{"id":6887,"date":"2022-05-13T20:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6887"},"modified":"2022-05-13T20:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:41:02","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-350","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/05\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-350","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 350"},"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 350, and 350 is a very respectable num\u00adber. I\u2019m impressed.<\/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.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2022\/06\/evangelical-church-pastors-political-radicalization\/629631\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Pol\u00adi\u00adtics Poi\u00adsoned the Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Church<\/a> (Tim Alber\u00adta, The Atlantic): \u201cHav\u00ading grown up just down the road, the son of the senior pas\u00adtor at anoth\u00ader church in town, I\u2019ve spent my life watch\u00ading evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism morph from a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion into a polit\u00adi\u00adcal iden\u00adti\u00adty. It\u2019s heart\u00adbreak\u00ading. So many peo\u00adple who love the Lord, who give their time and mon\u00adey to the poor and the mourn\u00ading and the per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded, have been reduced to a car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adture. But I under\u00adstand why. Evangelicals\u2014including my own father\u2014became com\u00adpul\u00adsive\u00adly polit\u00adi\u00adcal, allow\u00ading spe\u00adcif\u00adic eth\u00adi\u00adcal argu\u00adments to snow\u00adball into full-blown par\u00adti\u00adsan advo\u00adca\u00adcy, often in ways that dis\u00adtract\u00aded from their mis\u00adsion of evan\u00adge\u00adliz\u00ading for Christ.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/may-web-only\/christian-journalist-faith-media-religion-news.html\" target=\"_blank\">Being a Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Jour\u00adnal\u00adist Made Me a Bet\u00adter Chris\u00adt\u00adian<\/a> (Jon Ward, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cBut Chris\u00adtians can\u00adnot be the con\u00adscience of the state if we are not first the con\u00adscience of whichev\u00ader polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adty we belong to. We have the dif\u00adfi\u00adcult task of belong\u00ading to polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties and work\u00ading for the good of the coun\u00adtry through those insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, while also stand\u00ading apart from those par\u00adties to crit\u00adi\u00adcize them at times for their weak\u00adness\u00ades, errors, and cor\u00adrup\u00adtions.\u201d The entire essay is delight\u00adful. <\/li><li>A con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy about how Chris\u00adtians should engage in the pub\u00adlic square:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/05\/how-i-evolved-on-tim-keller\">How I Evolved on Tim Keller<\/a> (James R. Wood, First Things): \u201cIf we assume that win\u00adsome\u00adness will gain a favor\u00adable hear\u00ading, when Chris\u00adtians con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly receive heat\u00aded push\u00adback, we will be tempt\u00aded to think our con\u00advic\u00adtions are the prob\u00adlem. If win\u00adsome\u00adness is met with hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty, it is easy to won\u00adder, \u2018Are we in the wrong?\u2019 Thus the slide toward sec\u00adu\u00adlar culture\u2019s rea\u00adson\u00ading is greased. A \u2018sec\u00adu\u00adlar-friend\u00adly\u2019 pol\u00adi\u00adtics has prob\u00adlems sim\u00adi\u00adlar to \u2018seek\u00ader-friend\u00adly\u2019 wor\u00adship. An exces\u00adsive con\u00adcern to appeal to the unchurched is plagued by the accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtion\u00adist temp\u00adta\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/a-critique-of-tim-keller-reveals?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo5OTg4NjAsInBvc3RfaWQiOjUzOTM0ODIyLCJfIjoiWVpDVGIiLCJpYXQiOjE2NTIxMTQ5OTAsImV4cCI6MTY1MjExODU5MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIxNzY1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.prjyA8MGUlIsznL2OON1Baf8Con7hqKKk6gqQ1N2wiI&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">A Cri\u00adtique of Tim Keller Reveals the Moral Devo\u00adlu\u00adtion of the New Chris\u00adt\u00adian Right<\/a> (The Dis\u00adpatch, David French): \u201cYet even if the des\u00adper\u00adate times nar\u00adra\u00adtive were true, the des\u00adper\u00adate mea\u00adsures ratio\u00adnal\u00adiza\u00adtion suf\u00adfers from pro\u00adfound moral defects. The bib\u00adli\u00adcal call to Chris\u00adtians to love your ene\u00admies, to bless those who curse you, and to exhib\u00adit the fruit of the spirit\u2014love, joy, peace, patience, kind\u00adness, good\u00adness, faith\u00adful\u00adness, gen\u00adtle\u00adness, and self-control\u2014does not rep\u00adre\u00adsent a set of tac\u00adtics to be aban\u00addoned when times are tough but rather a set of eter\u00adnal moral prin\u00adci\u00adples to be applied even in the face of extreme adver\u00adsi\u00adty\u2026<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/is-it-time-to-move-past-tim-keller?