I’m not sure whether we haven’t quite recovered from last week’s illnesses, or if all the rain has made plants go extra crazy with the pollen and just making my hay fever worse, but we have both been a bit out of it all week.
Anyway, here are the links I gathered this week, sorted into categories as accurately as I could.
Links of the Week
MY YEAR INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL ALT-RIGHT.
This Teenager Saved Numerous People During Hurricane Harvey Using An Air Mattress.
The Week in Bisexual Awareness
7 Ridiculous Things NOT to Say to Bisexual Folks.
Science!
Celebrating and Mourning Cassini in Its Finale at Saturn.
Cassini’s own discoveries were its demise.
Glowing Red Eye: Cosmic Bubble Surrounds Odd ‘Carbon Star’.
Archaeologists Discover Something Truly Bizarre in an Isolated Medieval Graveyard.
Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System.
Glowing slinky-like ‘creature’ is actually a mass of eggs.
This Extinct Frog Probably Ate Crocodiles and Dinosaurs.
Narcissistic Parents Are Literally Incapable Of Loving Their Children.
Octlantis is a just-discovered underwater city engineered by octopuses .
This Week in Natural Disaster
Mexico Earthquake: More Than 200 Dead as Buildings Collapse.
Nancy Reagan Visited Mexico After the Earthquake of 1985, and She Brought a Check.
Death toll climbs as volunteers join search for Mexico earthquake survivors.
Maria kills 15 in Dominica, leaves Puerto Rico dark for months.
Hurricane Maria leaves Puerto Rico powerless, at least 15 dead on Dominica.
This week in awful news
This week in awful people
White Campus Security Guard Shoots Himself, Then Blames Black Man Who Doesn’t Exist to Cover It Up.
News for queers and our allies:
Students Stage Mass Protest After High School Fails to Punish Transphobic Football Players.
This week in Writing
A Writing Punch List Can Keep You Focused as You Edit Your Manuscript.
This Week in Tech
World Wide Web Consortium abandons consensus, standardizes DRM with 58.4% support, EFF resigns.
YouTube has “no idea” why queer gaming videos are being barred from monetisation.
Culture war news:
Episode of an Animated Children’s Show Gets Pulled From Netflix For Dick Drawing.
This week in the Resistance:
Pepe the Frog’s Creator Goes Legally Nuclear Against the Alt-Right.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Angry Right-Wingers Turn On Trump, Burn Their ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats.
Still no charity money from leftover Trump inaugural funds.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Trump wants crude anti-LGBTQ activist as pick for federal judge.
News about the Fascist Regime:
Border Patrol Arrests Near Safe Zones Worry Immigrant Advocates.
This week in Politics:
Republicans’ new repeal bill would probably leave millions more uninsured, new analyses suggest.
Democrats’ Unsolvable Media Problem.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables:
Undercover With the Alt-Right.
Milo Yiannopoulos’ “censored” Berkeley event smells like a massive troll .
KUOW Interviewed That Nazi Who Got Punched and People Hate It.
This Week in Foreign Enemies
Facebook’s Heading Toward a Bruising Run-In With the Russia Probe.
Facebook to Share 3,000+ Russian-linked Ads with Congress.
Farewells:
The Tao of Harry Dean Stanton: Alcohol, Cigarettes, and Knowing “You’re Nothing”.
Harry Dean Stanton, ‘Big Love,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ Star, Dies at 91.
Bernie Casey (1939 – 2017), artist, actor, and athlete.
Boxing Legend Jake LaMotta, Real-Life ‘Raging Bull,’ Dead At 95.
Things I wrote:
Angry men on buses — not all violence is equal.
Don’t try to obscure hate and violence with your false equivalence.
Defining one’s self vs being defined — adventures in dictionaries.
Videos!
Wonder Woman – Etta Candy Reminisces About Diana:
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White Wedding (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli):
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Toto – Africa (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Rabea & Hannah):
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Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes (Official Video):
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