{"id":6840,"date":"2022-02-25T23:25:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T07:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6840"},"modified":"2022-02-25T23:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T07:25:18","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/02\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-340","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 340"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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>     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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is vol\u00adume 340, which is cool because it\u2019s a mul\u00adti\u00adple of 17 and I real\u00adly like the num\u00adber 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li>On Ukraine and Rus\u00adsia: a lot of links here, just open the inter\u00adest\u00ading titles in new tabs.<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/church-stayed-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">To Stay and Serve: Why We Didn\u2019t Flee Ukraine<\/a> (Vasyl Ostryi, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cHow should the church respond when there is a grow\u00ading threat of war? When there is con\u00adstant fear in soci\u00adety? I\u2019m con\u00advinced that if the church is not rel\u00ade\u00advant at a time of cri\u00adsis, then it is not rel\u00ade\u00advant in a time of peace.\u2026 while the church may not fight like the nation, we still believe we have a role to play in this strug\u00adgle. We will shel\u00adter the weak, serve the suf\u00adfer\u00ading, and mend the bro\u00adken. And as we do, we offer the unshak\u00adable hope of Christ and his gospel.\u201d Respect.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reclaiminghope.substack.com\/p\/we-lack-the-ability-to-ideate-and?utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">We lack the abil\u00adi\u00adty to ideate and inno\u00advate on for\u00adeign pol\u00adi\u00adcy<\/a> (Melis\u00adsa Wear, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhy is it that the media and experts mar\u00adveled so much at the unprece\u00addent\u00aded shar\u00ading of intel\u00adli\u00adgence on Pres\u00adi\u00addent Putin\u2019s next moves? Because it was some\u00adthing new. And it\u2019s no sur\u00adprise it comes from the intel\u00adli\u00adgence com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. They and those in the mil\u00adi\u00adtary and defense are not as often cul\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded under the ban\u00adner of progress and peace and the End of His\u00adto\u00adry in typ\u00adi\u00adcal IR and polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adences cours\u00ades, nar\u00adra\u00adtives, and hall\u00adways of pow\u00ader.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/were-all-ukrainians-now?utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\">We\u2019re All Ukraini\u00adans Now<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cNo one claims that Ukraine is a per\u00adfect coun\u00adtry. Like many for\u00admer Sovi\u00adet republics, it has strug\u00adgled to find its foot\u00ading. It\u2019s endured author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism, and it bat\u00adtles cor\u00adrup\u00adtion. But, in Lewis\u2019s words, it is \u2018not in the least aggres\u00adsive.\u2019 It \u2018asks only to be let alone.\u2019 As a nation that has endured its own aggres\u00adsive attacks, how can we not empathize? How can we not do what we rea\u00adson\u00adably can to deter Russ\u00adian aggres\u00adsion and help Ukraini\u00adans defend them\u00adselves?\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/thoughts-on-shitpost-diplomacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thoughts On Shit\u00adpost Diplo\u00adma\u00adcy<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe Amer\u00adi\u00adcan diplo\u00admat who post\u00aded this meme should have known this. He or she was almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly a For\u00adeign Ser\u00advice Offi\u00adcer in the Pub\u00adlic Diplo\u00adma\u00adcy cone; a pub\u00adlic diplomat\u2019s first charge is learn\u00ading how to com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate per\u00adsua\u00adsive\u00adly to the peo\u00adple of the region sta\u00adtioned in. It is not that this offi\u00adcer lacked the raw intel\u00adli\u00adgence to ful\u00adfill this role: four out of every five appli\u00adcants fail the For\u00adeign Service\u2019s selec\u00adtive entrance tests. It is what this diplo\u00admat did <em>after <\/em>receiv\u00ading his or her post that mat\u00adtered. This diplo\u00admat did not study. Memes like these are the prod\u00aduct of a cul\u00adture that retweets more than it reads.