Meanwhile, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week, sorted into various topic areas.
Link of the Week
This man was told his gay brother went missing by his Christian parents, decades later he found him. You might find yourself crying...
And other news:
Raccoon causes 38,000 Seattle customers to lose power. Our house was one of the places that lost power in the wee small hours. Also my husband's workplace, where he said he spent more than half the next day getting systems back up and running. The report claims that one of the raccoons survived.
The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies.
I accidentally hired an Orthodox rabbi for my father’s funeral — and he was great.
Report: “Seattle’s School Libraries: a Stark Example of Rich and Poor”.
Who is the 'Ivory Queen'?
This Week in Tech
No, Apple Music is not deleting tracks off your hard drive — unless you tell it to.
Podcast: Apple Music doesn't just delete files willy-nilly, but it's way too easy to delete them by mistake.
This week in Health
Dissociation is scary. Dissociation is safety.
News for queers and our allies:
Florida’s oldest high school just crowned its first same-sex couple as prom king and queen.
A 4-year-old boy with a doll inspired hundreds of parents to share their sons’ fabulous taste in toys.
Queer Subtext in The Little Mermaid, From Hans Christian Andersen’s Original to Disney’s Adaptation.
The line in Loretta Lynch's defense of transgender rights that made everyone cry.
Science!
Correcting errors is now anti-religious bigotry?
Scientists reconstruct baffling 250-million-year-old aquatic reptile with a strange hammerhead mouth.
John Oliver Explains Why There Are So Many B.S. Scientific Studies.
This Might Be the Weirdest Thing That's Ever Happened to Earth's Atmosphere.
Gene therapy stops rare childhood brain disease.
First report of all the world’s plants finds 1 in 5 species facing extinction.
New plant species discovered in 2015 - in pictures.
Zombie crabs: Barnacle infects king crab populations.
It’s not about to blow, but magma is moving under Mount St. Helens.
Suffocating the Ocean: Oxygen-depleted oceans have preceded many mass extinctions in Earth’s past.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
DARKWING DUCK #1 REVIEW.
Reading Harry Potter books makes children MENTALLY ILL says headmaster who warns letting them become ‘addicted’ to fantasy novels is as bad as feeding them 'heaps of sugar'. Of course, since he defines a vivid imagination as mental illness, you realize what a nutjob he is...
This week in Writing
Fanfiction and the “Damned Mob of Scribbling Women”.
This Week in History
Meet the costume-wearing Irish priest who saved thousands of Romans from the Nazis.
Culture war news:
Arkansas Judge Resigns After Thousands of Photos Found on His Computer Reveal He Paddled Nude Male Defendants in Exchance for Leniency.
I've been trying to avoid linking to Huffington Post because I think a multi-billion dollar company should pay its writers, but sometimes I can't find the same post anywhere else: The Truth About Homophobia In The Black Community.
Alabama Chief Justice Faces Removal From Bench Over Same-Sex Marriage Stance.
Someone called Steve Austin a SJW… Then this happened. We need more social justice ass-kickers like Steve, obviously!
Methodist Ministers Come Out to Protest Church’s Stance on Queer Issues.
Poll: 6-in-10 oppose bills like the North Carolina transgender bathroom law.
Eurovision reverses flag policy after banning ‘political’ waving of rainbow flag.
Chris Wallace crushes NC gov.: ‘Let it go… there’s no case of transgender people molesting girls’.
North Carolina's transgender bathroom bill is on flimsy legal ground. Scrap it now.
As U.S. Attitudes Change, Some Evangelicals Dig In; Others Adapt.
North Carolina's 'bathroom bill' battle embarrasses residents on both sides.
This Week in the Clown Car
Think Pieces About MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE And How I Could Possibly Be Wrong About Trump.
This week in Other Politics:
The media myth of the working-class Reagan Democrats.
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND THE END OF THE NEW SOUTH.
Alabama drag queen is suspended chief justice’s worst nightmare.
This Week in Feminism
Break the period taboo: my name is Lindy West and I bleed.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 05/07/2016: Religious callings, good and bad.
Reading in public.
A World Full of Sisters – more of why I love sf/f.
Videos!
2010 Election: Part Two | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS:
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Nathan Sykes - Give It Up ft. G-Eazy:
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Secret Weapons - Something New:
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Pet Shop Boys - 'Twenty-something' (Official Video):
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