{"id":7216,"date":"2023-06-09T21:06:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T04:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7216"},"modified":"2023-06-09T21:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T04:06:20","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-406","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-406","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 406"},"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 406, which is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poeticous.com\/john-boyle-oreilly\/406\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.poeticous.com\/john-boyle-oreilly\/406\">the name of a poem by John Boyle O\u2019Reil\u00adly.<\/a><\/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:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/immigrants-keep-christianity-alive-in-america\" target=\"_blank\">A Church Grows in Brook\u00adlyn<\/a> (Sheluyang Peng, The Free Press): \u201c\u2026Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is thriv\u00ading if you know where to look. Peo\u00adple say immi\u00adgrants do the jobs that native-born Amer\u00adi\u00adcans don\u2019t want to do. Going to church is one of them. Over two-thirds of today\u2019s immi\u00adgrants to the Unit\u00aded States are Chris\u00adtians, and promi\u00adnent reli\u00adgious schol\u00adars fore\u00adcast that immi\u00adgrants will sin\u00adgle-hand\u00aded\u00adly reverse Christianity\u2019s decline in Amer\u00adi\u00adca.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/spsp.org\/news\/character-and-context-blog\/higginbotham-black-men-college-sports\" target=\"_blank\">Please Don\u2019t Ask If I Played a Sport in Col\u00adlege<\/a> (Ger\u00adald Hig\u00adgin\u00adboth\u00adam, SPSP): \u201c\u2026these open\u00ading ques\u00adtions were from an actu\u00adal con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion I had while trav\u00adel\u00ading after grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading from Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in 2014. After a stranger struck up a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion, I shared that I had just grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded with a major in psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy. On cue, the stranger asked their first fol\u00adlow-up ques\u00adtion, the one that I was typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly used to: \u2018What sport <em>did<\/em> you play?\u2019 Some may see this ques\u00adtion as a com\u00adpli\u00adment, but it is not\u2014it is an assump\u00adtion root\u00aded in a long\u00adstand\u00ading stereo\u00adtype about Black peo\u00adple.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ger\u00adald, now a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at UVA, is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2023\/06\/blasphemy-then-and-now\" target=\"_blank\">Blas\u00adphe\u00admy Then and Now<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, First Things): \u201cOppo\u00adnents of blas\u00adphe\u00admy then and of blas\u00adphe\u00admy now share some\u00adthing in com\u00admon: a con\u00adcern to pro\u00adtect that which is sacred. But that is where the sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty begins and ends. Old-style blas\u00adphe\u00admy involved des\u00ade\u00adcrat\u00ading God because it was God who was sacred. Today\u2019s blas\u00adphe\u00admy involves sug\u00adgest\u00ading that man is not all-pow\u00ader\u00adful, that he can\u00adnot cre\u00adate him\u00adself in any way he choos\u00ades, that he is sub\u00adject to lim\u00adits beyond his choice and beyond his con\u00adtrol.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richardhanania.com\/p\/understanding-the-tech-right\" target=\"_blank\">Under\u00adstand\u00ading the Tech Right<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn our cur\u00adrent pol\u00adi\u00adtics, one can sim\u00adpli\u00adfy the world by say\u00ading that con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives are in favor of hier\u00adar\u00adchy and against change, with lib\u00ader\u00adals against hier\u00adar\u00adchy and for change. While this isn\u2019t how things always work out in prac\u00adtice, and there are many nuances and qual\u00adi\u00adfiers one could add, this is at least how each side per\u00adceives itself. The Tech Right com\u00adbines the accep\u00adtance of inequal\u00adi\u00adty of the right with the open\u00adness to change of the left. The pro-change, anti-equal\u00adi\u00adty quad\u00adrant is the sweet spot for sup\u00adport for cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism, so of course they tend to favor free mar\u00adket eco\u00adnom\u00adic poli\u00adcies.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/the-hillsong-experiment-is-over-christianity-was-never-meant-to-be-cool-20230526-p5dbot.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Hill\u00adsong exper\u00adi\u00adment is over. Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty was nev\u00ader meant to be cool<\/a> (Cherie Gilmour, The Age): \u201cPer\u00adhaps now that Hill\u00adsong has been cast out of the Gar\u00adden of Eden, the hun\u00addreds and thou\u00adsands of peo\u00adple who are and have been mem\u00adbers can find their way for\u00adward. The future of the church will depend on its next move. But for all saints and sin\u00adners alike who need grace, it\u2019s worth remem\u00adber\u00ading there was only one man who said, \u2018Fol\u00adlow me\u2019. And he wasn\u2019t on Insta\u00adgram.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/frequent-marijuana-users-tend-leaner-093000474.