{"id":4399,"date":"2017-02-24T19:42:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2017-02-24T19:42:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T03:42:45","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/02\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-89","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 89"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Are Gen\u00adder Fem\u00adi\u00adnists and Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Activists Under\u00admin\u00ading Sci\u00adence?<\/span><\/a> (Debra Soh, LA Times): \u201cDis\u00adtor\u00adtion of sci\u00adence hin\u00adders progress. When gen\u00adder fem\u00adi\u00adnists start refut\u00ading basic biol\u00ado\u00adgy, peo\u00adple stop lis\u00adten\u00ading, and the larg\u00ader point about equal\u00adi\u00adty is lost.\u201d The author has a Ph.D. in neu\u00adro\u00adscience and con\u00adsid\u00adered her\u00adself trans\u00adgen\u00adder as a child. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Masa\u00adda Mys\u00adtery<\/span><\/a> (Eric Cline, Aeon): some fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading insights on one of the most famous tragedies that occurred short\u00adly after the events described in the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment. The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of clas\u00adsics and anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Use Of Weaponized Drones By ISIS Spurs Ter\u00adror\u00adism Fears<\/span><\/a> (Joby War\u00adrick, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): <\/span>\u201cThey\u2019re now show\u00ading that these devices can be effec\u00adtive on the bat\u00adtle\u00adfield,\u201d said Steven Stal\u00adin\u00adsky.\u2026 \u201cWith the way these groups use social media, my wor\u00adry is that they\u2019re also putting the idea into people\u2019s heads that this is some\u00adthing you can now do.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. 4 Recent Exam\u00adples Show Why Nobody Trusts Media \u2018Fact Checks\u2019<\/span><\/a> (Mol\u00adlie Hem\u00ading\u00adway, The Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist): \u201cThe upshot is that the arti\u00adcle does a nice job of prov\u00ading Mark Twain\u2019s point that the three types of lies are lies, damn lies and sta\u00adtis\u00adtics, as it uses a sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal analy\u00adsis of ques\u00adtion\u00adable mer\u00adit to \u2018dis\u00adprove\u2019 a state\u00adment that was lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly true.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. I Ignored Trump News For A Week. Here\u2019s What I Learned.<\/span><\/a> (Farhad Man\u00adjoo, NY Times): \u201cOn most days, Mr. Trump is 90 per\u00adcent of the news on my Twit\u00adter and Face\u00adbook feeds, and prob\u00ada\u00adbly yours, too. But he\u2019s not 90 per\u00adcent of what\u2019s impor\u00adtant in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. 4 Ways To Make Sure Your Protest Real\u00adly Makes A Dif\u00adfer\u00adence<\/span><\/a> (David Christo\u00adpher Bell, Cracked): \u201cBut what if I told you that if you fol\u00adlow the rules his\u00adto\u00adry has laid out, protests and boy\u00adcotts <\/span>absolute\u00adly can work<\/span><\/i>? For when you look down the annals of suc\u00adcess\u00adful civ\u00adil dis\u00adobe\u00addi\u00adence, a clear pat\u00adtern emerges.\u201d This being Cracked, lan\u00adguage warn\u00ading. Also, the URL is fun\u00adny: the slug is <\/span>a\u2011be\u00adgin\u00adners-guide-to-over\u00adthrow\u00ading-gov\u00adern\u00adment<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  7. <\/i>Two arti\u00adcles that I did not expect to find fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading but did: <\/span>Sports\u00adwrit\u00ading Has Become A Lib\u00ader\u00adal Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion: Here\u2019s How It Hap\u00adpened<\/span><\/a> (Bryan Cur\u00adtis, The Ringer): \u201cI\u2019m a lib\u00ader\u00adal sports\u00adwriter myself. The new world suits me just fine. Would it be nice to have a David Frum or Ross Douthat of sports\u00adwrit\u00ading, mak\u00ading wrong\u00adhead\u00aded-but-inter\u00adest\u00ading argu\u00adments about NCAA ama\u00adteurism? Sure. As long as nobody believed them.\u201d This arti\u00adcle led to the con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive fol\u00adlowup <\/span>The Arro\u00adgant Think\u00ading Of Lib\u00ader\u00adal Sports Writ\u00aders<\/span><\/a> (Michael Bren\u00addan Dougher\u00adty, The Week): \u201cHas no one stopped to notice there is some\u00adthing odd about an anti-racism that will cause an ever\u00admore diverse coun\u00adtry to declare root\u00ading for white-faced mas\u00adcots the only safe thing to do? How will this dele\u00adtion of all non-white faces look in 50 years?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n