{"id":7343,"date":"2023-12-22T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2023-12-22T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:56:06","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-433","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/12\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-433","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 433"},"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 433, a prime num\u00adber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reminder as the year draws to a close: this week\u00adly roundup of links is an over\u00adflow of the donor-fund\u00aded min\u00adistry I do with Chi Alpha at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. If you\u2019re so inclined, <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/giving\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/giving\">con\u00adsid\u00ader an end-of-year dona\u00adtion<\/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>Some Christ\u00admas con\u00adtent:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scotmcknight.substack.com\/p\/losing-our-grip-on-christmas-mike\" target=\"_blank\">Los\u00ading Our Grip on Christ\u00admas<\/a> (Mike Glenn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn Amer\u00adi\u00adca, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t attacked as much as it is usurped. When Chris\u00adtians say, \u2018We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to cel\u00ade\u00adbrate Christ\u00admas,\u2019 the world says, \u2018That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great idea. Would you like for us to stay open late so you can buy every\u00adone you love a gift?\u2019 Sud\u00adden\u00adly, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no time to wor\u00adship. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no time to pray. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re too busy shop\u00adping.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/a-harmony-of-the-birth-of-jesus-matthew-and-luke\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Har\u00admo\u00adny of the Birth of Jesus: Matthew and Luke <\/a>(Justin Tay\u00adlor, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cHere is a sim\u00adple chronol\u00ado\u00adgy to show how the events of Matthew 1\u00e2\u20ac\u201c2 and Luke 1\u00e2\u20ac\u201c2 fit togeth\u00ader and what each of the gospel authors empha\u00adsize. Matthew tells things more through the eyes of Joseph and Luke (who per\u00adhaps inter\u00adviewed Mary) tells the events large\u00adly through her eyes.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/december\/bethlehem-cancel-christmas-christian-pastors-church-nativit.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beth\u00adle\u00adhem Can\u00adcels Christ\u00admas, But Local Pas\u00adtors Still Expect a Holy Night<\/a> (Sophia Lee, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe words peo\u00adple once asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with Christ\u00admas were <em>San\u00adta<\/em>, <em>tree<\/em>, <em>gifts<\/em>, <em>car\u00adols<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dall \u2018roman\u00adti\u00adcized\u2019 tra\u00addi\u00adtions from the West, Isaac said. Today, he thinks of words from the Christ\u00admas sto\u00adry of the Bible: <em>Cae\u00adsar<\/em>, <em>cen\u00adsus<\/em>, <em>mas\u00adsacre<\/em>, and <em>refugee in Egypt<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201drelevant to Pales\u00adtini\u00adans who have to reg\u00adis\u00adter to trav\u00adel out\u00adside the West Bank and who seek safe\u00adty in Egypt.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/15\/dining\/christmas-lunch-korean-american-church.html\" target=\"_blank\">There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s No Christ\u00admas Lunch Like a Kore\u00adan Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Church Lunch<\/a> (Eric Kim, New York Times): \u201c\u202659 per\u00adcent of Kore\u00adan Amer\u00adi\u00adcans iden\u00adti\u00adfy as Chris\u00adt\u00adian. But that num\u00adber used to be even high\u00ader. For decades, church lunch\u00ades have been piv\u00adotal spaces for Kore\u00adan immi\u00adgrants as they estab\u00adlished them\u00adselves in the Unit\u00aded States, and these meals con\u00adtin\u00adue to flour\u00adish as hubs of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty bond\u00ading for many who are the first gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion to arrive here. More than just a meal, they are a key oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion, gos\u00adsip and fel\u00adlow\u00adship.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I liked a lot about this arti\u00adcle, but I found it very New-York-Timesy to say that most Kore\u00adan-Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are Chris\u00adt\u00adian and then to tell sto\u00adries about how those who have left the church nonethe\u00adless remem\u00adber it and its food fond\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freyaindia.co.uk\/p\/the-problem-with-everything-being\" target=\"_blank\">The Prob\u00adlem With Every\u00adthing Being Porni\u00adfied<\/a> (Freya India, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026I find it so frus\u00adtrat\u00ading to see some pro\u00adgres\u00adsives down\u00adplay the dan\u00adgers of all this. Those that dis\u00admiss any\u00adone con\u00adcerned about <em>the porni\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of every\u00adthing<\/em> as a stuffy con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive. And some\u00adhow can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how the con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal loos\u00aden\u00ading of sex\u00adu\u00adal norms might actu\u00adal\u00adly empow\u00ader preda\u00adto\u00adry men, and put pres\u00adsure on vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble girls? That seems delu\u00adsion\u00adal to me. