{"id":4973,"date":"2018-06-08T17:37:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T01:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2018-06-08T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T01:37:49","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-155","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 155"},"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. The Prob\u00adlem with Dull Knives: What\u2019s the Defense Depart\u00adment got to do with Code for Amer\u00adi\u00adca?<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer Pahlka, Medi\u00adum): \u201cI have a dis\u00adtinct mem\u00ado\u00adry of being a kid in the kitchen with my mom, awk\u00adward\u00adly and prob\u00ada\u00adbly dan\u00adger\u00adous\u00adly wield\u00ading a knife, try\u00ading to cut some tough veg\u00adetable, and defend\u00ading my actions by say\u00ading the knife was dull any\u00adway. My mom stopped me and said firm\u00adly, \u2018Jen\u00adny, a dull knife is much more dan\u00adger\u00adous than a sharp knife. You\u2019re strug\u00adgling and using much more force than you should, and that knife is going to end up God Knows Where.\u2019 She was right, of course\u2026. But hav\u00ading poor tools [for the mil\u00adi\u00adtary] doesn\u2019t make us fight less; it makes us fight bad\u00adly.\u201d (some empha\u00adsis in the orig\u00adi\u00adnal removed). High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n
  2. Num\u00adber One in Pover\u00adty, Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Isn\u2019t Our Most Pro\u00adgres\u00adsive State \u2014 It\u2019s Our Most Racist One<\/a> (Michael Shel\u00adlen\u00adberg\u00ader, Forbes): \u201cIf racism is more than just say\u00ading nasty things \u2014 if it is, as schol\u00adars like James Bald\u00adwin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michelle Alexan\u00adder and count\u00adless oth\u00aders have described, embed\u00added into socioe\u00adco\u00adnom\u00adic struc\u00adtures<\/em> \u2014 then Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia isn\u2019t just the least pro\u00adgres\u00adsive state. It\u2019s also the most racist.\u201d Annoy\u00ading\u00adly split into sev\u00aden sec\u00adtions, but worth\u00adwhile. The author was a guber\u00adna\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal can\u00addi\u00addate, but he did not make the gen\u00ader\u00adal elec\u00adtion.<\/li>\n
  3. This week the Supreme Court, in a 7\u20132 deci\u00adsion, vin\u00addi\u00adcat\u00aded the Col\u00adorado bak\u00ader who refused to bake a cake for a gay wed\u00adding. A lot of ink was spilled in response:\n