Anyway, here are the links I found interesting this week, sorted into categories.
Links of the Week
You May Want to Marry My Husband. I made the mistake of reading this while riding the bus into work. I was sobbing...
'Alternative facts': A psychiatrist explains the difference between falsehoods and lies. There's a part of me that thinks it is ridiculous that anyone needs this explained. And I don't think enough attention is paid to the problem of people not caring whether something is true as long as they like it.
A Statue of a Defiant Girl Now Confronts the Famous ‘Charging Bull’ on Wall St.
This Week in the Economy
An Ivy League professor who spent 4 months working in a South Bronx check-cashing store says we're getting it all wrong.
There’s no bull in the message behind ‘Fearless Girl’ statue.
This week in awful people
Simons’s Renaissance Technologies Equity Fund Rose 4.6% in June. US billionaire Robert Mercer who bankrolled Leave.eu didn't make $16m after Brexit. His fund made $690m.
Fabulous, Darling!
John Barrowman celebrates 50th birthday by showing off his natural hair.
News for queers and our allies:
95-year-old comes out as gay in powerful must-see video.
Older Queer Voices: The Intimacy of Survival.
Safe as Houses.
Veteran who was to lead St. Patrick's Day parade quits over decision to bar gay vets.
Science!
How Does the Public’s View of Science Go So Wrong?
Does Ceres still have currently active (erupting!) cryovolcanoes?
The Most Important Idea about the Universe.
Scientists Might Finally Understand One of the Most Basic but Mysterious Aspects of Our Heartbeats.
Mosul offensive: Assyrian artifacts discovered in abandoned ISIS tunnels.
Neanderthal Dental Plaque Shows What a Paleo Diet Really Looks Like.
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation!
'Buffy' at 20: 13 Key Players on How It Changed TV and Why There Shouldn't be a Revival.
'Buffy' at 20: Gail Berman Reflects on the Rocky Road to Air and How It Could Return.
'Buffy' at 20: What the Critics Originally Said About the Joss Whedon Favorite.
Love science fiction and fantasy series? Better also love being patient.
'Are you ready to be strong?': The enduring legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"Buffy The Vampire Slayer" Gave Me My Own Scooby - Into every generation, a best friend is born.
The Complex Feminist Legacy Of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’.
20 Things We Still Love About Buffy the Vampire Slayer 20 Years Later.
Wells At The World's End: The Time Machine.
This week in Writing
In Search of Lost Tweets: On Being a Writer on Twitter.
This week in Words
Prepone - An Indian English word which means "to move to an earlier time".
Using 'Lady,' 'Woman,' and 'Female' to Modify Nouns - 'Female' doctor? 'Lady' lawyer? 'Woman' politician? Are any of these not offensive?
The Serial Comma - Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?
You're probably familiar with the term hot mess. But do you know how old hot mess really is?
This Week in History
An Unknown Latino Tuskegee Airman Has Been Discovered.
This Week in Tech
Errata Security: Some comments on the Wikileaks CIA/#vault7 leak.
Google's Algorithm Is Lying to You About Onions and Blaming Me for It .
Google’s “One True Answer” problem — when featured snippets go bad.
Keep your cool when facing possibilities like SHA-1, Cloudflare, and the shoddy Internet of Things.
WikiLeaks' CIA Hack: 9 Key Questions on Latest Document Dump - How reliable is Vault 7, the information allegedly leaked from the Central Intelligence Agency? For starters, nothing stated by WikiLeaks or Assange should be taken at face value.
Don’t Fall for the Area Code Scam.
This Week in Covering the News
NPR demonstrates how not to report on LGBT issues — four different times.
Rachel Maddow on How She Doubled Viewership Under Trump: ‘I Stopped Covering the Twitter Feed’. “We started covering only what they do rather than what they say,” MSNBC host tells TheWrap of recent ratings surge
This Week in Inclusion
An Asexual’s Defense of Jughead Kissing Betty on Riverdale. “Allowing Jughead to have “an origin story,” as Aguirre-Sacasa says, is not letting the character or the community down (yet). Giving him a coming-out narrative could create a dialogue about the asexual experience we have literally never seen before on broadcast TV. Of course, if Riverdale gets more seasons and it fails to develop Jughead’s asexuality, that would indeed be a disappointing omission, and a missed opportunity to do something truly new and brave with a character onscreen.”
A Bookstore Is Displaying All Books By Men Backward, And It’s Eye-Opening.
Culture war news:
Sportscaster Dale Hansen defends trans student wrestler Mack Beggs in amazing takedown.
OKLAHOMA: Tulsa LBGT Center Riddled With Bullets, Man Later Accosts Staff With Homophobic Slurs.
Why Is Franklin Graham So Obsessed With LGBTQ People?
What Do Feminists Owe Kellyanne Conway? As one person noted on Twitter, the answer is “A fair trial.”
Christians Are Treating a Comedy Skit About “Christian Persecution” As Proof of Actual Persecution.
Stop Using Women And Girls To Justify Transphobia.
A Field Guide to Straightsplaining. An oldie, but worth re-reading...
This Week in the Resistance:
Introducing the enemies of the American people: George Rodrigue.
People Walk Out As Ala. Official Pushes Voter ID At Selma Anniversary Service.
Nordstrom, Warby Parker and Etsy Pull Ads from Breitbart.
Resistance Art: This Amazing Sign Just Appeared on the Fence Surrounding the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station.
Remove health-care subsidies for Members of Congress and their families.
This Week Regarding the Lying Liar:
Trumpism is now getting exposed as a monumental fraud.
Stephen King mocks Trump wiretap allegations with short story.
When One President Smears Another.
Trump Knows the Feds Are Closing In on Him - The president’s recent tweets aren’t just conspiratorial gibberish – they’re the erratic ravings of a guilty conscience.
News about the Fascist Regime:
Canadian woman en route to Vermont spa denied entry to U.S., told she needs immigrant visa.
All 100 Senators Sign Letter Demanding Action on Jewish Center Bomb Threats.
Sean Spicer wrongly claims Fox reporter's phones were 'tapped'.
This week in Politics:
It's Do-or-Die for Repeal-and-Replace.
Time to talk Trump impeachment: Jason Sattler.
House Republicans Unveil Plan to Replace Health Law.
Wow: Nervous Georgia GOP re-gerrymanders state House to protect vulnerable Republicans.
Rep. Joe Kennedy calls GOP health care repeal bill ‘an act of malice’.
This Week in Racists, White Nationalists, and the deplorables
The dark psychology of dehumanization, explained.
This Week in Hate Crimes
Suspect in gay-bashing attack out on bond, fighting extradition to the Keys.
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern Of Harrassment Involving Threats To Jewish Community Centers.
Man charged with threatening Jewish centers to frame his ex.
Sikh community asks for hate-crime probe after man is told ‘go back to your own country’ and shot.
Another wave of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers happened today.
Things I wrote:
It’s the day to March Forth!
Game over, man!
There are worse things than invisibility—decoding is just another form of erasure.
Confessions of a public restroom avoider.
She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness — more of why I love sf/f.
Videos!
FDR "Let Me Warn You":
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Discovery Channel Song:
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The xx - Say Something Loving (Official Music Video):
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