August 25, 2023

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Aug 25 2023

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

• new edition of my remixed data science textbook

• 40 books that have shaped my faith

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• This is an admittedly fuzzy memory, but I was thinking today about the time some unit at BYU brought in a French thinker to speak on the importance of “the family,” but instead of the conservative religious arguments I was expecting, the guy’s talk had monarchist vibes.

• Inspired by a sci-fi book I’m reading, I made an off-handed quip this morning about becoming a disembodied simulation. Kiddo responded that she preferred to have a “huggable, play-withable” daddy.

• Prensky coined the term “digital native” to talk about people my age, but I have a colleague younger than me who is using the term to refer to our undergraduate students. This sums up so much of why I think this term is useless.

• I was excited last weekend to buy two new teas to add to my growing collection, but these might be the first duds I’ve picked out since starting with tea in May. I know rooibos is a red flag for me from years of herbal teas, so I don’t know how I missed it in the one ingredient list.

• “Welcome to tenure, here are all your new service obligations.”

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The Legislature’s Transportation Budget Cuts Contributed to the JCPS Bus Debacle - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift : NPR'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X | WIRED'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Lexington KY police start using Fusus camera software | Lexington Herald Leader'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy | WIRED'

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

• 🍿 movieblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for Oppenheimer

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, by David Treuer

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Spencer