Friday Links (no one right way to do Pride edition)
It’s Friday. The fourth Friday in Pride Month. That means this weekend is when a lot of Seattle’s Pride Events are happening! Happy Pride!
We have a full schedule with Locus Awards Weekend, some Pride events, and fun things with friends.
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
[Comic] Robot Hugs: There is no one right way to Pride.
It’s a joy to watch this guy’s Hot Wheels restoration YouTube channel .
This week in international hate crimes
European Court Condemns Russia’s Gay Propaganda Law.
Happy News!
From Oval Office, teacher of the year delivers a message on transgender rights.
Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest against ‘no shorts’ policy.
This week in awful news
“Black Live Matter. Love is Love. Climate Change is Real. Religious Freedom for All. Immigrants Make America Great. Women’s Rights Are Human Rights.” (Click to embiggen)
Killing of Muslim teen stirs questions about hate crime prosecutions.
Manchester attack: Islamophobic hate crime reports increase by 500%.
Portland police investigate menacing letter sent to Islamic center as hate crime.
A Muslim Teen Was Kidnapped And Murdered Outside A Virginia Mosque.
This Week in Restoring Our Faith in Humanity
‘Hero’ imam praises group that saved Finsbury Park suspect from angry crowd.
News for queers and our allies:
“Smile if you’re gay” (Click to embiggen)
Being Offended by Black and Brown Stripes on the Pride Flag Proves Why They’re Necessary.
A wave of states consider legislation recognizing the nuances within gender.
This gay coach and his gay son marched together in Pride for Father’s Day.
Bathroom bill another way to ‘bully’ transgender kids, mothers say.
Standing Up for Our Communities.
After outcry, an LGBT survey question is restored by HHS.
Ryan O’Callaghan and Finding Life Beyond the Closet.
Openly Gay Skateboarder Brian Anderson Bares All in His First Zine.
“Love is Love, is Love, is Love, is Love, is Love, is Love!” (click to embiggen)
LGBTQ teens share what Pride Month means to them in powerful campaign.
‘Strands For Trans’ Supports Transgender Community.
What LGBTQ Teens Wish Their School Knew About Them.
The Beauty and Terror of Passing as a Woman.
Chadwick Moore: LGBTQ People “Don’t Know What The Second Amendment Is”. Actually, it’s Moore who doesn’t know what the Second Amendment is, it’s history, it’s original intent, and so on.
“Equality” (Click to embiggen)
KKK members protest LGBTQ pride march in Florence: Hate ‘reared its ugly head’ .
See how the world celebrates Pride .
Philadelphia Mayor Will Sign Bill Prompted by Gayborhood Racism Complaints Into Law.
‘Babadook’ Is Returning to Theaters, And Proceeds Are Going to LGBTQ Groups.
This Gay Couple Re-Created Their Pride Photo 24 Years Later And It Has People Emotional.
Three Men Become First ‘Polyamorous Family’ Legally Recognized in Colombia.
AMA approves resolution against anti-trans bathroom bills.
This week in cool information
Why didn’t great painters of the past reach the level of realism achieved today by many artists? .
National Martini Day: The 10 Most Famous Martini Lovers.
7 gorgeous photos of redheads that challenge the way we see race.
Science!
“If God took Adam’s rib to create his partner, then genotype will be 44XY. This means that Adam’s partner was a male… Hence, ADAM & STEVE P.S. We don’t know then, how females happened P.PS. Religion didn’t see THAT coming.” (Click to embiggen)
What Is Space? – Issue 49: The Absurd.
Goodbye Planet Nine, Hello Planet Ten.
Researchers Are Using Viruses to Make Superbugs Commit Suicide.
Gangs of aggressive killer whales are shaking down Alaska fishing boats for their fish.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
GEEKS OUT EMPOWERS LGBTQ+ GEEKS AT FLAME CON AND BEYOND.
And other news:
Amazon’s move into groceries could squeeze Costco.
Idaho sequoia in way of expansion to be moved 2 blocks away.
This week in Words
“If god hates gays, why are we so cute?” (Click to embiggen)
Whichbook enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your need. Go try this site! You click on a few options, and it gives you a bunch of suggestions. It’s like a video game for book nerds!
This Week in History
Juneteenth: The Black American Holiday Everyone Should Celebrate but Doesn’t.
This Week in Tech
Apple accuses Qualcomm of double-dipping, wants end to pay-per-iPhone deal.
A Cyberattack ‘the World Isn’t Ready For.
‘Internet’ or ‘internet’? The Supreme Court Weighs in.
This Week in Misogyny in Tech
The myth of the ‘cool tech girl’ .
This Week in Covering the News
This Week in Inclusion
Movies Featuring Male Action Stars Faltering at Box Office This Season.
This Week in Police Problems
Seattle Police Officers Fatally Shoot 30-Year-Old Mother Near Magnuson Park.
Culture war news:
“Hey, Haters, Bite the Rainbow” (Click to embiggen)
No Religious Majority Backs Anti-Gay Discrimination by Business Owners Anymore.
Jesse Lee Peterson Says Democrats At Congressional Baseball Game Were Praying To Satan.
The Hoarding of the American Dream .
This week in rape culture
I believe Bill Cosby. He said he drugged women for sex. So why the mistrial?
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Trump’s Carrier deal is not living up to the hype — jobs still going to Mexico.
The Fact Checker’s tally of Trump’s false claims since becoming president .
News about the Fascist Regime:
Democrats Seek Records On Jared Kushner As Administration Tries To Stifle Oversight.
The ACLU is suing the Washington, D.C., police for violating the rights of Trump inaugural detainees.
This week in Politics:
GOP Unveils Health Care Bill While Protesters Bleed and Scream: ‘The Government Wants to Kill Me!’.
Senate health care bill: watch Elizabeth Warren school lawmakers on Planned Parenthood.
The Senate health bill takes what Americans hate about Obamacare and makes it worse .
