{"id":7013,"date":"2022-09-23T20:59:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2022-09-23T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:59:05","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-369","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/09\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-369","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 369"},"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 post 369, which I like sim\u00adply because 3+6=9.<\/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.piratewires.com\/p\/the-sugar-babies-of-stanford-university\" target=\"_blank\">The Sug\u00adar Babies of Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Nico\u00adla Buskirk, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cBut decades after the unwind\u00ading of America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal sex\u00adu\u00adal mores, no new moral\u00adi\u00adty has clear\u00adly emerged, and young peo\u00adple increas\u00ading\u00adly find them\u00adselves nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading a cul\u00adture of sex\u00adu\u00adal anar\u00adchy, in which \u00e2\u20ac\u201d pro\u00advid\u00aded an act is con\u00adsen\u00adsu\u00adal \u00e2\u20ac\u201d there is no \u2018right\u2019 or \u2018wrong.\u2019 Such think\u00ading has brought us inevitably to the rise of Only\u00adFans, the nor\u00admal\u00adiza\u00adtion of sex work, and the curi\u00adous sto\u00adry of Stan\u00adford University\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sug\u00adar babies.\u201d<ul><li>A curi\u00adous sto\u00adry indeed!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.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.IJ2FGybjFPh7t8VVI-Mku69OXrENLt-9CwhqnzrVAdE?\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia Is Mak\u00ading Us More Polit\u00adi\u00adcal<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThere is sim\u00adply no par\u00adal\u00adlel to this with any oth\u00ader peri\u00adod of media his\u00adto\u00adry; the dig\u00adi\u00adtal age is the very first to say that we should have access to a repos\u00adi\u00adto\u00adry of a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial sen\u00adtences, per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly acces\u00adsi\u00adble through their bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal data.\u2026 All of these exam\u00adples ampli\u00adfy the role of pol\u00adi\u00adtics in cul\u00adture, by mak\u00ading par\u00adti\u00adsan opin\u00adions a vital part of a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal data. There is no dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion any more between the per\u00adson who, through their voca\u00adtion\u00adal or per\u00adson\u00adal choices,\u00c2&nbsp;<em>decides<\/em>\u00c2&nbsp;to become a polit\u00adi\u00adcal fig\u00adure, and the per\u00adson who is\u00c2&nbsp;<em>per\u00adceived<\/em>\u00c2&nbsp;as polit\u00adi\u00adcal. What we know about the one is pret\u00adty much what we know about the oth\u00ader. Thus, hyper-politi\u00adciza\u00adtion of every\u00adthing feels much more nor\u00admal.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2022\/09\/07\/1121599445\/so-you-havent-caught-covid-yet-does-that-mean-youre-a-superdodger\" target=\"_blank\">So you haven\u2019t caught COVID yet. Does that mean you\u2019re a super\u00addodger<\/a>? (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR): \u201cYour immune response and these T cells fire up much more quick\u00adly [than in a per\u00adson with\u00adout the HLA muta\u00adtion],\u201d Hol\u00adlen\u00adbach says. \u201cSo for lack of a bet\u00adter term, you basi\u00adcal\u00adly nuke the infec\u00adtion before you even start to have symp\u00adtoms.\u2026 It\u2019s def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly luck,\u201d she says. \u201cBut, you know, this muta\u00adtion is quite com\u00admon. We esti\u00admate that maybe 1 in 10 peo\u00adple have it. And in peo\u00adple who are asymp\u00adto\u00admatic, that ris\u00ades to 1 in 5.\u201d<ul><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.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._Si3yiRwv0HG5EW5u8uGGnQwzNg5-iJ2oH76Htrg2_M?\" target=\"_blank\">The COVID-19 pan\u00addem\u00adic feels over but is not actu\u00adal\u00adly over.<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Dan Drezn\u00ader, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cFor the time being I will still mask at air\u00adports and on air\u00adplanes and occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly in very large indoor gath\u00ader\u00adings. Oth\u00ader than that, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m done. I am vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded, boost\u00aded and had COVID-19 ear\u00adli\u00ader this year, so the prospect of con\u00adtract\u00ading it again seems both less like\u00adly and less scary. The thing is, I con\u00adfess to being unsure whether I have made the right prob\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtions.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal pol\u00adi\u00adtics at Tufts.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/astralcodexten\/p\/why-is-the-central-valley-so-bad?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo3MzExMTEyNywiaWF0IjoxNjYzNzM2NTE0LCJleHAiOjE2NjYzMjg1MTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.wuaR8mpMuYEIpXF-GDoTphv9r6ubx9e2aNy39xLUiL4\" target=\"_blank\">Why Is The Cen\u00adtral Val\u00adley So Bad?