{"id":7223,"date":"2023-06-23T19:47:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T02:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7223"},"modified":"2023-06-23T19:47:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T02:47:52","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-408","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 408"},"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 408, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pell_number\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pell_number\">8th Pell Num\u00adber<\/a>, a sequence use\u00adful in approx\u00adi\u00admat\u00ading the square root of 2.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-competition-for-believers-in-africas-religion-market-66e5255d?st=thix645oa1r6h8r&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-competition-for-believers-in-africas-religion-market-66e5255d?st=thix645oa1r6h8r&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion for Believ\u00aders in Africa Is Trans\u00adform\u00ading Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and Islam<\/a> (Fran\u00adcis X. Roc\u00adca, Nicholas Bariyo &amp; Gben\u00adga Aking\u00adbule, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cOn a recent Sun\u00adday morn\u00ading in Lagos, Nigeria\u2019s biggest city, mem\u00adbers of the faith\u00adful clutched their hymn books and chant\u00aded God\u2019s prais\u00ades as they danced to the beat of tam\u00adbourines. A preach\u00ader led the con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion in pray\u00ading for the health of their chil\u00addren and suc\u00adcess at work. The ser\u00advice resem\u00adbled Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty, a move\u00adment that orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded in the U.S. and has swept Africa in the last few decades. But the par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants weren\u2019t Chris\u00adtians. They were Mus\u00adlims, prac\u00adtic\u00ading an ecsta\u00adt\u00adic style of wor\u00adship that has devel\u00adoped in response to the chal\u00adlenge posed by Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal\u00adism. Across sub-Saha\u00adran Africa, reli\u00adgion today is in fer\u00adment as dif\u00adfer\u00adent ver\u00adsions of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and Islam vie for believers\u2014a con\u00adtest that is trans\u00adform\u00ading both faiths and dis\u00adrupt\u00ading long-estab\u00adlished terms of coex\u00adis\u00adtence.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. I believe I have unlocked the pay\u00adwall on this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/restaurant-fake-priest-workers-confess-sins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia restau\u00adrant used fake priest to get work\u00aders to con\u00adfess \u201csins,\u201d feds say<\/a> (Aimee Pic\u00adchi, CBS News): \u201cIn court doc\u00adu\u00adments, a serv\u00ader at the restau\u00adrant, Maria Par\u00adra, tes\u00adti\u00adfied that she found her con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion with the alleged priest \u2018unlike nor\u00admal con\u00adfes\u00adsions,\u2019 where she would talk about what she want\u00aded to con\u00adfess, accord\u00ading to a court doc\u00adu\u00adment reviewed by CBS Mon\u00adey\u00adWatch. Instead, the priest told her that he would ask ques\u00adtions \u2018to get the sins out of me.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_C2J_gAPs5E\" target=\"_blank\">Slav\u00adery in the Bible | Dr. Esau Mccaul\u00adley<\/a> (Jude 3 Project, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houseofstrauss.com\/p\/sports-writers-out-zoomer-tiktokers?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Writ\u00aders Out, Zoomer Tik\u00adTok\u00aders In<\/a> (Ethan Strauss, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThere\u2019s a real malev\u00ado\u00adlent genius to con\u00adcoct\u00ading a cuck\u00adish char\u00adac\u00adter who pals around with the high-sta\u00adtus Cavin\u00adders, but only as the butt of their jokes. He\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly mod\u00adel\u00ading los\u00ading mon\u00adey towards the Betr cof\u00adfers, while hang\u00ading out with mod\u00adels. Some\u00adone actu\u00adal\u00adly came up with a means for habit\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading young men into an attrac\u00adtive form of fail\u00ading as part of an \u2018organic\u2019-looking humil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion fan\u00adta\u00adsy.