{"id":6847,"date":"2022-03-11T19:51:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T03:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2022-03-11T19:51:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T03:51:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-342","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/03\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-342","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 342"},"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 342, which is 666 in base 7. Do with that infor\u00adma\u00adtion as you see fit.<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/07\/opinion\/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html?smid=tw-share\" target=\"_blank\">I Came to Col\u00adlege Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Cen\u00adsor\u00adship Instead.<\/a> (Emma Camp, New York Times): \u201c\u2026my col\u00adlege expe\u00adri\u00adence has been defined by strict ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adfor\u00admi\u00adty. Stu\u00addents of all polit\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adsua\u00adsions hold back \u2014 in class dis\u00adcus\u00adsions, in friend\u00adly con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions, on social media \u2014 from say\u00ading what we real\u00adly think. Even as a lib\u00ader\u00adal who has attend\u00aded abor\u00adtion rights protests and writ\u00adten about stand\u00ading up to racism, I some\u00adtimes feel afraid to ful\u00adly speak my mind.\u201d<ul><li>This is a strong col\u00adumn. And the anec\u00addote about her first amend\u00adment sign is amus\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/06\/opinion\/sin-lent-grace-forgiveness.html\" target=\"_blank\">We\u2019re All Sin\u00adners, and Accept\u00ading That Is Actu\u00adal\u00adly a Good Thing<\/a> (Tish Har\u00adri\u00adson War\u00adren, New York Times): \u201cMy favorite def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion of sin comes from the Eng\u00adlish author Fran\u00adcis Spufford. He says that most of us in the West think of sin as a word that \u2018basi\u00adcal\u00adly means \u201cindul\u00adgence\u201d or \u201cenjoy\u00adable naugh\u00adti\u00adness.\u201c&nbsp;\u2018 Instead, he calls sin \u2018the human propen\u00adsi\u00adty to mess things up\u2019 \u2014 only he doesn\u2019t use the word \u2018mess,\u2019 and his word is prob\u00ada\u00adbly clos\u00ader to the truth of things.\u201d <ul><li>This sen\u00adtence from lat\u00ader on was quite good: \u201cThe Luther\u00adan the\u00adolo\u00adgian Mar\u00adtin Mar\u00adty wrote that we live in a cul\u00adture where \u2018every\u00adthing is per\u00admit\u00adted and noth\u00ading is for\u00adgiv\u00aden.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2022\/03\/women-who-self-objectify-are-less-aware-of-the-cold-during-nights-out-study-finds-62693\" target=\"_blank\">Women who self-objec\u00adti\u00adfy are less aware of the cold dur\u00ading nights out, study finds<\/a> (Beth Elwood, Psy\u00adPost): \u201cSelf-objec\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion is when a per\u00adson is over\u00adly con\u00adcerned with how oth\u00aders per\u00adceive their appear\u00adance. When peo\u00adple self-objec\u00adti\u00adfy, they view them\u00adselves as objects of attrac\u00adtion. Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, a greater ten\u00adden\u00adcy to self-objec\u00adti\u00adfy has been asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with reduced atten\u00adtion to one\u2019s bod\u00adi\u00adly process\u00ades, for exam\u00adple, dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading feel\u00adings of hunger.\u201d<ul><li>\u201cSelf-objec\u00adti\u00adfy.\u201d I love when we come up with new words that we don\u2019t need. Vain will do fine, thank you. And I doubt this is as gen\u00addered as the head\u00adline sug\u00adgests \u2014 I see frat bros in their mus\u00adcle shirts even when it is chilly out. Vain peo\u00adple are appar\u00adent\u00adly not lying when they say they don\u2019t feel the cold.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-03-05\/sacramento-mail-carrier-accused-of-killing-aggressive-wild-turkey\" target=\"_blank\">A feud between mail car\u00adri\u00aders, wild turkeys comes to a dead\u00adly cli\u00admax near Sacra\u00admen\u00adto<\/a> (Chris\u00adt\u00adian Mar\u00adtinez, LA Times): \u201cFor months, mail car\u00adri\u00aders in the Sacra\u00admen\u00adto Coun\u00adty enclave of Arden-Arcade have been ter\u00adror\u00adized by wild turkeys, at times dis\u00adrupt\u00ading deliv\u00ader\u00adies. This week, ten\u00adsions between the fowl and one U.S. Postal Ser\u00advice work\u00ader reached a vio\u00adlent cli\u00admax when the car\u00adri\u00ader killed a turkey while on duty, offi\u00adcials said, prompt\u00ading an inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion by the Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Depart\u00adment of Fish and Wildlife.