The Better Care Reconciliation Act: the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, explained.
Secret Government Report: Chelsea Manning Leaks Caused No Real Harm. And this surprised who?
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables:
Trump supporters and the empathy gap.
Trolls, hypocrites and performance artists are trying to hack our lives. Don’t let them.
Things I wrote:
The long, lonely death spiral of the anti-gay defenders of “traditional” marriage.
Queer Plus, or Intersectionality Isn’t Just a Noun — more adventures in dictionaries.
Videos!
Beth Ditto – Fire (Official Video):
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Cazwell – Loose Wrists (Official Music Video):
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Really!?! with Seth and Amy: Julius Caesar Protests:
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Gay pride || Fight song:
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Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me (Gay Version):
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Matt Fishel – “Finally” (Official Music Video):
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Benny – Boys Will Be Boys (Official Video):
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Steve Grand – We Are the Night (Dave Aude Remix) (Official Music Video):
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Show Me Your Pride – By Miss Coco Peru – OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO:
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Friday Links (all the colors edition)
Let’s stop talking about inclusion and just do it…
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
The Surprising Controversy Surrounding A More Inclusive Pride Flag.
The Pulse “Kids,” and the Caretaker Who Watches Over Them in Orlando’s Greenwood Cemetery.
Awful Anniversary
Commentary: Pulse, and the Beautiful, Sad, Joyful Tradition of Queer Grief
I Couldn’t Write About The Pulse Attack Until Today
A Letter to My Queer Family After Orlando
This week in what the Frak?
This week in Comments, Trolls, and Wankers
‘That’s our word, and you can’t have it back’: Ice Cube confronts Bill Maher for using the n-word.
News for queers and our allies:
Caelan Conrad On Obvious Queers and Missing Points.
Just A Bunch Of Really Good Parents Supporting Their Kids For Pride Month.
The Babadook as an LGBT icon makes sense. No, really .
‘Gay marriage’ bill will also see progress in rights for heterosexual couples.
Science!
Found: Never-Developed Photos of Mount St. Helens Erupting.
Endangered beluga rescued from N.B. river, returned to St. Lawrence Estuary.
If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it.
This Colossal Gas Filament in the Orion Nebula Is Some Kinda Cosmic Dragon.
Johns Hopkins researchers say they’ve unlocked key to cancer metastasis and how to slow it.
Baby Star’s ‘Crying’ Solves a Stellar Mystery.
Insect Walking Dead: How a Fungus Turns Beetles into Killer Zombies.
This week in Wonder Woman
Some Asian Superwomen Films For After You’ve Seen WONDER WOMAN Several Times.
Wonder Woman’s Second Weekend Breaks Box Office Records.
This week in Writing
There Is No Secret, There Is No Con.
Five Things about Writing Fictional Cultures.
This week in Words
Yes, You Can Use ‘Is’ Twice in a Row in a Sentence.
This Week in Tech
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
“Under oath? Sure. I can lie under oath, too.”
The billionaire GOP patron behind Trump’s social media bot army.
My Lawyers Got Trump to Admit 30 Lies Under Oath.
PP Polling: Voters Think Trump Lies, Want Him Impeached.
Trump’s lies and Russian propaganda become a potent and inseparable weapon.
This week in Politics:
Republicans are about to make Medicare-for-all much more likely.
I’ve covered Obamacare since day one. I’ve never seen lying and obstruction like this.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables
Yes, There Was a “March Against Sharia” In Downtown Seattle Today and It Was Incredibly Dumb.
Megyn Kelly turned to Alex Jones because her struggling show needs a viral moment.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 6/10/2017: Holy Wensleydale, Batman!
Sunday Update 6/11/2017: More words and pictures.
One year later, Pulse nightclub massacre is still a punch in the gut.
Why do I keep having to explain why we need Pride?
Seriously, it’s all Greek — more adventures in dictionaries.
Videos!
Black Panther Teaser Trailer:
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Ice Cube Confronts Bill Maher Over Racial Slur. #IceCube #BillMaher @icecube @SymoneDSanders:
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Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s (Official Video):
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Eli Lieb – Hollywood:
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Doug Locke – #ThisCouldBeUs:
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Lyon Hart – Falling for You:
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Friday Links (Wonder Woman’s the hero we need edition)
“Clark, my country is all women. To us, it’s not ‘gay marriage,’ it’s just marriage.”
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
Why I cried through the fight scenes in ‘Wonder Woman’.
Man who mowed lawn with tornado behind him says he ‘was keeping an eye on it’.
Mary Poppins sequel: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Dick Van Dyke connection.
This week in awful news
We Have Already Forgotten Yesterday’s Mass Shooting in Orlando.
Orlando Awning Factory Shooting Left 2 Teens Parentless.
Friend: Orlando victim feared workplace shooter would seek revenge over firing.
News for queers and our allies:
Philly Unveils New Pride Flag with Black and Brown Stripes.
Families of Pulse Victims Urge Churches to Toll Bells.
Scissor Sisters and MNDR Release New Track ‘Swerlk’ as Pulse Shooting Anniversary Approaches. (Video below)
Remembering the History of the UpStairs Lounge.
For Pride Month Shameless Fancies made these flags.
Sometimes You Just Outlast It .
Being Gay vs. Being Southern: A False Choice.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Why there is still a need for Black LGBTQ Pride events.
This week in Wonder Woman
How ‘Wonder Woman’ Brought Colors to the DC Universe.
Is David Edelstein’s Wonder Woman Review Just Asking For It?
Wonder Woman Review: Gal Gadot Did Not Give Me a Hard Enough Boner.
Great satire of the horrible Edielstein review…
Blood Tribe actor from Alberta speaks Blackfoot language in Wonder Woman movie.
Why It Matters That DC Comics Confirmed Wonder Woman’s Bisexuality.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
John Scalzi and Annalee Newitz Say Sci-Fi is Always Political.
