{"id":75489,"date":"2026-04-17T23:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/weekend-open-thread-april-18-19-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:10:25","slug":"weekend-open-thread-april-18-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/weekend-open-thread-april-18-19-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Open Thread &#8211; April 18-19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-36508\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Weekend Open Thread &#8211; April 18-19, 2026<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-connect\">By<\/span> <span class=\"author\">Alison Green<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-connect\">But<\/span> <abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2026-04-17\">17 April 2026<\/abbr>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This comments section is open for any non-work-related discussions you would like to have with other readers by popular demand.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rules for weekend posts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Recommendation of the Week:<\/strong> <em>fox&#8217;s wife<\/em>By Yangze Chu. A Chinese detective story in which a grieving mother searches for her daughter&#8217;s murderer who turns into a fox who can transform into a woman. Slow-paced, beautifully written, and a little heartbreaking. (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tUU7po\">Amazon<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/109330\/9781250266033\">book store<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><small>If you use those links I earn a commission.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Griffin the tub\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1183560616?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\"><!(CDATA(<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>))><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style><!(CDATA(\n.video-wrapper {<br \/>position: relative;<br \/>height: 0;<br \/>padding-bottom: 56.25%; \/\/16:9, standard ratio<br \/>}<br \/>.video-wrapper iframe {<br \/>Position: Absolute;<br \/>top: 0;<br \/>left: 0;<br \/>Height: 100%;<br \/>Width: 100%;<br \/>}<br \/>))><\/style>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .comments-link --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"after-post-meta entry-meta\">\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend Open Thread &#8211; April 18-19, 2026 By Alison Green But 17 April 2026 This comments section is open for any non-work-related discussions you would like to have with other readers by popular demand. Here are the rules for weekend posts. Book Recommendation of the Week: fox&#8217;s wifeBy Yangze Chu. A Chinese detective story in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1454,1978,6325,5891],"class_list":{"0":"post-75489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-bread","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-open","10":"tag-thread","11":"tag-weekend"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75492,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489\/revisions\/75492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}