November 8, 2024

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Nov 08 2024

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

• a local news dilemma

• on art and punching Nazis

• books I want to reread after this particular Election Day

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• I first met my spouse in college, where she was doing biology while I was doing French, so even though I’m now a tenured professor in a technology-focused major, I still think of her as the “STEM parent” for the purposes of helping with kiddo’s homework.

• Between class, early voting, and Halloween yesterday, I did not get to much of my email inbox. Today’s going to have to be “All Sends Day.”

• In our big content management systems class project this semester, students are knocking it out of the park in a way that makes me proud of them but also reassures me that maybe I understand this stuff despite no formal training after all.

• One of my favorite things that Lexington does is to hold a bike light awareness “Glow Ride” the night before the fall time change. It’s been a family tradition for us and a lot of fun.

• I have long felt that “Anne Ominous” would be a good name for a character in a superhero story—and long bemoaned that I’m not creative enough to create that story myself.

• I don’t know what (if anything) to make of this, but the roller rink appears to be a dependable place for experiencing parental pride.

• I’ve been scheduled for a while to preach on hope during Advent. It was always going to be about hope in the face of bleakness, but I can see the tone changing a bit now anyway.

• Another fun bike commuting game is precipitation chicken: How much of this rain can I wait out before delaying my ride in makes me late for class?

• Happy to report that I won this morning’s game of precipitation chicken—didn’t even need the rain gear I put on out of caution.

• Teaching my project-focused WordPress class keeps me humble: I answer so many student questions with “I don’t know how to do that, but I know it’s possible. Let’s figure it out together.”

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

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Long lines reported on first day of early voting in Kentucky'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Beshear calls for electing president by popular vote, says it would be better for Kentucky • Kentucky Lantern'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'And Yet It Moves'

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

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People, by Terry Stokes

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Spencer