{"id":22543,"date":"2016-12-31T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T18:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22543"},"modified":"2016-12-31T10:52:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T18:52:47","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-goodbye-to-2016-we-wont-miss-ya-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22543","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, Goodbye to 2016 We Won&#8217;t Miss Ya Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UngE0qn3VRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Happy 2017, everyone! May it be better than 2016.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mobunited.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/28\/leia-organa-a-critical-obituary\/\">Leia Organa: A Critical Obituary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@samliao\/how-racists-are-made-into-unicorns-646cd04314f#.vgk92iabs\">How Racists Are Made Into Unicorns \u2013 Medium<\/a><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t agree with all of this &#8211; I think a more generous reading of Drum&#8217;s argument would be not that the majority definition is the &#8220;right&#8221; definition, but that there are <em>multiple correct definitions<\/em> of English words and phrases, including the phrase &#8220;white supremacy&#8221; &#8211; but I very much agree with the point that there&#8217;s enormous pressure to define the term &#8220;racist&#8221; so that no one can actually be said to be racist.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/7524194\">When Men&#8217;s Rights Means Anti-Women, Everyone Loses | Noah Berlatsky on Patreon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/12\/12\/insider\/copy-edit-this-quiz-2.html?_r=0\">Copy Edit Tihs! &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><br \/>\nThis was fun &#8211; see if you can spot the grammatical errors in these quotes from recent <em>Times <\/em>stories.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecc-poetry.tumblr.com\/post\/153369153630\/revenge\">Revenge<\/a><br \/>\nA post-election poem by e.c.c., that is apt to be more enjoyable for left-wing readers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2016\/12\/13\/13848794\/kentucky-obamacare-trump\">Why Obamacare enrollees voted for Trump &#8211; Vox<\/a><br \/>\nIn short, many of them don&#8217;t believe that Trump or Republicans <em>actually <\/em>intend to get rid of Obamacare. That seems very unlikely to be true, but I hope they&#8217;re right.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beautypageants.indiatimes.com\/120-kg-model-wins-Argentine-beauty-pageant\/eventshow\/55922558.cms\">120 kg model wins Argentine beauty pageant &#8211; BeautyPageants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2016\/12\/16\/13972394\/most-common-words-hillary-clinton-speech\">The most common words in Hillary Clinton\u2019s speeches, in one chart &#8211; Vox<\/a><br \/>\nShe talked about employment, the economy, etc., much more than about identity politics. I&#8217;d be curious to see the same sort of chart done for Trump.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hpWYtXtmEFQ\">Why Do Marvel&#8217;s Movies Look Kind of Ugly? (video essay) &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/16\/breitbart-s-milo-yiannopoulos-doubles-down-harassing-transgender-university-wisconsin-student\/214849\">Breitbart\u2019s Milo Yiannopoulos Doubles Down On Harassing Transgender University Of Wisconsin Student<\/a><br \/>\nAnd along similar lines: <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/25\/breitbart-news-published-slur-filled-talk-given-senior-editor-milo-yiannopoulos-university-delaware\/214102\">Milo Yiannopoulos: Never feel bad for mocking a transgendered person.<\/a>. That the anti-SJWs have made this wart their hero says it all about how genuinely contemptible their movement is.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crippledscholar.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/12\/disability-is-not-the-bogeyman-stop-using-it-as-a-threat\/\">Disability is Not the Bogeyman, Stop Using it as a Threat | crippledscholar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclet.com\/Local-News\/2016\/12\/12\/No-officer-I-m-not-selling-real-babies-on-the-internet.html\">Dollmaker investigated by police for suspected baby-selling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2016\/12\/29\/bask_in_the_bracing_unsentimentality_of_vesna_vulovic_the_only_person_to.html\">Bask in the bracing unsentimentality of Vesna Vulovic, the only person to survive a 1972 plane crash.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/12\/president-obamas-weak-defense-of-his-record-on-drone-strikes\/511454\/\">Obama&#8217;s Weak Defense of His Record on Drone Killings &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/briefly\/wisconsins-department-of-natural-resources-is-now-pretending-not-to-know-about-climate-change\/\">Wisconsin\u2019s Department of Natural Resources is now pretending not to know about climate change. | Grist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/the-pfm-a5-v2-0-a-3d-printed-paper-airplane-gun-that-fires-120-planes-per-minute\/\">The PFM-A5 v2.0, A 3D-Printed Paper Airplane Gun That Fires 120 Planes per Minute<\/a><br \/>\nWhat I find coolest is that it&#8217;s not just shooting the paper airplanes; it&#8217;s folding them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/house-republicans-will-ring-in-the-new-year-with-a-plan-to-permanently-cripple-government-9925b564c531#.cm9u06n5d\">House Republicans will ring in the new year with a plan to permanently cripple government<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theunitofcaring.tumblr.com\/post\/155088410021\/i-guess-the-counterpoint-to-your-largely\">Don&#8217;t forget that progressives have made remarkable strides &#8211; The Unit of Caring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thingofthings.