<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cA short dri\u00adve through [the Cen\u00adtral Val\u00adley] is enough to notice pover\u00adty, decay, and home\u00adless camps worse even than the rest of Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia. But I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t real\u00adize how bad it was until read\u00ading\u00c2&nbsp;this piece on the San Joaquin Riv\u00ader. It claims that if the Cen\u00adtral Val\u00adley were its own state, it would be the poor\u00adest in Amer\u00adi\u00adca, even worse than Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi. This was kind of shock\u00ading. I always think of Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi as bad because of a his\u00adto\u00adry of racial vio\u00adlence, racial seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion, and get\u00adting burned down dur\u00ading the Civ\u00adil War. But the Cen\u00adtral Val\u00adley has none of those things, plus it has extreme\u00adly fer\u00adtile farm\u00adland, plus it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in one of the rich\u00adest states of the coun\u00adtry and should at least get good sub\u00adsi\u00addies and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. How did it get so bad?\u201d<\/li><li>Cov\u00ader\u00adage of church\u00ades:<ul><li>Doug Wil\u00adson in Ida\u00adho:<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDk8w-LNxHk\" target=\"_blank\">Pas\u00adtor Seeks To Make Moscow, Ida\u00adho A \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcChristian Town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp; (NBC News, YouTube): twelve min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u-0NnQ0qeAA\" target=\"_blank\">What NBC Did\u00adn\u2019t Show You<\/a> (Dou\u00adglas Wil\u00adson, YouTube): Wilson\u2019s response video, four and a half min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/nbc-news-lends-a-hand.html\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News Lends a Hand<\/a> (Dou\u00adglas Wil\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cAs I have said else\u00adwhere, I am grate\u00adful that it was not a hit piece\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthey let both sides talk, in oth\u00ader words. It was even-hand\u00aded in that way. At the same time, it was clear that what we were say\u00ading must have sound\u00aded some\u00adthing like Mid\u00addle Klin\u00adgon to them, and this of course affects the edit\u00ading process.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Gra\u00adce\u00adpoint at Berke\u00adley:<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/covenant-eyes-anti-porn-accountability-monitoring-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ungod\u00adly Sur\u00adveil\u00adlance of Anti-Porn \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcShameware\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Apps<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Dhruv Mehro\u00adtra, Wired): \u201cAt its most basic lev\u00adel, the idea is pret\u00adty straight\u00adfor\u00adward: Why would any\u00adone watch porn if they are going to have to talk to their par\u00adents or pas\u00adtor about it?\u2026 The trou\u00adble is, accord\u00ading to Hao-Wei Lin, pro\u00advid\u00ading his church leader with a ledger of every\u00adthing he did online meant his pas\u00adtor could always find some\u00adthing to ask him about, and the way Covenant Eyes flagged con\u00adtent didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help. For exam\u00adple, in Covenant Eyes reports that Hao-Wei Lin shared with WIRED, his online psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtry text\u00adbook was rat\u00aded \u2018High\u00adly Mature,\u2019 the most severe cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of con\u00adtent reserved for \u2018anonymiz\u00aders, nudi\u00adty, erot\u00adi\u00adca, and pornog\u00adra\u00adphy.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/september\/gracepoint-berkland-asian-american-church-discipleship.html\" target=\"_blank\">At Gra\u00adce\u00adpoint Min\u00adistries, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhole-Life Dis\u00adci\u00adple\u00adship\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Took Its Toll<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Cur\u00adtis Yee, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThir\u00adty-two for\u00admer Gra\u00adce\u00adpoint mem\u00adbers who spoke with\u00c2&nbsp;<em>Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today<\/em>\u00c2&nbsp;for this sto\u00adry described a cul\u00adture that was \u2018con\u00adtrol\u00adling\u2019 and \u2018coer\u00adcive\u2019 for the sake of min\u00adistry effi\u00adcien\u00adcy. Mem\u00adbers said they were manip\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded into con\u00adfess\u00ading sins, screamed at by lead\u00aders, and over\u00adloaded with oblig\u00ada\u00adtions to the point of ill\u00adness. To keep mem\u00adbers focused on mis\u00adsion work, Gra\u00adce\u00adpoint effec\u00adtive\u00adly restrict\u00aded dat\u00ading, media con\u00adsump\u00adtion, and pet own\u00ader\u00adship. Lead\u00aders direct\u00aded staff on how to arrange their homes, where to shop for clothes, and what cars to dri\u00adve.