\u201d<ul><li>If a crime was com\u00admit\u00adted then Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia laws need reform. If self-defense is a legit\u00adi\u00admate excuse in human death how much more when an ani\u00admal is killed? I stan the let\u00adter car\u00adri\u00ader.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On Ukraine:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/why-forecasting-war-is-hard?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Why Fore\u00adcast\u00ading War Is Hard<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIf North Korea can main\u00adtain a for\u00admi\u00adda\u00adble army, I sus\u00adpect that Rus\u00adsia can too no mat\u00adter how bad sanc\u00adtions get.\u2026 I keep try\u00ading to play the sce\u00adnario out in my head as to what a Russ\u00adian loss looks like and it\u2019s hard to see it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylifeelsewhere.com\/country-size-comparison\/ukraine\/texas-usa\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine is around the same size as Texas.<\/a> (My Life Else\u00adwhere)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/the-u-s-is-not-at-war-but-its-civil-society-is-mobilizing-against-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. Is Not at War, But Its Civ\u00adil Soci\u00adety Is Mobi\u00adliz\u00ading Against Rus\u00adsia<\/a> (Ben\u00adjamin Park\u00ader, The Bul\u00adwark): \u201cWhile no state of war exists between the <em>gov\u00adern\u00adment <\/em>of the Unit\u00aded States and the <em>gov\u00adern\u00adment <\/em>of Rus\u00adsia, a sort of opt-in, cul\u00adtur\u00adal-eco\u00adnom\u00adic qua\u00adsi-war exists between Amer\u00adi\u00adcan civ\u00adil soci\u00adety and the Russ\u00adian gov\u00adern\u00adment. The same goes for many if not all of the oth\u00ader coun\u00adtries arrayed against Rus\u00adsia. This rais\u00ades lots of inter\u00adest\u00ading and dif\u00adfi\u00adcult ques\u00adtions\u2026\u201d<\/li><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/putin-dons-president-xi-mask-so-companies-will-stop-boycotting-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">Putin Dons Pres\u00adi\u00addent Xi Mask So Com\u00adpa\u00adnies Will Stop Boy\u00adcotting Them<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): ouch<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/march-web-only\/prayer-ukraine-russia-putin-imprecatory-psalms.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go Ahead. Pray for Putin\u2019s Demise.<\/a> (Tish Har\u00adri\u00adson War\u00adren, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cVery often in the impre\u00adca\u00adto\u00adry psalms, we are ask\u00ading that people\u2019s evil actions would ric\u00ado\u00adchet back on them\u00adselves. We are not pray\u00ading that vio\u00adlence begets more vio\u00adlence or that evil starts a cycle of vengeance or retal\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion. But we are pray\u00ading that peo\u00adple would be destroyed by their own schemes and, as my pro\u00adfes\u00adsor prayed, that bombs would explode in bombers\u2019 faces.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/09\/opinion\/ukraine-russia-invasion-west.html\" target=\"_blank\">They Pre\u00addict\u00aded the Ukraine War. But Did They Still Get It Wrong<\/a>? (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cIt\u2019s a curi\u00adous fea\u00adture of West\u00adern debate since Russia\u2019s inva\u00adsion of Ukraine that a school of thought that pre\u00addict\u00aded some ver\u00adsion of this con\u00adflict has been depict\u00aded as dis\u00adcred\u00adit\u00aded by the par\u00adtial ful\u00adfill\u00adment of its prophe\u00adcies.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/why-forecasting-war-is-hard?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine\u2019s Believ\u00aders and the \u2018Chris\u00adt\u00adian\u2019 Putin<\/a> (Mindy Belz, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cPro-Russ\u00adian fight\u00aders in Don\u00adbas seized church\u00ades and Chris\u00adt\u00adian uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, some vio\u00adlent\u00adly. Mili\u00adti\u00ada\u00admen abduct\u00aded, tor\u00adtured and killed four Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal dea\u00adcons. Their bod\u00adies were found in a mass grave along with two dozen oth\u00aders. One watch\u00addog group, the Euro\u00adpean Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Alliance, called Don\u00adbas \u2018the area of Europe where the church suf\u00adfers the most.