{"id":20657,"date":"2015-12-08T05:28:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=20657"},"modified":"2015-12-08T05:37:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:37:21","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-penguins-in-sweaters-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=20657","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread And Link Farm, Penguins in Sweaters Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. “Female Privilege” and Sexist Arguments<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. LDF Files Lawsuit to Challenge Alabama\u2019s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law | NAACP LDF<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. What would Earth’s skies look like with Saturn’s rings? | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Asking the Wrong Questions: Five Comments on Hamilton<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Robot Hugs – Overheard<\/a> Thanks to Grace for this link.<\/li>\n
  6. How Iowa Became the New Battleground for African Hair Braiders<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Auto Mechanics Recreate Renaissance Paintings | Bored Panda<\/a> The photos are really quite beautiful.<\/li>\n
  8. School Cancels Reading Of Storybook With Trans Character After Parents Threaten to Sue | GalleyCat<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Carrie Fisher’s Interview on Good Morning America<\/a> was kind of awesome.<\/li>\n
  10. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Texas redistricting plan – The Washington Post<\/a> Basically, some conservatives are arguing that districts should be counted based on voting population, rather than based on population. See also: \u201cAssessing the Potential Impact of Evenwel v. Abbott\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  11. Viral Video Shows What Happens When You Show People a Bible With a Quran’s Cover on It<\/a>. What I found most entertaining about this video – which is in Dutch with English subtitles – is that the folks in the video swear in English.<\/li>\n
  12. Finland Wants to Replace Welfare Programs With a Minimum Income for All Residents – Hit & Run : Reason.com<\/a> It will be really interesting to see how this works out.<\/li>\n
  13. Here’s How Sex Work Changed After the Government Shut Down Rentboy.Com<\/a>. Unsurprisingly, the change was bad for sex workers.<\/li>\n
  14. We\u2019re Watching You: Printed Eyes Reduce Littering and Anti-Social Behavior | Neuroscience News<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Total Abortion Ban Reinstated in Dominican Republic – Hit & Run : Reason.com<\/a> If you read all the way to the bottom of the article, it gets even worse.<\/li>\n
  16. George Zimmerman Suspended From Twitter for Revenge-Porn Posts – Hit & Run : Reason.com<\/a>. Zimmerman really seems to be an amazing scumbag.<\/li>\n
  17. The Unit of Caring<\/a> – a nuanced criticism of the “I believe women” slogan.<\/li>\n
  18. Elizabeth Warren Shows Support for Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Plan – The New York Times<\/a>. But Warren stops short of endorsing Clinton’s candidacy.<\/li>\n
  19. Writing Vs. Art In Comics (with tweets) \u00b7 Just some of Amp’s late-night tweets about comics \u00b7 Storify<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Australia\u2019s Oldest Man Spends His Time Knitting Tiny Sweaters for Rescued Penguins | One Green Planet<\/a>. It’s actually a very good penguin rescue strategy, after an oil spill.<\/li>\n
  21. The breast-feeding extremists who put \u201clactivism\u201d ahead of protecting babies from HIV.<\/a> And, needless to say, ahead of mothers’ welfare.<\/li>\n
  22. Donald Trump’s Islamophobic rhetoric is just a cruder version of what many of the other GOP candidates have been saying.<\/a> Trump isn’t the problem; the GOP’s entire culture is the problem.<\/li>\n
  23. Pepperidge Farm thinks it owns the concept of oval, chocolate-filled cookies – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. What To Know About The Sexual Assault Allegations Against James Deen<\/a>. They say they’ll update this page as the story develops.<\/li>\n
  25. Women cast the porn star\u2014now accused of sexual assault\u2014in their fantasies. They can just as easily cast him out.<\/a> Interesting article talking about how Deen’s now-demolished feminist rep came, not from anything Deen himself did, but from his Tumblr fanbase of young women.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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