{"id":14289,"date":"2011-10-17T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2011-10-17T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T21:33:53","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-its-fucking-magic-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14289","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread And Link Farm: It&#8217;s Fucking Magic Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surenmanvelyan.com\/gallery\/5569\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/debate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/human-eye-closer.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Above: An extreme close-up of the human eye. Suren Manvelyan, the photographer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surenmanvelyan.com\/gallery\/5569\">has a whole gallery<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/genderbitch.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/23\/intent-its-fucking-magic\/\">Intent! It\u2019s Fucking Magic! \u00ab Genderbitch: Musings of a Trans Chick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/17\/opinion\/safety-regulators-dont-add-costs-they-decide-who-pays-them.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">Safety Regulators Don\u2019t Add Costs. They Decide Who Pays Them. &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>. I think the writer is exaggerating a bit; obviously, inefficient and bad regulations add costs. But too many Conservatives speak as if all regulations are bad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/inquisitivespark.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/12\/privilege-activism\/\">Privilege &amp; Activism<\/a>: Questioning the tendency of NSWATM to find equivalent male victimhood in everything.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/felix-salmon\/2011\/10\/07\/unemployments-here-to-stay\/\">Unemployment\u2019s here to stay | Felix Salmon<\/a> So given that there is going to be substantial long-term unemployment for years to come, what should we do about it?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/archive\/2002\/11\/25\/021125crbo_books?currentPage=all\">A critique of Pinker&#8217;s &#8220;The Blank Slate&#8221;<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2011\/10\/pinker-the-thinker\">Via<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feministing.com\/2011\/10\/04\/guest-post-my-hope-for-occupy-wall-street\/\">My hope for #occupy wall street<\/a>: &#8220;Occupy Wall Street\u2019s General Assembly operates under a revolutionary \u201cprogressive stack.\u201d [&#8230;] A progressive stack encourages women and traditionally marginalized groups speak before men, especially white men.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandboxworld.net\/2011\/10\/painted-chair.html\">I want one of these chairs.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Related to the above post, I debated a bunch about progressive stacking in <a href=\"http:\/\/noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/30\/open-thread-3\/#comment-16397\">an open thread on No Seriously What About The Menz<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theagitator.com\/2011\/10\/13\/on-bringing-back-the-firing-squad\/\">On Bringing Back the Firing Squad | The Agitator<\/a> So lethal injection may actually be an extremely cruel and painful method; less painful methods are easily available, but aren&#8217;t used because they wouldn&#8217;t be as comfortable for spectators to see.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/Home\/D_Magazine\/2011\/October\/How_Rais_Bhuiyan_Forgave_the_Man_Who_Shot_Him_in_the_Face.aspx?p=1\">Could You Forgive the Man Who Shot You in The Face?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/alyssa\/2011\/09\/21\/324402\/kat-dennings-is-a-goddess-so-stop-trolling\/\">Kat Dennings Is a Goddess. So Stop Trolling.<\/a> Yet another actress being criticized because she has a tiny bit of flesh on her bones and that&#8217;s JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE Y&#8217;ALL.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edge.org\/documents\/Invention.html#Blakemore\">EDGE: What Is The Most Important Invention of the Past 2000 Years?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/romm\/2011\/10\/16\/345088\/wri-review-climate-science-literature-paints-a-bleak-picture\/\">WRI&#8217;s Review of Climate Science 2009-2010: &#8220;As a Whole, the Literature Paints a Bleak Picture&#8221; | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/rome-sweet-rome-movie\/\">Warner Bros. To Make Movie Out of Reddit Comment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-10-14\/many-are-called-in-republican-race-the-ticker.html\">Four different Republican candidates for President believe that God told them to run<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eschergirls.tumblr.com\/\">Escher Girls<\/a>: &#8220;This is a blog for pictures of female characters in impossible or ridiculous poses or with disturbing anatomy because the artists need to show teh sexy.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/ami-rants.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/crimson-star-wizard.html\">Via<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2011\/10\/how-occupy-wall-street-is-like-the-internet\/246759\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Ab0_CalCEAAt6Y1.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hdZHfzjJf-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above: An extreme close-up of the human eye. Suren Manvelyan, the photographer, has a whole gallery. Intent! It\u2019s Fucking Magic! \u00ab Genderbitch: Musings of a Trans Chick Safety Regulators Don\u2019t Add Costs. They Decide Who Pays Them. &#8211; NYTimes.com. 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