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/exclusive-facebook-instagram-temporarily-allow-calls-violence-against-russians-2022-03-10\/?taid=622a703727d3f20001e221cf&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Face\u00adbook allows war posts urg\u00ading vio\u00adlence against Russ\u00adian invaders<\/a> (Mun\u00adsif Ven\u00adgat\u00adtil &amp; Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Cul\u00adli\u00adford, Reuters): \u201cThe calls for the lead\u00aders\u2019 deaths will be allowed unless they con\u00adtain oth\u00ader tar\u00adgets or have two indi\u00adca\u00adtors of cred\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, such as the loca\u00adtion or method, one email said, in a recent change to the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s rules on vio\u00adlence and incite\u00adment.\u201d<ul><li>It\u2019s like a mod\u00adern-day ver\u00adsion of the reli\u00adgious gym\u00adnas\u00adtics Jesus con\u00addemned in Mark 7:9\u201313. Face\u00adbook is opposed to calls for vio\u00adlence except when they are not.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/russia-ukraine-crisis-complicates-american-white-evangelicals-love-putin-n1290442\" target=\"_blank\">Why white evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtians are Putin\u2019s biggest Amer\u00adi\u00adcan fan base<\/a> (Anthea But\u00adler, MSNBC): \u201c\u2026more pro-Putin Amer\u00adi\u00adcan evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals are com\u00ading into sharp focus. Tel\u00ade\u00advan\u00adge\u00adlist Pat Robert\u00adson pro\u00adclaimed that Putin is \u2018being com\u00adpelled by God\u2019 to invade Ukraine \u2014 his take on Putin\u2019s moti\u00adva\u00adtions is ques\u00adtion\u00adable at best, but his sup\u00adport for Putin as part of a divine plan is notable.\u201d<ul><li>Ummm\u2026 not a Pat Robert\u00adson fan\u00adboy here, but I feel the need to point out to the author that Judas was part of a divine plan. Being part of a divine plan is not auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly com\u00admend\u00adable. The arti\u00adcle is inter\u00adest\u00ading regard\u00adless.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.russiamatters.org\/analysis\/real-russia-reset-reassessing-us-sanctions-policy-against-russia\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Rus\u00adsia \u2018Reset\u2019: Reassess\u00ading US Sanc\u00adtions Pol\u00adi\u00adcy Against Rus\u00adsia<\/a> (Daniel P. Ahn, Rus\u00adsia Mat\u00adters):&nbsp; \u201c\u2026the pecu\u00adniary cost of sanc\u00adtions to Rus\u00adsia has been larg\u00ader than pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly esti\u00admat\u00aded, but these sanc\u00adtions have had an effect on domes\u00adtic pol\u00adi\u00adtics that is not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly favor\u00adable to U.S. inter\u00adests. Name\u00adly, the Russ\u00adian government\u2019s attempts to pro\u00adtect eco\u00adnom\u00adic sec\u00adtors it con\u00adsid\u00aders strate\u00adgic have made the country\u2019s pow\u00ader\u00adful elites even more depen\u00addent on the Krem\u00adlin, while the bot\u00adtom-line costs are borne by ordi\u00adnary peo\u00adple.\u201d<ul><li>This is recent yet from before the cur\u00adrent sanc\u00adtions in response to the inva\u00adsion of Ukraine (and thus less caught up in the moment). Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On the pan\u00addem\u00adic:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/03\/tolerating-covid-misinformation-better-alternative\/626564\/?utm_source=feed\" target=\"_blank\">Tol\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading COVID Mis\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion Is Bet\u00adter Than the Alter\u00adna\u00adtive<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addor, The Atlantic): \u201cOn Decem\u00adber 30, 2019, Li Wen\u00adliang, an oph\u00adthal\u00admol\u00ado\u00adgist at Wuhan Cen\u00adtral Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal in Hubei, Chi\u00adna, began to warn friends and col\u00adleagues about the out\u00adbreak of a nov\u00adel res\u00adpi\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry ill\u00adness. Four days lat\u00ader, he was sum\u00admoned to appear before local author\u00adi\u00adties, who rep\u00adri\u00admand\u00aded him for \u2018mak\u00ading false com\u00adments\u2019 that \u2018severe\u00adly dis\u00adturbed the social order.