{"id":21278,"date":"2016-03-14T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T18:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21278"},"modified":"2016-03-14T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T21:15:45","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-awful-typography-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21278","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, Awful Typography Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LARKIPUR<\/a><\/p>\n

This is an open thread. As well as discussing pretty much anything, you can also use this thread to self-publicize your stuff, or to publicize someone else’s stuff.<\/p>\n

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  1. What Do Campus Protesters Really Want? – The New York Times<\/a>
    \nLess than 10% ask for someone to be fired; 80-90% ask for things like more non-white faculty and better support for Black students. “Surprisingly rare, too, in the data are the buzzwords often highlighted in articles about campus activism: \u201cmicroaggressions\u201d appears in only 15 percent of petitions, and \u201ctrigger warning\u201d isn\u2019t used once.”<\/li>\n
  2. Even Lumberjacks Deserve Lotion: Gender in the Locker Room – The Toast<\/a>
    \nAwesome essay, thanks to Grace for the link.<\/li>\n
  3. An attempt at a polite discussion between a Sad Puppy and an Anti-Slater
    \nBeginning with a post by Sad Puppy     Stephanie S<\/a>, and then a response by Standback<\/a>. I think Standback’s response is flawed – he makes it sound as if the anger at Sad Puppies was entirely about motivations and not at all about substantive objections to slates, which I think is not true – but it’s nice to read two people attempting at respectful dialog.<\/li>\n
  4. The best book covers of the year, according to The Academy of British Cover Design<\/a>.
    \nSome of these strike me as wonderful; others I wouldn’t glance twice at.<\/li>\n
  5. Why Hamilton is Not the Revolution You Think it is | HowlRound<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Calculating US police killings using methodologies from war-crimes trials<\/a>
    \nIn the end, the number the author comes up with is uncertain (or, “not a true estimate”). But the methods are still interesting.<\/li>\n
  7. Recent Study Shows Black Women Working in STEM Often Mistaken for Janitors or Secretaries<\/a>
    \nAnd an     illustrative anecdote<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  8. 101 Funniest Screenplays List<\/a>
    \nI don’t know why I find lists like this so interesting, but I do. Lots of good films on this list, as well as a few I thought were awful. (Wedding Crashers<\/em>? Really? And how could they include that while leaving the much funnier Ruthless People<\/em> off the list?)<\/li>\n
  9. Day care in the United States: Is it good or bad for kids?<\/a>
    \nA readable summary of some of the research. Short answer: It’s complicated.<\/li>\n
  10. Should Rhodes stay or should he go? On the ethics of removing controversial statues | Practical Ethics<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. A better way to gauge how common sexual assault is on college campuses – The Washington Post<\/a>
    \nInstead of surveying 6000 students and getting low participation rates, survey 600 students and pay them $50 each for a high participation rate.<\/li>\n
  12. Obsession with Regression: Racial Discrepancies in Police Shootings<\/a>
    \n“These disparities are large, statistically significant, and and consistent with previous analyses — black Americans shot by police are more than twice as likely as white Americans shot by police to be unarmed, and more than 50% more likely to not be attacking.”<\/li>\n
  13. Make Buses Dangerous<\/a>
    \nThe argument is that buses are so much safer than cars, that any safety features on buses which reduce ridership have a net effect of decreasing overall safety. Fun verging on nonsensical.<\/li>\n
  14. The Trouble with Transporters – YouTube<\/a>
    \nScotty and Chief O’Brian are mass murderers!<\/li>\n
  15. Decision-Making under the Gambler’s Fallacy: Evidence from Asylum Judges, Loan Officers, and Baseball Umpires<\/a>
    \n    Scott Alexander<\/a> describes this well: “Just as a gambler who\u2019s had a long string of losses might be more likely to expect a win next time, so a judge who\u2019s had a long run of innocent people will be more likely to find the next person guilty.”<\/li>\n
  16. Speaking of… So Scott Alexander Says I’m A Jerk<\/a>.
    \nBecause I created that “types of antifeminist” cartoon. I can live with this.<\/li>\n
  17. Noisy Poll Results And Reptilian Muslim Climatologists from Mars | Slate Star Codex<\/a>
    \nWhy poll results showing that 5% of some group believe [some ridiculous thing] shouldn’t be taken at face value.<\/li>\n
  18. Syrian refugees in Canada got housed in same hotel as VancouFur furry convention and the children loved it | Americas | News | The Independent<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. A letter in the Financial Times<\/a> says that voting for Trump could be like voting for Hitler in 1933, but continued gridlock would be worse. WTF?<\/li>\n
  20. Men of Their Times – Uncanny Magazine<\/a>
    \nJim Hines on Lovecraft, Baum, and the limits of the “he was a product of his time” excuse.<\/li>\n
  21. How Both Sides of BDS Debate Get Oberlin Anti-Semitism Wrong – Opinion \u2013 Forward.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Muslims vote for a Jew! Some journalists make strawman of Sanders’ win in Dearborn \u2014 GetReligion<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. Someone on Ebay is auctioning one of my earliest comics<\/a>.
    \nThis is one that was printed via copy machine. It was done with my friend Paul Winkler, and also with the “Brian” who occasionally posts in comments here. My cartooning back then was terrible, but it is a genuine rarity, in that Paul and I only printed like 50 copies.<\/li>\n
  24. Inside the Protest That Stopped the Trump Rally – POLITICO Magazine<\/a>
    \n“The plan worked better than they’d ever imagined. Then the trouble began.”<\/li>\n
  25. Supercut of all the times Trump has called for violence at his rallies<\/a><\/li>\n
  26. US Latinos seek citizenship so they can vote against Trump | The Times of Israel<\/a>
    \nIt’s possible that this will turn out to be the biggest long-term effect of this year’s election.<\/li>\n
  27. 60 Stunning Photos Of Women Protesting Around The World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n