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fre\u00adquent mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna users tend to be lean\u00ader and less like\u00adly to devel\u00adop dia\u00adbetes. But the pseu\u00addo-health ben\u00ade\u00adfits come at a price, experts say<\/a> (Erin Prater, Yahoo Finance): \u201cIt\u2019s well estab\u00adlished that cannabis con\u00adsump\u00adtion is linked to low\u00ader BMI and improved car\u00addiometa\u00adbol\u00adic risk, the authors write. But their find\u00adings point to the abil\u00adi\u00adty of the drug to per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly dis\u00adrupt organ func\u00adtion, \u201cwith poten\u00adtial\u00adly far-reach\u00ading con\u00adse\u00adquences on phys\u00adi\u00adcal and men\u00adtal health,\u201d Piomel\u00adli said. \u201cAdo\u00adles\u00adcent expo\u00adsure to THC may pro\u00admote an endur\u00ading \u2018pseu\u00addo-lean\u2019 state that super\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly resem\u00adbles healthy lean\u00adness but might, in fact, be root\u00aded in \u2026 organ dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2023\/06\/redditor-creates-working-anime-qr-codes-using-stable-diffusion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red\u00addi\u00adtor cre\u00adates work\u00ading ani\u00adme QR codes using Sta\u00adble Dif\u00adfu\u00adsion<\/a> (Benj Edwards, Ars Tech\u00adni\u00adca): \u201cThe cre\u00adator did not detail the exact tech\u00adnique used to cre\u00adate the nov\u00adel codes in Eng\u00adlish, but\u2026 they appar\u00adent\u00adly trained sev\u00ader\u00adal cus\u00adtom Sta\u00adble Dif\u00adfu\u00adsion Con\u00adtrol\u00adNet mod\u00adels (plus LoRA fine tun\u00adings) that have been con\u00addi\u00adtioned to cre\u00adate dif\u00adfer\u00adent-styled results. Next, they fed exist\u00ading QR codes into the Sta\u00adble Dif\u00adfu\u00adsion AI image gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor and used Con\u00adtrol\u00adNet to main\u00adtain the QR code\u2019s data posi\u00adtion\u00ading despite syn\u00adthe\u00adsiz\u00ading an image around it, like\u00adly using a writ\u00adten prompt.\u2026 This inter\u00adest\u00ading use of Sta\u00adble Dif\u00adfu\u00adsion is pos\u00adsi\u00adble because of the innate error cor\u00adrec\u00adtion fea\u00adture built into QR codes. This error cor\u00adrec\u00adtion capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty allows a cer\u00adtain per\u00adcent\u00adage of the QR code\u2019s data to be restored if it\u2019s dam\u00adaged or obscured, per\u00admit\u00adting a lev\u00adel of mod\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion with\u00adout mak\u00ading the code unread\u00adable.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wild stuff- that these codes work is very cool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2023\/06\/08\/tree-at-stanford-grows-40-different-fruits\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tree at Stan\u00adford grows 40 dif\u00adfer\u00adent fruits<\/a> (Sarayu Pai, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cA liv\u00ading art instal\u00adla\u00adtion has plant\u00aded its roots near the Rodin Sculp\u00adture Gar\u00adden. The art is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tug7h7q5woY\" target=\"_blank\">tree<\/a> capa\u00adble of grow\u00ading 40 vari\u00adeties of stone fruits, high\u00adlight\u00ading themes that branch out into the realms of aes\u00adthet\u00adics, social com\u00admen\u00adtary and fruit\u00adful delight.\u2026 Stone fruits, also known as dru\u00adpes, are fruits with a pit at their cen\u00adter. A juicy jum\u00adble of such fruits, rang\u00ading from peach\u00ades to plums and even almonds, will dan\u00adgle from the tree\u2019s graft\u00aded branch\u00ades.\u201d (not a joke \u2014 this is real, just a lit\u00adtle less seri\u00adous than the stuff in the pre\u00advi\u00adous sec\u00adtion)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XAxzo61zdHo\" target=\"_blank\">The Church His\u00adto\u00adry Mix\u00adtape Vol 2: Mar\u00adburg<\/a> (Luther\u00adan Satire, YouTube): six min\u00adutes. The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly inac\u00adcu\u00adrate but very fun\u00adny.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/critical-error-in-game-of-monopoly-as-esau-trades-boardwalk--park-place-for-a-bowl-of-campbells-soup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crit\u00adi\u00adcal Error In Game Of Monop\u00adoly As Esau Trades Board\u00adwalk &amp; Park Place For A Bowl Of Camp\u00adbel\u00adl\u2019s Soup<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/snake-2\" target=\"_blank\">Snake<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n<\/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.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/january-web-only\/only-biblical-peacemaking-resolves-racial-and-political-inj.html\" target=\"_blank\">Only Bib\u00adli\u00adcal Peace\u00admak\u00ading Resolves Racial and Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Injus\u00adtice<\/a> (Justin Giboney, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn 2020, the pan\u00addem\u00adic forced Amer\u00adi\u00adcans to dis\u00adtance our\u00adselves phys\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. Our pol\u00adi\u00adtics, iden\u00adti\u00adties, and world\u00adviews forced us fur\u00adther apart too. We watch the same occur\u00adrences and walk away not only with dif\u00adfer\u00adent opin\u00adions, but with a dif\u00adfer\u00adent set of facts. And yet, through social media, we\u2019ve bridged our divides just enough to antag\u00ado\u00adnize one anoth\u00ader.\u201d High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. The author is pres\u00adi\u00addent of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andcampaign.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AND Cam\u00adpaign<\/a>. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-285\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 285<\/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:\/\/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 vol\u00adume 406, which is also the name of a poem by John Boyle O\u2019Reil\u00adly. Things Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-406\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 406\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":"There's a tree at Stanford that grows 40 distinct fruits. 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