A Substack Casserole: Anger, Debate, Disgust, Philosophy, JD Vance Interview
What caught my attention this week.
The Substack polls are in. Podcasts are out. The articles got the most votes. This one is really heavy on them, so it’s going to be cut off in your email. It’s better if you read it in the Substack app or your browser.
Top Substacks
This was a timely one because I was fuming the day this was published.
I dealt with this earlier in the week. Ayaan’s article was a balm.
A post-debate analysis I enjoyed.
It’s multifaceted. These days, I’m trying to see how little I can eat to stay healthy and fit.
You can thank Biden and Harris for this one.
Cultural relativism has it’s place in things like diet—unless it’s cannibalism. This is government-sanctioned pedophilia. I said what I said.
I’m probably going to read his new book.
Skynet isn’t the problem; it’s who’s building it and its competitors. Or, in more contemporary terms, Ultron vs JARVIS/Vision.
I like to think I’m pretty smart, but this is the most obvious way to teach kids math and why it’s important.
Numbers!
Bible study methods.
This was interesting. You have the main character with plot armor—what we think we are. Then there are the NPCs—non-playable characters with a script they repeat, which is closer than I’d like to admit. Now, there’s a new one:
I have to marinate on this one…
Books I'm Currently Reading
Currently on The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher. I loved his book Live Not By Lies.
Pastor Joby Martin from the Church of Eleven22 released a new book titled Run Over by the Grace Train: How the Unstoppable Love of God Transforms Everything. I love listening to him when he’s on Kyle Thompson’s Undaunted Life podcast.
Favorite YouTube videos
People love subscription boxes. This isn’t exactly that, but you get boxes of awesome. I’m trying it out.
Thought I'm Pondering
Should I write out my political stance for paid subs only, or is it pretty obvious?