Book I'm Reading
This is the first volume of the seminal “His Dark Materials” series written by Philip Pullman. The series title comes from Paradise Lost where John Milton wrote:
“Into this wild Abyss
The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave—
Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,
But all these in their pregnant causes mixed
Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,
Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain
His dark materials to create more worlds…”
Podcast I'm Listening To
Truth in Love #443 – Scrupulosity
This episode answers the question: how do we, as Christians, handle obsessive or compulsive thoughts?
These thoughts from Brent Osterberg have been so helpful as I’ve helped a counseling client navigate challenges along these lines.
On Bitcoin
It’s clear the volatility of Bitcoin has been diminishing in recent years.
The price performance in 2025 hasn’t lived up to many’s expectations.
Jeff Park recently wrote a fascinating Substack on why this could be:
TLDR: long-term (OG) Bitcoin holders have been selling calls against their Bitcoin holdings. This dampens the upside volatility. Add to this the huge amounts of spot Bitcoin selling by long-term holders and you have a recipe for muted price action.
Tweets I'm Reading
Over the years, I’ve compiled more than 20 Bible reading plans designed to help you read and meditate on Scripture throughout the New Year.
— Nathan W. Bingham (@NWBingham) December 18, 2025
Take a look and tell me which one you will be using.
If you have a favorite plan I missed, I would love to add it to the list.…
I used to be super wired at night (literally 10pm was peak work/idea hour)
— Guy Swann (@TheGuySwann) December 18, 2025
and it took me like 4 hours to actually feel "awake" in the morning.
My wife put me onto light health as something I was completely neglecting, and the problem is gone… this is all i did. pic.twitter.com/8rlD25G2dg
One of the biggest things I learned in raising two daughters:
— Joe Hudson (@FU_joehudson) December 16, 2025
My need to correct them was far more about my own discomfort than their behavior.
And every time I tried to control them, it killed our connection. pic.twitter.com/aH2kc134kK
Henry Ellenbogen has one of the best track records in growth investing, yet he has kept a notably low profile.
— Patrick OShaughnessy (@patrick_oshag) December 16, 2025
He built his reputation at T. Rowe Price, where he ran the New Horizons Fund and turned it into one of the best-performing small-cap growth portfolios in the country.… pic.twitter.com/odMcdDgozZ
a proof of work is a self-referential digital artifact.
— Jason Lowery (@JasonPLowery) December 16, 2025
it is information which represents the computing cost to produced itself. this is a subtle but revolutionary concept in computer science because:
all other information IGNORES the computing costs required to produce it. we…
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