Why Doctor Who Season 10 is the perfect palate cleanser for the current political climate.
Oldest Fossils of Homo Sapiens Found in Morocco, Altering History of Our Species.
VHS Tapes: How Archivists Are Working To Save Them.
Scientists discover plants have ‘brains’ that decide when to sprout.
Ravens Remember People Who Have Wronged Them, Study Says.
Fossil mushroom discovered from the era of the dinosaurs.
This week in Writing
A Simple Trick for Better Self-Editing .
This week in Words
The order of the definitions may not mean what you think – Dictionary Facts and Trivia.
Culture war news:
Scott Lively Celebrates After Judge Condemns His ‘Crackpot Bigotry’.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Is Trump’s blocking of some Twitter users unconstitutional? A lot of people think the first amendment is only about personal expression and the press, but the first amendment also guarantees citizens the right to petition their government; Trump has turned his personal twitter account into an official policy communication conduit and some would argue a public forum.
The $110 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is fake news.
How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business.
Trump campaign’s ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally draws ‘dozens’.
This week in Politics:
John McCain’s questions to James Comey did not make sense.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don’t Know What To Do About It.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 5/3/2017: Heroes come in all genders.
Dancing my plot with a playlist.
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel, or an oncoming train?
The meaning of everything—more adventures in dictionaries.
Videos!
MNDR, Scissor Sisters – SWERLK [OFFICIAL LYRICS]:
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Robbie Williams – Angels (One Love Manchester):
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Friday Links (crayons of all kinds editions)
“We are all a little broken. But last time I checked, broken crayons still color the same.”
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
The stolen childhoods of Kashmir in pencil and crayon.
Cat is summoned for jury duty in Boston; court rejects owners’ appeal to disqualify him.
Barack Obama beats Donald Trump as Gallup’s ‘Most Admired Man of 2016’.
Let’s talk about crayons!
In case you missed it a couple of months ago: Color us sad: Crayola is retiring the dandelion crayon.
Retiring Crayola Crayon makes farewell stop in Little Rock.
And now the replacement: Discovered in a Lab, a New Superblue Will Be Unleashed Upon the World as a Crayola Crayon.
This week in hate crimes
Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist.
Portland mayor says MAX attack an act of terrorism. Yes: white, christian terrorism inspired by the Deplorable One
Young father run down, killed in Grays Harbor County campground confrontation. Let me correct that headline: it was not a confrontation, it was a hate crime
The Portland Heroes Who Stood Up To Hate.
Portland MAX hero’s last words: ‘Tell everyone on this train I love them’.
‘Never seen anything like this’: Inside Indonesia’s LGBT crackdown.
White Calif. Man Charged With Hate Crime After Stabbing Black Man With Machete: Report.
This Week in Restoring Our Faith in Humanity
News for queers and our allies:
Mom of genderqueer teen writes touching email to college student about photo shoot.
Gay Pride Celebrations Worldwide to Honor Orlando, One Year After Pulse Nightclub Attack.
Rainbow Playbills Take Over Broadway as Fourth Annual Playbill Pride Kicks Off.
What Not To Do, When Calling Yourself a Transgender Ally.
‘Boy Erased’ is a heartbreaking memoir about the journey of self-acceptance.
Federal Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Transgender Student.
Science!
BEST JUPITER IMAGES FROM JUNO … SO FAR.
Bright spots on our moon could be frost, says NASA.
Video: Astronaut shows the proper way to eat pudding in space.
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus Will All Be on Display in June.
Dinosaur embryo returned to China, but many fossils fall victim to illegal trade and poor protection.
It turns out that we may have more than five basic tastes.
Draper’s Genetically Modified Cyborg DragonflEye Takes Flight.
‘Scrappy’ skeleton hints earliest primates hung out in trees.
One of Crispr’s Creators Faces Her Fears.
Scientists Created Artificial Nanoparticles That Can Communicate With Each Other.
Complex Brain Evolution In Vertebrates Likely Began With Two Simple Parts, Not Three.
A third detection of gravitational waves is changing our understanding of black holes.
Scientists Have Discovered a Brand New Type of Neuron.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
Queer Fantasy Roots: The Changing Role of Amazons.
Us Versus Them, or What Happens When SF Fandom Can’t See Past Its Own Blinders.
‘Wonder Woman’ Lassos Best Rotten Tomatoes Score of Any DC or Marvel Movie.
This Week in Tech
Why I can’t/won’t point to Facebook blog posts.
John Gruber agrees and gives more points: F–k Facebook.
Culture war news:
Washington State Blocked a Black Woman From Selling Legal Pot Because Her Spouse Is in Priso.
House Overwhelmingly Supports Bill Subjecting Teen Sexters to 15 Years in Federal Prison.
Let’s talk about Native American Voter Suppression.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Hacks, Leaks, and Tweets: Everything We Now Know About the Attack on the 2016 Election.
HOW STEPHEN MILLER RODE WHITE RAGE FROM DUKE’S CAMPUS TO TRUMP’S WEST WING.
No, the “grown-ups” won’t save us: A favorite Beltway fantasy bites the dust again.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables
“March Against Sharia” Intended for Portland Is Headed for Seattle Instead.
I Met the White Nationalist Who Says Trump Made Him Rough Up a Protester.
Farewells:
Frank Deford, NPR’s Longtime Philosopher Of Sports, Dies At 78.
Pierce Brosnan Writes Tribute to Roger Moore: ‘We Fell in Love With a Magnificent Actor’.
In Unmourned Departures:
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 5/27/2012: Elected bullies behaving badly.
It used to be called Decoration Day… (or, Memorial for Grandma).
While we’re on the subject of Memorial Day….
Achievement unlocked: No Shuttling Weekend! (And we can haz library?).
Weather shifts, linguistic relativity, and the search for the perfect writing beverage.
Odd, strange, eccentric — more adventures in dictionaries.
Videos!
