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Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him)

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This relays ALL my (micro)blogging; specific RSS, Mastodon feeds on my website. Nerd (🇫🇷🚴🏼‍♂️🎲). Anxious but trying spouse, dad. Social media researcher @ U. of Kentucky. Nontheist, peace & justice-aspiring elder in Community of Christ w/Mormon roots.

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Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 13h

I love searching through Alfred!

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 19h

si on insistait sur la prononciation qu'on utilise en famille (ou sur son surnom), il serait bien plus facile de distinguer, mais c'est pénible de ne pas faire à l'américaine...

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 19h

We thought we’d intentionally given kiddo an uncommon name, but the local youth soccer league seems to have recruited all of the other kids with that name, and it’s very confusing for her.

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Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 19h

Genuinely good kiddo joke: “What do you call it when people made of jewels steal something? An ametheist!”

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 1d

A few days into finally subscribing to Kagi, custom “bang” shortcuts are my favorite feature so far.

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Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 1d

🔗 linkblog: ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-10-the-onion/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 1d

“AI is as good as any rubric” (an actual statement I overheard at a campus-wide meeting), if true, is more of an indictment of current assessment practice than praise of AI quality.

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 1d

🔗 linkblog: Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-10-some-good/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 2d

I'm attending a Fr-Sa-Su conference that weekend, and somehow that makes "fall back" even more exciting.

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 2d

🔗 linkblog: He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2025-10-09-well-this/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 2d

🔗 linkblog: What the Arrival of A.I. Video Generators Like Sora Means for Us https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2025-10-09-strong-ellul/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 3d

🔗 linkblog: People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-08-look-maybe/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 3d

🔗 linkblog: OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-08-something-feels/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 3d

Jacques Ellul contre l'appli Sora https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/jacques-ellul-contre-lappli-sora/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 4d

📚 bookblog: Théologie et technique : Pour une éthique de non-puissance (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤) https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-07-oh-l%C3%A0/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 4d

🔗 linkblog: Ted Cruz doesn’t seem to understand Wikipedia, lawyer for Wikimedia says https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-07-this-is/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 4d

🔗 linkblog: Dead celebrities are apparently fair game for Sora 2 video manipulation https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-07-just-bookmarking/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 4d

🔗 linkblog: Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-07-wish-id/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 4d

🔗 linkblog: Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-07-platformizing-ai/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 5d

📚 bookblog: Mosiah: A Brief Theological Introduction (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤) https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-06-as-a/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 5d

📚 bookblog: Malaventure en pain d'épices (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤) https://spencergreenhalgh.com/relationships/2025-10-06-bon-javoue/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 5d

I keep thinking I should be trying harder to follow French politics (like I used to), and then when I try to get caught up, there's so much chaos that I nope back out.

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Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 5d

🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: Apple’s unlawful evil (06 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2025-10-06-good-connection/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 5d

🔗 linkblog: Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2025-10-06-this-never/

Spencer Greenhalgh (he/him) @spencergreenhalgh.com · 6d

📚 bookblog: Joe Country (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤) https://spencergreenhalgh.com/myself/2025-10-05-i-remembered/