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/02\/on-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">On Ukraine<\/a> (George Weigel, First Things): \u201cFor months now, the world press has described Russ\u00adian troop deploy\u00adments along Ukraine\u2019s bor\u00adders as spear\u00adheads of a pos\u00adsi\u00adble inva\u00adsion. The truth, how\u00adev\u00ader, is that Rus\u00adsia invad\u00aded Ukraine sev\u00aden years ago, when it annexed Crimea and Russ\u00adian \u2018lit\u00adtle green men\u2019 ignit\u00aded a war in east\u00adern Ukraine that has tak\u00aden over 14,000 lives and dis\u00adplaced over a mil\u00adlion peo\u00adple. What\u00adev\u00ader the cur\u00adrent mil\u00adi\u00adtary devel\u00adop\u00adments, a Russ\u00adian inva\u00adsion of Ukraine has not been \u2018immi\u00adnent\u2019; the inva\u00adsion is ongo\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/february\/ukraine-russia-churches-donetsk-luhansk-putin-independence.html?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=article\" target=\"_blank\">Amid War and Rumors of War, Ukraine Pas\u00adtors Preach and Pre\u00adpare<\/a> (Jayson Casper, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cPreach\u00ading on the Ser\u00admon on the Mount\u2019s injunc\u00adtion toward peace\u00admak\u00ading, Kulakevych con\u00adtin\u00adued his laser-sharp focus on the pos\u00adsi\u00adble Russ\u00adian inva\u00adsion. Five weeks ago, as the sep\u00ada\u00adratist con\u00adflict in the east\u00adern Don\u00adbas region began to esca\u00adlate, he sur\u00adveyed the Bible for its teach\u00ading on \u2018wars and rumors of war.\u2019 He fol\u00adlowed that with an appli\u00adca\u00adtion of \u2018Do not let your hearts be trou\u00adbled\u2019 and, on the next Sun\u00adday, a trea\u00adtise on wor\u00adry.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/february\/crimea-russia-protestant-christians-religious-freedom.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rus\u00adsia Keeps Pun\u00adish\u00ading Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in Crimea<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt and Forum 18, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cSince Rus\u00adsia annexed the Crimean Penin\u00adsu\u00adla from Ukraine in 2014\u2014one of the cen\u00adtral points of con\u00adflict in the cur\u00adrent clash between the two countries\u2014Protestant Chris\u00adtians in the ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry have faced greater gov\u00adern\u00adment penal\u00adties for prac\u00adtic\u00ading their faith.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/24\/politics\/russian-space-agency-us-sanctions-international-space-station\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rus\u00adsi\u00ada\u2019s space agency warns US sanc\u00adtions could \u2018destroy\u2019 coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion on the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Space Sta\u00adtion<\/a> (Kristin Fish\u00ader, CNN): \u201cIf you block coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion with us, who will save the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Space Sta\u00adtion (ISS) from an uncon\u00adtrolled deor\u00adbit and fall into the Unit\u00aded States or\u2026Europe?\u201d Rogozin said. \u201cThere is also the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of a 500-ton struc\u00adture falling on India and Chi\u00adna. Do you want to threat\u00aden them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Rus\u00adsia, there\u00adfore all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/02\/putin-as-a-man-of-ideas.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=putin-as-a-man-of-ideas\" target=\"_blank\">Putin as a man of ideas<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cIf you write books, whether good or bad ones, and won\u00adder whether your work mat\u00adters, I sug\u00adgest the answer lies before you on your TV screen each evening. Rus\u00adsia is a nation of ideas, led by peo\u00adple who are obsessed with ideas. The rest of the world, most of all Europe, will need bet\u00adter ideas in turn.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/2022\/02\/putins-spiritual-destiny\/\" target=\"_blank\">Putin\u2019s spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal des\u00adtiny<\/a> (Giles Fras\u00ader,&nbsp; UnHerd): \u201cLast year, on the anniver\u00adsary of the bap\u00adtism of the Rus, [Patri\u00adarch] Kir\u00adill preached to his peo\u00adple, urg\u00ading them to stay true to Vladimir\u2019s con\u00adver\u00adsion and the blood of the ortho\u00addox mar\u00adtyrs. He told them to love&nbsp;\u2018our home\u00adland, our peo\u00adple, our rulers and our army\u2019. The West\u00adern sec\u00adu\u00adlar imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion doesn\u2019t get this. It looks at Putin\u2019s speech the oth\u00ader evening, and it describes him as mad&nbsp;\u2014 which is anoth\u00ader way of say\u00ading we do not under\u00adstand what is going on. And we show how lit\u00adtle we under\u00adstand by think\u00ading that a bunch of sanc\u00adtions is going to make a blind bit of dif\u00adfer\u00adence. They won\u2019t.