Tuesday’s News & Ideas - 6/9/2026
- Religious exemption from AI
- Pentagon’s religious categories
- PCUSA to vote on monogamy
- Conflicts on the rise
- Hunt for Gnostics
- Misophonia
You can now get a religious exemption from using AI at work
Futurism: Religious criticism comes amid rapidly growing backlash to the tech, with countless workers becoming frustrated after being forced to use AI, even when the productivity benefits it offers are questionable.
Pentagon again revises religious categories for troops*
The New York Times: The Defense Department made the change after lawmakers objected to its original list, which did not include the Latter-day Saints among traditions labeled Christian.
As polyamory gains visibility, monogamy faces a vote in the PCUSA*
The Christian Century: A proposal that would require ordained clergy to be monogamous is on the docket at the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s general assembly this summer.
Conflicts are on the rise globally, at the highest level since WWII, data shows
NPR: If you’ve been thinking it seems like there are more wars raging in the world these days, it turns out you’re right and the data proves it.
The hunt for the Gnostics, Christianity’s bogeyman
National Geographic: For decades, the Gnostic Gospels were widely believed to have been a library of ancient texts hidden away to protect their secrets. But what if the evidence for that is thinner than the papyrus the books were written on?
The Spark
For people with misophonia, everyday noises can be agony
The neurophysiological disorder is characterized by a severe aversion to sound* — and the struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion, The New Yorker says.
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