All bright and beautiful . . .
Thursday, September 24, 2026. It's Thor's day . . .At this 8 a.m. hour, forecasts for Green Country call for moderate southeasterlies bringing mid 80's to TulseyTown this afternoon.
Some of us enter into our spiritual traditions hoping to avoid being who we are and where we are. Our spiritual practice—whatever it's tradition—was never meant to be an escape from being who and where we are. But for many of us, that lesson is a long time coming.
Ai marches on. At the end of the day, there is no core institution or vested authority that can impose control over AIs demonstrably capable of escaping their programmed confines....The asymmetry with open societies is stark. China has the central political authority, institutions, managed social consensus and ready policy instruments to rule AIs that the West is lacking. History will tell which is the better match for superintelligence. – Nathan Gardels, “Why China Will Rule Ai,” Noema, 9.22.26
Today is the birthdate of puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson, born in 1936 Greenville, Mississippi. He created the Muppets of television and motion pictures. Including Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born today in 1896 St. Paul, Minnesota.
It’s the birthdate of the poet Eavan Boland was born on this day in 1944 Dublin.
John Rutter is 81 today. The English composer was born in 1945 London. He is known especially for his sacred choral works and for his founding of and long association with the choral group the Cambridge Singers.