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1NDA3NDA1OSwiXyI6InZjU3hqIiwiaWF0IjoxNjUyMTMwODU0LCJleHAiOjE2NTIxMzQ0NTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTE3MyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.0EA4vCRF62gXqaqJkSjhsJ50gApQIFQMMqdIm-4J2Jw&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Is it Time to Move Past Tim Keller<\/a>? (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe ques\u00adtion is not whether love of neigh\u00adbor doesn\u2019t work and should be for\u00adgot\u00adten, the ques\u00adtion is what love of neigh\u00adbor demands from us, and whether such love might look dif\u00adfer\u00adent when the pre\u00adsent\u00ading moral and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal needs of our neigh\u00adbors might not be what they were a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion ago.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/ends-and-means\/\" target=\"_blank\">some thoughts on Tim Keller<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cLike Dio\u00adgenes with his lantern, I\u2019m look\u00ading for one crit\u00adic of Tim Keller who shows some aware\u00adness that Chris\u00adtians are com\u00admand\u00aded by their Lord to act in cer\u00adtain ways and to refrain from act\u00ading in oth\u00aders. To think only in terms of what is effec\u00adtive or strate\u00adgic is to fight on the Devil\u2019s home ground.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/americanreformer.org\/2022\/05\/this-article-is-not-about-tim-keller\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Arti\u00adcle is Not About Tim Keller<\/a> (James Wood, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Reformer): \u201cHow do we know what the future holds for the public\u2019s per\u00adcep\u00adtion of Chris\u00adtians and their attempts to love their neigh\u00adbors through polit\u00adi\u00adcal action? We might be sur\u00adprised what the judg\u00adments of his\u00adto\u00adry have in store. Not only do I ques\u00adtion the cer\u00adtain\u00adty we can have in these assess\u00adments about how our polit\u00adi\u00adcal actions will impact our long-term gospel wit\u00adness, but I also think this is a cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry error. Pol\u00adi\u00adtics is not about min\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading offense in order to max\u00adi\u00admize open\u00adness to the evan\u00adge\u00adlis\u00adtic mes\u00adsage. Pol\u00adi\u00adtics is, rather, focused on the pur\u00adsuit of jus\u00adtice and the just order\u00ading of soci\u00adety.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo\" target=\"_blank\">Against longter\u00admism<\/a> (Phil Tor\u00adres, Aeon): \u201c\u2026longter\u00admism might be one of the most influ\u00aden\u00adtial ide\u00adolo\u00adgies that few peo\u00adple out\u00adside of elite uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley have ever heard about. I believe this needs to change because, as a for\u00admer longter\u00admist who pub\u00adlished an entire book four years ago in defence of the gen\u00ader\u00adal idea, I have come to see this world\u00adview as quite pos\u00adsi\u00adbly the most dan\u00adger\u00adous sec\u00adu\u00adlar belief sys\u00adtem in the world today.\u201d<ul><li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent who thinks this is espe\u00adcial\u00adly impor\u00adtant for Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley peo\u00adple to hear. From Oct 2021.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>More on the Supreme Court and abor\u00adtion<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/07\/opinion\/how-roe-warped-the-republic.html\" target=\"_blank\">How Roe Warped the Repub\u00adlic<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cAnd the way Roe was decid\u00aded made this polar\u00adiza\u00adtion worse. From the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of geog\u00adra\u00adphy and class, a group of robed lawyers in Wash\u00ading\u00adton, D.C., demand\u00ading that the coun\u00adtry sim\u00adply accept their set\u00adtle\u00adment on one of the gravest moral ques\u00adtions imag\u00adin\u00adable is the per\u00adfect primer for a pop\u00adulist revolt. What has hap\u00adpened in sim\u00adi\u00adlar ways with oth\u00ader issues \u2014 immi\u00adgra\u00adtion, most notably \u2014 hap\u00adpened with abor\u00adtion first: The elite set\u00adtle\u00adment failed to set\u00adtle the issue, and the back\u00adlash encom\u00adpassed not just the issue itself but elite legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy writ large.