{"id":24231,"date":"2018-09-11T17:44:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24231"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:44:43","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-trapped-inside-this-rotting-building-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24231","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, Trapped Inside This Rotting Building Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I Am Part of the Resistance Inside Nyarlathotep\u2019s Death Cult – McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency<\/a>
Thanks to Grace for the link!<\/p>\n

Demanding an End to ‘Modern Day Slavery,’ Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike | Portside<\/a>
\nIncludes a list of the prisoners’ demands.<\/p>\n

Julia Serano: Everything You Need to Know About Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria<\/a><\/p>\n

ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES: Do 20% of Men “Get” 80% Of All Heterosexual Sex?<\/a>
\nSpoiler: No.<\/p>\n

Bank of America freezes account after asking proof of residency | The Sacramento Bee<\/a><\/p>\n

Social science replication crisis: studies in top journals keep failing to replicate – Vox<\/a>
\nThere’s some interesting discussion here of what this could mean for researchers going forward.<\/p>\n

\u2018Alley Oop\u2019 Comic Strip May Be Going The Way Of The Dinosaurs | Deadline<\/a>
\nMy first reaction was, “Alley Oop is still running?” Turns out the strip has been running over 80 years, but is now in reruns. It has about 600 papers, however, so I bet the syndicate will find someone to keep it going. Cartoonists with Ally Oop ideas, now may be the time to send in your pitches!<\/p>\n

The Great Chinese Art Heist | GQ<\/a>
\nThis could be the basis of an awesome heist movie. Or a reverse “Indiana Jones.”<\/p>\n

Opinion | YouTube, the Great Radicalizer – The New York Times<\/a>
\nYouTube’s algorithms are biased to showing us more and more extreme videos, apparently because that keeps the most people watching longest, bringing in more ad dollars. Interestingly, this is literally the opposite of the expected outcome of the “an open marketplace of free speech will lead to the truth succeeding” arguments. Alternate link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is sex work still the most dangerous profession? The data suggests so<\/a><\/p>\n

The Country’s First Climate Change Casualties? – Pacific Standard<\/a>
\n“Scientists predict Tangier Island could be uninhabitable within 25 years. This is the story of the people willing to go down with it\u2014and why they’ve risked it all on Donald Trump to keep them afloat.” The population of Tangier Island is less than 1,000; would it make more sense to give up on saving the island and instead offer the residents who are willing to relocate generous grants?<\/p>\n

Mel Gibson set the pattern for a #MeToo comeback. Others will follow it. – