{"id":7399,"date":"2024-03-08T22:06:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T06:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7399"},"modified":"2024-03-08T22:06:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T06:06:39","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-443","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-443","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 443"},"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, vol\u00adume 443, is a prime num\u00adber.<\/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.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/01\/opinion\/christian-nationalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU0.4-tx.b9FeL_rdMka8&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Four Ways of Look\u00ading at Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c\u2026to chart the sup\u00adposed reach of Chris\u00adt\u00adian nation\u00adal\u00adism, a sur\u00advey from the Pub\u00adlic Reli\u00adgion Research Insti\u00adtute asks respon\u00addents whether they agree with the for\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtion \u2018U.S. laws should be based on Chris\u00adt\u00adian val\u00adues.\u2019 But some\u00adone who says yes might just be agree\u00ading with King\u2019s \u2018Let\u00adter From Birm\u00ading\u00adham Jail\u2019 or the Dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of Inde\u00adpen\u00addence, not endors\u00ading a legal code based on Deuteron\u00ado\u00admy.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/if-it-were-me-id-try-not-helping-the-christian-nationalists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">If It Were Me, I\u2019d Try Not Help\u00ading the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adists<\/a> (Jake Meador, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cA demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic life is not the high\u00adest thing or the best thing. But as a way of liv\u00ading amongst our neigh\u00adbors and seek\u00ading to live a life of con\u00adscience under the law, it is a very good thing. The Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adists, with their strong man pol\u00adi\u00adtics, sup\u00adport for rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary vio\u00adlence, and obses\u00adsion with racial sol\u00adi\u00addar\u00adi\u00adty would destroy all of that. What wor\u00adries me now, though, is not the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adists them\u00adselves. Frankly, many of them are too reck\u00adless, undis\u00adci\u00adplined, and reac\u00adtive to be able to accom\u00adplish the rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary change they seek. What wor\u00adries me is that there are a great many social\u00adly con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal vot\u00aders who love the demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic life who are con\u00adstant\u00adly being called \u2018Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adists\u2019 by the likes of Hei\u00addi Przy\u00adby\u00adla for believ\u00ading things that are utter\u00adly unre\u00admark\u00adable in Chris\u00adt\u00adian his\u00adto\u00adry. If our sec\u00adu\u00adlar media out\u00adlets con\u00adtin\u00adue to tell them that \u2018Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism\u2019 is the belief in things vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly all Chris\u00adtians across his\u00adto\u00adry have believed, I fear they will lis\u00adten. And they will find these eth\u00adno-nation\u00adal\u00adist total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan aspi\u00adrants and, not real\u00adiz\u00ading what they are doing, they will make com\u00admon cause with them.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is one of the most help\u00adful pieces I\u2019ve seen on Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism. It\u2019s a bit long, but eas\u00adi\u00adly skim\u00adma\u00adble to zero in on the parts you find most inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2024\/03\/05\/german-man-covid-vaccine-217-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What hap\u00adpened after a man got 217 coro\u00adn\u00adavirus shots<\/a> (Rachel Pan\u00adnett, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cGoing into the study, the researchers had spec\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded that hav\u00ading so many shots could cause his immune sys\u00adtem to become fatigued. Vac\u00adcines cre\u00adate immune mem\u00ado\u00adry cells that are on stand\u00adby, ready to rapid\u00adly acti\u00advate the body\u2019s defens\u00ades in the event of an infec\u00adtion. But in fact, the researchers found that the man had more of these immune cells \u2014 known as T\u2011cells \u2014 than a con\u00adtrol group that had received the stan\u00addard three-dose vac\u00adcine reg\u00adi\u00admen. They also did not detect any fatigue in these cells, which they said were just as effec\u00adtive as those of peo\u00adple who had received a typ\u00adi\u00adcal num\u00adber of coro\u00adn\u00adavirus shots.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/politics\/news\/albania-to-speed-up-eu-accession-using-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alba\u00adnia to speed up EU acces\u00adsion using Chat\u00adG\u00adPT<\/a> (Alice Tay\u00adlor, Eurac\u00adtiv): \u201cThe Alban\u00adian gov\u00adern\u00adment will use Chat\u00adG\u00adPT to trans\u00adlate thou\u00adsands of pages of EU legal mea\u00adsures and pro\u00advi\u00adsions into <em>shqip<\/em> (Alban\u00adian lan\u00adguage) and then inte\u00adgrate them into exist\u00ading legal struc\u00adtures, fol\u00adlow\u00ading an agree\u00adment with the CEO of the par\u00adent com\u00adpa\u00adny, Ope\u00adnAI, Mira Murati, who was born in Alba\u00adnia.\u2026 on 13 Decem\u00adber, at the EU sum\u00admit in Brus\u00adsels, he will present the project and a suc\u00adcess\u00adful test of \u2018the Alban\u00adian mod\u00adel of arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence for the inter\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of the leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion totalling 280,000 pages of legal mea\u00adsures of the EU.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/03\/03\/spend-8-500-a-year-live-a-train-20388001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I spend \u00a38,500 a year to live on a train<\/a> (Steve Charnok, Metro): \u201cWhile the 17-year-old does indeed live on trains, he does so entire\u00adly legal\u00adly. And with a sur\u00adpris\u00ading amount of com\u00adfort. Lasse trav\u00adels 600 miles a day through\u00adout Ger\u00admany aboard Deutsche Bahn trains. He trav\u00adels first class, sleeps on night trains, has break\u00adfast in DB lounges and takes show\u00aders in pub\u00adlic swim\u00adming pools and leisure cen\u00adtres, all using his unlim\u00adit\u00aded annu\u00adal rail\u00adcard.\u201d<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orbital Argu\u00adment<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 the mouseover text is gold on this one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/cdc-officially-changes-covid-guidelines-to-whatever-your-uncle-frank-said-about-it-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDC Offi\u00adcial\u00adly Changes COVID Guide\u00adlines To What\u00adev\u00ader Your Uncle Frank Said About It Years Ago<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/augmented-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aug\u00adment\u00aded<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/worship-leader-stunned-to-learn-there-are-worship-songs-written-before-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wor\u00adship Leader Stunned To Learn There Are Wor\u00adship Songs Writ\u00adten Before 2016<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atrandomcomics.com\/at-random-comics-home\/2024\/2\/21\/ice-fishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ice Fish\u00ading<\/a> (At Ran\u00addom Comics) \u2014 you know this has hap\u00adpened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/secrets-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Secrets Of Real\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jLHhGo5CYrU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miraver THE BEST DICE STACKING<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OXgnw6lvvo4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Unusu\u00adal Card Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uqMj-isIjAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Self-Work\u00ading Card Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v3e1SfT4e4I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rubik\u2019s Cube Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b76_av2GcF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Van\u00adish\u00ading Stool<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight and a half min\u00adutes<\/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 \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, vol\u00adume 443, is a prime num\u00adber. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Less Seri\u00adous Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-443\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 443\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":"A lot more amusing stuff than normal this week. 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