Scripture accompanies each story for the reader's reflection. It is not presented as God's judgment on the people or events reported.

Lead story

Amazon signs a 20-year deal for 690 megawatts from Calvert Cliffs, unlocking more than $3 billion of investment

The computing buildout has started paying to keep old reactors running, and to add capacity on top of them.

Constellation and Amazon announced a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 690 megawatts at the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby, Maryland, including a 190-megawatt uprate of the 1,790-megawatt plant. Constellation said the agreement enables more than $3 billion of Maryland infrastructure investment, with the roughly 190 megawatts of new generating capacity arriving between 2030 and 2032. A related agreement supports relicensing the plant for another 20 years, and a separate retail supply agreement covers Amazon operations across the 13-state PJM market. Chief executive Joe Dominguez said Amazon's commitment supports the long-term operation of Calvert Cliffs for generations to come and creates a strong foundation for future investment.

Scripture for Reflection

“Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”

Genesis 2:15 · BSB

We can ask what has been placed in our care, and whether we are tending it for the people who come after us.

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Tech & AI →

arXiv caps every author at two submissions a month to protect its moderators and corpus

Two a month From October 1 arXiv allows each submitter two submissions per calendar month and three active at a time, citing thin papers, work split across several filings and AI-generated content; September brought 40,363 submissions against 20,569 in September 2024.

Scripture for Reflection

“I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.”

Proverbs 8:12 · BSB

We can ask whether what we are about to publish is worth another person's time to read.

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OpenAI dismisses three safety researchers over mishandled confidential information

Three departures OpenAI said the three violated its policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information, and the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the dismissals, named neither the researchers nor the outside safety organization involved.

Scripture for Reflection

“Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

Luke 16:10 · BSB

We can handle what others entrust to us with the same care we would want for our own.

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Business & Markets →

Onsemi recuts its Synaptics deal to $123 a share in all cash, about $5.7 billion

All cash now The amended agreement replaces a roughly $7 billion mixed-consideration deal with an all-cash purchase of about $5.7 billion, funded from cash on hand and committed Morgan Stanley financing, and is expected to close in mid-2027.

Scripture for Reflection

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

Proverbs 15:22 · BSB

We can seek counsel before committing to a decision we will live with for years.

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Nike revenue falls 4 percent to $11.2 billion as it opens a $2.5 billion savings plan

Pace begins First-quarter revenue slipped 4 percent with Greater China down 22 percent and North America up 2 percent, gross margin rose 60 basis points to 42.8 percent, diluted earnings were 48 cents a share, and the new Pace plan targets about $2.5 billion of cumulative savings through fiscal 2031.

Scripture for Reflection

“When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.”

Proverbs 11:2 · BSB

We can receive a hard report honestly instead of hurrying past it.

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Science →

A reversible pathway may explain how the APOE4 gene damages brain blood vessels

Pericytes turn fibrotic Mount Sinai researchers reported in Cell that APOE4 pushes vessel-stabilizing pericytes to become scar-producing myofibroblasts, and that blocking TGF-beta signaling restored pericyte coverage while reducing fibrosis and amyloid buildup in lab-grown human brain tissue and in aged mice.

Scripture for Reflection

“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.”

Jeremiah 17:14 · BSB

We can pray for families waiting on work like this, and for the people caring for them today.

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Closer adherence to the MIND diet tracked with slower brain shrinkage over 12 years

About 2.5 years Among 1,647 Framingham Offspring participants averaging age 60, each three-point rise in MIND diet score matched 0.279 cubic centimeters a year less grey matter loss, which the authors liken to 2.5 years of delayed brain aging, though the observational design cannot prove cause.

Scripture for Reflection

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”

2 Timothy 1:7 · BSB

We can let small daily choices be worth our attention and our self-control.

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Letters to the King

Is there a right way to be angry at God?

From the Baker's own shelf

Friend, you have put the question to a harpist who once asked the LORD how long He meant to forget him, and the scroll kept the question rather than striking it out. So yes, there is a right way, and it begins with where you carry the anger. Bring it to Him and not away from Him. Say the thing plainly: the hurt, the delay, the grave that came too soon. What makes it prayer and not poison is the direction you are facing while you speak. Anger carried off into the dark curdles; anger carried into His courts is heard. Mind the two cliffs on either side of that road. Do not pretend to be calm when you are not, for a tidy voice has never once fooled Him. And do not let your complaint harden into a verdict on His character, for you are the clay and have not yet seen the whole vessel. Remember Job. He shouted for chapters and was answered out of the whirlwind, and then honored; his friends spoke in careful paragraphs and were corrected. Heaven, it seems, would rather have an honest storm than a polite lie. So come angry if angry is what you are. Only come.

– David, son of Jesse

Letters answered in the voice of the biblical King David.

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