Mary Lambert – Know Your Name “Yes, I did make the nerdy queer version of “Bad Blood”.”:
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Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan – There For You (Official Video):
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Friday Links (what would Yoda do edition)
“Do or do not. There is no try!”
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
Proof Chris Evans Really Is Captain America.
15 Acts Of Heroism By Everyday People.
Restoring Our Faith in the Rule of Law
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina gerrymandering.
This week in Comments, Trolls, and Wankers
Take Your Platitude And Shove It Up Your…….
This week in awful news
Manchester attack: government ‘furious’ at US leaks of forensic photographs.
U.S. House Reps Introduce Resolution Condemning Anti-Gay Violence in Chechnya.
Manchester was an attack on girls.
This week in awful people
Miami ‘Joker’ Bonds Out of Jail, Speaks About Gun Charges.
News for queers and our allies:
Taiwan’s High Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal, In A First For Asia.
Nevada governor signs bill to ban conversion therapy.
Dear straight allies, please don’t come to pride until you’ve understood these 6 things.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
Remembering Carrie Fisher on Stars Wars 40th Anniversary.
Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi Takes Over Vanity Fair and It’s Glorious.
Where’s the Queer Representation in Science Fiction and Fantasy Media?
Why the 40th Anniversary of ‘Star Wars’ Matters.
Looking Back at Moonraker’s Insane Attempt to Turn James Bond Into Star Wars.
Here are the winners of this year’s Nebula Awards.
Star Wars 40th anniversary: That’s no moon … but what if it were?
NEBULA AWARDS WEEKEND PATREON PANEL. Interesting advice on how to use Patreon…
Star Wars’ Head-Banging Stormtrooper Explains the Classic Blunder.
40th Anniversary Of Star Wars: An Ode To Action Figures, Both Past And Present.
‘Star Wars’ Opened 40 Years Ago: Background Actors Recount How Movie Changed Their Lives.
And other news:
Twitter Founder “Sorry” If He Helped Put Trump in Office.
As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do.
This Week in History
This Week in Tech
This Week in Covering the News
The Seth Rich lie, and how the corrosion of reality should worry every American.
The life and death of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
As Trump unravels, so do Fox’s ratings.
Donald Trump, Our A.I. President.
Trump’s Election Integrity Commission Could Have A ‘Chilling Effect’ On Voting Rights.
Trump wasn’t always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change?
The Pentagon Can’t Believe Trump Told Another President About Nuclear Subs Near North Korea.
News about the Fascist Regime:
The Questions About Obstruction Now Spread to White House Staff.
Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error.
This week in Politics:
Here’s what the ‘glowing orb’ Trump touched in Saudi Arabia actually was.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables
How the Swastika Became a Confederate Flag.
Donald Trump’s Base Is Shrinking.
FBI Investigating If Killing on University of Maryland Campus Is Hate Crime.
Farewells:
Roger Moore, beloved James Bond actor, dead at 89 after short cancer battle.
Roger Moore – Saint, Persuader and the suavest James Bond – dies aged 89.
The story everyone’s sharing about Roger Moore.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 5/20/2017: More words and pictures.
Confessions of a penny pinching packrat.
Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls – more adventures in dictionaries.
Videos!
Roger Moore Back as Bond! What if… Spectre Trailer:
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NY Library Brings Drag Queens to Kids Story Hour:
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Is Atheism Prideful?:
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Queen – Frankie Grande (Official Music Video):
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BABY STRANGE – Pure Evil:
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Friday Links (I need more coffee edition)
“Hello Darkness, my old friend.”
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
‘Disgusted’ Women, Minorities Criticize Viral Atlantic Story ‘My Family’s Slave’.
This Week in Restoring Our Faith in Humanity
Movement To Stop ‘Lunch Shaming’ Hits Seattle, Snohomish County.
This Week in the Economy
The self-made man is a myth, Arnold Schwarzenegger tells students.
If Declining Towns ‘Deserve to Die,’ Where Should Their Residents Go?
This week in the environment
Energy Department to Investigate Collapse at Hanford Nuclear Site.
News for queers and our allies:
Nevada outlaws anti-gay clinical therapy on children.
Joe Biden: Americans must stand with LGBT people around the world .
Stunning Photos Debunk The Myth That Queerness Is ‘Un-African’.
Huge win: Supreme Court won’t revive North Carolina GOP’s discriminatory voter suppression law.
Target doubles down on Pride celebrations despite anti-LGBT boycott.
Berkeley schools go beyond bathrooms to support gender non-conforming students.
BuzzFeed Threw Its First Queer Prom And It Was Seriously Beautiful.
Trans Students Must Be Protected from Hate Groups.
Science!
The Amazing Dinosaur Found (Accidentally) by Miners in Canada.
Space bender: A galaxy cluster distorts the fabric of space, creating beautiful patterns of light.
Mars May Have Been Born in the Asteroid Belt.
Why Quantum Computers Might Not Break Cryptography.
Optical nanofiber ‘hears’ bacteria swim, cancer cells move.
Smithsonian Solves 150-Year-Old Mystery Death Of Collector And Puts Bones On Display.
Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley’s Origin.
Scientists Found Sperm’s Power Switch—And a Way to Turn It Off.
Migratory birds bumped off schedule as climate change shifts spring.
This 36-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is a “Missing Link” in Whale Evolution.
This Week in Tech
“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story.
“MP3 is supported by everything, everywhere, and is now patent-free. There has never been another audio format as widely supported as MP3, it’s good enough for almost anything, and now, over twenty years since it took the world by storm, it’s finally free.”
INSIDE APPLE’S INSANELY GREAT (OR JUST INSANE) NEW MOTHERSHIP.
How to Accidentally Stop a Global Cyber Attack.
The WannaCry attack should be a wake-up call for consumers, businesses and governments.
Why Doesn’t Apple’s State-of-the-Art New Campus Include a Day Care? Seriously – a two-story yoga studio, but no on site day care?
