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Boing Boing launches ad-free paid version on Substack, shuttering discussion forums

the BBS goes read-only on Friday, replaced by Substack comments, and the community is not happy #




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Nintendo Alarmo can run custom code via USB without opening it up

getting it to run DOOM is only a matter of time #




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Google is getting even worse for independent sites

grateful to Mia Sato for staying on this beat, which affects so many smaller sites I care about #




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BLIB’s “Silent Love”

Louie Zong, Worthikids, and Brian David Gilbert formed a supergroup making Steely Dan-inspired music and are playing L.A. next month!? #




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Over the Garden Wall’s 10th anniversary short

Aardman Animation worked with Patrick McHale and the original voice cast for an elaborate stop-motion tribute #




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Infinite Mac adds native support for the Macintosh Garden

the incredible web-based Mac/NeXT system emulator somehow keeps getting better #




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Oasis, a playable real-time AI model trained on Minecraft video footage

anything out of frame is immediately forgotten, making it very dream-like and surreal to explore #




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For the first time, every incumbent party in 10 major countries lost their elections this year

inflation was a painful global phenomenon, and every ruling party was punished for it regardless of political leanings #




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An Exclusive Creed

Fr. Lawrence says the Nicene Creed was created to exclude which goes against the grain of our modern secular society, where the word “inclusive” has become a magic word, conjuring up warm feelings of virtue, righteousness, and goodness.




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Can We Know For Sure Who Is Saved?




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Born of a Virgin?




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On The Virtue Of Goodness




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Converting the Heathen

Fr. Lawrence asks if we should be trying to convert those of other faiths or not faith to Christianity.




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Of Gay Sex and Leaven

What does the Orthodox Church think about gay sex? The official answer is not hard to find.




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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Epistle

We regard it as “Scripture”, a holy text, and of course it is. But it is also a personal letter addressed and written to people other than ourselves.




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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: the Gospel

In the Gospel reading Christ even now stands in our midst to speak to our hearts.




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Not Like Religion – Clean vs. Unclean

Fr. Lawrence continues his series and examines the correlation in the Scriptures between that which is clean and that which is unclean.




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Divine Liturgy Commentary - the Peace and the Creed




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Commentary on the Divine Liturgy: The Anaphora

Fr. Lawrence Farley comments on the Anaphora, which is a Greek word meaning “offering.”




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What It Was That Saved Thomas

Despite his often being stigmatized by later generations as “Doubting Thomas” there is nothing in his past record to indicate such a defect of character.




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Songs of Light and Revelation




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Cutting Up Cadavers




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Love, peace, Joy (1)




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Love, Peace, Joy (2)




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Love, peace, joy




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Love, peace, joy




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Jewish Evangelism 1




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Jewish Evangelism 2




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Jewish Evangelism 3




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Jewish Evangelism 4




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Bread, Peanut Butter and Forgiveness




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Loving the sinner, hating the sin




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Real Roots of Universalism




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Lord's Prayer-Our Father who art in heaven




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Lord's Prayer-give us our daily bread




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Lord's Prayer-give us our daily bread




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Lord's Prayer-forgive us our trespasses




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Will We See our Pets in Heaven?




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Living in Galilee




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 1




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 2




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 3




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 4




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 5




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 6




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 5




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Unveiling the Scriptures - 6




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A loving God




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Understanding Pauline Universalism




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In Praise of Old Wolves