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/05\/09\/protest-supporting-roe-v-wade-takes-over-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Protest sup\u00adport\u00ading Roe v. Wade takes over cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Bryan Steven Mon\u00adge Ser\u00adra\u00adno, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cAbout 250 stu\u00addents, fac\u00adul\u00adty and staff came togeth\u00ader to chant and march.\u201d ]<ul><li>\u201cTakes over cam\u00adpus\u201d is an exag\u00adger\u00ada\u00adtion. 250 peo\u00adple? There are class\u00ades larg\u00ader than that. Hav\u00ading said that, the bulk of the stu\u00addent body at Stan\u00adford is unde\u00adni\u00adably on the pro-Roe side. I won\u00adder if the small ral\u00adly indi\u00adcates a lev\u00adel of apa\u00adthy or sim\u00adply a desire to wait for the actu\u00adal ver\u00addict to be released.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/roe-v-wade-abortion-rights-supreme-court-reset-american-politics-rcna27553\" target=\"_blank\">Why I wel\u00adcome the prospect of Roe v. Wade being over\u00adturned<\/a> (Avi Shafran, NBC News): \u201cRoe was a sledge\u00adham\u00admer, and wrong\u00adly wield\u00aded. In the wake of its rever\u00adsal, cit\u00adi\u00adzens in each state would be charged with using a scalpel to instead craft laws that treat nascent life with respect while accom\u00admo\u00addat\u00ading the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion of women\u2019s well-being.\u201d <ul><li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading thoughts from a Rab\u00adbi. He comes down in a dif\u00adfer\u00adent place than most peo\u00adple you have heard from.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/how-dare-they-043?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1Mzc0NjMwOCwiXyI6Ik9ZSHMrIiwiaWF0IjoxNjUyMTMzMDExLCJleHAiOjE2NTIxMzY2MTEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi02MTM3MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.O0m6XQkt01S0gqK2OmG3lcNDncan3-bcjadGSbUDBOg&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">How Dare They!<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhat strikes me most in these takes is the under\u00adly\u00ading con\u00adtempt for and sus\u00adpi\u00adcion of the demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic process \u2014 from many of the same peo\u00adple who insist they want to save it. How <em>dare<\/em> vot\u00aders have a say on abor\u00adtion rights! The issue \u2014 which divides the coun\u00adtry today as much as it has for decades \u2014 is one that appar\u00adent\u00adly can\u00adnot ever be put up for a vote. On this ques\u00adtion, Democ\u00adrats real\u00adly do seem to believe that sev\u00aden men alone should make that deci\u00adsion \u2014 once, in 1973. Women today, includ\u00ading one on SCOTUS? Not so much.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ministrywatch.com\/pro-life-ministries-have-been-caring-for-women-and-babies-for-generations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pro-Life Min\u00adistries Have Been Car\u00ading For Women And Babies For Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions<\/a> (War\u00adren Cole Smith, Min\u00adistry Watch): \u201cMore than 2500 pro-life Preg\u00adnan\u00adcy Resource Cen\u00adters (PRCs) are a com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate army of staff, donors, and vol\u00adun\u00adteers that num\u00adber in the hun\u00addreds of thou\u00adsands. They are com\u00admit\u00adted to help\u00ading women make life-giv\u00ading choic\u00ades, and they often sup\u00adport these women for years after their babies are born. The total amount of mon\u00adey these orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions spend in sup\u00adport of women and babies is not known, but it like\u00adly exceeds $1 bil\u00adlion annu\u00adal\u00adly. We should also note that the vast major\u00adi\u00adty of adop\u00adtions in this coun\u00adtry are done by Chris\u00adt\u00adian fam\u00adi\u00adlies and through Chris\u00adt\u00adian adop\u00adtion agen\u00adcies.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/may\/supreme-court-leak-alito-pregnancy-centers-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Supreme Court Leak Was an Unplanned Com\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtion for Preg\u00adnan\u00adcy Cen\u00adters<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Belz, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cI try to shield my team from it here,\u201d she said, telling them not to get online and try to defend them\u00adselves. \u201cI saw a post on Insta\u00adgram: \u2018I\u2019ve nev\u00ader met a pro-life per\u00adson who is address\u00ading access to health care, acces\u00adsi\u00adble child\u00adcare, col\u00adlege edu\u00adca\u00adtion.