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Southern Baptist Convention delegates are gathering in Dallas this week to vote on a slate of resolutions targeting pornography, same-sex marriage, sports betting, and declining birthrates. ⁠
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The proposals argue that laws should reflect a divinely ordered structure for sex, gender, and family, and urge lawmakers to pass legislation rooted in “the truth of creation and natural law.” Leaders say the resolutions reflect long-standing convention positions.⁠
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Debate is also expected over an amendment to bar churches with women pastors and over the future of the denomination’s public policy arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. ⁠
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While the commission opposes abortion, it has also rejected laws that criminalize women seeking abortions, leading some Southern Baptists to call for defunding the group. A group of Black Southern Baptist leaders has warned that the denomination’s political shift is driving churches of color away.⁠
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“It Felt Like I Knew You” (2012) by George Ferrandi @jumpstarlove

In this subtle performance piece, artist George Ferrandi boards the crowded NYC subway during rush hour, waits until the seats are fully occupied, and gently rests her head on a stranger’s shoulder—feigning sleep. This quiet gesture becomes a powerful exploration of personal space, human connection, and the potential for intimacy in public settings.

“I reshape it—from the stiff and guarded space between strangers to the soft and yielding space between friends,” Ferrandi explains. “When that shift becomes tangible, and I truly feel like the person beside me is a friend, I rest my head on their shoulder and see what unfolds.”

Part poetic fiction, part social experiment, the work navigates themes of vulnerability, trust, discomfort, and closeness.

Captured in stills from iPhone video by Angela Gilland-Spiegel.

On a pristine Australian island, the seabirds have become so full of plastic they crackle and crunch.

For about 18 years, Dr Jen Lavers has been travelling to Lord Howe Island to study the mutton birds, and every time finds more and more plastic inside them.

She says what is happening to the mutton birds is happening everywhere. Plastics and microplastics are being found in everything, including humans, but the migratory shearwater is a ‘sentinel species’ for a bigger problem.

“These birds have a very important story to tell, and what they are telling us is that their populations are in decline, that the amount of plastic they’re consuming is going up and up,” she said.

“The birds are telling us we need to do more.”

Dr Lavers has been seeking to raise the plight of the mutton bird, saying it is a canary in the coal mine for the world’s larger plastic problem.

And so, as Australian politicians campaigned in a federal election, she enlisted the help of long-time friend and Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, asking him to join her and see for himself the state of the mutton birds on Lord Howe Island.

Arriving to the island for the first time, Whish-Wilson said the mountainous landscape rising out of the fog was like something from Gilligan’s Island.

“It’s not really the kind of place you come to be shocked, and walk away feeling a little bit traumatised.”

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