{"id":4706,"date":"2017-09-29T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T04:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2017-09-29T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T04:40:15","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-120","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 120"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/2112489\/divine-divided-how-occupy-central-split-hong-kongs-christian\">Divine To Divid\u00aded: How Occu\u00adpy Cen\u00adtral Split Hong Kong\u2019s Chris\u00adt\u00adian Lead\u00aders<\/a> (Jayson Albano, Mar\u00adta Colom\u00adbo And Maria Cristhin Kuiper, South Chi\u00adna Morn\u00ading Post): \u201cOnce on the street, he could see clear\u00adly. He could see the crowds form\u00ading, and he could see the mount\u00ading ranks of riot police. And when he saw those same police\u00admen fir\u00ading tear gas into the assem\u00adbled mass\u00ades one thing became clear in his mind: that his faith in God demand\u00aded he act.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/platform\/amp\/science-and-health\/2016\/10\/5\/13176068\/longevity-study-ceiling-old-age-limit\">The old\u00adest human lived to 122. Why no per\u00adson will like\u00adly break her record.<\/a> (Bri\u00adan Resnick, Vox): \u201cThe authors pro\u00adpose this is a built-in \u2018nat\u00adur\u00adal lim\u00adit\u2019 to our longevi\u00adty, an \u2018inad\u00adver\u00adtent byprod\u00aduct\u2019 of our biol\u00ado\u00adgy. And to increase the nat\u00adur\u00adal lim\u00adit we\u2019d need to fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly alter our genet\u00adics.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This is based on a very read\u00adable piece in Nature <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v538\/n7624\/full\/nature19793.html\">Evi\u00addence for a lim\u00adit to human lifes\u00adpan<\/a> (Xiao Dong, Bran\u00addon Mil\u00adhol\u00adland &amp; Jan Vijg, Nature).<\/li>\n<li>This find\u00ading reminds me of Gen\u00ade\u00adsis 6:3, \u201cThen the Lord said, \u2018My Spir\u00adit will not con\u00adtend with humans for\u00adev\u00ader, for they are mor\u00adtal; <strong>their days will be a hun\u00addred and twen\u00adty years<\/strong>.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/4\/20\/15328384\/opioid-epidemic-drug-legalization\">I used to sup\u00adport legal\u00adiz\u00ading all drugs. Then the opi\u00adoid epi\u00addem\u00adic hap\u00adpened.<\/a> (Ger\u00adman Lopez, Vox): \u201cBy the time I began as a drug pol\u00adi\u00adcy reporter in 2010, I was all in on legal\u00adiz\u00ading every drug, from mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna to hero\u00adin and cocaine. It all seemed so obvi\u00adous to me. Pro\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adtion had failed\u2026. Then I began report\u00ading on the opi\u00adoid epi\u00addem\u00adic.\u201d FYI: this arti\u00adcle is long: only read the first two sec\u00adtions unless you\u2019re real\u00adly into the sub\u00adject.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11oGZ1Ke3wK9E3BtOFfGfUQuuaSMR8AO2WfWH3aVke6U\/edit#\">Authors\u2019 note: Deep neur\u00adal net\u00adworks are more accu\u00adrate than humans at detect\u00ading sex\u00adu\u00adal ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion from facial images<\/a> (Michal Kosin\u00ads\u00adki and Yilun Wang, self-pub\u00adlished on Google Docs): this note by two Stan\u00adford researchers to explain their recent paper is extreme\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading. \u201cWe used wide\u00adly avail\u00adable off-the-shelf tools, pub\u00adlicly avail\u00adable data, and stan\u00addard meth\u00adods well known to com\u00adput\u00ader vision prac\u00adti\u00adtion\u00aders. We did not cre\u00adate a pri\u00adva\u00adcy-invad\u00ading tool, but rather showed that basic and wide\u00adly used meth\u00adods pose seri\u00adous pri\u00adva\u00adcy threats.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/sep\/28\/hugh-hefner-pimp-sue-playboy-mansion\">I called Hugh Hefn\u00ader a pimp, he threat\u00adened to sue. But that\u2019s what he was.<\/a> (Suzanne Moore, The Guardian): \u201cBut this man is still being cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded by peo\u00adple who should know bet\u00adter. You can dress it up with talk of glam\u00adour and bun\u00adny ears and fish\u00adnets, you can talk about his con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion to gonzo jour\u00adnal\u00adism, you can con\u00adtex\u00adtu\u00adalise his dri\u00adve to free up sex as part of the sex\u00adu\u00adal rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion. But strip it all back and he was a man who bought and sold women to oth\u00ader men.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly relat\u00aded: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-ln-std-rates-20170926-story.html\">STD rates hit anoth\u00ader record high, with Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia near the top<\/a> (Soumya Kar\u00adla\u00admangla, LA Times): \u201cMore than a quar\u00adter-mil\u00adlion Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adni\u00adans were infect\u00aded with either syphilis, chlamy\u00addia or gon\u00ador\u00adrhea last year, which con\u00adsti\u00adtutes a 40% jump com\u00adpared with five years ago, state offi\u00adcials said.\u201d I am often struck by the fact that STDs would effec\u00adtive\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adpear in one gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion if peo\u00adple obeyed the Bible.<\/li>\n<li>Dit\u00adto: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeway.com\/pastors\/2017\/09\/11\/pastoring-singles-sex-crazed-gender-confused-world\/\">Pas\u00adtor\u00ading Sin\u00adgles in a Sex-Crazed, Gen\u00adder-Con\u00adfused World<\/a> (Juan Sanchez, Life\u00adway): \u201cCeli\u00adbate sin\u00adgle\u00adness is a gift from God with a pur\u00adpose.