Anyway, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week.
Link of the Week
The Man Who Buried Them Remembers. It's short, and a must-read.
This week in Words
2015 Word of the Year is singular “they.”
This week in Health
Why food allergy fakers need to stop: From gluten to garlic, diets and dislikes are being passed off as medical conditions. Chefs and real sufferers have had enough.
Flint Wants Safe Water, and Someone to Answer for Its Crisis.
Ten Things to Know About Vaccines: to raise awareness of another serious health issue: anti-vaxxers.
This week in People Doing Good Things
How to help with the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
This week in People Panicking Based on Rumors
Jack squat: What iPhone 7 headphone rumors are based on.
This week in Difficult to Classify
ProPublica Launches the Dark Web's First Major News Site.
News for queers and our allies:
‘Teen Wolf’ Actor Charlie Carver Comes Out as Gay. It's a well-written, straightforward, not apologetic nor any hemming of hawing coming out, too!
On the other hand, speaking of another actor once on same show: When stars respond to questions about their sexuality with statements like, 'It shouldn’t matter,' they are doing more harm than good.
I Might Be Gay, But Please Don’t Call Me Your ‘Gay Best Friend’.
Nearly half of homeless youth are LGBTQ, first-ever city census finds.
Science!
How Much Light Is in the Universe?
Traces of the First Stars in the Universe Possibly Found.
The Entire Universe As We Know It In One Spectacular Photograph. So cool!
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
Carrie Fisher Interviews Daisy Ridley - and it's a hoot!
A 51-Year-Old Gay Man's Response to The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: Men's rights activists claim boycott cost The Force Awakens $4.2m. Even if true (and the article pokes holes in the math of the bogus claim), that meant it took Disney a half hour longer to break the all-time highest grossing movie record than it would have.
This week in Writing
A Typical Traditional Book Publication in 20 (ish) Steps.
How Could The Winds of Winter Be Published In Only Three Months? Covers similar ground as the previous link and is much longer, but very informative.
Culture war news:
Perverting teen sexting laws: Laws that punish minors as sex offenders for perfectly normal behaviors harm teenagers.
Gay marriage order puts spotlight again on the 'Ayatollah of Alabama'.
GOP Dead-Enders Fight to Stay Anti-Gay: While most people listening to Nikki Haley’s rebuttal to the SOTU heard nothing but a rejection of Trump, gay-marriage advocates heard something very different: progress.
Archbishops 'treated like children' in church sexuality crisis talks. Well, they're acting children...
Kansas holds children of Colorado veteran who uses medical marijuana.
This Week in the Clown Car
Ted Cruz is not eligible to be president.
Gay Jeopardy! Star Louis Virtel Was Not Snapping for Republicans.
Ted Cruz Didn’t Report Goldman Sachs Loan in a Senate Race.
This week in Other Politics:
We’re onto the phony education reformers: Charter school charlatans and faux reformers take it on the chin.
Obama Was Optimist-in-Chief at State of the Union.
This Week in Racism
An antidote to Islamophobia.
This Week in Stupidity
Stolen, the problematic app that lets you buy and sell people on Twitter. Because of the uproar (it was a wonderful tool for harassing people, besides the creepiness of the basic idea) the app has been withdrawn.
This Week in Police Problems
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY FAVORITE TV COPS?
This Week in Misogyny
These Ridiculous Propaganda Postcards Warn Men About The Dangers Of Women’s Rights From The Early 20th Century.
Thank You Twitter - By Unverifying Milo Yiannopoulos, You Are Standing Up for Women Online.
Farewells:
David Bowie's last release, Lazarus, was 'parting gift' for fans in carefully planned finale.
Neil Gaiman Gives David Bowie a Proper Origin Story in “The Return of the Thin White Duke.”
David Bowie and My Queer Awakening.
Was He Gay, Bisexual or Bowie? Yes.
Brian Bedford dead: Voice of Robin Hood dies aged 80 after two-year cancer battle.
Emma Thompson, Helen Mirren and Tim Allen Among Stars Paying Tribute to Alan Rickman.
Remembering Alan Rickman’s Seminal Sci-Fi and Fantasy Roles.
Dick's Drive-In Founder Dies. (noooooooo! If you’re not from Seattle, you won’t understand. For nearly 62 years he's run a group of fast food restaurants that pay a living wage, provide full health coverage, and offers each employee up to $20,000 in tuition reimbursement. And their burgers and milk shakes are to die for!)
Things I wrote:
Confessions of a part-time jerk.
Confessions of the badly, madly distracted.
The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Videos!
Alan Rickman Answers Questions from Fans:
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Alan Rickman is scary as Snape is (but actually a sweetheart):
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David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust:
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David Bowie - Starman (Top Of The Pops, 1972):
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David Bowie - Putting Out Fire (Cat People) Music Video :
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David Bowie - Lazarus (released shortly before his death on his 69th birthday):
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