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. Megan McAr\u00addle has some suc\u00adcinct but insight\u00adful com\u00admen\u00adtary on it at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asymmetricinfo\/status\/1671511855741714433\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/asymmetricinfo\/status\/1671511855741714433<\/a> (read the thread)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/datacolada.org\/109\" target=\"_blank\">Data Fal\u00adsi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adda (Part 1): \u201cClus\u00adter\u00adfake\u201d<\/a> (Uri Simon\u00adsohn, Leif Nel\u00adson &amp; Joe Sim\u00admons, Data Cola\u00adda): \u201cThat\u2019s right: Two dif\u00adfer\u00adent peo\u00adple inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly faked data for two dif\u00adfer\u00adent stud\u00adies in a paper about dis\u00adhon\u00adesty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There was empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal which I removed for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-funded-scientist-among-three-chinese-researchers-who-fell-ill-amid-early-covid-19-outbreak-3f919567\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-Funded Sci\u00aden\u00adtist Among Three Chi\u00adnese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Ear\u00adly Covid-19 Out\u00adbreak<\/a> (Michael R. Gor\u00addon, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cA promi\u00adnent sci\u00aden\u00adtist who worked on coro\u00adn\u00adavirus projects fund\u00aded by the U.S. gov\u00adern\u00adment is one of three Chi\u00adnese researchers who became sick with an unspec\u00adi\u00adfied ill\u00adness dur\u00ading the ini\u00adtial out\u00adbreak of Covid-19, accord\u00ading to cur\u00adrent and for\u00admer U.S. offi\u00adcials.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A less san\u00adi\u00adtized pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of the same facts: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/public.substack.com\/p\/first-people-sickened-by-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">First Peo\u00adple Sick\u00adened By COVID-19 Were Chi\u00adnese Sci\u00aden\u00adtists At Wuhan Insti\u00adtute Of Virol\u00ado\u00adgy, Say US Gov\u00adern\u00adment Sources<\/a> (Michael Shel\u00adlen\u00adberg\u00ader, Matt Taib\u00adbi &amp; Alex Gutentag, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cSources with\u00adin the US gov\u00adern\u00adment say that three of the ear\u00adli\u00adest peo\u00adple to become infect\u00aded with SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112 were Ben Hu, Yu Ping, and Yan Zhu. All were mem\u00adbers of the Wuhan lab sus\u00adpect\u00aded to have leaked the pan\u00addem\u00adic virus. As such, not only do we know there were WIV sci\u00aden\u00adtists who had devel\u00adoped COVID-19-like ill\u00adness\u00ades in Novem\u00adber 2019, but also that they were work\u00ading with the clos\u00adest rel\u00ada\u00adtives of SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112, and insert\u00ading gain-of-func\u00adtion fea\u00adtures unique to it.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/review-exclusive-catch-him-if-you-can-meet-will-curry\/\" target=\"_blank\">REVIEW EXCLUSIVE\u2014Catch Him if You Can: Meet Will Cur\u00adry<\/a> (Josi\u00adah Jon\u00ader, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cWill Curry\u2019s sto\u00adry is long and complex\u2014but most of all, enthralling. He is a liv\u00ading sto\u00adry of some\u00adone who lived the adven\u00adtur\u00adous life that so many desire yet nev\u00ader actu\u00adal\u00adly live, includ\u00ading many at Stan\u00adford trapped in a cul\u00adture of monot\u00ado\u00adny. Is all of the sto\u00adry he told me true? Maybe, or maybe not. Will is, after all, a com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive pok\u00ader play\u00ader who has pulled off bluffs in the past. But regard\u00adless, Will\u2019s sto\u00adry is far from over. In fact, I think it\u2019s real\u00adly only begun.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/new-national-american-elite\" target=\"_blank\">The New Nation\u00adal Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Elite<\/a> (Michael Lind, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201c\u2026from the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion until the late 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan elite was divid\u00aded among region\u00adal oli\u00adgarchies. It is only in the last gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion that these region\u00adal patri\u00adci\u00adates have been absorbed into a sin\u00adgle, increas\u00ading\u00adly homo\u00adge\u00adneous nation\u00adal oli\u00adgarchy, with the same accent, man\u00adners, val\u00adues, and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal back\u00adgrounds from Boston to Austin and San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco to New York and Atlanta. This is a tru\u00adly epochal devel\u00adop\u00adment.\u201d Lind is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at UT Austin in the school of pub\u00adlic affairs. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-286\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 286<\/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 408, the 8th Pell Num\u00adber, a sequence use\u00adful in approx\u00adi\u00admat\u00ading the square root of 2. \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-408\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 408\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":"More succinct than normal. 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