Two ways to worry about AI: Alan Noble begins, “If you’ve followed some of the news in AI recently, you might be feeling scared. Concerning stories have been coming from two leading AI companies this summer.”
What gratitude was never meant to do: Tracy Harper says, “We run into problems with gratitude, though, when we use it as a countermeasure to avoid the thoughts and emotions that disappointment brings to the surface. God was prompting me to sit with the deeper question of why this mattered so much to me, and I couldn’t use my list of blessings to avoid going there with him.”
The sports gambling epidemic is only getting worse: Cole Douglas Claybourn says, “According to 2026 Bank of America consumer account data, the number of online betting users increased significantly in the summer of 2026 thanks in part to the World Cup, with first-time users in June and July more than triple January levels. Millennials and Gen Z accounted for 88% of online betting activity in July.”
The most popular cereal in each state: Arizona comes in with Honey Bunches of Oats… the South is Froot Loops… what is your state or birthplace’s favorite?
The most popular Halloween costume the year you were born: I’m a Rocky baby. How about you?
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