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Daniel Rempel

@drempel.bsky.social

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Bible and theology prof at Providence (🇨🇦) | PhD in theological ethics from Aberdeen | long-suffering fan of the Winnipeg Jets and Arsenal Football Club

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · Sep 9

EXCITING NEWS: yesterday, I submitted the manuscript for my first book to Baylor University Press. Tentatively titled “Intellectual Disability and the Christian Life,” this book is an attempt to give language to the ongoing Christian witness of people with intellectual disabilities.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 2h

The bats are back.

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 1d

sounds sus

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 1d

“A speech is a speech. What kind of a speech? It's a speech. A speech is a speech. And when you have a good speech, it's because it's spoken.” - a mashup of the Jean Chretiens

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 1d

Next week! It’s not too late to register. Manitobans: note the free lunch on the Oct 23 option 👀

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Manitobans: join me Oct 22 in Winnipeg or Oct 23 in Otterburne for my public lecture “Lives Worth Living: What Disability Can Teach Us About Life & Death.” Zoom is available for the Oct 23 lecture, and the lecture will be uploaded after.

Register at the link below: my.prov.ca/forms/semina...

my.prov.ca: Seminary Symposium Registration

my.prov.ca

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 1d

This is a real article from the National Post.

Justin Trudeau ‘just too vanilla’ for Katy Perry, says Canadian ‘super fan’ who voted Conservative

"To be honest with you, I think he kind of stole my thunder," Braiden Palumbo said of the former prime minister

nationalpost.com

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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 1d

“We’re saving God” is quite a claim.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 2d

Love those days.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not my fault their games are always past my bedtime.

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

This website is so funny.

jjhnsn123.bsky.social @jjhnsn123.bsky.social · 3d

You’re obviously not a baseball fan

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

The only Mariners player I know is Ichiro.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly this.

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

As Emil Brunner said…

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

All hail our zeebie overlords.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 3d

I have a feeling it’ll be very difficult for AI to confess the full humanity of the Son…

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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 4d

The worst part of GenAI in a school setting is how it systematically on an industrial scale frays bonds of mutual values + trust in ways that more ordinary cheating wouldnt be capable of doing, in particular because it easier for users to slip-slide down its slope unawares than traditional cheating.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 5d

This is really great, Jeremy. I trust that you and Jamie will do great work together on this.

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 5d

Time for some freedom.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 6d

I think about that convo frequently.

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 6d

That is true, and a helpful reminder, but even if the reality is 50% of what is reported, that’s still very alarming.

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Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary @ambsseminary.bsky.social · 6d

The Conrad Grebel Review (CGR) and Mennonite Quarterly Review (MQR) will merge into a single open-access publication in 2026 through a new collaboration among their founding institutions: AMBS, @conradgrebel.bsky.social, and Goshen College. https://loom.ly/cij0J5A

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 6d

Jason Isbell

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 10d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 6d

The 2025 news cycle be like

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

media.tenor.com

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · Jun 13

There are few theologians I respect more than @joncoutts.bsky.social, and he helpfully navigates some very tricky conversations around AI and LLMs from a theological perspective. Take and listen, friends!

Michael Morelli @mchlmorelli.bsky.social · Jun 13

What if needing each other is a good thing? And what if we should avoid technologies that make us need each other less? Clip from a stellar conversation with the ever wise @joncoutts.bsky.social. More at: open.substack.com/pub/personal...

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 6d

I promise you that you do not need to use ChatGPT, or any other LLM.

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Daniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 6d

Now for your devastating news of the day: ChatGPT is reporting 800,000,000 active weekly users.

OpenAI's ChatGPT has 800 million weekly users, double all its main competitors combined

ChatGPT has seen its user base double in about eight months. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this week said the AI bot has 800 million weekly users.

www.businessinsider.com

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