We’re both still very busy and have been feeling less than well which we’re attributing to the haze–we’ve both got red eyes and painful sinuses all the time, and despite sleeping in a room with an air purifier and an air conditioner, neither us seems to be getting nice deep sleepl
Anyway, on to links! I’m still trying to sort it so that the science and other, mostly happy news is at the top, and then we get to less pleasant topics before finishing with music videos. Enjoy!
Links of the Week
The Last Death-Defying Honey Hunter of Nepal.
Science!
10 Badass Trees That Refuse To Die.
City-dwelling sea snakes are changing colors for a strange reason.
Early humans may have seen a supervolcano explosion up close.
Study: The Milky Way is swarming with black holes.
The Largest Space Telescope Ever Could Study an Earth-Like Exoplanet Next Door.
Prehistoric Baby Skull Shows What Our Common Ancestor With Apes May Have Looked Like.
Malicious code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it.
Rare Fossils Reveal New Species of Ancient Gliding Mammals.
Evolutionary psychology is the most obvious example of how “science” is flawed.
This Week in Weather and the Atmosphere
The Long Seattle Haze Shows How Climate Change Will Hit the Poor.
This Week in Typography
The Loveliest Living Fossil“Nº was the number sign before # became a number sign, and it refreshingly serves this one and only purpose.”
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
Locus Online News » Dragon Awards Refuse Withdrawal.
The Story of the Bad Ugly Monster by May Peterson.
This Week in History
How Ice Cream Helped the U.S. Military at War.
Here’s Why the U.S. Hasn’t Brought ‘Fire and Fury’ to North Korea .
News for queers and our allies:
The Hero Who Saved His Gay Friends.
Conservatives Are Really Scared Of This Purple ‘Gender Unicorn’.
This Week in the Patriarchy
If Men Were “Just Polite” To Each Other – comic by Kasia Babis.
How a 19th century nude painting became a feminist meme.
This Week in Misogyny in Tech
I’M A GOOGLE MANUFACTURING ROBOT AND I BELIEVE HUMANS ARE BIOLOGICALLY UNFIT TO HAVE JOBS IN TECH.
Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls”.
Culture war news:
We Hold Sasha and Malia Obama to a Higher Standard Than the Trump Children, and That’s Ridiculous.
Texas Transgender Bathroom Bill Falters Amid Mounting Opposition .
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
How Twitter took on Trump’s bot army—and won.
Twitter suspends army of fake accounts after Trump thanks propaganda ‘bot’ for supporting him.
News about the Fascist Regime:
What The Fuck Just Happened Today? Anyway, congratulations. So far you (and America) have survived Steve Bannon, Steve Miller, “alternative facts,” “Braggadocious,” Jeff Sessions, Anthony Scaramucci, Neil Gorsuch, and so many bad policies and apocalyptic pronouncements that a person needs a web archive like this to track them all.”>.
This week in Politics:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn.
A Congressional Candidate Asked Men If They’d Be Willing To Give Up Their Civil Rights.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables:
White people should be more afraid of other whites than they are of people of color.
This Week in Hate Crimes
Minnesota mosque bombed during morning prayers.
On average, 9 mosques have been targeted every month this year.
Farewells:
Glen Campbell Is Dead at 81 from Alzheimer’s.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 8/5/2017: Let’s stick with happy stuff.
Getting a better perspective on threats to knowledgee — and us.
By their fruits you will know them — when people show you who they are, believe them.
Videos!
P!nk – What About Us (Lyric Video):
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Move Your Body – Sia ft Kazaky:
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