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plough.com\/en\/topics\/faith\/rich-mullins-ragamuffin-celebrity-disciple\" target=\"_blank\">Rich Mullins: Raga\u00admuf\u00adfin, Celebri\u00adty, Dis\u00adci\u00adple<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Bethel McGrew, Plough): \u201cYou might have called him a frus\u00adtrat\u00aded strug\u00adgling artist: a suc\u00adcess\u00adful artist who nev\u00ader want\u00aded to suc\u00adceed. When Myrrh records first called to say Amy Grant want\u00aded to record his song \u2018Sing Your Praise to the Lord,\u2019 he near\u00adly hung up. But it would be a hit, the first of many. He wrote nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly to the peo\u00adple, com\u00adple\u00adment\u00ading his poet\u00adic lyri\u00adcism with a good pop writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear for how to con\u00advey pro\u00adfound ideas sim\u00adply. His arrange\u00adments were an eclec\u00adtic fusion of pop and folk, most famous\u00adly intro\u00adduc\u00ading radio to his sig\u00adna\u00adture instru\u00adment, the ham\u00admered dul\u00adcimer. This was the secret sauce that made hit sin\u00adgles out of songs like the atmos\u00adpher\u00adic West\u00adern nature poem \u2018Call\u00ading Out Your Name\u2019 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a tune which, by all the rules of hit sin\u00adgles, should nev\u00ader even have been on the air. As one fan\u00c2&nbsp;put it, Mullins was weird, but he was also so good that radio had to play him.\u201d<ul><li>Mullins was unique and bril\u00adliant and I am still sad he is dead. He was before your time, so I doubt you will believe me when I say that he by him\u00adself out\u00adweighed the entire Chris\u00adt\u00adian music indus\u00adtry that you have been exposed to. But he was that good. It was more than his music. It was his life.<\/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=rkcBPfU4YOc\" target=\"_blank\">Le live de MB14 dans un Un \u00c3\u2030clair de Gu\u00c3\u00a9ny !<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(YouTube): four min\u00adutes of a beat\u00adbox world cham\u00adpi\u00adon going to town.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7UE_I_yjEhA\" target=\"_blank\">No one roasts Conan O\u2019Brien like Mar\u00adtin Short<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(YouTube): six and a half hilar\u00adi\u00adous min\u00adutes if you\u2019re a fan of men rip\u00adping on one anoth\u00ader in love<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2u3_enoT4xM\" target=\"_blank\">Math is Make Believe<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Paul Mor\u00adris\u00adsey, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/09\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Dreams<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2022\/09\/19\/2\" target=\"_blank\">Hunt\u00ading<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(The Far Side)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2022\/9\/19\/how-to-get-your-moneys-worth\" target=\"_blank\">How To Get Your Mon\u00adey\u2019s Worth<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Basic Instruc\u00adtions) \u2014 I chuck\u00adled might\u00adi\u00adly at this one.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ContagiousLaughter\/comments\/xjnigc\/one_of_my_favorite_videos\/\" target=\"_blank\">One of my favorite videos<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(red\u00addit): one minute.\u00c2&nbsp; I laughed real\u00adly hard at this.<\/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:\u00c2&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2020\/01\/on-killing-human-monsters\/\" target=\"_blank\">On Killing Human Mon\u00adsters<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Mark LiVec\u00adchi, Prov\u00adi\u00addence): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe inter\u00adnal con\u00addi\u00adtion of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exter\u00adnal expres\u00adsion of wrath,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 writes the the\u00adolo\u00adgian and rab\u00adbi Abra\u00adham Joshua Hes\u00adchel, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcis grief.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 To the best I can deduce, there\u00adin is com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcat\u00aded the com\u00adplex dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of the just warrior.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I do not rejoice that I wor\u00adship a God who kills. I only rejoice that I wor\u00adship a God who is will\u00ading to.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d From\u00c2&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/01\/31\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-236\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 236<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. This is post 369, which I like sim\u00adply because 3+6=9. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading The Sug\u00adar Babies of \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/09\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-369\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 369\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Some wild videos and a reflection on the one and only Rich Mullins. 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