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/topsecretumbra.substack.com\/p\/putins-attack-on-ukraine-is-a-religious?utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\">Putin\u2019s Attack on Ukraine Is a Reli\u00adgious War<\/a> (John Schindler, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cEvery sec\u00adu\u00adlar geostrate\u00adgic chal\u00adlenge cit\u00aded as a rea\u00adson for Putin\u2019s aggres\u00adsion \u2013 NATO expan\u00adsion, West\u00adern mil\u00adi\u00adtary moves, oil and gas pol\u00adi\u00adtics \u2013 exist\u00aded in 2014, yet Putin then chose to lim\u00adit his attacks on Ukraine to Crimea and the South\u00adeast. What\u2019s changed since then that makes his effort to sub\u00addue all Ukraine seem like a good idea in the Krem\u00adlin? The cre\u00adation of an auto\u00adcephalous Ortho\u00addox Church of Ukraine in 2019, with offi\u00adcial Amer\u00adi\u00adcan back\u00ading, is the dif\u00adfer\u00adence, and Moscow believes this was all a nefar\u00adi\u00adous U.S. plot to divide world Ortho\u00addoxy at Russia\u2019s expense. Clear\u00adly Putin has decid\u00aded that reclaim\u00ading Ukraine and its cap\u00adi\u00adtal, \u2018the moth\u00ader of Russ\u00adian cities,\u2019 for Russ\u00adian Ortho\u00addoxy is worth a major war. Make no mis\u00adtake, this is a reli\u00adgious war, even if almost nobody in the West real\u00adizes it.\u201cThis is in the mix. I don\u2019t know what per\u00adcent\u00adage of the mix it is, but it\u2019s def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly in the mix.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/02\/war-and-dating-apps-swipe-left.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=war-and-dating-apps-swipe-left\" target=\"_blank\">War and dat\u00ading apps (swipe left)<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cUkrain\u00adian&nbsp;women in sec\u00adond city Kharkiv \u2014 just 20 miles from tyran\u00adni\u00adcal&nbsp;Vladimir Putin\u2019s vast inva\u00adsion force&nbsp;\u2014 have been stunned by a sal\u00advo of admir\u00aders in uni\u00adform. Hunky&nbsp;Russ\u00adian&nbsp;troops called Andrei, Alexan\u00adder, Gre\u00adgo\u00adry, Michail and a beard\u00aded Chechen fight\u00ader nick\u00adnamed \u2018Black\u2019 were among dozens whose pro\u00adfiles popped up.\u201d This is a link to a sum\u00adma\u00adry of an arti\u00adcle from the Sun. The sum\u00adma\u00adry is enough, but if you click through you\u2019ll see actu\u00adal Tin\u00adder pho\u00adtos.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2022\/02\/24\/opinion\/williams-i-spent-six-months-in-a-cult-theyre-still-here-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\">I spent six months in a cult. They\u2019re still here on cam\u00adpus.<\/a> (Camille Williams, The Dai\u00adly North\u00adwest\u00adern): \u201cSo, you are prob\u00ada\u00adbly won\u00adder\u00ading: how did I get out? \u2026Some may call it a gut instinct; I call it the Holy Spir\u00adit with\u00adin me squirm\u00ading in revolt. After that con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion, I ran out of my bed\u00adroom and yelled to my moth\u00ader, \u2018I acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly joined a cult.\u2019 After she went from con\u00adfused laugh\u00adter to vow\u00ading to throw hands with these peo\u00adple, I final\u00adly start\u00aded to feel this bur\u00adden release.\u201d<ul><li>This is an arti\u00adcle by a stu\u00addent in Chi Alpha at North\u00adwest\u00adern. She was in Chi Alpha, got sucked into a cult, and then got out and returned to Chi Alpha.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisblattman.com\/2022\/02\/23\/gangsters-want-to-be-good-people-too\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gang\u00adsters want to be good peo\u00adple too<\/a> (Chris Blattman, blog): \u201cI remem\u00adber meet\u00ading one gang leader on the streets of Chica\u00adgo. We were stand\u00ading in line at a nacho and ice cream truck (yes that exists) chat\u00adting. I was try\u00ading to under\u00adstand how one of the vio\u00adlence reduc\u00adtion pro\u00adgrams I was work\u00ading on affect\u00aded his oper\u00ada\u00adtions. After all, we were try\u00ading to recruit away his best young men\u2014his star deal\u00aders and shoot\u00aders. We want\u00aded to get them into oth\u00ader kinds of jobs. Sure\u00adly he was frus\u00adtrat\u00aded. On the con\u00adtrary. He was delight\u00aded. \u2018I only do this for the boys,\u2019 he said. \u2018They need some\u00adthing to do. Your pro\u00adgram is even bet\u00adter. I\u2019m hap\u00adpy they\u2019re going.