June 14, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Jun 14 2024

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

• how to translate 'restoration' and different views on religion

• follow up on not having control over my own research

• trying to define a non-theist God

• research on anti-feminist online Mormonism referenced in Salt Lake Tribune column

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• The most expensive part of this round of strep throat is going to be the 40% of summer camp tuition that corresponds to the days kiddo won’t be attending.

• Half-serious question as I belatedly remember my library’s summer reading program for adults started last Monday: Does a radio adaptation of a book count as an audiobook?

• Saturday morning spouse conversations: “What if I dressed up as such-and-such Eurovision act for Thanksgiving?” “I know you meant Halloween, but I like the idea of Thanksgiving better.”

• Turns out that explaining to kiddo how to pull off a victory against long odds in the Pokémon TCG scratches the same strategic itch as doing it myself, so she got to beat me, and I still had a satisfying game.

• In further evidence that libraries are magical places: Two days in a row, we’ve gone to summer events at different branches across town and, without prior coordination, run into kiddos’ friends.

• En anglais, un assassin, c’est un tueur à gages, un agent secret, ou parfois quelqu’un qui a tué une personne bien connue. Je sais que ça signifie qqch de plus général en français, mais quand la RTS parle des « assassins mineurs », je suis quand-même un peu choqué avant de me corriger.

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'La droite française se déchire sur une possible alliance avec le RN en vue des législatives'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Apple’s new custom emoji come with climate costs'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Pluralistic: An end to the climate emergency is in our grasp (12 Jun 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Lexington’s 2-mile downtown trail system wins another national award'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Cops Released a Car’s Travel History to a Total Stranger'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'UK board votes to dissolve university Senate, outlines role of new faculty body'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'A major disinformation research center’s future looks uncertain'

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

• 🎙️ radioblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Nineteen Eighty-Four

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for The High Crusade, by Poul Anderson

• 📺 tvblog: ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 for Pushing Daisies (Season 2)

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pour La réinvention du nom de Dieu, par Gérard Siegwalt

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Spencer