\u2019 Hun\u00addreds of peo\u00adple are com\u00adment\u00ading, \u2018Yeah I\u2019ve nev\u00ader met one of those.\u2019 I\u2019m think\u00ading I\u2019m going to lose my mind. We\u2019re here! We\u2019re get\u00adting women into hous\u00ading same day, we\u2019re get\u00adting them out of domes\u00adtic vio\u00adlence same day, we\u2019re get\u00adting them fur\u00adni\u00adture the same day,\u201d Marten con\u00adtin\u00adued. \u201cFor my team to go home every day and turn on the news and social media and get gaslit, say\u00ading, \u2018If you real\u00adly cared \u2026\u2019 It\u2019s an emo\u00adtion\u00adal toll.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On Chi\u00adna<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/05\/chinas-bizarre-authoritarian-libertarian-covid-strategy.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=chinas-bizarre-authoritarian-libertarian-covid-strategy\" target=\"_blank\">China\u2019s Bizarre Author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan-Lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan COVID Strat\u00ade\u00adgy<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cOn the one hand, Chi\u00adna has con\u00adfined mil\u00adlions of peo\u00adple to their homes, even to the extent of out\u00adlaw\u00ading walk\u00ading out\u00adside or hav\u00ading food deliv\u00adered. Many thou\u00adsands of oth\u00ader peo\u00adple have been tak\u00aden from their homes and put into quar\u00adan\u00adtine cen\u00adters. On the oth\u00ader hand, vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion is not manda\u00adto\u00adry! I can under\u00adstand author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism. I can under\u00adstand lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism. I have dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty under\u00adstand\u00ading how jail\u00ading peo\u00adple, poten\u00adtial\u00adly with\u00adout food, is ok but requir\u00ading vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions is not.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2022\/5\/10\/dramatic-story-of-kyrgyz-christian-swept-up-in-chinas-uyghur-repression-gets-very-little-ink\" target=\"_blank\">Dra\u00admat\u00adic sto\u00adry of Kyr\u00adgyz Chris\u00adt\u00adian swept up in Chi\u00adna\u2019s Uyghur repres\u00adsion gets very lit\u00adtle ink<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cWhile unimag\u00adin\u00adable hor\u00adrors per\u00adsist\u00aded in the camp, Joseph tes\u00adti\u00adfied about how God worked in the hearts of the inmates around them. They had no pri\u00adva\u00adcy in any part of the com\u00adplex, with cam\u00aderas in their rooms and micro\u00adphones for mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading. Thus, 50 to 60 inmates filled the show\u00ader room every day and it was the only place where Joseph could share his faith. The water from the show\u00ader heads made enough noise to mask their con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions.&nbsp; In the first few months, there was hard\u00adly any\u00adone who would talk to him about God. Then the ques\u00adtion began. \u2018How could God let us be here in this place?\u2019 they would ask. \u2018How could God allow our chil\u00addren to be aban\u00addoned?\u2019&nbsp;\u201d Crazy details, espe\u00adcial\u00adly if you fol\u00adlow the links in the arti\u00adcle.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/08\/opinion\/tiktok-twitter-china-bytedance.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tik\u00adTok May Be More Dan\u00adger\u00adous Than It Looks<\/a> (Ezra Klein, New York Times): \u201cTik\u00adTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chi\u00adnese com\u00adpa\u00adny. And Chi\u00adnese com\u00adpa\u00adnies are vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble to the whims and the will of the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u2026 TikTok\u2019s real pow\u00ader isn\u2019t over our data. It\u2019s over what users watch and cre\u00adate. It\u2019s over the opaque algo\u00adrithm that gov\u00aderns what gets seen and what doesn\u2019t. Tik\u00adTok has been thick with videos back\u00ading the Russ\u00adian nar\u00adra\u00adtive on the war in Ukraine. Media Mat\u00adters, for instance, tracked an appar\u00adent\u00adly coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded cam\u00adpaign dri\u00adven by 186 Russ\u00adian Tik\u00adTok influ\u00adencers who nor\u00admal\u00adly post beau\u00adty tips, prank videos and fluff. And we know that Chi\u00adna has been ampli\u00adfy\u00ading Russ\u00adian pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda world\u00adwide. How com\u00adfort\u00adable are we with not know\u00ading whether the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty decid\u00aded to weigh in on how the algo\u00adrithm treats these videos?