\u2019 In his mind, the vio\u00adlent drug-deal\u00ading was a pub\u00adlic employ\u00adment pro\u00adgram, and he the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor.\u201d<\/li><li>Some Cana\u00addi\u00adan Con\u00advoy After\u00admath:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thezvi.substack.com\/p\/convoy-crackdown?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0OTA4NTI4MywiXyI6Ii9GZ01ZIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ1NDg1NzgzLCJleHAiOjE2NDU0ODkzODMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01NzMxMDAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.As4O_rWQTxG24xZ_cIxUCuBWj4RDl64HLhyUftZbp7E&amp;utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\">Con\u00advoy Crack\u00addown<\/a> (Zvi Mow\u00adshowitz, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cFam\u00adi\u00adly mem\u00adbers hav\u00ading trou\u00adble liv\u00ading their lives is being treat\u00aded not as a bug but as a fea\u00adture. The sins of the father are to be laid upon the chil\u00addren, it seems. This extends as not\u00aded above to those who&nbsp;<em>pro\u00advide finan\u00adcial assis\u00adtance&nbsp;<\/em>to those engag\u00ading in dis\u00adap\u00adproved activ\u00adi\u00adties, and that such retal\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion will con\u00adtin\u00adue to hap\u00adpen&nbsp;<em>after the activ\u00adi\u00adties in ques\u00adtion cease,&nbsp;<\/em>so not only is one with\u00adout one\u2019s mon\u00adey and oth\u00ader assets, and with\u00adout the abil\u00adi\u00adty to spend what one does have, oth\u00aders may rea\u00adson\u00adably fear that help\u00ading you not end up on the street might land them in the same sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion.\u201d Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-event-feb23-1.6361847\" target=\"_blank\">Trudeau ends use of Emer\u00adgen\u00adcies Act, says \u2018sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion is no longer an emer\u00adgency\u2019<\/a> (Nick Boisvert, CBC): \u201cThe Sen\u00adate was in the midst of debat\u00ading the act on Wednes\u00adday but with\u00addrew the motion short\u00adly after Trudeau made his announce\u00adment.\u201d I am glad the emer\u00adgency mea\u00adsures have been lift\u00aded, but what should con\u00adcern us all is that this is now on the table as an option for oth\u00ader\u00adwise rights-based gov\u00adern\u00adments.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/02\/what-led-to-canadas-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">What Led to Canada\u2019s Cri\u00adsis<\/a> (Nathan Pinkoski,First Things): \u201cThe cri\u00adsis had its ori\u00adgins in mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal con\u00addi\u00adtions unique to Cana\u00adda. A com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of elite over\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtion and Canada\u2019s posi\u00adtion in the shad\u00adow of the Unit\u00aded States has pro\u00adduced an ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly super\u00adcharged man\u00adage\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal class that has accel\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded the adop\u00adtion of a new kind of emer\u00adgency politics.\u201cThe author is at the near\u00adby Zephyr Insti\u00adtute.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lacroicsz.substack.com\/p\/by-any-other-name?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\">By Any Oth\u00ader Name<\/a> (Hele\u00adna, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cUK NHS refer\u00adral data shows a 4000% increase in pedi\u00adatric gen\u00adder ser\u00advice refer\u00adrals (not a typo). So-called \u2018gen\u00adder dys\u00adpho\u00adria\u2019, which was once a very rare diag\u00adno\u00adsis that described most\u00adly pre\u00adpu\u00adbes\u00adcent boys and adult men, is now most com\u00admon\u00adly diag\u00adnosed in teenage girls. Activists will argue that these explo\u00adsive num\u00adbers are a result of increased soci\u00adetal accep\u00adtance, and that at long last trans peo\u00adple are com\u00ading out of hid\u00ading and liv\u00ading as their authen\u00adtic selves. If this were true, one might expect to see com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble rates of trans\u00adgen\u00adder iden\u00adti\u00adty across all age groups and between both sex\u00ades, but its dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly ado\u00adles\u00adcent females feel\u00ading that warm and fuzzy inclu\u00adsive accep\u00adtance.