{"id":12826,"date":"2011-03-05T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T01:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=12826"},"modified":"2011-03-05T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T01:37:12","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=12826","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please feel free to post what you want, when you want it. Self-linking is cool.<\/p>\n

I’m currently traveling to Ithaca, New York, and I’ll be in New York for the next ten days, so I’m not sure how much I’ll be around “Alas.” I’ll try to check in, though.<\/p>\n

(And oh, hey, if you’re in NYC and interested in joining me for lunch on Sunday the 13th, please drop me an email.)<\/p>\n

I’ve linked to Brian Dettmer’s jaw-dropping “book surgery” artwork before, but he’s done some new work since then<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.” Check out the whole gallery<\/a>. Also, Sullivan <\/a>picks out a good quote about how the internet helps the non-social-networking artist spread his work.<\/p>\n

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  1. I love this quote<\/a> from Emily Nagoski:
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    No one asked your permission to put toxic thoughts about your body in your head. No one waited until you could give informed consent and then said, \u201cI\u2019d like to tell you what\u2019s wrong with your body; would that be okay with you?\u201d No one said, \u201cWould it be all right if I say how broken and ugly and inadequate you are?\u201d No one stopped to find out if it was okay before they told you all the made-up, fictional reasons you should feel bad about yourself. They just knew they could make a profit if you hated yourself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Walker\u2019s Budget Plan is a Three-Part Roadmap for Conservative State Governance<\/a> Hey, remember when tea partiers said they were against huge new laws with all sorts of secret things hidden in them being shoved through the legislature very quickly? They were just kidding about that. As long as the new law allows Republicans to sell off public property to their cronies with no bidding or oversight, cuts medical care for the poor, and destroys unions, they’re all for it.<\/li>\n
  3. The \u201cPrecariat,\u201d the New Working Class \u00bb Sociological Images<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. International Comparisons of Equality and Prosperity \u00bb Sociological Images<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. On Bad Critiques of Rape Prevelance Studies (Part II)<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. How low can your health care go?<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. This is a very rare thing for me to say, but I agree with Justice Alito’s dissent<\/a>. (The case involves protesters picketing the funeral of a non-public figure.)<\/li>\n
  8. What is the health-care reform that Republicans actually want?<\/a>“>Republicans have no ideas at all for providing health care — at least, none that they’re willing to try and put into practice. They’re not against the ACA: They’re against Americans having affordable health care coverage, period.<\/li>\n
  9. What you need to know about state pension systems<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Fat Jokes and the Elephant in the Room<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Race, Racism and Online Housing: What the Research Tells Us :: racismreview.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. The Last Breakfast, a sculptural masterpiece for cereal-lovers…<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I guess that’s all I have time for today. Have a good rest of weekend, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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