\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/why-chinese-culture-has-not-conquered-us-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Chi\u00adnese Cul\u00adture Has Not Con\u00adquered Us All<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cOut\u00adside of its own bor\u00adders, post-Deng Chi\u00adna has a poor record sell\u00ading the intan\u00adgi\u00adble. Chi\u00adnese cul\u00adtur\u00adal influ\u00adence is not com\u00admen\u00adsu\u00adrate with China\u2019s eco\u00adnom\u00adic pow\u00ader or geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal heft. For the last two decades observers of Chi\u00adna have pon\u00addered this mys\u00adtery. Why has China\u2019s grow\u00ading glob\u00adal promi\u00adnence, pros\u00adper\u00adous com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adized econ\u00ado\u00admy, and huge glob\u00adal dias\u00adpo\u00adra not led to cul\u00adtur\u00adal influ\u00adence? Why have both China\u2019s intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal high cul\u00adture and its expan\u00adsive pop cul\u00adture offer\u00adings failed to take root out\u00adside of the Sinos\u00adphere?\u201d Very thought\u00adful, as I have come to expect from Greer.<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/dunkin-donuts-opens-new-sprinklin-donuts-for-presbyterians\" target=\"_blank\">Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Opens New Sprin\u00adklin\u2019 Donuts For Pres\u00adby\u00adte\u00adri\u00adans<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/watch-this-little-girl-lose-her-shoe-to-begin-the-200-meter-dash-put-it-back-on-and-then-proceed-to-overtake-the-field-for-the-win\" target=\"_blank\">Watch this 7\u2011year-old lose her shoe to begin the 200-meter dash, calm\u00adly put it back on, and then pro\u00adceed to over\u00adtake the field for the win<\/a> (Not The Bee): \u201cSo take it from Talaya, no mat\u00adter how messed up your day is, you can always turn it around and make it work.\u201d Amaz\u00ading.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/local-man-hoping-to-see-another-4-weeks-use-out-of-already-flattened-tube-of-toothpaste\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local Man Hop\u00ading To See Anoth\u00ader 4 Weeks Of Use Out Of Already Flat\u00adtened Tube Of Tooth\u00adpaste<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2618\/\" target=\"_blank\">Selec\u00adtion Bias<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/bloomcounty\/2022\/05\/12\" target=\"_blank\">The Athe\u00adist<\/a> (Bloom Coun\u00adty)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sinfest.xyz\/view.php?date=2022-05-13\" target=\"_blank\">Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate Par\u00adal\u00adlels<\/a> (Sin\u00adfest) \u2014 fact check: sad\u00adly truer than we\u2019d like<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/05\/13\" target=\"_blank\">A Get Well Card<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/golden\" target=\"_blank\">The Gold\u00aden Age<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/crime\/article\/S-F-boba-shop-was-a-front-for-an-international-17162814.php\" target=\"_blank\">S.F. boba shop was a front for an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal car-bur\u00adglary oper\u00ada\u00adtion, D.A. Boudin says<\/a> (Megan Cas\u00adsidy, San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Chron\u00adi\u00adcle): \u201cAn unas\u00adsum\u00ading boba tea shop in San Francisco\u2019s Ten\u00adder\u00adloin neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood is sus\u00adpect\u00aded to be a front for an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal fenc\u00ading oper\u00ada\u00adtion, where street-lev\u00adel car bur\u00adglars sell stolen goods before the prop\u00ader\u00adty is shipped off to coun\u00adtries as far away as Viet\u00adnam and Chi\u00adna, pros\u00ade\u00adcu\u00adtors said Tues\u00adday.\u201d Maybe less seri\u00adous isn\u2019t the right cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry for this arti\u00adcle, but wow. A boba shop? <\/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:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2019\/08\/sealand-outlaw-ocean-tiniest-nation\/596074\/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_content=5d6a1b164b188d00011b3ae2_ta&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR120W5UOzyA5m4Htcp6Cow8Dbbe3DCAcB-9GUYh3s71KrxFhtswMdbtK6o\" target=\"_blank\">The Pint-Size Nation off the Eng\u00adlish Coast<\/a> (Ian Urbina, The Atlantic): \u201cThough no coun\u00adtry for\u00admal\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnizes Sealand, its sov\u00ader\u00adeign\u00adty has been hard to deny. Half a dozen times, the British gov\u00adern\u00adment and assort\u00aded oth\u00ader groups, backed by mer\u00adce\u00adnar\u00adies, have tried and failed to take over the plat\u00adform by force.\u201d First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-217\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 217<\/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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