{"id":8007,"date":"2026-07-17T17:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=8007"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:29:28","slug":"tgfi-volume-564-ai-inspired-motorcycle-jumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/07\/17\/tgfi-volume-564-ai-inspired-motorcycle-jumps","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 564: AI-inspired motorcycle jumps"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n<\/p><p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some\u00adthing nifty I learned this week: you can set your DNS to block mal\u00adware and adult con\u00adtent auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly and for free. I did\u00adn\u2019t know that. This is cool! I\u2019m sure it\u2019s not per\u00adfect, but I love the con\u00adcept. It won\u2019t real\u00adly block a deter\u00admined ado\u00adles\u00adcent, but it can keep sketchy ads from entic\u00ading them in the first place. More info at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families\/\">Intro\u00adduc\u00ading 1.1.1.1 for Fam\u00adi\u00adlies | The Cloud\u00adflare Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>For IPv4\nPrimary DNS: 1.1.1.3\nSecondary DNS: 1.0.0.3\n\nFor IPv6\nPrimary DNS: 2606:4700:4700::1113\nSecondary DNS: 2606:4700:4700::1003<\/code><\/pre>\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>AI-relat\u00aded arti\u00adcles\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/10\/us\/politics\/ai-terrorism-boko-haram-nigeria.html\">How Ter\u00adror\u00adist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in Bat\u00adtle<\/a> (Dustin Volz and Eric Schmitt, New York Times): \u201cWhen a gang of motor\u00adcy\u00adcle-rid\u00ading mem\u00adbers of Boko Haram attacked a mil\u00adi\u00adtary base in east\u00adern Nige\u00adria a cou\u00adple of years ago, they were stymied by a defen\u00adsive trench sur\u00adround\u00ading the com\u00adplex. The extrem\u00adists regrouped. Before launch\u00ading anoth\u00ader assault, they asked A.I. for help. \u2018We saw in a movie how motor\u00adcy\u00adcles can jump over bridges,\u2019 a for\u00admer Boko Haram com\u00adman\u00adder told Anto\u00adnia Juelich, a ter\u00adror\u00adism and tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy researcher at Cam\u00adbridge Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. \u2018We used A.I. to learn how to do this. We gave it infor\u00adma\u00adtion, like what motor\u00adcy\u00adcles we use and the dis\u00adtance we need to jump and so on, and it gave us steps on what we have to do.\u2019 Using tips from chat\u00adbots, mechan\u00adics mod\u00adi\u00adfied the motor\u00adcy\u00adcles to allow for faster accel\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and top speed. The rid\u00aders dug their own holes, filled them with bro\u00adken glass and fire, and prac\u00adticed jumps \u2014 some\u00adtimes with fatal out\u00adcomes \u2014 until they achieved enough aer\u00adi\u00adal liftoff to mount a suc\u00adcess\u00adful attack, defec\u00adtors said.\u201d \u2014 Wild. My favorite bit apart from that: \u201cDrew Pusateri, a spokesman for Ope\u00adnAI, said using the company\u2019s plat\u00adforms for vio\u00adlence or ter\u00adror\u00adism vio\u00adlat\u00aded its poli\u00adcies.\u201d Yes, ter\u00adror\u00adists are noto\u00adri\u00adous rule-fol\u00adlow\u00aders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emollick\/status\/2075950897029374334\">AI Wins At Slay The Spire<\/a> (Ethan Mol\u00adlick, Twit\u00adter): \u201cThis was one of those impres\u00adsive AI thresh\u00adolds for me. I gave GPT\u20115.6 Sol in Codex con\u00adtrol over my com\u00adput\u00ader, and asked it to win the dai\u00adly chal\u00adlenge for the game Slay the Spire 2 (ran\u00addom\u00adized fac\u00adtors, so can\u2019t cheat). It<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/artificial-intelligence-not-human\">AI Isn\u2019t Human. Stop Talk\u00ading About It Like It Is.<\/a> (Spencer Kla\u00advan, The Free Press): \u201cMuch of our deep\u00adest civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion\u00adal wisdom\u2014and, if we\u2019re Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, the essence of our nation\u00adal creed\u2014is found\u00aded on the premise that human beings are not just fan\u00adcy bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtrap\u00adtions but ani\u00admate beings with a right to the lives we are born with. Tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal cre\u00adations, mar\u00advelous as they are, can\u2019t have the same rights or respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties pre\u00adcise\u00adly because they don\u2019t have the same capac\u00adi\u00adty for thought in the truest sense of the word. Treat things like peo\u00adple, and you run the risk of treat\u00ading peo\u00adple like things.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/13\/opinion\/college-grade-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ylA.0uWN.jl3EdW99hWCf&amp;smid=url-share\">I\u2019m a Col\u00adlege Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Inflat\u00ading Grades. I Need Help.