{"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 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 way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This volume is the sum of consecutive 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 Actually Mad at the SATs<\/a> (Freddie deBoer, Substack): \u201cTrying to fight educational inequality by getting rid of the SAT is like trying to fight climate change by getting rid of thermometers.\u201d<\/li>
  2. Meet the Nun Who Wants You to Remember You Will Die<\/a> (Ruth Graham, New York Times): \u201cIn October 2018, on her 455th day with the skull on her desk, she wrote, \u2018Everyone dies, their bodies rot, and every face becomes a skull (unless you are incorrupt).\u2019 \u201d<\/li>
  3. Adversary Drones Are Spying On The U.S. And The Pentagon Acts Like They\u2019re UFOs<\/a> (Tyler Rogoway, The Drive): \u201cYes, I realize that the idea that an adversary is penetrating U.S. military training areas unmolested, and has been for years, using lowly drone technology and balloons, is a big pill to swallow, but as one of the people who have repeatedly warned about the threat posed by lower-end drones for a decade\u2014warnings that largely were dismissed by the Pentagon until drones made or altered in ramshackle ISIS workshops in a war zone were literally raining down bomblets on U.S. and allied forces in Iraq\u2014it isn\u2019t really surprising at all.\u201d I saw this when it first came out and didn\u2019t share it for some reason, but it popped up again because of the upcoming Senate UFO thing and I wanted to let y\u2019all see it.<\/li>
  4. Is the \u2018DEFCON 3 culture war\u2019 over religious freedom bills coming to an end?<\/a> (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News): \u201cSix years ago, Indiana lawmakers\u2019 efforts to pass a new religious freedom law spawned protests, travel bans and boycott threats from national athletic organizations, including the NCAA, NFL and NBA. This year, when Montana and South Dakota passed similar legislation, the backlash was so muted by comparison that even some religious freedom experts didn\u2019t hear about the bills until the Deseret News sent an interview request.\u201d<\/li>
  5. Who Makes More: Teachers or Cops?<\/a> (Reddit) \u2014 a counterintuitive presentation of the state-by-state data<\/li>
  6. The incoming Stanford student living under siege in Gaza<\/a> (Cameron Ehsan, Stanford Daily): \u201cYousef AbuHashem \u201925 has kept a small backpack close to him since Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza began 11 days ago. The bag is large enough to fit only the bare essentials: his birth certificate, passport, secondary school diploma, clothing and cash.\u201d<\/li>
  7. The New Furies of the Oldest Hatred<\/a> (Peter Savodnik, Bari Weiss\u2019s Substack): \u201cAll governments should be scrutinized. But criticism of Israeli policy<\/em> is often just criticism of Israel\u2019s existence<\/em>. We know this because the criticized policies almost always involve Israel being able to defend itself against hostile neighbors (being able to exist); and because there is an obsession with Israel that distinguishes it from any other country or foreign-policy issue. Countless Muslims have suffered at the hands of the Chinese, Indians and Russians \u2014 to say nothing of the Assad regime having incinerated as many as 600,000 Syrians, the nearly 500,000 Palestinians confined to refugee camps in Lebanon, or the indentured servants, including many Palestinians, in the nearby Gulf. This is not whataboutism. It is perspective.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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