{"id":7038,"date":"2022-11-04T19:58:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T03:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7038"},"modified":"2022-11-08T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:19:16","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-375","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/11\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-375","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 375"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is volume 375, which can also be written at 3\u00b75<sup>3<\/sup>. I like the threes on either side of the&nbsp;five.<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/10\/31\/social-media-disinformation-dhs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Truth Cops<\/a>: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/10\/31\/social-media-disinformation-dhs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leaked Documents Outline DHS\u2019s Plans to Police Disinformation<\/a> (Ken Klippenstein &amp; Lee Fang, The Intercept): \u201cDHS\u2019s mission to fight disinformation, stemming from concerns around Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election, began taking shape during the 2020 election and over efforts to shape discussions around vaccine policy during the coronavirus pandemic.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is the article of the week and it\u2019s not close. Wow. Some more excerpts:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cU.S. officials have routinely lied about an array of issues, from the causes of its wars in Vietnam and Iraq to their more recent obfuscation around the role of the National Institutes of Health in funding the Wuhan Institute of Virology\u2019s coronavirus research. That track record has not prevented the U.S. government from seeking to become arbiters of what constitutes false or dangerous information on inherently political topics.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This bit was wild: \u201cDuring the 2020 election, the Department of Homeland Security, in an email to an official at Twitter, forwarded information about a potential threat to critical U.S. infrastructure, citing FBI warnings, in this case about an account that could imperil election system integrity. The Twitter user in question had 56 followers, along with a bio that read \u2018dm us your weed store locations (hoes be mad, but this is a parody account),\u2019 under a banner image of Blucifer, the 32-foot-tall demonic horse sculpture featured at the entrance of the Denver International Airport.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/negative-world-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Negative World Arrives in Australia<\/a> (Simon Kennedy, Mere Orthodoxy): \u201cThis was a watershed cultural moment for Australia, and possibly for the West. A man with outstanding credentials was told that, because of some sermons preached by someone else from almost a decade ago, he needed to reconsider his fit for the role he had just been appointed to. For all we know, Thorburn may disagree with these sermons. He may never have been aware of them or listened to them. The bottom line here was guilt-by-association.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/28\/opinion\/black-christians-political-binary.html?unlocked_article_code=uE-PBEJqIJIk01QEBoOctArpDo6P8IW77L2K97pJOVvlLtYb2xdIkRRIGe9AUxEJINiZFBEWyWQaNs3_5EQvLymR5dmbUOcxehnl6ch8uOjshnttyHcty1IXZZWod6dUSIq_mJilhbRxL3lF3rUI972HsATuy9mUgy3t9l6M_TCD6PEsljU5auai3flQmlGpyBjLqAy6GvzPN0evY-0H-XaL7rGcJIfirdVwimENx_mKzwTwRBzr1i_NcW8Ei9R0_6xz7fclPhZBPzbvsmCWDBginHk0SMP5RylDco-6OuMopXXQLg7P6Bi3NOdG477DaAlnNw-PcfYFmsCIG2_B6BUA2z-8WwI_ItCo&amp;smid=tw-share\" target=\"_blank\">Black, Christian and Transcending the Political Binary<\/a> (Tish Harrison Warren, New York Times): \u201cThe conservative and progressive approaches are not the only way to approach politics. Everything that doesn\u2019t fit isn\u2019t illegitimate. Once we realize those aren\u2019t the only two approaches, then we open up space for people of color, people of faith and others who are politically homeless to really have a voice and help heal something that\u2019s been broken and won\u2019t be fixed by either of those two&nbsp;sides.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/racial-discrimination-is-not-the-path-to-racial-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Racial Discrimination Is Not the Path to Racial Justice<\/a> (David French, The Dispatch): \u201cIf schools truly want to prioritize diversity, they should focus on class. Fostering greater class-based diversity can help achieve greater diversity across the board: More racial diversity, more economic diversity, more ideological diversity, and more diversity on the basis of religion. Emphasizing diversity of class doesn\u2019t just create a student body that looks like America. It creates a student body that<em> is <\/em>like America.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Somewhat related: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/racial-identity-politics-a-warning-from-sarajevo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Racial Identity Politics: A Warning From Sarajevo<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative): \u201cWhite racial consciousness is taboo for a good historical reason, but anyone with a lick of common sense has to see that you cannot keep attacking white people as morally bad because of the color of their skin, and punish them in public and private life because they are white, without inviting pushback.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are playing with fire when it comes to race in America and pray we open our eyes before the flames rage out of control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/10\/31\/stanford-knew-about-the-campus-imposter-for-a-year-he-kept-coming-back\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford knew about the campus imposter for a year. He kept coming back.