<\/a> (Frank Bruni, New York Times): \u201cOnce every\u00adbody starts dis\u00adpens\u00ading A\u2019s like so many Pez, every\u00adbody else is pres\u00adsured to do like\u00adwise: If they don\u2019t, they\u2019re giv\u00ading grades that no longer com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate \u2014 to stu\u00addents, to prize com\u00admit\u00adtees, to grad\u00adu\u00adate schools \u2014 what those grades were intend\u00aded to sig\u00adni\u00adfy. I may per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adsid\u00ader an A- a com\u00adpli\u00adment, but if the cul\u00adture regards it as a gen\u00adtle remon\u00adstra\u00adtion, am I stub\u00adborn\u00adly choos\u00ading to speak an extinct lan\u00adguage at my stu\u00addents\u2019 expense? To what ben\u00ade\u00adfit? No depart\u00adment head or dean will com\u00adpli\u00adment me on my high stan\u00addards. No for\u00admu\u00adla will inter\u00adpret and adjust my course eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions for how gen\u00ader\u00adous or stingy I was with A\u2019s. My cours\u00ades will be less appeal\u00ading. And school admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly pre\u00adfer pro\u00adfes\u00adsors who attract stu\u00addents to pro\u00adfes\u00adsors who repel them.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gift link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two tales of pas\u00adtoral impris\u00adon\u00adment:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/17\/world\/asia\/ezra-jin-china-pastor-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yVA.aH0P.6EvqpOPAnIbd&amp;smid=url-share\">\u2018Sud\u00adden\u00adly, I Was Free\u2019: A Chi\u00adnese Pastor\u2019s Jour\u00adney From Jail to the U.S.<\/a> (Vivian Wang, New York Times): \u201cWhen Mr. Jin stepped off the air\u00adplane, he saw that his youngest son, who had been 10 years old when they last met, was now taller than him. He had missed the wed\u00adding of his old\u00adest child, Grace Jin Drex\u00adel, who was now a moth\u00ader of three. She was car\u00adry\u00ading her youngest, just one month old, whom she had named Ezra in her father\u2019s hon\u00ador. \u2018Hold\u00ading the chil\u00addren, that was the hap\u00adpi\u00adest moment of my life,\u2019 he said. Still, the moment was tinged by grief, too. Ms. Jin Drex\u00adel said she almost didn\u2019t rec\u00adog\u00adnize her father at first, because he had lost more than 30 pounds. His hair had also been shaved in jail. On the Fourth of July, the fam\u00adi\u00adly ate In-N-Out burg\u00aders and watched fire\u00adworks from their hotel room in Los Ange\u00adles.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gift link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2026\/07\/17\/longtime-anglican-pastor-colorado-languishes-ice-detention\/\">A pastor\u2019s lengthy ICE deten\u00adtion leaves his Col\u00adorado parish\u00adioners torn<\/a> (Michelle Boorstein, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cIn Ugan\u00adda, Nal\u00adwam\u00adba was pas\u00adtor of a 300-mem\u00adber Angli\u00adcan church and an occa\u00adsion\u00adal pub\u00adlic crit\u00adic of the gov\u00adern\u00adment. In an inter\u00adview and in var\u00adi\u00adous U.S. court records, he described threat\u00aden\u00ading inci\u00addents under mul\u00adti\u00adple Ugan\u00addan regimes. Secu\u00adri\u00adty agents took him from his home in the mid\u00addle of the night, forced him to lie on the ground in a field and inter\u00adro\u00adgat\u00aded him about his involve\u00adment with an oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion group, accord\u00ading to a sum\u00adma\u00adry of his account includ\u00aded in a 2010 removal order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Cir\u00adcuit. \u2018He was warned that if he ever went to the \u2018air\u00adport to try and fly out of the coun\u00adtry,\u2019 [he would] nev\u00ader come out alive,\u2019 the order quot\u00aded him as say\u00ading. Some friends encour\u00adaged him to take a break from Ugan\u00adda, and in 2002 he came to the U.S. for a con\u00adfer\u00adence of charis\u00admat\u00adic Chris\u00adtians. He nev\u00ader returned. Today he is one of an esti\u00admat\u00aded 14 mil\u00adlion immi\u00adgrants in the U.S. with\u00adout legal sta\u00adtus.\u2026 The sta\u00adtus quo end\u00aded Sept. 18, when he was tak\u00aden into deten\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/11\/opinion\/population-forecast-birth-rate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ylA.0TMp.nDnzpQrD_3Hq&amp;smid=url-share\">The Pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion Bust Is Com\u00ading Soon\u00ader Than Any\u00adone Is Pre\u00adpared For<\/a> (Lyman Stone, New York Times): \u201cIf America\u2019s pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion does decline, it will strain our enti\u00adtle\u00adments sys\u00adtem, dam\u00adage the econ\u00ado\u00admy, reduce inno\u00adva\u00adtion and entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adship, and cause seri\u00adous labor short\u00adages. But the major\u00adi\u00adty point of view \u2014 held by major insti\u00adtu\u00adtions like the Cen\u00adsus Bureau, the Unit\u00aded Nations and the Social Secu\u00adri\u00adty trustees \u2014 is that the Unit\u00aded States prob\u00ada\u00adbly won\u2019t face pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion decline until the 2080s, or even beyond 2100. That fore\u00adcast is far too opti\u00admistic. The more accu\u00adrate pro\u00adjec\u00adtion, which I out\u00adlined in a recent report for my orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion, the Insti\u00adtute for Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies, sees the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion begin\u00adning to shrink in the 2050s. It is a fore\u00adcast so grim it could upend Amer\u00adi\u00adcan bud\u00adget\u00ading and, thus, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pol\u00adi\u00adtics.