Sojourner Tales

A sojourner, and the daughter of a sojourner, still traveling.

[sojournertales]

Switchfoot’s new album came out this week!

This song in particular caught me off guard and had me in tears.

Child of God, don’t forget Who made you, and sees you, and loves you.

The troubles of this world are temporary, but His word is forever.

Lyrics:

Hello it’s me - sorry it’s late

I hope you don’t mind that I’m calling you

I was doom-scrolling half awake

Stressed and obsessing like I always do

When all at once the strangest thing

Spoke to my mind like an epiphany

As if Forever knew my name

I called to tell you what it said to me

“You were made in the image of the one who loves you

More than the cause that you place above your time

You forgot who you are

You forgot who you are

You know that you're made out of matter and space

But you’re more than just atoms with a pretty face and oh

You forgot who you are,

You’ve forgotten what you know by heart.”

I guess that’s why I’m calling you

I’m wondering if I’m finally losing it

Is this breakdown or breakthrough?

Is this madness or enlightenment?

The signal dies as you reply

It’s tragic/comic I’m alone again

So I ask the static on the line

“I say who am I? Who am I again?”

You’re a restless soul

You’re a canvas of skin and bones

I know it's hard to let go

But you’re not made to carry the weight

Of the pain you hold

You forgot who you are

You forgot who you are

Right before all the scars

And right before the broken heart

Take me back to the start

Take me back to the start

You forgot who you are

You’ve forgotten what you know by heart

[jardinssteve]

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I really enjoyed this song, but I am beginning to suspect this is all AI generated. It really is getting herder to tell.

1) The rhyming convention, or lack thereof.

AI- generated lyrics and music have a pattern with this, especially with the choruses. A couple of my friends and some people I follow online have been playing with programs like Suno, and after a while you can tell that no matter what “genre” of music it was made to be in, it’s the same pattern.

2) The are zero long-form videos of real people.

All the clips of “real humans” I’ve seen so far are too short or edited-together shorter clips. You can only see the “people” from specific angles. There are supposedly three women, but so far I can’t tell if it’s actually the same three women every time, or just the Matrix-y blonde, brunette, redhead trope.

3) There’s already tons of music output, yet I have never heard of them.

Their YouTube has existed for less than a year. It has over 600 clips/videos.

4) YouTube is killing real people’s channels.

I have seen several posts on X like this over the last few months, and it is accelerating:

“YouTube continues to mass-murder quality content channels. HUNDREDS of examples like this just in the last two days.

I have explained why YT is doing this. Most people don't believe it (yet).

YT is preparing to replace human creators with their own AI-generated replacement avatars, so they don't have to split revenues with humans.

They are using all the human-created content to train their in-house AI creation engines.”

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[godwantsit]

[godmechanic]

(tone of complete and utter exhaustion) this is the day that the Lord hath made

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“I love how we Christian’s respond to a fellow Christian’s death. We mourn of course because we were not designed to experience death. That came with the fall. Having said that, we know that those who truly knew the Lord are not dead, as they are eternally live in Christ,

I was shocked this morning when I heard this and had to tell my brother because we grew up watching his movies and show. I was expecting to have him say something like I was thinking. “No way! That sucks. That so sad!” Or something along those lines. Instead he said, “he is with His Majesty now.” 🥹 Indeed he is!

“But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.”

Romans 8:10

It’s just such a comforting truth.”

[cannibalchicken]

your friends love you, your brain is just mean

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Started Wind and Truth today, and I’m realizing Jeff Goldblum would be SO GOOD as Wit.

Somebody get me in contact with Brandon Sanderson!

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And he will be one of the best characters. 😂

[laivindur]

[thememedaddy]

[thisbibliomaniac]

[wisdomfish]

It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night...

Psalms 92:1-2

[rivaloli-deactivated20210928]

“I LOVE that game!” (watched a letsplay and commentary about it)

[khaleesi]

this counts and i’ll hear nothing against it

[queerasflux]

if watching sports counts as enjoying the sport, then watching video games counts as enjoying video games.

[harostar]

And literally a huge part of gaming has ALWAYS been the experience of sitting around together, watching one person in the group play while everyone else cheers, heckles, shrieks, and generally has a good time.

[sojournertales]

Nowadays there are so many games I will never have the time nor skill to play, much less finish.

I appreciate there are fellow gamers out there who can show me the stories I would otherwise never have seen nor heard.

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