March 22, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Mar 22 2024

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

• more space for depression and grace

• do you want to be good or to be optimized?

• religious authority, Mormonism, and Instagram

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• Doing some quick math to compare how old I was when I first watched Star Wars to kiddo’s current age. Also hoping my parents haven’t tossed out the cassettes I got at that age in case I want to hunt down a VHS player and watch it that way.

• “By the way, daddy, I don’t really have laser eyes. I just made that up as part of the game.”

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on '“Line upon line, precept on precept”? Maybe not.'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'As The US Freaks Out About TikTok, It’s Revealed That The CIA Was Using Chinese Social Media To Try To Undermine The Gov’t There'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Call for Submissions: The Deleted Comments Department - Exponent II'

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

• 🍿 movieblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Dune

• 🍿 movieblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Dune Part Two

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for For the Win, by Cory Doctorow

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Spencer