e1lqo

Hiding literature: For several years I had hidden an old small iPhone stuffed with everything, but that died. The safest place to store everything is obviously in my head - it does feel like I retain more scriptural details recently thanks to the ease of access of study material in JW Library, the slower Bible reading schedule etc. + holy spirit. We wont go hungry anyway. ——- 1Th 5: ”You need nothing to be written to you, … you yourselves know very well” Either the holy spirit had enlightened all the Thessalonian brothers or Paul had given them some awesome talks! ——- I just said to Emma: "Did I give you your [cup of] tea? Because we are discussing peace and security and I’m all distracted. She replied: "You would know if you didn’t, because there would be sudden destruction."

So you are telling me my $50 worth of Bitcoin will be worth millions any day now? (The fact that I wasted time thinking about this proves the saying true: Ec 5:12 Sweet is the sleep of the one serving, whether he eats little or much, but the plenty belonging to the rich one does not permit him to sleep.)

Can’t they turn some swords into Apple shares or something?

I’m not sticking a fish in my ear for nobody.

When my replacement iPhone copied over the old phone’s data I noticed JW Library had backed up my notes etc. to iCloud. Does having two copies running corrupt this backup or are there two copies?

With a regular stream of news articles along the lines of: “Asteroid Might Possibly Hit Earth!” I watched a video regarding what could actually be done to blow up or deflect such an asteroid. Rather than the nations clubbing together to solve the problem it suggested it was more likely a rich nation that was in danger would try to deflect the asteroid just enough to make it some other nation’s problem!

‘Repetition for emphasis’ taken to the extreme!

They talked of ‘contradictions’ when they should have said ‘hypocrisy’.