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gift link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rocanews.substack.com\/p\/have-young-americans-forgotten-how\">Have Young Amer\u00adi\u00adcans For\u00adgot\u00adten How to Live?<\/a> (Max Hud\u00adgins, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn recent years, artists like Tyler, the Cre\u00adator and Kay\u00adtrana\u00adda have called out fans for stand\u00ading still at their con\u00adcerts. Tyler, the Cre\u00adator said last sum\u00admer: \u2018I asked some friends why they don\u2019t dance in pub\u00adlic and some said because of the fear of being filmed.\u2026 It made me won\u00adder how much of our human spir\u00adit got killed because of the fear of being a meme, all for hav\u00ading a good time.\u2019 Were they, too, pris\u00adon\u00aders of the panop\u00adti\u00adcon?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/14\/magazine\/terminal-lucidity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yVA.uVw8.VS-NnkbXpzIc&amp;smid=url-share\">Why Do Some Demen\u00adtia Patients \u2018Return\u2019 Just Before They Die?<\/a> (Bil\u00adly Bren\u00adnan, New York Times): \u201cMashour and sev\u00ader\u00adal oth\u00ader atten\u00addees shared that, like Batthyany, they had wit\u00adnessed lucid episodes first\u00adhand. But the more the researchers dis\u00adcussed the phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon, the more it con\u00adfound\u00aded them. Mashour likened the brain in late-stage Alzheimer\u2019s to a pot\u00adhole-rid\u00adden high\u00adway sys\u00adtem on the verge of col\u00adlapse, the bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal traf\u00adfic of mind and mem\u00ado\u00adry no longer able to flow. \u201cIf this were hap\u00adpen\u00ading with actu\u00adal high\u00adways,\u201d he told me, \u201cat no point would we say: \u2018Well, you know what? Just before this high\u00adway total\u00adly col\u00adlaps\u00ades, we\u2019re going to have a real\u00adly smooth ride.\u2019 We\u2019d say, \u2018It\u2019s just going to get worse and worse until the whole damn thing crum\u00adbles.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gift link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshbarro.com\/p\/permanent-daylight-saving-time-is\">Per\u00adma\u00adnent Day\u00adlight Sav\u00ading Time Is the Per\u00adfect Stu\u00adpid Idea for Our Stu\u00adpid Time<\/a> (Josh Bar\u00adro, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAdvo\u00adcates of per\u00adma\u00adnent day\u00adlight sav\u00ading time are often unaware that we tried this before \u2014 and that Con\u00adgress swift\u00adly reversed course because Amer\u00adi\u00adcans were very unhap\u00adpy about the loss of sun\u00adlight in the morn\u00ading hours. Even when they learn this, it is rare that they update their stance. Many blind\u00adly dis\u00admiss the lessons of his\u00adto\u00adry; they say 1974 was a long time ago and things are dif\u00adfer\u00adent now. But the main <em>rel\u00ade\u00advant<\/em> dif\u00adfer\u00adence between 1974 and now is that tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy han\u00addles clock changes on our behalf, so time changes are less bur\u00adden\u00adsome than they used to be. I bare\u00adly notice them, in fact. But I <em>will<\/em> notice if it\u2019s dark out in New York City at 8 a.m. in Decem\u00adber, and we know from his\u00adto\u00adry that vot\u00aders will notice too and they won\u2019t be pleased about it.\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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/high-school-graduate-florida-breaks-155657000.html\">High school grad\u00adu\u00adate in Flori\u00adda breaks state record with 11.99 GPA, trig\u00adger\u00ading a pol\u00adi\u00adcy over\u00adhaul<\/a> (Caitlin Hornik, AOL.com): \u201cTo achieve his 11.99 GPA, Bhaskar took 44 Advanced Place\u00adment and dual col\u00adlege enroll\u00adment class\u00ades. The <em>Palm Beach Post<\/em> report\u00aded that by the time Bhaskar received his diplo\u00adma, he also had enough cred\u00adits for an associate\u2019s degree. The sheer vol\u00adume of class\u00ades was enough to bump his weight\u00aded aver\u00adage up to well beyond what school offi\u00adcials believe should be pos\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/820171552162250752\/flatasgard\">A Mar\u00advel Flat Earth Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion<\/a> \u2014 (Texts From Super\u00adheroes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/america-finally-interested-in-soccer-after-realizing-how-angry-you-can-make-europeans\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca Final\u00adly Inter\u00adest\u00aded In Soc\u00adcer After Real\u00adiz\u00ading How Angry You Can Make Euro\u00adpeans<\/a> \u2014 (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/soccer-is-slow-low-scoring-and-boring-says-baseball-fan\">\u2018Soc\u00adcer Is Slow, Low-Scor\u00ading, And Bor\u00ading,\u2019 Says Base\u00adball Fan<\/a> \u2014 (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? 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