Category Archives: Link farms

Banning LGBT+ content will not make you happy… “… your actual problem is that you can’t stand the fact that people who are not you can be happy.” Thanks to Grace for the link! It Only Takes One Parent to … Continue reading →

Grover Cleveland’s Sex Scandal: The Most Despicable in American Political HistoryCleveland almost certainly raped a woman, then had her involuntarily consigned to an asylum. What a scumbag. I really regret the nice things I’ve been saying about Cleveland for decades. … Continue reading →

The case for replacing elections with sortition – The Boston Review. “Sortition,” for those who don’t know (I didn’t), is a word for government by representatives chosen by lottery. It wouldn’t be a perfect system, of course, but the question … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Moore v. Harper. It’s a grave threat to US democracy. – Vox “Moore v. Harper is a grave threat to US democracy, and the fate of that democracy probably comes down to Amy … Continue reading →

Democrats Are Facing Doom—And No One Seems To Even Have Any Suggestions A bad read for lefties who’d like to avoid feeling hopeless. Opinion | What Black cops know about racism in policing – The Washington Post “But the more … Continue reading →

We asked Texas Republicans banning books to define pornography. Here’s what they told us. Sex Isn’t Binary And Immutable, But It Wouldn’t Matter (For Trans Rights) If It Was | by Katy Montgomerie | Mar, 2022 | Medium Cancel Culture … Continue reading →

My friend PH Lee’s short story Just Enough Rain has been nominated for a Nebula Award! Congrats, Lee! Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024 Disturbing. Not surprising, but disturbing. Transgender Teens … Continue reading →

How an 11-Foot-Tall 3-D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community – The New York Times (And an alternative link, although the fancy photo intro won’t work there.) Printing out small but solid houses to be affordable housing in Mexico. … Continue reading →

“This is it” is the consensus among some COVID experts. So how should you assess risk for the long term? ““Eradication, meaning complete elimination of this virus from the world, is not going to happen,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, a … Continue reading →

Breaking Rocks, then Breaking Out: On “Freedomville: The Story of a 21st-Century Slave Revolt” “When we remove violence as a legitimate response to oppression, we condone the notion that the state has the only legitimate right to use force, and … Continue reading →