March 8, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Mar 08 2024

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

• far-right Mormonism and the boundaries of Twitter hashtags

• un souvenir ludique de Grenoble

• 📚 spreading the word about the Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle 📚

• hooray for faculty collegiality

• coming to peace with the Kirtland Temple sale

• more thoughts on Kirtland (with gratitude for Lach Mackay)

• some thoughts on Independence Temple theology

• libraries could be the best streaming services

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• Several times in recent weeks, I’ve packed a lunch, “realized” I’d forgotten a fork, rushed to add one to my lunch bag, and then opened my lunch on campus to find two forks in there. I often joke that I became a professor because I already had the “absent-minded” part down, but still…

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy | John Naughton'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Kirtland Temple purchased by LDS church for $192.5 million'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Tech Billionaire Tries to Ease Fears of Hawaii Takeover by Donating $150 Million to Hospitals'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'ALPR Maker Flock Broke Laws Repeatedly While Installing Cameras, Courting Cop Shops'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Roku Will Bork Your TV Unless You Promise Not to Sue'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Une Miss Allemagne âgée de 39 ans et originaire d'Iran : un pied de nez aux racistes et misogynes'

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

• 🍿 movieblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for The Marvels

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Spencer