May 17, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for May 17 2024

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

• faith in heaven vs. faith in hell

• follow up on research ethics implications of Twitter's 'general amnesty'

• Guitar Hero 2, Eurovision, and Wikipedia: rediscovering Freezepop

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• I have zero personal interest in joining Bluesky, but I’m happy that you can follow accounts via RSS and even happier that whatever bug was stopping my RSS reader from pulling posts has been resolved. Glad to be following some people I haven’t seen since Twitter.

• This morning, I’m reviewing a manuscript while watching a “cab ride” video on YouTube and thinking about how much calmer academic work is once final grades have been submitted.

• The costume of Latvia’s Eurovision contestant reminds me of The Tick, and I can’t take him seriously.

• Hier soir, je me suis dit qu’il ne ferait pas de mal de ne pas me coucher à l’heure. Ce matin, je ne veux que me recoucher.

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'OpenAI, Mass Scraper of Copyrighted Work, Claims Copyright Over Subreddit's Logo'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Stack Overflow users sabotage their posts after OpenAI deal'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Eurovision 2024: Here are the songs with the best shot at glory'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'I’m the Word “Utilize” and I’m Loving Every Moment of Your Overblown Rhetoric'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Pluralistic: You were promised a jetpack by liars (17 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'

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

• 🎙️ radioblog: ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 for XPD

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for Apostle of the Poor: The Life and Work of Missionary and Humanitarian Charles D. Neff, by Matthew Bolton

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Spencer