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just say I have lit\u00adtle patience for those on the left who loud\u00adly cel\u00ade\u00adbrate women sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adis\u00ading them\u00adselves online, sell\u00ading it as fun, fem\u00adi\u00adnist and risk-free, but are then hor\u00adri\u00adfied to hear about 12 year-olds doing the same thing. C\u00e2\u20ac\u2122mon. No won\u00adder they want to. But I also find it frus\u00adtrat\u00ading to see some on the right approach this with what seems like a com\u00adplete lack of com\u00adpas\u00adsion. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it helps to relent\u00adless\u00adly ridicule and blame young women for sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adis\u00ading them\u00adselves online. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fair either. We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give girls Insta\u00adgram at 12 and then be sur\u00adprised when as young women they base their self-worth on the approval of strangers.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/19\/1219984002\/artificial-intelligence-can-find-your-location-in-photos-worrying-privacy-expert\" target=\"_blank\">Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence can find your loca\u00adtion in pho\u00adtos, wor\u00adry\u00ading pri\u00adva\u00adcy experts<\/a> (Geoff Brum\u00adfiel, NPR): \u201cThe project, known as Pre\u00addict\u00ading Image Geolo\u00adca\u00adtions (or PIGEON, for short) was designed by three Stan\u00adford grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addents in order to iden\u00adti\u00adfy loca\u00adtions on Google Street View.\u2026 [ACLU\u2019s] Stan\u00adley wor\u00adries that com\u00adpa\u00adnies might soon use AI to track where you\u2019ve trav\u00adeled, or that gov\u00adern\u00adments might check your pho\u00adtos to see if you\u2019ve vis\u00adit\u00aded a coun\u00adtry on a watch\u00adlist. Stalk\u00ading and abuse are also obvi\u00adous threats, he says. In the past, Stan\u00adley says, peo\u00adple have been able to remove GPS loca\u00adtion tag\u00adging from pho\u00adtos they post online. That may not work any\u00admore.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/17\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-tunnels-gaza-israel-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">In Gaza, Israelis Dis\u00adplay Tun\u00adnel Wide Enough to Han\u00addle Cars<\/a> (Ronen Bergman, New York Times): \u201cTwo mil\u00adi\u00adtary offi\u00adcials inter\u00adviewed after the tour say that recent\u00adly gath\u00adered intel\u00adli\u00adgence indi\u00adcat\u00aded that Israel has gross\u00adly under\u00ades\u00adti\u00admat\u00aded the size of the under\u00adground net\u00adwork. The sys\u00adtem, which the army pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly esti\u00admat\u00aded was about 60 miles long, is now believed to be clos\u00ader to 250 miles long, they said.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rlo.acton.org\/archives\/125165-william-wilberforce-abolitionist-reformer-evangelical.html\" target=\"_blank\">William Wilber\u00adforce: Abo\u00adli\u00adtion\u00adist, Reformer, Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal<\/a> (Richard Turn\u00adbull, Reli\u00adgion &amp; Lib\u00ader\u00adty Online): \u201cWhat unites these dis\u00adparate indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals? Per\u00adhaps three things. First, a pas\u00adsion for a true and live\u00adly faith that trans\u00adforms the heart. Sec\u00adond\u00adly, a holis\u00adtic view of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love for the world that saw no con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtion between per\u00adson\u00adal faith and a trans\u00adformed soci\u00adety. Third\u00adly, a tenac\u00adi\u00adty that drove these indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals nev\u00ader to give up, nev\u00ader to give up for Christ.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A sol\u00adid sum\u00adma\u00adry of a con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adtial Chris\u00adtian\u2019s impact. The author is the for\u00admer prin\u00adci\u00adpal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/networkcontagion.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Tik-Tok-ing Time\u00adbomb: How Tik\u00adTok\u2019s Glob\u00adal Plat\u00adform Anom\u00adalies Align with the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty\u2019s Geostrate\u00adgic Objec\u00adtives<\/a> (Nation\u00adal Con\u00adta\u00adgion Research Insti\u00adtute): \u201cWe then expand\u00aded our research into top\u00adics rel\u00ade\u00advant to the Chi\u00adnese Government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal inter\u00adests: 1) Ukraine-Rus\u00adsia War; 2) Kash\u00admir Inde\u00adpen\u00addence; 3) Israel-Hamas War. The con\u00adclu\u00adsions of our research are clear: Whether con\u00adtent is pro\u00admot\u00aded or mut\u00aded on Tik\u00adTok appears to depend on whether it is aligned or opposed to the inter\u00adests of the Chi\u00adnese Gov\u00adern\u00adment. As the sum\u00adma\u00adry data graph below illus\u00adtrates, the per\u00adcent\u00adages of Tik\u00adTok posts out of Insta\u00adgram posts are con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly range-bound for gen\u00ader\u00adal polit\u00adi\u00adcal and pop-cul\u00adture top\u00adics, but com\u00adplete\u00adly out-of-bounds for top\u00adics sen\u00adsi\u00adtive to the Chi\u00adnese Gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The link is to a 18 page PDF. The research was con\u00adduct\u00aded in con\u00adjunc\u00adtion with Rut\u00adgers Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. I, for one, am shocked. Who could have pre\u00addict\u00aded such a thing from a coun\u00adtry oth\u00ader\u00adwise devot\u00aded to free speech and free mar\u00adkets?