This week has not been a productive week. We both came down sick. Each of us missed a day of work (but not the same day). And I'm not feeling rested and recovered yet. We also got news last week which almost certainly means that we'll have to move next spring when our lease is up or shortly thereafter. I've been living here for 21 years, and I'm not looking forward to the hunting, the packing, or the moving.
Anyway, here are links to some of the interesting things I read on the web this week, sorted into various topic areas.
Links of the Week
9/11 Survivor Schandra Singh on Painting Everyone Who Died That Day.
My Lost Mother’s Last Receipt.
Ketchup sandwiches and other things stupid poor people eat. Or, what clueless people misunderstand about what many people have to do to survive.
Happy News!
Evolution of the 007 logo.
This week in stupid
The Oregon wildlife refuge takeover ended seven months ago. The trial is now getting underway.
This week in awful news
US teens often forced to trade sex work for food, study finds.
Suspected Rapist Told Authorities the Bible Gave Him the Right to Have Sex with Anyone.
‘It was a bloodbath’: Petting-zoo animals killed in overnight dog attack.
This week in the environment
Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
News for queers and our allies:
My Junior High Had a Burn Book, and I Was Outed in It.
Moonlight is a beautifully nuanced gay coming-of-age tale.
92-year-old mom has carried "Proud of my lesbian daughters" at NYC Pride Parade for 30 Years.
This is the moment a 12-year-old boy tried to stop 11,000 marching homophobe.
Science!
My favorite weather scientist has a podcast!
Behind the sugar industry’s 50-year mission to axe its link to heart disease.
NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS THE MOON FORMED FROM MELTED BITS OF EARTH.
A Timeline of the Earth's Average Temperature Since the Last Ice Age Glaciation. One of the best graphics ever!
Royal Society Photo Contest Winners Capture Breathtaking Details of Our Rapidly Changing World.
X-Rays From Pluto, Charon’s Weird Red Spot Examined In New Studies.
Children are twice as likely to get their intelligence from mom.
George Price's research into evolution cost him everything: He helped us understand how selflessness could evolve, but his work would have dire personal consequences.
Science Museum row: Ditching this sexist brain quiz ain't rocket science.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
More 2016 Dragon Awards Reactions.
Biased Opinion - 2016 Hugo Awards Post Mortem.
Ursula K. LeGuin told her blog readers about a recent medical problem. Here's wishing her a speedy recovery.
STAR WARS SUPER FANS RESTORE UNMOLESTED 1977 PRINT, DISTRIBUTE ILLEGALLY ONLINE.
The Three Fractions of Speculative Fiction.
And other news:
45,000 Pounds of Would-Be Pennies Coat Highway After Delaware Crash .
This week in Writing
STORYTELLERS ARE HACKERS. THE SYSTEM WE’RE BREAKING INTO IS HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS.
This week in Words
How 'budgie smuggler' finally found its way into the Oxford English dictionary.
The Complete List of Lewd-Sounding Town Names in America.
This Week in Tech
How a Twitter Troll Was Revealed to Be a 13-Year-Old Boy (Who's Now Totally Grounded).
This Week in Police Problems
DOJ report spurs police LGBT Advisory Council.
13-year-old African American boy killed by police in Columbus, Ohio.
Culture war news:
This one quote shows what angry white guys mean when they talk about government overreach.
Fox News Commentator Tells Conservative Christians They Must Support Anti-Gay Hate Groups (Video).
Can Christians Learn from Colin Kaepernick?
After a Youth Pastor Raped a Girl, Their Church Asked the Victim to Apologize to the Pastor’s Wife.
Marine drill instructor accused of running a clothes dryer with a Muslim recruit inside.
NC feeling the heat of boycotts because of HB2.
NC Republican who voted for ‘bathroom bill’ panics as poll numbers plunge.
South Africa bans anti-gay Arizona pastor from entering the country.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Donald Trump Flat Out Lied About Use Of 9/11 Funds.
Donald Trump fans have been sending me racist, hateful messages for months. Here's a sampling.
Trump Says Janet Yellen Is Keeping Interest Rates Low So President Obama Can Play Golf.
VIDEO: 176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn't Be President. Wow. So concise!
The Time Donald Trump Dismissed Half of America as Losers.
This week in Politics:
This Is Critical: Hillary Can't Back Down.
Who will Hillary Clinton’s ‘basket of deplorables’ comment actually alienate?
Hillary Clinton Says True Thing About Trump Supporters, Everybody Horrified Or Something.
Colin Powell Called Benghazi A “Stupid Witch Hunt” — And Condi Rice Agreed.
This Week in Racism
AND DO YOU BELONG? I DO.
Author Lionel Shriver dons a sombrero to lament the rise of identity politics in fiction. Racist author is racist...
Identity & Narrative: A Response to Lionel Shriver.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 9/10/2016: Paused pipeline, cease fire, and a tortured metaphor.
Sunday Funnies, part 20.
Three months later, Pulse shooting still a gut punch.
Wishing on 9/13….
The myth of live and let live.
Longing, Loathing, and Locution — how you love in sf/f isn’t the only way.
Videos!
The 'Magic Mike Live' Dancers Perform:
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Dads for Transgender Equality: Joe:
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Feast Your Eyes on The Full Trailer for Russell Tovey’s Gay Footballer Movie ‘The Pass:
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