{"id":7490,"date":"2024-08-09T16:15:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2024-08-09T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:15:41","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-465","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/08\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-465","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 465"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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><br><br>    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 465, the <a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/maths\/triangular-numbers\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/maths\/triangular-numbers\/\">30th triangular number<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/how-did-planned-parenthood-become\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Did Planned Parenthood Become One of the Country\u2019s Largest Suppliers of Testosterone?<\/a> (Jennifer Block, The Free Press): \u201cThe organization would not give specific numbers, or respond to multiple requests for comment, but the insurance claim data (estimates that do not include patients who pay out of pocket) suggest that 1 in 6 U.S. teens and young adults who sought gender hormones last year were seen at Planned Parenthood. Between 2017 and 2023, affiliated clinics filed gender-related insurance claims for 12,000 youths aged 12\u201317.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonshateher.com\/p\/at-28-i-taught-myself-to-be-likable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At 28, I Taught Myself to Be Likable. Here\u2019s How I Did It<\/a> (Substack): \u201cThe guidelines you\u2019ll see below are going to seem <em>really <\/em>rigid and judgmental. But that\u2019s kind of what I needed. Platitudes about how I needed to \u2018be myself\u2019 and \u2018let my freak flag fly\u2019 did way more harm than good. When I asked people for advice, a lot of them gave the kneejerk response, \u2018Just don\u2019t care what other people think of you,\u2019 which is much easier said than done, especially when it\u2019s blatantly obvious that other people can\u2019t stand&nbsp;you.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recommended by a student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/04\/opinion\/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk4.inlP.p-901RfLzaxF&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018I Just Have Some Questions\u2019: An Interview With Justice Gorsuch<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cI didn\u2019t get to ask every question I wanted to, but our conversation covered a lot of ground, including Gorsuch\u2019s indictment of the regulatory state, his approach to evaluating agency expertise, the problem of mass incarceration and coercive plea bargaining, his jurisprudence holding the United States accountable for its obligations to Native Americans and his definition of originalism and the role of history in understanding the Constitution.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel-related:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-protest-israel-hamas-war-arrest-charges-7cb75debddc2e8bd795d16515d07de09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning<\/a> (Christopher Heller et all, Associated Press): \u201cSome 3,200 people were arrested this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. While some colleg es ended demonstrations by striking deals with the students, or simply waited them out, others called in police when protesters refused to leave. Many students have already seen those charges dismissed. But the cases have yet to be resolved for hundreds of people at campuses that saw the highest number of arrests, according to an analysis of data gathered by The Associated Press and partner newsrooms.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/middle-east\/why-israel-escalates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Israel Escalates<\/a> (Dalia Dasse Kaye, Foreign Affairs): \u201c\u2026Israeli defense officials do not necessarily feel comfortable relying on deterrence by denial\u2014that is, by convincing adversaries that attacks would not succeed\u2014as the United States prefers. In these officials\u2019 view, the April defense of Israel was not a total success because, ultimately, the defensive coalition did not prevent the attack; it only limited the damage. Israeli defense planners prefer deterrence by punishment\u2014showing adversaries that attacks will provoke consequences.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/newsletter\/wanderland\/israel-isnt-risking-a-regional-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel Isn\u2019t \u2018Risking\u2019 a Regional War<\/a> (Kevin Williamson, The Dispatch): \u201c\u2026Israel is not \u2018risking a regional war.\u2019 Israel is <em>involved<\/em> in a regional war, one that was forced upon it by Iran, sometimes using proxies and sometimes using its own forces directly, as it did on April 13, when it attacked Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones. The Houthis, Iran\u2019s proxy in Yemen, are waging war on Israel\u2014including a recent drone attack on Tel Aviv\u2014as well as waging a war on the United States, attacking a U.S. Navy vessel in May, and conducting a wider military campaign against shipping in the Red Sea.\u201d May be paywalled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/scientists-discover-dark-oxygen-on-the-ocean-floor-generated-surprisingly-by-lumps-of-metal-180984778\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scientists Discover \u2018Dark Oxygen\u2019 on the Ocean Floor Generated\u2014Surprisingly\u2014by Lumps of Metal<\/a> (Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine): \u201cTwelve thousand feet under the ocean surface is a world of eternal midnight. No sunlight can penetrate to this depth to promote photosynthesis, so no plants are producing oxygen there. Yet, the life-supporting gas is abundant in this darkness-cloaked region, thanks to an unlikely oxygen factory: potato-sized, \u2018battery rocks\u2019 on the seafloor.