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afterbabel.com\/p\/antisemitism-on-campus\" target=\"_blank\">Why Anti\u00adsemitism Sprout\u00aded So Quick\u00adly on Cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Jonathan Haidt, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cCom\u00admon ene\u00admy iden\u00adti\u00adty pol\u00adi\u00adtics is arguably the worst way of think\u00ading one could pos\u00adsi\u00adbly teach to young peo\u00adple in a mul\u00adti-eth\u00adnic democ\u00adra\u00adcy such as the Unit\u00aded States. It is, of course, the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal dri\u00adve behind most geno\u00adcides. On a more mun\u00addane lev\u00adel, it can in the\u00ado\u00adry be used to cre\u00adate group cohe\u00adsion on teams and in orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions, and yet the cur\u00adrent aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic ver\u00adsion of it plunges orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions into eter\u00adnal con\u00adflict and dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion. As long as this way of think\u00ading is taught any\u00adwhere on cam\u00adpus, iden\u00adti\u00adty-based hatred will find fer\u00adtile ground.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Haidt is a social psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist at NYU.<\/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>Famous wrestler Hulk Hogan just got bap\u00adtized: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HulkHogan\/status\/1737549921052405910\" target=\"_blank\">Total sur\u00adren\u00adder and ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion to Jesus is the great\u00adest day of my life. No wor\u00adries, no hate, no judg\u00admen\u00adt\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 only love!<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pastor-baptizes-hulk-hogan-but-oh-no-hulks-pulled-off-the-reversal-and-body-slammed-him-into-the-pews\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pas\u00adtor Bap\u00adtizes Hulk Hogan But OH NO HULK\u2019S PULLED OFF THE REVERSAL AND BODY SLAMMED HIM INTO THE PEWS<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wel\u00adcome to the fam\u00adi\u00adly, broth\u00ader!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gardiner_Bros\/status\/1737898649248477410\" target=\"_blank\">Feliz Navi\u00add\u00adance<\/a> (Twit\u00adter): 40 sec\u00adond video<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMq-geS4QOE\" target=\"_blank\">Man Whose Life\u2019s a Mess Has Mid\u00addle East Fig\u00adured Out<\/a> (Ryan Long, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/gingerbread-house-in-california-listed-on-zillow-for-19-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gin\u00adger\u00adbread House In Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia List\u00aded On Zil\u00adlow For $1.9 Mil\u00adlion<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-who-has-been-attending-same-church-for-21-years-figures-maybe-its-time-to-learn-some-peoples-names\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man Who Has Been Attend\u00ading Same Church For 21 Years Fig\u00adures Maybe It\u2019s Time To Learn Some Peo\u00adple\u2019s Names<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/odd\" target=\"_blank\">Odd Num\u00adbers<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bpoppenheimer\/status\/1737204782576656753\" target=\"_blank\">When you go to the stu\u00addio, John May\u00ader was asked, what do you do to gen\u00ader\u00adate ideas? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always do it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he admit\u00adted, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153because it requires a stu\u00adpid brav\u00adery all the time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> (Twit\u00adter): two minute video, worth watch\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-67663128\" target=\"_blank\">Lap\u00adsus$: GTA 6 hack\u00ader hand\u00aded indef\u00adi\u00adnite hos\u00adpi\u00adtal order<\/a> (Joe Tidy, BBC): \u201cThe jury was told that while he was on bail for hack\u00ading Nvidia and BT\/EE and in police pro\u00adtec\u00adtion at a Trav\u00adelodge hotel, he con\u00adtin\u00adued hack\u00ading and car\u00adried out his most infa\u00admous hack. <strong>Despite hav\u00ading his lap\u00adtop con\u00adfis\u00adcat\u00aded, Kur\u00adtaj man\u00adaged to breach Rock\u00adstar, the com\u00adpa\u00adny behind GTA, using an Ama\u00adzon Fire\u00adstick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone.<\/strong>\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis added. This kid is straight out of a movie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 vol\u00adume 433, a prime num\u00adber. A reminder as the year draws to a close: this week\u00adly \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/12\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-433\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 433\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 rich Christmas content, plus more entertaining links than usual.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[219,125,287,120,228,148,136,260,330],"class_list":["post-7343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-china","tag-christmas","tag-famous-christians","tag-identity","tag-israel","tag-pornography","tag-social-media","tag-south-korea"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Ur","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7346,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7343\/revisions\/7346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}