{"id":5558,"date":"2019-07-19T17:02:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T01:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5558"},"modified":"2019-07-19T17:02:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T01:02:55","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/07\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-211","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 211"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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>\n\n    On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/07\/18\/boko-haram-kidnapping-highlights-failures-media-coverage-column\/1742404001\/\">American journalists have duty to report on tragedies in countries like Sudan.<\/a> (Isaha Sesay, USA Today): \u201cIf the suffering of these girls and their parents is not enough to make us pay attention to what has happened in Chibok, there is something else to consider: the threat to global security. The fate of these girls is in many ways a reflection of the Nigerian federal government\u2019s longstanding inability to maintain peace and stability in the northeast of the country. Americans should see the disappearance of the Chibok girls as a flare, illuminating the existence of an \u2018ungoverned space\u2019 that is fertile ground for a powerful terrorist group.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-google-quietly-tracking-porn-you-watch-2019-7\">Facebook and Google track what porn you\u2019re watching, even when you\u2019re in incognito<\/a> (Isobel Asher Hamilton, Business Insider): \u201cResearchers from Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Pennsylvania analyzed 22,484 pornography sites using a site called webXray to identify tracking tools feeding data back to third parties. \u2018Our results indicate tracking is endemic on pornography websites: 93% of pages leak user data to a third-party,\u2019 the study concludes.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>Numbers 32:23 comes to mind: \u201cbe sure that your sin will find you&nbsp;out.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><li>An unexpected consequence of porn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2209569-streaming-online-pornography-produces-as-much-co2-as-belgium\/\">Streaming online pornography produces as much CO2 as Belgium<\/a> (Michael Le Page, NewScientist): \u201cThe transmission and viewing of online videos generates 300 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, or nearly 1 per cent of global emissions. On-demand video services such as Netflix account for a third of this, with online pornographic videos generating another third.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/08\/an-epidemic-of-disbelief\/592807\/\">An Epidemic of Disbelief<\/a> (Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic): \u201cHistorically, investigators had assumed that someone who assaults a stranger by the railroad tracks is nothing like the man who assaults his co-worker or his girlfriend. But it turns out that the space between acquaintance rape and stranger rape is not a wall, but a plaza. When Cleveland investigators uploaded the DNA from the acquaintance-rape kits, they were surprised by how often the results also matched DNA from unsolved stranger rapes. The task force identified dozens of mystery rapists this way.\u201d Infuriating and highly recommended.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2019\/07\/15\/oil-patch-evangelicals-how-christianity-crude-fueled-rise-american-right\/?utm_term=.2f6198b9419c\">Oil-patch evangelicals: How Christianity and crude fueled the rise of the American right<\/a> (Darren Dochuk, Washington Post): \u201cIn the face of the Rockefellers\u2019 progressive way, Texan oilers championed a theology of personal encounter with scripture and an active Higher Being. They heralded church autonomy and gospel teachings about prosperity and end times, a message that anticipated the violent disruptions of the oil age and the need to save souls and reap God\u2019s \u2014 and the earth\u2019s \u2014 riches before the world\u2019s end.\u201d The author is a history professor at Notre Dame and describes an aspect of modern evangelical history I had not heard before.&nbsp;<ul><li>An interview with the above author: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/anointed-oil-evangelicals-petroleum-industry\/\">Anointed with Oil: Evangelicals and the Petroleum Industry<\/a> (Thomas Kidd, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cOil historians may be surprised to hear it, but in some instances oil\u2019s corporate structures evolved directly out of the theological commitments of its leaders.\u201d The first piece felt a little hostile to me, whereas this one did not at&nbsp;all.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2019\/07\/16\/stanford-opposes-bill-that-would-let-college-athletes-in-california-profit-from-endorsements\/\">Stanford opposes bill that would let college athletes in California profit from endorsements<\/a> (Ian Park, Stanford Daily): \u201cThe NCAA earns more than $1 billion in annual revenue from broadcasting rights and championships. In return, student-athletes receive little to no compensation, other than scholarships. According to a study by Drexel University and the National College Players Association, scholarships aren\u2019t enough for many student-athletes, as surveyed athletes had to pay colleges scholarship shortfalls of as much as $17,000.\u201d <ul><li>In other and completely unrelated local news: <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.curbed.com\/2019\/7\/17\/20697552\/median-rents-san-francisco-bay-area-highest-2019\">SF does not have the highest rents in the Bay Area<\/a> (Adam Brinklow, Curbed): \u201cMenlo Park, home of Facebook, has the highest rents in the region, averaging $4,638 per month. Palo Alto also beat out SF with a startling $3,857 per month price&nbsp;tag.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><li>Elsewhere in the article we learn that Redwood City rents average $1,956. I love Menlo Park, but there\u2019s no way it is twice as nice as Redwood City. Sheesh!