\u2019 In hind\u00adsight, Li was the first per\u00adson accused of dis\u00adsem\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading med\u00adical mis\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion dur\u00ading the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus pan\u00addem\u00adic, despite the fact that he was telling the truth.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2789920\" target=\"_blank\">Sec\u00adondary Attack Rates for Omi\u00adcron and Delta Vari\u00adants of SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112 in Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian House\u00adholds<\/a> (J\u00f8r\u00adgensen, Nyg\u00e5rd &amp; Kacel\u00adnik, JAMA): \u201cSec\u00adondary attack rate [chance of trans\u00admit\u00adting to some\u00adone else in your house\u00adhold] was 25.1% (95% CI, 24.4%-25.9%) when the vari\u00adant of the index case was Omi\u00adcron, 19.4% (95% CI, 19.0%-19.8%) when it was Delta, and 17.9% (95% CI, 17.5%-18.4%) when it was non\u00adclas\u00adsi\u00adfied.\u201d<ul><li>This is straight-up sur\u00adpris\u00ading to me. If you got COVID there was only a 1\/5 to 1\/4 chance of spread\u00ading it to the peo\u00adple who live with you. This is based on nation\u00adal-lev\u00adel Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian data and I don\u2019t know enough about Nor\u00adway\u2019s archi\u00adtec\u00adture, cul\u00adture, or COVID restric\u00adtions com\u00adpared to the USA to know how well this maps to us, but it\u2019s real\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading. For con\u00adtext, when I got COVID so did most (but not all) of my fam\u00adi\u00adly.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2022\/03\/covid-vaccine-judge-navy-warship-religious-freedom.html\" target=\"_blank\">An Anti-Vax Judge Is Pre\u00advent\u00ading the Navy From Deploy\u00ading a War\u00adship<\/a> (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate): \u201cThe Navy and the fed\u00ader\u00adal judi\u00adcia\u00adry are there\u00adfore in a stand\u00adoff. The Navy will not deploy Doe\u2019s war\u00adship until he is stripped of com\u00admand [because of his response to COVID]. Mer\u00adry\u00adday will not allow it to do so. As a result, Mer\u00adry\u00adday has effec\u00adtive\u00adly tak\u00aden a 10,000 ton, $1.8 bil\u00adlion guid\u00aded-mis\u00adsile destroy\u00ader out of com\u00admis\u00adsion.\u201d<ul><li>This is more of an op-ed than an arti\u00adcle and is very hos\u00adtile to the offi\u00adcer and the judge. Nonethe\u00adless inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/03\/08\/destroyer-cant-deploy-because-co-wont-get-covid-vaccine-navy-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Destroy\u00ader can\u2019t deploy because CO won\u2019t get COVID vac\u00adcine, Navy says<\/a> (Geoff Ziezulewicz, Navy Times): \u201cBut accord\u00ading to Mat Staver of the Lib\u00ader\u00adty Coun\u00adsel, a reli\u00adgious free\u00addom non-prof\u00adit rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00ading the plain\u00adtiffs, the gov\u00adern\u00adment is \u2018putting in these histri\u00adon\u00adic kinds of state\u00adments into the record that are com\u00adplete\u00adly con\u00adtrary to the evi\u00addence.\u2019 While Navy lead\u00aders have pro\u00adfessed lost con\u00adfi\u00addence in the CO, they still sent him and his ship out to sea for two weeks of train\u00ading, Staver told Navy Times on Mon\u00adday. \u2018When this was filed in court say\u00ading the ship is not deploy\u00adable because they lost con\u00adfi\u00addence in the Com\u00adman\u00adder, the Com\u00adman\u00adder was on board the ship out to sea for two weeks of test\u00ading and train\u00ading for mil\u00adi\u00adtary readi\u00adness,\u2019 Staver said.\u201d<ul><li>A more com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive account\u00ading. The legal con\u00adtext about the require\u00adments of RFRA at the end are clar\u00adi\u00adfy\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Flori\u00adda\u2019s edu\u00adca\u00adtion bill<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2022\/03\/women-who-self-objectify-are-less-aware-of-the-cold-during-nights-out-study-finds-62693\" target=\"_blank\">:<\/a><ul><li>For the bill: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/peterheck.substack.com\/p\/why-are-they-really-wanting-to-talk?