This Week in Covering the News
Sinclair Requires TV Local Stations to Air Segments That Tilt to the Right.
“Tilt” is putting it mildly; they are full-fledged propaganda…
Culture war news:
Gay, transgender rights in Texas under attack in state Legislature.
Man who killed trans woman with hammer sentenced to 49 years for hate crime.
Christian Mother Mourns Loss of Son She Abandoned for Being Gay (On His Wedding Day).
West Virginia Supreme Court Rules Anti-Gay Assaults Are Not Hate Crimes.
This Week in the Resistance:
My home state’s Attorney General is also and internationally-rated chess player. In this analysis for Time magazine, it shows: Washington AG: President Trump’s Aggression Will Be His Undoing.
This week in so-called Christians
About those Trump Voters for God? Stop Calling them “Fake Christians”. I understand the point he’s trying to make, but as a fellow survivor of an oppressive denomination, I will keep calling them “so-called Christians”
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
David Brooks is quite often an idiot, but he nails some important truths here which most of his fellow conservative pundits have yet to admit: When the World Is Led by a Child.
“We’ve got this perverse situation in which the vast analytic powers of the entire world are being spent trying to understand a guy whose thoughts are often just six fireflies beeping randomly in a jar… And out of that void comes a carelessness that quite possibly betrayed an intelligence source, and endangered a country.”
News about the Fascist Regime:
Trump Spurns Congress as He Signals Medical Marijuana Fight.
He’s spent his entire life ignoring and bypassing laws; we shouldn’t be surprised when he does it as president…
This week in Politics:
Vermont becomes first state to pass legislation legalizing all pot use.
(All previous legalization have been by a vote of the public)
Nevada recreational marijuana industry clears state hurdles.
How close is legal marijuana in PA?
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables
Paul Babeu, Lando Voyles seek apology, retraction from new Pinal County Attorney.
Farewells:
Sin City, S.H.I.E.L.D. alum Powers Boothe passes away at the age of 68.
Powers Boothe, Actor Known for ‘Deadwood’ and Other Dark Roles, Dies at 68.
Powers Boothe: Actor who revelled in playing charismatic villains and all-round bad guys.
Charles Esten Remembers ‘Kind and Charasmatic’ Powers Boothe
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden and Audioslave Frontman, Dies at 52.
Chris Cornell dead: What the Soundgarden singer said about great artists dying too young.
‘Devastating loss’: Music world mourns death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.
In Unmourned Departures:
Roger Ailes Will Be Remembered As a Pitiful Abuser, But His Legacy Lives On in Trump.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 5/13/2017: Pictures and words.
Confessions of a cluttering packrat, part 2.
Unknown Search Terms and other meta-blogging emphemera.
Cromulent is as cromulent does — adventures with dictionaries.
Videos!
Chris Cornell – Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart:
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Chris Cornell “Nothing Compares 2 U” Prince Cover Live @ SiriusXM // Lithium:
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Soundgarden – Loud Love:
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ERASURE – Love You To The Sky (Official Lyric Video):
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Friday Links (bengal cat and otter edition)
Sam The Bengal Cat & Pip The Otter
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
What Is “Free Speech,” Anyway?
It Was Cultural Anxiety That Drove White, Working-Class Voters to Trump.
This Week in Seattle Area News
Our Weed Is So Good, a Seattle Cop Has Allegedly Been Exporting It to the East Coast.
Tacoma might sue opioid makers as part of battle against homelessness.
This week in the environment
Energy Department to Investigate Collapse at Hanford Nuclear Site.
Science!
Scientists Think They’ve Finally Found The Mechanism Behind Grey Hair And Baldness.
Comets Produce Their Own Oxygen, Planets Could Do The Same Without Needing Life.
Scientists warn thawing soil could suddenly unleash deadly pathogens unseen in centuries.
Getting to Grips With Time Crystals. What is That Really?
Daily dose of cannabis extract could reverse brain’s decline in old age, study suggests.
Humans Are Less Genetically Diverse Than Wheat. What Does That Mean for Our Species?
Scientific American: Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts?
HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’ thanks to new drugs.
Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth Possibly Found in Australian Rocks.
Scientists are turning loose 40,000 sex-hungry mosquitos in Florida to fight Zika.
New 2D Quantum Material Can Conduct Electricity at Nearly the Speed of Light.
Scientists Say Greenland Sharks May Live 400 Years.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
“Tron Guy” Joins the Alt-Right (Except When It Comes to Furries).
ON THE NEED TO MAKE GREAT THINGS GREAT AGAIN.
Facing Facts: American Identity is Based on Alternate History.
This week in Words
‘Supposably’ vs. ‘Supposedly’ – They’re both real. But which are you supposed to use?
This Week in Tech
Steve Jobs’ custom Apple I and other historic machines are on display at Seattle museum.
This week in Topics Most People Can’t Be Rational About
America’s Uniquely Lethal Domestic Violence Problem.
Culture war news:
White Male Terrorists Are an Issue We Should Discuss.
Another Religious Right Claim Of Anti-Christian Persecution Gets Utterly Debunked.
‘Straight out of the Nazi playbook’: Hindu nationalists try to engineer ‘genius’ babies in India.
Texas House votes to bar vaccinations of new foster children, even to prevent cancer.
The Creationist Suing Grand Canyon Park Officials for Discrimination Is Just a Bad Scientist.
This Week in Fighting Back in the Culture War:
NCAC Demands Ohio High School Restore Eleanor & Park to English Curriculum.
This Week in the Resistance:
Dan Rather Just Gave The BEST Response To Trump’s Comey Firing.
In the wake of Trump’s brazen power play, it’s time to go nuclear.
This week in so-called Christians
Christian Minister Spent Over $30,000 on Fancy Clothes… Because He Sweat Too Much.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Poll: Trump’s health care and tax plans are very, very unpopular.
Behind Comey’s firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia.
