{"id":6585,"date":"2021-05-21T20:07:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T04:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:07:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T04:07:41","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-302","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/05\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-302","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 302"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a> 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\n\n\n

This vol\u00adume is the sum of con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive squares: 92<\/sup> + 102<\/sup> + 112<\/sup> = 302.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. You Aren\u2019t Actu\u00adal\u00adly Mad at the SATs<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cTry\u00ading to fight edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal inequal\u00adi\u00adty by get\u00adting rid of the SAT is like try\u00ading to fight cli\u00admate change by get\u00adting rid of ther\u00admome\u00adters.\u201d<\/li>
  2. Meet the Nun Who Wants You to Remem\u00adber You Will Die<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cIn Octo\u00adber 2018, on her 455th day with the skull on her desk, she wrote, \u2018Every\u00adone dies, their bod\u00adies rot, and every face becomes a skull (unless you are incor\u00adrupt).\u2019 \u201d<\/li>
  3. Adver\u00adsary Drones Are Spy\u00ading On The U.S. And The Pen\u00adta\u00adgon Acts Like They\u2019re UFOs<\/a> (Tyler Rogoway, The Dri\u00adve): \u201cYes, I real\u00adize that the idea that an adver\u00adsary is pen\u00ade\u00adtrat\u00ading U.S. mil\u00adi\u00adtary train\u00ading areas unmo\u00adlest\u00aded, and has been for years, using low\u00adly drone tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy and bal\u00adloons, is a big pill to swal\u00adlow, but as one of the peo\u00adple who have repeat\u00aded\u00adly warned about the threat posed by low\u00ader-end drones for a decade\u2014warnings that large\u00adly were dis\u00admissed by the Pen\u00adta\u00adgon until drones made or altered in ram\u00adshackle ISIS work\u00adshops in a war zone were lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly rain\u00ading down bomblets on U.S. and allied forces in Iraq\u2014it isn\u2019t real\u00adly sur\u00adpris\u00ading at all.\u201d I saw this when it first came out and did\u00adn\u2019t share it for some rea\u00adson, but it popped up again because of the upcom\u00ading Sen\u00adate UFO thing and I want\u00aded to let y\u2019all see it.<\/li>
  4. Is the \u2018DEFCON 3 cul\u00adture war\u2019 over reli\u00adgious free\u00addom bills com\u00ading to an end?<\/a> (Kelsey Dal\u00adlas, Deseret News): \u201cSix years ago, Indi\u00adana law\u00admak\u00aders\u2019 efforts to pass a new reli\u00adgious free\u00addom law spawned protests, trav\u00adel bans and boy\u00adcott threats from nation\u00adal ath\u00adlet\u00adic orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions, includ\u00ading the NCAA, NFL and NBA. This year, when Mon\u00adtana and South Dako\u00adta passed sim\u00adi\u00adlar leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion, the back\u00adlash was so mut\u00aded by com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson that even some reli\u00adgious free\u00addom experts didn\u2019t hear about the bills until the Deseret News sent an inter\u00adview request.\u201d<\/li>
  5. Who Makes More: Teach\u00aders or Cops?<\/a> (Red\u00addit) \u2014 a coun\u00adter\u00adin\u00adtu\u00aditive pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of the state-by-state data<\/li>
  6. The incom\u00ading Stan\u00adford stu\u00addent liv\u00ading under siege in Gaza<\/a> (Cameron Ehsan, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cYousef AbuHashem \u201925 has kept a small back\u00adpack close to him since Israeli airstrikes tar\u00adget\u00ading Gaza began 11 days ago. The bag is large enough to fit only the bare essen\u00adtials: his birth cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate, pass\u00adport, sec\u00adondary school diplo\u00adma, cloth\u00ading and cash.\u201d<\/li>
  7. The New Furies of the Old\u00adest Hatred<\/a> (Peter Savod\u00adnik, Bari Weis\u00ads\u2019s Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAll gov\u00adern\u00adments should be scru\u00adti\u00adnized. But crit\u00adi\u00adcism of Israeli pol\u00adi\u00adcy<\/em> is often just crit\u00adi\u00adcism of Israel\u2019s exis\u00adtence<\/em>. We know this because the crit\u00adi\u00adcized poli\u00adcies almost always involve Israel being able to defend itself against hos\u00adtile neigh\u00adbors (being able to exist); and because there is an obses\u00adsion with Israel that dis\u00adtin\u00adguish\u00ades it from any oth\u00ader coun\u00adtry or for\u00adeign-pol\u00adi\u00adcy issue. Count\u00adless Mus\u00adlims have suf\u00adfered at the hands of the Chi\u00adnese, Indi\u00adans and Rus\u00adsians \u2014 to say noth\u00ading of the Assad regime hav\u00ading incin\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded as many as 600,000 Syr\u00adi\u00adans, the near\u00adly 500,000 Pales\u00adtini\u00adans con\u00adfined to refugee camps in Lebanon, or the inden\u00adtured ser\u00advants, includ\u00ading many Pales\u00adtini\u00adans, in the near\u00adby Gulf. This is not whataboutism. It is per\u00adspec\u00adtive.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n