&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/36f5e67a145c4f0eb7661f2ca453b0a9\">Trump vs. Dems: \u2018Racist,\u2019 \u2018socialist\u2019 lines drawn for 2020<\/a> (Lisa Mascaro, AP News): \u201cWith tweets and a vote, President Donald Trump and House Democrats established the sharp and emotionally raw contours of the 2020 election campaigns. In the process, they have created a fraught political frame: \u2018racists\u2019 vs. \u2018socialists.\u2019\u201d <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/15\/opinion\/trump-pelosi-squad.html\">What Pelosi Versus the Squad Really Means<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201cLiberalism arose out of the fact that political revolutions, while exciting at the outset, usually end up in brutality, dictatorship and blood. Working within the system is best. People who came of age in the past few decades did not grow up in an atmosphere of assumed liberalism. They often grew up in an atmosphere that critiques it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2019\/07\/send-her-back-trump-supporters-his-nc-rally\/594268\/\">\u2018It Makes Us Want to Support Him More\u2019<\/a> (Peter Nicholas, The Atlantic): \u201cA few conceded that Trump occasionally fires off an inappropriate  tweet, but said his accomplishments in office overshadow any offense. If  anything, they said, his language springs from an authenticity they  find refreshing. None of the people I spoke with considered his comments  about the congresswomen racist.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/people-who-have-screamed-racism-for-decades-wonder-why-no-one-is-listening-to-them-about-trump\">People Who Have Screamed \u2018Racism\u2019 For Decades Wonder Why No One Is Listening To Them About Trump<\/a> (Babylon Bee): this would normally go down in the amusing section because the headline is from a satire site, but this is one of those times where the Bee\u2019s insight is relevant: \u201c\u2018I mean, we compared John McCain to George Wallace,\u2019 stated Democrat Maggie Wilkins, \u2018and I\u2019m not sure who to compare Trump to in order to show he\u2019s an even more worser racist.\u2019 Activists are considering coming up with other words to express that Trump is a worse kind of racist. They considered \u2018white supremacist,\u2019 but they\u2019ve been using that a lot lately, so it would only mean to most people that Trump is as bad as the Betsy Ross flag. So they tried to invent a new term \u2014 double plus racist \u2014 to express how extra racist Trump is, but then remembered they already used that on Mitt Romney.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/disentangle-sexuality-race\/\">5 Reasons to Disentangle Sexuality and Race<\/a> (Rebecca McLaughlin, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cChristian sexual ethics were as shocking to their original first-century Greco-Roman context as they are today. If Christians are to learn from history, the lesson must be this: hold fast to Scripture\u2019s radical demands, whether the cultural tide is coming in or out. You won\u2019t know which side of history you\u2019re on until the last day.\u201d Disclaimer: I know the author and have collaborated with her on events at Stanford.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IlyMp51FRLA\">Kevin Blake<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): an eight-minute trick<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jvk8IOLKj9s\">Adri\u00e1n Carratal\u00e1<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): seven minutes and the very end (after the judging) is what puts it over the&nbsp;top<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K5Wxy40TiII\">Christopher Castellini<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): a nine-minute video<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/79BjfvK\">The news has changed<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/quadrants\">Composing an email<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2019\/07\/13\">Misunderstanding Religion<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/nation-completely-deserted-after-all-descendants-of-immigrants-deported\">Nobody Left In Nation After Trump Orders All Immigrants, Descendants Of Immigrants Deported<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christians-should-be-more-like-jesus-who-was-loved-by-everybody-and-never-divisive\">Christians Should Be More Like Jesus, Who Was Loved By Everybody And Never Divisive<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-evidence-for-atheism-exhibit-just-large-empty-warehouse\">New Evidence For Atheism Exhibit Just Large Empty Warehouse<\/a> (Babylon Bee): usually with the Bee the headline is enough \u2014 this one is actually worth reading.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2018\/07\/when-a-child-says-shes-trans\/561749\/\">When Children Say They\u2019re Trans<\/a> (Jesse Singal, The Atlantic): \u201c \u2026to deny the possibility of a connection between social influences and gender\u2010identity exploration among adolescents would require ignoring a lot of what we know about the developing teenage brain\u2014which is more susceptible to peer influence, more impulsive, and less adept at weighing long\u2010term outcomes and consequences than fully developed adult brains\u2014as well as individual stories like Delta\u2019s.\u201d This is a long and balanced piece which has garnered outrage in some online circles. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-157\">volume 157<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way. Things Glen Found Interesting American journalists have duty to report on tragedies in countries like Sudan. (Isaha Sesay, USA \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/07\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-211\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 211\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A really weird mix of stuff this week. I'm honestly not sure how I come across links ranging from the intertwined history of oil and American Christianity to oddly compelling magic performances. 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