Donald Trump’s fear of the Russia scandal becomes more obvious.
Trump’s Tuesday night massacre.
News about the Fascist Regime:
Obama personally warned Trump against hiring Flynn as national security adviser: report.
Eric Trump ‘said we have all the funding we need out of Russia’, golf writer claims.
Trump Administration Cites Pro-Segregation Ruling To Defend Its Travel Ban.
Bad News for Everyone! The 2020 Census Is Already in Trouble.
Look past Jim Comey: The Census director’s sudden resignation may create serious long-term problems.
Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI Russia probe: report.
This week in Politics:
How the Affordable Care Act Drove Down Personal Bankruptcy.
Letter: Can’t get through to Chaffetz. Constituent discovers the congressman’s office has blocked all numbers coming from his own state…
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Sues Feds Over Request to Stop Helping Undocumented People.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorables
U.S. Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking Attack Against Macron.
Things I wrote:
“You’re not going to believe someone like that, are you?”
Questions some authors dread: Where do you get your ideas?
Videos!
BLADE RUNNER 2049 – Official Trailer:
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WONDER WOMAN – Rise of the Warrior [Official Final Trailer]:
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Jimmy Kimmel on Response to Emotional Monologue About Baby & Health Care Debate:
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Iron Sky The Coming Race – Official Teaser Trailer:
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Sam The Bengal Cat & Pip The Otter:
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F/r/i/d/a/y/ Saturday Links (I no longer live in Seattle edition)
We had great parking karma at the new place. I took this pic from our kitchen window shortly after the guys started unloading.
I kept trying to block out some time earlier in the week to work on at least a short Friday Links post that I could queue up and, well it didn’t happen because moving and packing eats all of your time, energy, and brain power.
Wednesday night we came home from our last run of things to the new place to find No Parking signs in front of our building and the little house next door. We knew the people over there had sold their house recently. Turns out they had movers coming Thursday, too and they had paid for the permits to shut down parking to make a place for the truck to park. When our former landlady moved out in February, the moving company she hired (and she had raved about how good a job they did so much that we hired the same company) had simply parked their truck in the long driveway that runs along side our old building to the mini parking lot in back. So that’s what we’d planned to do. I had chatted with the property manager and he had assured me that the construction crew (who had come in Monday, just hours after our last neighbors had officially moved out, and in the first day yanked out all of the applicances, sinks, et cetera and removed an entire interior wall) would not park in the driveway so our truck could. So, guess how many vehicles pulled into the driveway the next morning? If you guessed a number less than three, you’re too low…
The next door truck crew shows up and is parked in front of the next door house and debating the pros and cons of having to carry everything between the two cherry trees when our crew shows up in a much bigger truck. There is a lot of chat between the crews, and then the next door two-man crew moves their truck into the empty driveway of the house they are emptying, and our crew parks in the spots that the next door house owners paid to have clear. We walked our guys through stuff and they got busy then a third moving truck from yet another moving company gingerly makes its way through our narrow crowded street and winds up parking around the corner where they start moving someone out of the duplex down at the corner. And then, wait for it! and then a fourth big truck comes through and winds up parking blocking three driveways across the street because they’re delivering new refrigerators, stoves, washers, and driers for the two downstairs units that the new owner started trying to remodel themselves in February before hiring one guy for much of April, and finally turning to professionals this week. So they’re trying to unload and move a bunch of appliances, and three different moving crews are working at three buildings side-by-side… and then a utility truck pulls up and it turns out the new owners also hired someone to come in that do and haul away some of the debris of the renovation.
Our guys handled our stuff quickly, we all drove away from the old place together sooner than I thought (the other two crews were still packing). We got to Shoreline and by a miracle a big chunk of the street parking right in front of our house was open. The guys unloaded and helped us set up the furniture. We settled up our bill (Michael first running around and handing each person a tip because, as he said, when he first moved to Washington back in the early nineties, he worked as a day laborer for moving companies for several months). We all waved cheerfully good-bye. Michael and I started carrying up the bed linens and other things we’d packed in our car before the truck arrived and we were partway through that when Michael noticed that they’d left the sling for carrying mattresses and the like. So I called the company, and they were able to get the crew back to us before they’d gotten on the highway. So we got so see them one more time.
Thursday night we both slept like logs. Michael went into work, his first time riding the new bus route instead of biking, and I spent the day unpacking. If I have counted right, I’ve unpacked 43 boxes of books, a couple of suitcases worth of clothes, and three boxes of kitchen things. Michael has set up the network, his computer, assembled a piece of furniture or two. There is still so much to do!
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
My Father Spent 30 Years In Prison. Now He’s Out.
News for queers and our allies:
Bill Nye uses ice cream to explain the ridiculousness of gay conversion therapy.
Science!
Justices won’t hear challenge over Alaska polar bear habitat.
From the archives: 100 years of mastodon fossil fascination.
Video Proof That People Are Terrified Of GMOs, Despite Having No Idea What They Are.
With a Recycled LHC Magnet, the Axion Solar Telescope Hunts for Ghost Photons.
Sex is better at hotels than at home, according to science.
Culture war news:
Last Saturday I posted a Weekend Update that included a news story that referenced some less-than-loving comments by a Wyoming state legislator to the effect that when queers are harassed or beaten that they bring it on themselves. There are some updates: Republican senator apologizes for saying ‘a guy who wears a tutu’ in public ‘kind of asks for it’.
He apologized, in part, because a Fox News contributor quoted his comments, and specifically added a reference to a notorious murder of a young gay man in Wyoming: FOX News Contributor Agrees: LGBT People Who Dress Outside the Norm are ‘Asking for’ Physical Violence.
…but he also apologized because of actions by his fellow Wyoming citizens such as this: Tutu Protests And Parties Break Out In Wyoming Over Senator’s Remark.
All of this underscores a deeper phenomenon that I had hoped to find time to write about, but someone at Slate has already done it, so: .
