Bits & Bytes

CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZLYLUePZCT/?igsh=MWJ3OGk4ZzVuczNqNg%3D%3D to hear a Prot expound on his admiration for the way mackerel snappers pray. He’s not wrong! But he is funny about it. LOL

IRAN: [8:02] – The signing ceremony is set for Friday.

MUTANT APPLE: The half-and-half apple is the result of a rare, but naturally occurring gene mutation.

• https://notthebee.com/article/crowds-flock-to-see-rare-apple-at-new-zealand-grocery-store-and-i-can-see-why

PRIDE: One Giants player refused to wear the special “Pride Night” ball caps. Several others referenced the passage in Genesis 9 where God promises never to destroy the earth with a flood again and establishes the rainbow as a sign of this covenant.

• https://notthebee.com/article/the-nyt-freaked-out-cuz-giants-players-wrote-bible-verses-on-their-gay-hats-for-pride-night

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Peter Heck’s op-ed “One of the world’s biggest podcasters just came face-to-face with the peace that’s only found in Jesus” is worth your time. It’s a good reminder that we are often the only gospel people will encounter.

“Long before anyone asks what we believe about God, they observe how we respond to disappointment. They notice how we handle success. They watch how we treat people who disagree with us. They see whether anxiety governs our lives or whether there is a deeper stability beneath the surface. In other words, they encounter the fruit before they encounter the explanation.”

• https://notthebee.com/takes/op-ed-one-of-the-biggest-podcasters-just-came-face-to-face-with-the-peace-that-can-only-be-found-in-jesus

TRANS: Big WINS from the Trump administration! Two hospitals – Cleveland Clinic and Texas Children’s Hospital – are closing their gender clinics and committing big bucks to detransition care. I love the DOJ announcement, which replaces “gender affirming care” with “sex rejecting procedures.”

• https://notthebee.com/article/huge-cleveland-clinic-bans-gender-transition-for-kids-agrees-to-invest-millions-in-detransition-program
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-resolution-cleveland-clinic-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care

VENEZUELA: A U.S. military strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-military-strike-killed-tren-de-aragua-leader-nino-guerrero-trump-6047460
• https://notthebee.com/article/us-military-blows-leader-of-tren-de-aragua-gang-to-kingdom-come

WALKAWAY: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1627955434935658 [3:14] to hear 5 reasons why one woman is no longer a Democrat. Response in comments from Lester Sohun – “As a long time Democrat I have to admit I was going to prove her wrong. I did the research, and surprise, surprise I proved myself wrong. The woman is right. Thanks for the wake up. I am definately no longer going to blindly support a party that keeps me poor.”

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GDnoemLr69Q [1:43] and grab a “happy tears” tissue.