It’s Friday. It’s the second Friday in July!

This week’s round up is a bit smaller than usual. Still trying to figure out how much time I should put into these posts, and still being way busier than usual at work and such.

Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.

Links of the Week

How This Year’s Pride Gave Me Hope .

Digging in the Trash — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.

Education: The Great Leveler and the Great Divider.

Happy News!

Disneyland’s Captain America talking to a guest in sign-language will make you happy cry.

This week in awful people

‘Valuable’ Clues Uncovered in Case of 4 Young Men Missing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Person of Interest Arrested.

Captain Awkward #992: “My husband is dating my mom.”.

Minuteman co-founder gets 19½ years for sexually abusing 5-year-old. All 3 of his daughters say they’re also victims.

Fate of disgraced Joe Arpaio, who once said ‘nobody’s higher than me,’ now in judge’s hands.

News for queers and our allies:

Fraternity Brothers Say ‘I Do’ After 10-Year Romance.

The church’s trans epiphany will ease the way for others like me.

Rugby player at Pride parade sends crowds into frenzy with marriage proposal.

Small town, big pride: Erie, Pennsylvania.

This hero dad has become an advocate for his trans son.

Scott Frantz, offensive lineman for Kansas State, comes out as gay.

Science!

Super Gonorrhea Is About to Get the Trump Bump.

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!

Seattle Review of Books – Future Alternative Past: Dividing past the dividing lines.

Ship’s Log: 12 Queer SFF Books with Upcoming Sequels .

Franchise Addiction, Movie Studio Dealers, Series Re-Visits, and Why We Need New (better) Drugs.

Friday Five: 5 SF/F Books that Ace the Bechdel Test.

This Week in Love Conquers…

A Widow’s Rage Defense of Patton Oswalt’s Engagement.

This Week in Tech

SoundCloud sinks as leaks say layoffs buy little time .

This Week in Covering the News

After obtaining his contact information through its accidental exposure by the Washington Post, a high school reporter contacted Secretary of Defense James Mattis for an interview – and it’s a good, solid interview:.

This Week in Police Problems

Lawsuit Accuses Baton Rouge Police Of Excessive Force During Protests Over Alton Sterling’s Death.

Culture war news:

A massive pilot study demonstrates the subtle ways LGBTQ people are disadvantaged when seeking housing.

This Week in Fighting Back in the Culture War:

For the Second Year in a Row, Anti-Trans Activists Fail to Turn in Signatures for Their Ballot Measure.

This Week in the Resistance:

LGBTQ Rights Group Launches Massive Anti-Trump Effort For 2018.

This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:

The Trump-Russia Conspiracy Is Now Very Simple.

U.S., Russia Offer Conflicting Accounts of Trump-Putin Meeting .

News about the Fascist Regime:

The GOP health bill would cut benefits for very poor households by an average of $2,500 a year, economists say.

Republican Lawmakers Buy Health Insurance Stocks as Repeal Effort Moves Forward.

This week in Politics:

In Defense of Talking About Misogyny In a City That Hasn’t Had a Female Mayor in 92 Years.

Things I wrote:

Weekend Update 7/8/2017: Scandals and Schadenfreude.

We need to take the victories when we get them.

We’re living in the future, but a lot of people don’t get it.

Confessions of a gift-guilty packrat.

Zen, Bradbury, and the Hugo Awards – more of why I love sf/f.

Videos!

Kesha – Woman (Official Video) ft. The Dap-Kings Horns:

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Selena Gomez – Fetish (Audio) ft. Gucci Mane:

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HAIM – Want You Back (Official Video):

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