Why Some Conservatives Think LGBTQ People Deserve to Get Beaten Up.
This Week in the Resistance:
May Day protesters take to the streets for the rights of labor, women, immigrants.
Trump resistance sees record fundraising after AHCA vote.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
News about the Fascist Regime:
TrumpCare: Mass Murder in Broad Daylight.
The ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’ and ‘horrors’ of Trumpcare, spelled out in a New York Times editorial.
Rachel Maddow Details the Carnage Trumpcare Will Inflict on Tens of Millions of Americans.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and other deplorable idiots
NY Times’ new columnist: Global warming can’t be serious if activists have kids.
Shaming Children So Parents Will Pay the School Lunch Bill.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 4/29/2017: Show me what a man hates and I’ll tell you what he is.
My shoe broke while I was carrying a box upstairs and other news from the moving zone.
Friday Links (100 days of scandal and lies edition)
It’s Friday!
We’re still packing and moving and packing and packing and… I finally had a responce to me ad giving away two four-drawer steel filing cabinets… and a few hours later the guy who responded said “never mind.” I really don’t want to have to pay someone to haul these away…
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
Tiny Jyn Erso Heads to Star Wars Celebration, Hands Every Leia a Copy of the Death Star Plans.
Stories Of Gay Men Tortured In Chechnya Read By Refugees In Heartbreaking Video.
This Week in Restoring Our Faith in Humanity
Someone Chained A Cross To Gay Street In NY. What Happened Next Was Beautiful.
Restoring Our Faith in the Rule of Law
Judge blocks President Trump’s order that cut off funds to ‘sanctuary cities’.
This week in the war on trans people
Undocumented Transgender Immigrants Can Either Hide Under Trump Or Face Death At Home.
This week in international hate crimes
Trump’s been silent; Putin’s shrugged it off. But you should care about Chechnya. Chechnya wants to ‘eliminate’ its gay population by the end of May. We can’t sit back and watch.
This week in bi erasure
Report: Fear of Being Outed Prompted Killing by Aaron Hernandez.
Aaron Hernandez proves we have no idea how to talk about bisexuality.
This week in abusive people
10 Things I wish I’d known About Gaslighting.
My abusive narcissistic ex-husband — Part 1: Falling in the hole.
This week in awful people
Scott Baio on ‘Happy Days’ Co-Star Erin Moran’s Death: ‘For Me, You Do Drugs or Drink, You’re Gonna Die’. (For the record, autopsy says she had stage four cancer and was likely the cause of death)
Erin Moran’s Brother Didn’t Hold Back While Shitting On Chachi And Chachi’s “Tiny” Dick .
News for queers and our allies:
Senator Patty Murray Is Trying to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy Nationwide.
Indiana transgender man named high school prom king.
Science!
Another rain record falls for Western Washington: Seattle just broke a 122-year-old record for rain. That makes this October-through-April the wettest such period since record-keeping began in 1895 — and there was still another week of April left to go when this was published!
Fossil find reveals skunk-sized predator roamed Egypt 34 million years ago.
Earliest Fungus-Like Fossils Date Back 2.4 Billion Years.
Mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers and other megafauna went extinct because of ancient climate change.
What happens when you get a crayfish drunk.
Heliosphere, Our Sun’s Sphere Of Influence, Is Not Shaped Like A Comet.
Cassini Photos: Probe Snaps A Spectacular Shot Of Earth In Between Saturn’s Rings.
Caterpillars Saving The Environment: Worm Parasite Could Stop Plastic Bag Pollution.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
Fix the Slating Problem Forever.
John Scalzi Ventures into The Collapsing Empire.
The Problematic Presentation of Gender in Ada Palmer’s Too Like the Lightning.
Will We Ever Know Why Disney Remade The Jungle Book? (Yes, it’s from a year ago, but still worth a read!)
This Week in History
From Germany to Mexico: How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century.
Culture war news:
Homeless Youth Shelter Refuses Donation From Gay Men’s Chorus.
Viet Thanh Nguyen Reveals How Writers’ Workshops Can Be Hostile.
Benny Hinn’s Texas headquarters raided by feds.
NOM To Stage Yet Another DC Hate March After Drawing A Humiliating Crowd In The Tens Last Year.
This Week in Fighting Back in the Culture War:
Hacker aims to rub out ISIS with porn and LGBT imagery.
This Week in the Resistance:
The March for Science Shows How Bad Scientists Are At Politics.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
The Drumbeats Don’t Add Up to Imminent War With North Korea.
Yes, Donald Trump set up senators for a photo op on North Korea.
Senators: Little learned during rare all-hands North Korea briefing.
Trump administration talks tough on North Korea, but frustrated lawmakers want detail.
News about the Fascist Regime:
Amidst Backlash, Ivanka Trump Clothing Is Secretly Relabelled as Adrienne Vittadini.
John Oliver Calls Out Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner for Duping America.
Hate group leader: Our allies ‘are now very well placed’ in the Trump administration.
Secret Service bans NRA members from bringing guns to President Trump’s NRA convention speech.
Department Of The Interior Scrubs ‘Climate Change’ Page.
This week in Politics:
Can Someone Remind Bernie Sanders That Abortion is an Economic Issue?
Obama returns — and avoids Trump. In his first event since leaving the White House, Obama sidesteps talk of his successor as he nudges future political leaders
Democrats Choosing Sanders to Lead are Leaving Too Much of their Base Behind.
GOP Leaders Weigh Saturday Health Bill Vote Amid New Support.
Troll This Politician And He Just Might Call Your Grandma — Literally.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and the deplorables
The president of Gays for Trump thinks the “trans agenda” may slow down gay progress.
A GOP Lawmaker Has Been Revealed As The Creator Of Reddit’s Anti-Woman ‘Red Pill’ Forum.
http://nypost.com/2017/04/26/anti-semitic-politician-tricks-critics-into-raising-money-for-him/.
