Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over--twelve wicker baskets full. (Matthew 14:19--20)

A key detail in this miracle is often overlooked: Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes through the disciples. He invited them to distribute the food and gather the leftovers. This highlights how God often uses us as channels of His grace. Though He can act directly, He typically chooses to work through others.

Picture yourself as one of the disciples. You're hungry, and Jesus gives you bread--but instructs you to give it away. You might be tempted to eat it first. Similarly, when God blesses us, we often think we must care for ourselves before we can help others. But if the disciples had eaten first, the miracle wouldn't have unfolded as it did. Because they gave before receiving, they ended up with more than enough.

The same principle applies to spiritual gifts. When God gives us peace, joy, or insight, it's not meant to be hoarded. Grace is always given to be shared. And when we give it away, it multiplies. If you receive a spiritual insight, it's meant to be shared. If God gives you consolation or peace, offer it to someone in need. This is the pattern of divine generosity.

Reflect today on this miraculous feeding. See the bread as a symbol of every grace you've received. What has God given you that He wants you to share? Have you held onto certain gifts for yourself? True grace grows when given away. If you trust in this truth and give freely, you too will find yourself holding an overflowing basket.

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Trump: "These poor fools talk about global warming... It's going to global warm to a point where the oceans will rise 1/8 of an inch in 355 years... And in the meantime we're spending our wealth on this foolish stuff."

"The wind doesn't work. It's very expensive, kills the birds, destroys everything around it... It's the most expensive energy. And then every nine years, you have to replace the turbines."

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Hello, hello!

S'il y a des gens qui quittent leur magnifique tout petit studio ou coloc en région francilienne (préference 92 / 75 mais dès que Paris reste accessible à grand max 45 minutes, je peux aller loin), #jecherche actuellement un quelque part à louer, loyer max 800-850 euros.

#Paris #Gennevillers #Nanterre #Asnieres #HautsDeSeine #IDF

Si vous avez des pistes, merci infiniment, mes MPs sont ouverts.

Le repouet est doux (et j'en demande souvent, je sais :cryingsunglasses:)

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I love how #Linode/#Akamai walks you through creating an account, verifying your phone number, gets your personal address, verifies your credit card... then dumps your ass with this:

Your recently created account has been denied activation due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior


Bitches. Now, what's an affordable/competitively-priced #VPS option that allows you to pick which region/country the server is hosting from, and includes Japan?

in reply to Mika

I've managed to rent one from #SmartHost for relatively cheap (2.95 USD a month) - there's also another option (forgot its name) for cheaper at roughly ~2.17 USD a month I think but only if you pay for it annually.

Anyway, I managed to set up a #WireGuard #VPN on it so now I've a personal VPN server in Tokyo... but I don't really have a use for it for now haha. This is more of an experiment I wanted to do, using a commercial #VPS instead of self-hosting on my #homelab.

Pretty neat, will prolly document it in my Wiki. Anyway, fuck #Linode.

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in reply to Mika

I have actually no idea how well contabo is. But the prices they offer is quite good and they have Japan location.

But i must say, contabo is usually referred as either being "beyond shit" or "good enough". So don't expect it to be all smooth. If the performance you need is not that much, i think it would be fine. But for game servers and a like, it is not a good choice.

Speculating a pole shift causing oceans to roll over continents

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FULL EPISODE - youtu.be/fwFDEK4D7RI Become a Lord or Lady with 1k donations over time. And a Noble with any ...

holy fuck ai is so god damn annoying..

open pdf
wait full 30 seconds while it loads
doc finally appears
try scrolling to get to page I want
(Application not responding)
wait while it loads unknown resource
holy fuck when can I just simply scroll the pages??
finally loads popup panel that takes up 2/3s of window
Would you like to use AI when reading this pdf???
immediately close popup
pdf works perfectly normal thereafter

FUCK I hate this AI bullshit

New quantum state of matter found at interface of exotic materials

Link: phys.org/news/2025-07-quantum-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

LE RECENSIONI DI MIM

Se con "L’economia è politica" l’economista Clara Mattei e l’editore Fuoriscena Libri ci hanno raccontato l’evoluzione della dottrina economica con una lente politica, vale a dire come il neoliberismo capitalista sia divenuto un’ideologia totalitaria e apparentemente ineluttabile che influenza nel profondo le nostre esistenze, con il nuovo libro "La salute è mentale è politica" lo psichiatra Piero Cipriano e l’editore milanese provano a condurci in un interessante viaggio all’interno del mondo della cura del disturbo psichico.

milanoinmovimento.com/culture/…

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African Alien Acquitted Of Murdering German Neighbor Due To Schizophrenia Diagnosis

From Infowars

The 23-year-old migrant killed a CDU youth member and injured another woman in knife attacks, but will not serve prison time after being deemed not criminally responsible.

Aug 4th 2025 2:00am EDT

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On the problem of LLMs invading writing tools:

"At its most fundamental level, writing is thinking—something chatbots can only simulate but threaten to displace."

nationalreview.com/2025/07/the…

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Three years after leaving a sleepy Seattle suburb to run the school district in Fairfax County, Va., outside the nation’s capital, Michelle Reid earns more money than the U.S. president and gets a car allowance. Now she wants a taxpayer-funded personal bodyguard.

in reply to YoungBlood

Over her tenure, Reid has been notoriously suspect of leaks, which occurred this week with frustrated school district personnel anonymously raising the alarm bell over the new bodyguard position. The job description notes three times that applicants must demonstrate "discretion," noting in one mention that applicants "must demonstrate a high level of discretion and maintain strict confidentiality in all aspects of the role."

J. #Bricmont

Grosse panique: Plus de 600 anciens hauts responsables de la sécurité israéliens deviennent islamo-gauchistes et antisémites! Que faire pour rester infréquentable?
"D'anciens responsables du #Mossad et du #ShinBet demandent à Trump de contraindre Netanyahou à mettre fin à la guerre.
Plus de 600 anciens hauts responsables de la sécurité ont demandé au président américain de contraindre Netanyahou à mettre fin à la guerre à Gaza
."


Après, les services israéliens sont des pros de la comm.....alors faire semblant de retourner la veste maintenant car le vent tourne...c'est possible aussi


Press Netanyahu to end Gaza war, former Israeli defense chiefs ask Trump in letter
Over 600 former senior security officials asked the US president to compel Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza.

jpost.com/israel-news/defense-…

#Israel #israël #mossad #Gaza #Palestine

Montreal Pride festival bars two Jewish organizations over Gaza war haaretz.com/jewish/2025-08-03/…

En algunas zonas montañosas de #Taiwán🇹🇼 han caído dos metros de agua en 24 horas. Tres personas han muerto. Pero todo bien.

#lluvia⛈️ #inundaciones #CambioClimático #noticias
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It is not necessary to recognize the legitimacy of SCOTUS and Democratic lawmakers and candidates should start talking that way. I want a presidential candidate who recognizes the clear truth that the present body is illegitimate, & vows to ignore the illegitimate body and simply appoint a new one.
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Hella yes!!!! All in. Alas it ALL comes down to SCOTUS.
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@juliusgoat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy:

One of the Democrats who understands the tone that must be taken, and the actions that must be done, against an illegitimate yet empowered political force that intends to dismantle and destroy democracy and install autocracy.
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