Robots have a difficult time with theology . . .

Thursday, August 20, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . at 8:45 a.m. the heat continues in Green Country. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Easterlies, 100º real temperature with an index of 108º by late afternoon. A slight chance exists for a Summer thunderstorm.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Rumi

One of my fave poets, Heather McHugh, is 78 today. She was born in 1948 San Diego, California. Her latest book, the first in over a decade, is Muddy Matterhorn, Copper Canyon Press, 2020.

Today is the birthdate of Jacqueline Susann. The novelist and actress was born in1918 Philadelphia.

One of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, Christian existentialist Paul Tillich was born on this date in 1886, Starzeddel, Brandenburg, Germany.

Startups are making the dream of a humanoid robot that does your chores sound like it’s around the corner, but the reality is different. Startups are making the dream of a humanoid robot that does your chores sound like it’s around the corner, but the reality is different. – Ajay Kumar, “Reality vs. Hype,” writing at Cnet.com.

The interaction of AI with social platforms could deepen the current chaos, but it is also the most plausible candidate to eventually tame the disorder. The new transcendent framework, whatever its content, will not arrive in spite of these technologies. It will arrive through them. – Macario Schettino, “The Rise & Fall Of Liberal Democracy’s Shared Fiction,” writing in NOEMA.

The political world has been consumed over the past few days with a Republican meltdown about Trump’s aide Natalie Harp. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Our national debt is exploding. So, guess who's raking it in at our expense? – Robert Reich, Who Gets Paid?