Month: November 2023

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NBN Book of the Day - Providence and Power: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik on Jewish Statesmanship from King David to David Ben Gurion

For thousands of years, the Jewish people lacked a political state; yet, what can we say about the Jewish tradition of statesmanship? What makes it distinctive, and what can we learn from it? In Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship (Encounter Books, 2023) , Rabbi Meir Soloveichik investigates ten Jews, from King David all the way to the foundation of Israel, what we can learn from their examples, and how history can provide hope amidst recent events in Israel.

Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik is director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University and the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. He received his PhD in Religion at Princeton in 2010. Among the world's preeminent Jewish thinkers and educators, Rabbi Soloveichik has lectured across the United States and Europe on topics relating to Jewish theology, bioethics, wartime ethics, and Jewish-Christian relations. He has a monthly column in Commentary magazine, and his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, First Things, and many other outlets. He is the host of the podcast Bible 365, and you can also listen to him via the Meir Soloveichik podcast.

Sources and examples referenced in the interview:

Annika Nordquist is the Communications Coordinator of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and host of the Program’s podcast, Madison’s Notes.

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The NewsWorthy - Rough Travel Weather, Voting Rights Challenge & Mystery Dog Illness- Tuesday, November 21, 2023

The news to know for Tuesday, November 21, 2023!

We're telling you about a coast-to-coast storm that could start impacting holiday travel plans as soon as today.

Also, we'll explain a controversial ruling that's setting up a new battle over voters' rights and the outcome of a historic mafia trial that's been going on for years.

Plus, we'll share advice for dog owners as vets deal with a mysterious new illness, what's up next for the tech executive behind ChatGPT now that he's been fired from OpenAI, and where and when you'll be able to ride a record-breaking roller coaster.

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What A Day - Voting Rights Act Under Threat (Again)

A federal appeals court on Monday issued a ruling that jeopardizes the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In a 2-1 decision, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that private groups or individuals can’t sue under a key provision of the VRA. We’re joined by Jay Willis, Editor-in-Chief of Balls and Strikes, to discuss what comes next.

Over in Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could toss Republican-drawn legislative maps. The lawsuit was filed by 19 Democratic voters in Wisconsin who argue that the maps are proof of gerrymandering because they ensure the GOP has an unfair advantage in State Assembly and Senate races.

And in headlines: Microsoft hired Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead an A.I. research team, far-right populist Javier Milei was elected to be Argentina’s next president, and autoworkers ratified their contract with Detroit carmakers.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #404 – “Turkey Rasta” with Seth Pomeroy

In this VERY SPECIAL Thanksgiving episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys are gathered at Disgraceland with one their very best pals, Seth Pomeroy, for a super fun episode perfect for whatever traveling y'all have to do this week. First up ,we test out Jack in the Box's Red Bull Infusion as we try to find some new Thanksgiving music anthems. We also talk about recent physical media that we've purchased and a town in Canada currently being held hostage by a woman calling herself the "Q-Anon Queen of Canada". We've got an awesome Jam of the Turkey Week, "Change (In the House of Flies)" from The Deftones. We hope y'all have a great week and please join our Discord and post what you're eating!  Follow Seth on everything @SethPomeroy.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Carter is @Carter_Glascock  Sam is @SlamHarter on Twitter and @SamHarter666 on Instagram  Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content and growing ALL THE TIME!  http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at:   http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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The Daily Signal - How Humor Can Help Americans Overcome Their Political Polarization

Are you planning to talk politics at Thanksgiving dinner this year?


Depending on your family’s dynamics, it can be fraught with danger. But filmmaker Rob Feld, director of a new documentary called “Jesters and Fools,” says there’s a way to navigate such conversations without resorting to creating acrimony.


“I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with loved ones,” Feld tells The Daily Signal. “Don’t be afraid to talk about things, but there are good ways to talk about things. And it’s by asking questions of each other and not trying to repress that desire we all have to just attack.”


Feld’s film, “Jesters and Fools,” challenges the popular media narrative that we are hopelessly divided as Americans. He recruited popular comedians like Colin Quinn, Jim Norton, and Rosebud Baker to tell the story.


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The Best One Yet - 🌬️ “Giving up smoke” — Snoop Dogg’s head-fake. Chardonnay’s top-selling grape. Wall Street’s kindness counter.

Remember last week when Snoop Dogg announced he’d given up smoking? — Turns out it was a wild marketing move that just pumped one stock up 15%.

1K acres of Napa wine country just sold for $400M — Because Chardonnay isn’t just a grape, it’s also an insurance policy.

And there’s a strange trend this corporate earnings season: A drop in compliments — CEOs are getting fewer kudos, kindness, and compliments than ever right now.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Inside OpenAI’s Implosion

OpenAI was the hottest startup in Silicon Valley off the success of ChatGPT. Then, the board fired Sam Altman. 


Guest: Mike Isaac, technology reporter at the New York Times.


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Pod Save America - More Democrats Call for a Ceasefire

The President says a deal is close that would free hostages in Gaza, while more Democrats in Congress call for a ceasefire or conditions on military aid to Israel. Meanwhile, Biden celebrates his 81st birthday with more bad polling and anxious Democrats. Trump continues his run of bonkers campaign stops in Iowa and Fox News kicks off the holiday season with a meltdown over “woke” Christmas. Then, ProPublica and NPR reporter Andrea Bernstein joins the show to talk about the newly announced Supreme Court ethics code and her podcast about right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo, “We Don’t Talk About Leonard”. Finally, we kick off a new Thanksgiving tradition and pardon our favorite political turkeys of 2023.

 

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Cloudflare Workers have a new skill: AI inference-as-a-service

Cloudflare is a cloud provider used by almost 20% of all websites. Developers new to Cloudflare can get started here.

Cloudflare recently launched Workers AI, an open, pay-as-you-go AI inference-as-a-service platform that lets developers run machine learning models on the Cloudflare network from their own code. Developers can get started here.

On a related note, read Ryan’s article exploring the infrastructure and code behind edge functions or check out his conversation with Vercel CTO Malte Ubl.

Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) is a strategy that helps address both LLM hallucinations and out-of-date training data.

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Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Bamieh, whose answer to What does the function call app.use(cors()) do? earned them a Lifeboat badge.