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/28\/do-women-date-assholes-a-study\/\">Do Women Date Assholes? A Study | Thing of Things<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/genderanalysis.net\/2016\/12\/what-are-the-odds-youll-stop-harassing-trans-kids-gender-analysis\/\">What are the odds you\u2019ll stop harassing trans kids? (Gender Analysis) | Gender Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jaredbernsteinblog.com\/is-any-bit-of-positive-fiscal-impulse-worth-the-money\/\">Is any bit of positive fiscal impulse worth the money? | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2016\/12\/26\/science-and-race\/\">Science and race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/speak-freely\/all-i-want-christmas-get-out-immigration-detention\">All I Want for Christmas Is to Get Out of Immigration Detention | American Civil Liberties Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/speak-freely\/after-10-year-legal-battle-victory-undocumented-workers-injured-job\">After 10-year Legal Battle, a Victory for Undocumented Workers Injured on the Job | American Civil Liberties Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/danceswithfat.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/11\/fixing-bad-fatty-memes\/\">Fixing Bad Fatty Memes | Dances With Fat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thingofthings.wordpress.com\/2016\/12\/10\/on-the-baby-its-cold-outside-discourse\/\">On The Baby It\u2019s Cold Outside Discourse | Thing of Things<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshtpm\/status\/815054471634026496\">apparently accidentally tweeted out a porn video<\/a>. Marshall is being a pretty good sport about it, or maybe trying to pass it off as a joke; some of the replies to his tweet are pretty hilarious.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2016\/12\/06\/blame_the_bay_area_housing_crisis_for_the_ghost_ship_fire.html\">Blame the Bay Area housing crisis for the Ghost Ship fire.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theunitofcaring.tumblr.com\/post\/154098401866\/election-reform-that-the-us-needs\">There is no good reason not to let felons in prison have voting rights.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2016\/12\/05\/tardigrade-sex\/\">A video of tardigrade sex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/why-uber-is-losing-money-faster-than-any-tech-company-e-1785736918\">Why Uber Is Losing Money Faster Than Any Tech Company Ever<\/a><br \/>Basically, they can&#8217;t both make money and pay drivers. This author argues that Uber&#8217;s only long-term route to profit is self-driving cars.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2016\/12\/20\/maybe-gods-word-wasnt-as-infallible-as-he-thought\/\">Maybe God\u2019s Word Wasn\u2019t As Infallible As He Thought<\/a><br \/>\nSnort.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/voters-really-did-switch-to-trump-at-the-last-minute\/\">Voters Really Did Switch To Trump At The Last Minute | FiveThirtyEight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2016\/12\/reuters-3000-neighborhoods-have-higher-lead-levels-flint\">Reuters: 3,000 Neighborhoods Have Higher Lead Levels Than Flint | Mother Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artleonardobservations.com\/federal-court-upholds-dismissal-deputy-clerk-refused-process-sex-marriage-license\/\">Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Deputy Clerk Who Refused to Process Same-Sex Marriage License &#8211; Art Leonard Observations &#8211; Art Leonard Observations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2016\/12\/16\/duterte-i-personally-killed-suspects-to-show-the-police-who-it-is-done\/\">Duterte: I Personally Killed Suspects To Show The Police How It Is Done | JONATHAN TURLEY<\/a><br \/>\nSo, see, it is possible to have a worse president than Trump.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenfrug.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/poem-of-day-year-good-bones.html\">Attempts: Poem of the Day Year: Good Bones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/doYkrYCw3W4?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 2017, everyone! May it be better than 2016. Leia Organa: A Critical Obituary How Racists Are Made Into Unicorns \u2013 Medium I don&#8217;t agree with all of this &#8211; I think a more generous reading of Drum&#8217;s argument would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=22543\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22543"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22578,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22543\/revisions\/22578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}