\u201d This one isn\u2019t just for pas\u00adtors \u2014 rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to all sin\u00adgles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2017\/09\/24\/colin-kaepernick-vs-tim-tebow-a-tale-of-two-christianities-on-its-knees\/?tid=ss_tw&amp;utm_term=.b4f2f06ef401\">Col\u00adin Kaeper\u00adnick vs. Tim Tebow: A tale of two Chris\u00adtians on their knees<\/a> (Michael Frost, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThey\u2019re both Chris\u00adt\u00adian foot\u00adball play\u00aders, and they\u2019re both known for kneel\u00ading on the field, although for very dif\u00adfer\u00adent rea\u00adsons. One grew up the son of Bap\u00adtist mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies to the Philip\u00adpines. The oth\u00ader was bap\u00adtized Methodist, con\u00adfirmed Luther\u00adan, and attend\u00aded a Bap\u00adtist church dur\u00ading col\u00adlege. Both have made a pub\u00adlic dis\u00adplay of their faith. Both are prayer\u00adful and devout.\u201d It\u2019s a clever piece, although you should also read the gen\u00adtle crit\u00adi\u00adcism of it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2017\/9\/25\/kaepernick-vs-tebow-washington-post-passes-along-flawed-take-on-a-crucial-heresy\">Kaeper\u00adnick vs. Tebow? Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post pass\u00ades along flawed take on a cru\u00adcial heresy<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion)\n<ul>\n<li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, Kaeper\u00adnick began kneel\u00ading after a meet\u00ading with a vet\u00ader\u00adan who told him that mere\u00adly sit\u00adting was dire\u00adspect\u00adful. <a href=\"https:\/\/undertheradar.military.com\/2016\/09\/kaepernick-meets-veteran-nate-boyer-kneels-anthem\/\">Kaeper\u00adnick Meets With Vet\u00ader\u00adan Nate Boy\u00ader, Then Kneels Dur\u00ading Anthem<\/a> (Under the Radar) (an arti\u00adcle I found after an alum\u00adnus shared it on twit\u00adter this week \u2014 thanks, Han\u00adnah!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/26\/opinion\/abbie-hoffman-donald-trump.html\">The Abbie Hoff\u00adman of the Right: Don\u00adald Trump<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201cThe mem\u00adbers of the edu\u00adcat\u00aded class saw this past weekend\u2019s N.F.L. fra\u00adcas as a fight over racism. They felt mobi\u00adlized and uni\u00adfied in that fight and full of right\u00adeous ener\u00adgy. Mem\u00adbers of the work\u00ading class saw the fra\u00adcas as a fight about Amer\u00adi\u00adcan iden\u00adti\u00adty. They saw Pitts\u00adburgh Steel\u00aders coach Mike Tom\u00adlin try to dis\u00adsuade Ale\u00adjan\u00addro Vil\u00adlanue\u00adva, a three-time com\u00adbat vet\u00ader\u00adan, from cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00ading the flag he risked his life for. Mem\u00adbers of this class also felt mobi\u00adlized, uni\u00adfied and full of right\u00adeous ener\u00adgy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A lot of you seemed to like the graph\u00adic I used in this week\u2019s ser\u00admon. Here\u2019s a thumb\u00adnail, you can down\u00adload a high-res ver\u00adsion from the source at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/visual-theology\/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible\/\">Visu\u00adal The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy: The Books of the Bible<\/a> (Tim Chal\u00adlies).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4707\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/visual-theology\/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BooksoftheBible-thumb.jpg?resize=520%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"520\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BooksoftheBible-thumb.jpg?w=520&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BooksoftheBible-thumb.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 85vw, 520px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books of the Bible \u2014 Peri\u00adod\u00adic Table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/1895\/\">Wor\u00adry\u00ading Sci\u00aden\u00adtist Inter\u00adviews<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-raptured-upon-tasting-n-burger-first-time\/\">Man Rap\u00adtured Upon Tast\u00ading In-N-Out Burg\u00ader For First Time<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): cute head\u00adline, but Whataburg\u00ader is bet\u00adter. #just\u00adsayin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/sad-guy-knows-exactly-fix-americas-race-issues-nobody-reads-facebook-posts\/\">Sad: This Guy Knows Exact\u00adly How To Fix America\u2019s Race Issues, But Nobody Reads His Face\u00adbook Posts<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2016-08-12\/every-place-has-detractors-consider-where-they-re-coming-from\">Every Place Has Detrac\u00adtors. Con\u00adsid\u00ader Where They\u2019re Com\u00ading From.<\/a>(Megan McCar\u00addle, Bloomerg View): \u201cThere is grave dan\u00adger in judg\u00ading a neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood, or a cul\u00adture, by the accounts of those who chose to leave it. Those peo\u00adple are least like\u00adly to appre\u00adci\u00adate the good things about where they came from, and the most like\u00adly to dwell on its less attrac\u00adtive qual\u00adi\u00adties.\u201d Bear this in mind when lis\u00adten\u00ading to con\u00adver\u00adsion tes\u00adti\u00admonies (both sec\u00adu\u00adlar and reli\u00adgious). (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62\">vol\u00adume 62<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.<\/p>\n<p>Archives at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Divine To Divid\u00aded: How Occu\u00adpy Cen\u00adtral Split Hong Kong\u2019s Chris\u00adt\u00adian Lead\u00aders (Jayson Albano, Mar\u00adta \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-120\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 120\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"This week is all over the map, ranging from Christian activism in Hong Kong to a neat way to visualize the books of the Bible.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[124,125,201,161,113,136,163,202],"class_list":["post-4706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-china","tag-drugs","tag-global-christianity","tag-lgbtq","tag-pornography","tag-sex","tag-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1dU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4710,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4706\/revisions\/4710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}