\u201d A very per\u00adson\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive. Long, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/20\/health\/covid-cdc-data.html\" target=\"_blank\">The C.D.C. Isn\u2019t Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Large Por\u00adtions of the Covid Data It Col\u00adlects<\/a> (Apoor\u00adva Man\u00addavil\u00adli, New York Times): \u201c\u2026the C.D.C. has been rou\u00adtine\u00adly col\u00adlect\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion since the Covid vac\u00adcines were first rolled out last year, accord\u00ading to a fed\u00ader\u00adal offi\u00adcial famil\u00adiar with the effort. The agency has been reluc\u00adtant to make those fig\u00adures pub\u00adlic, the offi\u00adcial said, because they might be mis\u00adin\u00adter\u00adpret\u00aded as the vac\u00adcines being inef\u00adfec\u00adtive.\u201d My lev\u00adel of con\u00adfi\u00addence in our pub\u00adlic health agen\u00adcies can\u00adnot go much low\u00ader. And sad\u00adly, in an attempt to pre\u00advent peo\u00adple believ\u00ading dis\u00adap\u00adproved thoughts the CDC has inflamed con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy the\u00ado\u00adrists. Out\u00adra\u00adgeous.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"less-serious-things-which-also-interested-amused-glen\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iRHQMOSVJA0\" target=\"_blank\">Jor\u00addan Peterson\u2019s Opin\u00adion After Meet\u00ading Elon Musk<\/a> (YouTube): five min\u00adutes, fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2583\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chord\u00aded Key\u00adboard<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VuFK9i3H30M\" target=\"_blank\">Alien in 60 Sec\u00adonds<\/a> (YouTube): bril\u00adliant low-bud\u00adget sum\u00adma\u00adry with spe\u00adcial effects<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q15xhG6pVUw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q15xhG6pVUw\">A mom calls in to her sons\u2019 tele\u00advised debate<\/a> (C\u2011SPAN, YouTube): three min\u00adutes, from 2014. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/ca-issues-hypothermia-warning-after-temperature-drops-below-68-degrees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Issues Hypother\u00admia Warn\u00ading After Tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adture Drops Below 68 Degrees<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/americans-will-now-be-required-to-identify-ukraine-on-a-map-before-being-able-to-post-opinion-on-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Will Now Be Required To Iden\u00adti\u00adfy Ukraine On A Map Before Post\u00ading Opin\u00adion On Ukraine<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8k1WyHV3OLs\" target=\"_blank\">I Fell Asleep While Play\u00ading Foot\u00adball<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FP9Lgk6Deek\" target=\"_blank\">Get this Camel Through the Small\u00adest Gap<\/a> (Taskmas\u00adter, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7d7t0zX0OXY\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Osman broke into my house dressed as Darth Vad\u00ader<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MBJ2lBFSKEA\" target=\"_blank\">Trav\u00adel Blind\u00adfold\u00aded as Far as Pos\u00adsi\u00adble and then GET BACK<\/a> (Taskmas\u00adter, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting-a-while-ago\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/jason-spyres-shares-his-inspiring-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">From Mid\u00adwest Drug Deal\u00ader to The Farm: Jason Spyres Shares His Inspir\u00ading Sto\u00adry<\/a> (Yas\u00admin Sam\u00adrai, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cTo jus\u00adti\u00adfy his crim\u00adi\u00adnal behav\u00adiour, he told him\u00adself that though sell\u00ading pot was ille\u00adgal, it wasn\u2019t immoral. This the\u00ado\u00adry came crash\u00ading down when two gangs broke into his house, split his head open, and robbed him. When Spyres dis\u00adcov\u00adered that the bur\u00adglars had near\u00adly mis\u00adtak\u00aden his house for his neighbor\u2019s, he real\u00adized that sell\u00ading drugs put oth\u00ader people\u2019s safe\u00adty in jeop\u00adardy. \u2018I was shocked and sick\u00adened with myself,\u2019 he recalled. \u2018I was part of a black mar\u00adket and my actions had unin\u00adtend\u00aded con\u00adse\u00adquences.\u2019\u201d What a wild sto\u00adry. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-204\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 204<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-do-you-send-this-email\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"disclaimer\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, 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.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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