That's one of the reasons the Lutheran church came to be. The Catholic Church was telling people they could give money to get their relatives out of purgatory.
EllynSong
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Retired Professor - Bayesian Networks and Causality. Emergence and Networks in Complex Systems. Writer. Jazz Musician
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NEW: Gavin Newsom announces a "HISTORIC" event this Thursday
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All fun stuff. But seriously, you can tune into this: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/13/t...
TOMORROW: Governor Newsom, California leaders to make major announcement in response to Trump’s gerrymandering attempts | Governor of California
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Congratulations Zack, and thank you - incredible work. This will take time to digest. What catches my attention immediately, in the abstract, is:
“Glaciers lost a record amount of their mass in 2024; all 58 reference glaciers across the globe reported loss…”
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A great story about the song too - worth researching.
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Still a ways to go - late Cretaceous got up to 750 ppm on the CO2, but then, everything died… so, there’s that.
Dinosaur Teeth Provide Key Clues to Earth's Climate Past, Revealing High Levels of Carbon Dioxide — Smithsonian Magazine
A new study finds that the Mesozoic Era saw significantly higher quantities of the greenhouse gas than both pre-industrial and modern levels, likely due to volcanic activity
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Streaming in Newsom’s YouTube page:
California Governor Gavin Newsom
Office of the 40th Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. Building a Golden State for all.
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That’s really abstract for me but - sure let’s go with that 😊
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“Despite critique, what Brazil is attempting is neither censorship nor deregulation, but a constitutional approach to digital governance — anchoring platform accountability in human rights, democratic oversight, and legal legitimacy.”
Thus is such an intelligent approach to the digital challenge.