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MDEyMDc2NiwiXyI6InZWQmlQIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ3MDExODI1LCJleHAiOjE2NDcwMTU0MjUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01ODA5OTYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.utAah9Y3HeitM13ULE4Nl2e2ZiCCTJC6AOtbtyUiy5w&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Why are they real\u00adly want\u00adi\u00adng to talk to 1st graders about sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty?<\/a> (Peter Heck, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhat am I miss\u00ading? Why are there peo\u00adple so invest\u00aded in talk\u00ading to kinder\u00adgart\u00adners about sex that they are rail\u00ading against this law and ral\u00adly\u00ading Hol\u00adly\u00adwood, media, and their entire pro\u00adgres\u00adsive pop cul\u00adture appa\u00adra\u00adtus into mis\u00adrep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00ading and revers\u00ading it?\u201d<\/li><li>For the bill: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/opinions\/dont-say-gay-is-a-lie-1647005997\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d is a lie<\/a> (Allie Beth Stuck\u00adey, World): \u201c..what is the well-mean\u00ading, rea\u00adson\u00adable oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to this bill? I am hard-pressed to think of one valid rea\u00adson, even as I have attempt\u00aded a good faith effort of putting myself in a progressive\u2019s shoes. The most char\u00adi\u00adta\u00adble expla\u00adna\u00adtion I can give is that most peo\u00adple angri\u00adly protest\u00ading and report\u00ading on the bill have not read it.\u201d<\/li><li>Against the bill: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2022\/02\/10\/south-dakota-florida-lgbtq-trans\/6711236001\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bills like \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 hurt LGBTQ youth already at high risk of sui\u00adcide<\/a> (Amit Paley, USA Today): \u201cLGBTQ youth are already placed at sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly increased risk for sui\u00adcide because of how they are mis\u00adtreat\u00aded and stig\u00adma\u00adtized. The Trevor Project\u2019s&nbsp; 2021 Nation\u00adal Sur\u00advey on LGBTQ Youth Men\u00adtal Health, cap\u00adtur\u00ading the expe\u00adri\u00adences of near\u00adly 35,000 LGBTQ youth across the Unit\u00aded States, found that 42% of respon\u00addents seri\u00adous\u00adly con\u00adsid\u00adered attempt\u00ading sui\u00adcide in the past year, includ\u00ading more than half of trans and non\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adry youth.\u201d<\/li><li>The above claim in aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic con\u00adtext: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10508-022-02287-7\" target=\"_blank\">Sui\u00adcide by Clin\u00adic-Referred Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Ado\u00adles\u00adcents in the Unit\u00aded King\u00addom <\/a>(Michael Big\u00adgs, Archives of Sex\u00adu\u00adal Behav\u00adior): \u201cFrom 2010 to 2020, four patients were known or sus\u00adpect\u00aded to have died by sui\u00adcide, out of about 15,000 patients (includ\u00ading those on the wait\u00ading list). To cal\u00adcu\u00adlate the annu\u00adal sui\u00adcide rate, the total num\u00adber of years spent by patients under the clinic\u2019s care is esti\u00admat\u00aded at about 30,000. This yields an annu\u00adal sui\u00adcide rate of 13 per 100,000 (95% con\u00adfi\u00addence inter\u00adval: 4\u201334). Com\u00adpared to the Unit\u00aded King\u00addom pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of sim\u00adi\u00adlar age and sex\u00adu\u00adal com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, the sui\u00adcide rate for patients at the GIDS was 5.5 times high\u00ader.\u201d<ul><li>Sum\u00adma\u00adry: this study sug\u00adgests that UK youth who con\u00adsid\u00ader them\u00adselves trans are more like\u00adly to attempt sui\u00adcide than their peers but at a much low\u00ader rate than the fifty per\u00adcent which is often thrown around. The sui\u00adcide rate among this pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion is actu\u00adal\u00adly thou\u00adsands of times small\u00ader than that, slight\u00adly above  one hun\u00addredth of one per\u00adcent. Each of those deaths is a tragedy, and hav\u00ading an accu\u00adrate under\u00adstand\u00ading of the prob\u00adlem is essen\u00adtial to plan\u00adning effec\u00adtive soci\u00adetal respons\u00ades.