August 16, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Aug 16 2024

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

• Eurovision, the Book of Mormon, and a theology of hell on earth

• webcomics and the importance of content aggregation

• thoughts on camping traditions in Community of Christ

• trying to remember that Disney sucks (even if I like a lot of their IP)

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• Kiddo’s first day of school, and despite getting plenty of sleep, I’m just exhausted from getting up earlier than I have been. Making it through with the help of a favorite D&D actual play podcast, but this still doesn’t bode well for next few months.

• More than once, I have gotten myself in trouble while teaching my WordPress class by getting out of my web hosting comfort zone. Today, though, I pulled off some DNS and cPanel stuff right on the edge of my limits, so let’s hope sailing stays smooth for the whole semester. 🤞🏻

• This semester, I am encouraged to include in my syllabus links to student resources related to mental health, food insecurity, etc., but required to include instructions for how to respond to an “active aggressor.” How depressing.

• One of those mornings where I feel like I’m rolling with disadvantage on all ability checks.

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Pluralistic: Apple vs the “free market” (15 Aug 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'How MIT copes without Elsevier'

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

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 for The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber

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Spencer