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newser.com\/article\/7179dda48eae0a764be89c2e0aafd80a\/us-abortion-numbers-have-risen-slightly-since-roe-was-overturned-study-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds<\/a> (Geoff Mulvihill &amp; Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press): \u201cThe number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2024\/08\/kamalas-abortion-extremism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kamala\u2019s Abortion Extremism<\/a> (Ryan T. Anderson, First Things): \u201c\u2026the Democratic Party under Harris is as radically pro-<em>abortion<\/em> as it can possibly be. Short of coming out for killing toddlers, there simply is no way to be more extreme than Kamala Harris and her party now are. Kamala Harris is a hard-core ideologue\u2014an abortion extremist\u2014and has been since her first days as an elected official. As president, she would be no different.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political or political-adjacent (the disclaimers at the bottom really matter  \u2014 I didn\u2019t write these articles, I just found them interesting and pass them along with nonpartisan intent \u2014 wait long enough and you\u2019ll see articles making pointed observations in all directions. They\u2019re focused one way this week because that\u2019s how the news cycle rolled this time around):&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/08\/02\/data-childless-cat-ladies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Democrats really more likely to be childless cat ladies?<\/a> (Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post): \u201c\u2026we had no idea what our friend Julie Zauzmer Weil was getting at when she asked if there was any evidence to support the notion of the \u2018childless left.\u2019 Weil, who you\u2019ll recognize from her tremendous tax and data stories for The Washington Post, clarified further: \u2018Do Republicans have more kids than Democrats? It doesn\u2019t seem obvious to me that it would be true.\u2019 The simple answer, however? Yes! About 38 percent of Democrats had never had children as of 2022, compared with 26 percent of Republicans, according to the universally beloved General Social Survey from the universally beloved NORC at the University of Chicago.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/democratic-partys-choice-of-harris-was-undemocratic-and-the-latest-evidence-of-party-leaders-distrusting-party-voters-236002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic Party\u2019s choice of Harris was undemocratic \u2212 and the latest evidence of party leaders distrusting party voters<\/a> (Daniel Klinghard, The Conversation): \u201cBut for the first time since 1968, the Democratic nominee will win the nomination without winning a single primary vote. This may not be as much of a democratic backslide as that of the previous so-called \u2018mixed period.\u2019 But it would be a culmination of the elite-oriented trends that have shaped the nominating process since 1984, in which party elites have played an increasingly large role in shaping the presidential nomination.\u201d Recommended by a student who said \u201cthis article left me with many thoughts to chew&nbsp;on.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2024\/08\/06\/five-faith-facts-about-harris-pick-tim-walz-a-minnesota-lutheran-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a \u2018Minnesota Lutheran\u2019 Dad<\/a> (Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service): \u201cWalz is Lutheran.\u2026 He does not often discuss his faith publicly but has posted about attending worship during Christmas and other services at various Lutheran churches. Walz refers to Pilgrim Lutheran Church in St. Paul \u2014 a congregation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a mainline denomination \u2014 as \u2018my parish.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2024\/august\/tim-walz-vice-president-kamala-harris-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walz\u2019s Brand Is More Left than Lutheran Among Minnesota Evangelicals<\/a> (Harvest Prude, Christianity Today): \u201cFor the average Missouri Synod member, both pastor and lay member, [Walz] absolutely will not be seen as one of us,\u201d Hans Fiene, a Lutheran pastor in Missouri and creator of Lutheran Satire, a multimedia project to teach about the Lutheran faith, told CT. \u201cSo there won\u2019t be any kind of situation like with Biden being a Catholic, where Catholics go, <em>Well, he doesn\u2019t really represent us, but he\u2019s still a Catholic<\/em>.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lutheran Satire guy! Great YouTube videos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JnIUMFIE15I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Olympics hits hard for Americans<\/a> (Dustin Nickerson, YouTube): two minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/gorillas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gorillas<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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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Things Glen Found Interesting Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/08\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-465\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 465\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,148,113,133,117,132,247],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-israel","tag-lgbtq","tag-middle-east","tag-politics","tag-supreme-court","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1WO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490","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=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7491,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions\/7491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}