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August 4, 2023

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Aug 04 2023

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Here are long-form blog posts I published this week:

  • quoted in Salt Lake Tribune article on DezNat movement

  • new publication: Anti-LGBTQ+ discourses in LGBTQ+-affirming spaces on Gab Social

  • LIS 618 course mentioned in University of Kentucky news

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

  • I don’t want to contribute to the misconception that professors don’t work during the summer (which is hilariously false), but I’m really glad I took advantage of my nine month contract by prioritizing time with kiddo these last few months.

  • Every interactive object lesson in a purportedly hybrid worship service is a message that in-person attendees are more important than virtual ones.

  • Lire Guy Delisle en traduction, c’est déjà bon, et je suis content que ses albums sont disponible dans les bibliothèques près de chez moi. Pourtant, je viens de reprende Pyongyang en version francophone, et c’est parfait.

  • C’était le 1er août (où peut-être le jour d’après) la dernière fois que j’ai quitté la Suisse pour rentrer chez moi. La fête nationale marque donc un rappel d’y retourner un jour.

  • I was exhausted last night when I went to bed, and then I started imagining an argument with someone over research methods where I was pointing out the eugenicist views of early statistical pioneers, and that got me so riled up that I couldn’t fall asleep.

  • Over the past couple of years, I’ve been working to digitize journals, letters, and other documents from my past. It’s interesting to see how much of present me is different than past me—but also what’s still the same.

  • A few weeks ago, I added a tin of tea that tastes like Andes mints to my growing collection, and it’s taken a lot of self control to drink anything else in the morning.

Here are news articles and podcasts I commented on this week:

  • 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat | WIRED'

  • 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work | Ars Technica'

  • 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research - The New York Times'

  • 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The Nazis in the space program.'

Here are my reviews of books and other media I consumed this week:

  • 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for But Where Is the Lamb? Imagining the Story of Abraham and Isaac, by James Goodman

  • 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, by Guy Delisle

  • 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for Pyongyang, by Guy Delisle

  • 📺 tvblog: ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 for The Mandalorian (Season 3)

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Thanks for reading!

Spencer

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