<\/li><li>Inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, this far low\u00ader num\u00adber is actu\u00adal\u00adly com\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adble with the 50% claim in the pre\u00adced\u00ading arti\u00adcle when the phrase \u201cseri\u00adous\u00adly con\u00adsid\u00adered attempt\u00ading sui\u00adcide\u201d is right\u00adly under\u00adstood. The aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic paper delves into some rel\u00ade\u00advant con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions and I com\u00admend it to you.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/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 wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2160ytPZKBE\" target=\"_blank\">I won Olympic gold and woke up with a burg\u00ader in my bra<\/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=1FQ64wx-lec\" target=\"_blank\">A Word Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=daGInP5h_wo\" target=\"_blank\">Cheer Up This Traf\u00adfic War\u00adden<\/a> (Taskmas\u00adter, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/03\/06\" target=\"_blank\">Tour\u00adna\u00adment Brack\u00adet<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/fair-2\" target=\"_blank\">Fair<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/678119215113355264\/bobaluke\" target=\"_blank\">Boba Fett tex\u00adting the Man\u00addalo\u00adri\u00adan<\/a> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes): very mild spoil\u00aders for the Book of Boba Fett<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/refresh\" target=\"_blank\">Refresh<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/washington-dc\/2022\/03\/09\/giant-joro-spiders-east-coast-may\" target=\"_blank\">Giant spi\u00adders expect\u00aded to drop from sky across the East Coast this spring<\/a> (Kar\u00adri Peifer, Axios): \u201cAn inva\u00adsive species of spi\u00adder the size of a child\u2019s hand is expect\u00aded to \u2018col\u00ado\u00adnize\u2019 the entire East Coast this spring by para\u00adchut\u00ading down from the sky, researchers at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Geor\u00adgia announced last week.\u201d Shared by a hor\u00adri\u00adfied alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3A8kawxMOcQ\" target=\"_blank\">How Mr. Beast Became Suc\u00adcess\u00adful on YouTube<\/a> (Joe Rogan Expe\u00adri\u00adence, YouTube): fif\u00adteen min\u00adutes. Watch to see some\u00adone who dis\u00adcov\u00adered a com\u00adplete\u00adly nonaca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic path to suc\u00adcess. I did not expect to find it inter\u00adest\u00ading, but boy did I. This is the anti-Stan\u00adford expe\u00adri\u00adence.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/amish-man-smiles-smugly-as-he-rides-by-gas-station-with-6-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amish Man Smiles Smug\u00adly As He Rides By Gas Sta\u00adtion With $6 Prices<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAPJournalist\/status\/1501588231715901440\">SOUTH KOREAN ELECTION GRAPHICS ARE NEXT LEVEL<\/a> (Twit\u00adter): This is 100% worth a few min\u00adutes of your time \u2014 WOW.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-03-10\" target=\"_blank\">Spy On Neme\u00adsis<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/06\/06\/asymmetric-weapons-gone-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Asym\u00admet\u00adric Weapons Gone Bad<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cEvery day we do things that we can\u2019t eas\u00adi\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfy. If some\u00adone were to argue that we shouldn\u2019t do the thing, they would win eas\u00adi\u00adly. We would respond by cut\u00adting that per\u00adson out of our life, and con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading to do the thing.\u201d This entire series of arti\u00adcles (this is the fourth, the oth\u00aders are linked at the top of it) is 100% worth read\u00ading. It\u2019s a very inter\u00adest\u00ading way to think about the lim\u00adits of rea\u00adson and the wis\u00addom hid\u00adden in tra\u00addi\u00adtion. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/06\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-206\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 206<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><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\"><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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