<\/a> (Theo Baker, Stanford Daily): \u201cStanford administrators and the public safety department have been aware since at least December 2021 that William Curry, the Alabama native who was removed from campus Thursday, had pretended to be a Stanford student and lived in multiple University dorms, according to communications obtained by The Daily.\u201d Very detailed. A well-reported story.&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/11\/03\/impostor-recounts-his-time-on-campus\/?utm_campaign=digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mailchimp&amp;utm_content=Nov-03-2022?utm_campaign=digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mailchimp&amp;utm_content=Nov-03-2022\" target=\"_blank\">Imposter recounts his time on campus<\/a> (Theo Baker, The Stanford Daily): \u201cCurry said he lied to people in high school about attending Stanford and claimed his parents believed he was enrolled in the University. He confirmed many elements of the Daily\u2019s reporting and even messaged a Daily reporter after the interview, saying \u2018always my duty to help <strong>my fellow students<\/strong>.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d \u2014 emphasis added. Less interesting than the main story, but still intriguing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In other Stanford news, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/11\/01\/stanford-tree-gets-the-axe-suspended-until-january\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford Tree gets the axe, suspended until January<\/a> (Caroline Chen &amp; Yana Kim, Stanford Daily): \u201cIn the fall of 2020, the Band transitioned from a Voluntary Student Organization (VSO) to being under the Department of Athletics (DAPER). At the same time, its Constitution, which allowed student self-expression such as kneeling during the national anthem and taping \u2018Abolish ICE\u2019 on the back of their jackets, was dissolved, according to Band social chair and recruiter Noah Bartlett \u201923, who described there being a significant \u2018culture shift\u2019 since he joined the Band in 2019.\u201d HOW DARE YOU SAY WE DON\u2019T LIKE FUN! NO FUN FOR&nbsp;YOU!<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/moderation-is-different-from-censorship?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/08\/nyc-judge-rules-in-favor-of-polyamorous-relationships\/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC judge rules polyamorous unions entitled to same legal protections as 2\u2011person relationships<\/a> (Julia Musto, NY Post): \u201cIn the case at hand, Bacdayan notes how changes since 1989 play a role, including changes to the definition of \u2018family.\u2019 She notes the law has rapidly proceeded in recognizing that it is possible for a child to have more than two legal parents. \u2018Why then, except for the very real possibility of implicit majoritarian animus, is the limitation of two persons inserted into the definition of a family-like relationship for the purposes of receiving the same protections from eviction accorded to legally formalized or blood relationships?\u2019 asked Bacdayan.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cTwo person relationships\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is from early last&nbsp;month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/moderation-is-different-from-censorship\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/moderation-is-different-from-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moderation Is Different From Censorship<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cA minimum viable product for moderation without censorship is for a platform to do exactly the same thing they\u2019re doing now \u2014 remove all the same posts, ban all the same accounts \u2014 but have an opt-in setting, \u2018see banned posts\u2019. If you personally choose to see harassing and offensive content, you can toggle that setting, and everything bad will reappear.\u201d The meme near the top made me chuckle.<\/li>\n<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/loadingartist.com\/comic\/last-bug-not-least\/\" target=\"_blank\">One More Bug<\/a> (Loading Artist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/report-jesus-is-aware-that-your-harvest-gathering-is-really-a-halloween-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">Report: Jesus Is Aware That Your \u2018Harvest Festival\u2019 Is Really A Halloween Party<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/zimbardo\" target=\"_blank\">Zimbardo<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-11-03\" target=\"_blank\">Elbonia The Heckhole<\/a> (Dilbert)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals-sagepub-com.stanford.idm.oclc.org\/doi\/10.1177\/17456916221113759\" target=\"_blank\">C\u2011H-E-A\u2011T: Wordle Cheating Is Related to Religiosity and Cultural Tightness<\/a> (Alexandra S. Wormley &amp; Adam B. Cohen, Perspectives on Psychological Science): \u201cWe found that states higher in religiosity and cultural tightness are less likely to search for the answer to the day\u2019s Wordle puzzle, independent of usage, according to Google Trends.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/04\/06\/s-nc-and-the-purpose-of-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">S\/NC and the purpose of higher education<\/a> (Thomas Slabon, Stanford Daily): \u201cAs a Ph.D. candidate in the philosophy department, I have TA\u2019d or taught eight courses, and I want to let you in on an open secret of post-secondary educators: We all hate grading. Every. Single. One of us. Every TA you\u2019ve ever had has contemplated grading piles of problem sets or papers with dread \u2014 and half the reason you had a TA in the first place was because your professor wanted to grade your work even less.\u201d This is a wonderful essay. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245\" target=\"_blank\">volume 245<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. 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