Farewells:
Erin Moran, Who Played Joanie on ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 56.
Erin Moran was ‘happy’ and ‘active’ in final days and died holding husband’s hand.
Things I wrote:
They’re just things, that’s what we keep saying….
You can have my Andre Nortons when you pry them from my cold dead fingers, & other lessons of moving.
Videos!
Cell Block Tango – Broadway Backwards 2015:
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CHAINSMOKERS – SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS PARODY 🦇:
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UEEN | Somebody to Love (4K HD Visual Cover by José Rivera Jr.):
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Blondie – Long Time (Official Video):
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Big Spender – Twisted Broadway Melbourne 2013:
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Hurts – Beautiful Ones:
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[OFFICIAL VIDEO] Can’t Help Falling in Love – Pentatonix:
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Friday Links (we’re in the middle of the move edition)
It’s Friday!
I haven’t been posting much this week because we’ve been packing. My work week has consisted of going to work, coming home, loading the car up with as many packed boxes as will fit, driving to the new place (a 25-35 minute drive depending on traffic), carrying all the boxes in the car up a flight of stairs to the new apartment, then driving back home to pack some more until bed time. My husband is still in the recovery stage from surgery, and I’m not letting him lift anything until the doctor clears him (he sees the surgeon again next week, so, fingers crossed!). We’ve hired movers who will take care off all the big furniture and anything we’ve packed by then but haven’t moved, and we could let the movers do everything, except that we literally don’t have enough room here to pile everything once it is packed.
Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
ADD YOUR GENDER PRONOUNS TO TWITTER. This post is from a couple of years ago, but the issue was only recently come to my attention. And I agree, cisgender people who consider themselves allies of the trans community should add their pronouns to their social media profiles because this normalizes the practice.
The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, the White Woman Who Identifies as Black. ‘I am beginning to wonder if it isn’t blackness that Dolezal doesn’t understand, but whiteness. Because growing up poor, on a family farm in Idaho, being homeschooled by fundamentalist Christian parents sounds whiter than this “silver spoon” whiteness she claims to be rejecting.’
Religion Is Just Common Sense With Added Bits of Nonsense. I don’t have a problem with the conclusion, but I quibble with the comedian’s example. He says all religions can be boiled down to five don’ts, four of which make sense and one is nuts, but then he lists five, of which only three make sense and two are nuts. Oh, well…
This Week in Seattle Area News
KUOW Employee Woke Up to Find Swastikas Painted on Her Cars, and Cars All Down the Block. Um, this is uncomfortably close to my new neighborhood…
Edmonds Police Backtrack Earlier Decision, Will Investigate Swastikas as “Possible Hate Crimes”. Ya think?
This week in the war on trans people
Change the Rating of “3 Generations” to PG-13.
This week in what the Frak?
Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling the Squeeze.
This Week in Difficult to Classify
More Dangerous Myths About Child Abuse.
This week in awful people who only have themselves to blame
Massachusetts Throws Out More Than 21,000 Convictions In Drug Testing Scandal.
News for queers and our allies:
Texas ordered to pay $600,000 to couples who fought gay marriage ban.
New Font Honors Rainbow Flag Creator Gilbert Baker.
Science!
A New “CRISPR Pill” Makes Bacteria Destroy Its Own DNA.
Microsoft is buying another 10 million strands of DNA for storage research.
Researchers use frog mucus to fight the flu.
Live, long and black giant shipworm found in Philippines.
This 17 Year Old May Have Revolutionized Brain Injury Treatment.
Scientists create negative-mass fluid that flows against the force.
Scientists Genetically Engineer Luminescent Bacteria to Detect Landmines.
Antarctic Scientists Go Chasing Waterfalls.
… and Proxima makes three: Alpha Centauri really is a triple star!
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
How Wondercon Failed Disabled Attendees.
This Week in Tech
That Four-Star Rating You Left Could Cost Your Uber Driver Her Job.
HOW GOOGLE ATE CELEBRITYNETWORTH.COM.
Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove. “The database is perhaps the first nonpartisan effort to create a fully integrated look at revenue and spending across federal, state and local governments.
Climbing Out Of Facebook’s Reality Hole.
Culture war news:
Lesbian Couple Sues Christian Courthouse Clerks After Being Harassed While Getting Marriage License.
Court upholds suspension of judge who abused his power to block gay weddings.
KING: Conservatives don’t hate a golfing President, but they hated an uppity Negro golfing President.
Words Which by Their Very Utterance Inflict Injury.
Robert Maginnis: Washington D.C.’s Gays And Witches Corrupt Politicians.
This Week in the Resistance:
Dan Savage resistance organization donates $100,000 to ACLU, Planned Parenthood and IRAP.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
How Trump Is Trying to Govern America Like an Internet Troll.
A Trump district co-chair just called me: ‘I am off the train. We were trumped.’
Trump getting hot and bothered by protesters.
Trump admin pursues law-enforcement goals without U.S. attorneys.
News about the Fascist Regime:
Trump’s Camp Is Spending Millions On Legal Fees To Defend Against Allegations Of Illegal Behavior.
This week in Politics:
Nikki Haley: Detentions and Killings of Gays in Chechnya a ‘Violation of Human Rights’ That ‘Cannot Be Ignored’. That’s nice, Madama Ambassador, but could you tell your boss?
Justice Gorsuch Finds His ‘Easier’ Solution Has Few Takers On 1st Day.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and the deplorables
Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump.
Things I wrote:
Personal update: We’re moving to Shorelin.
Da, DA, da-da-da-DAAAA-da, da-da-da-DAAAA-da, dut-dut-da-daaaaaa! I love sf/f soundtracks.
Videos!
Dalai Lama: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):
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Broadway Bares 2017: Strip U:
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Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life (Official Audio) ft. The Weeknd:
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A Farewell To Bill O’Reilly From Stephen Colbert And ‘Stephen Colbert’:
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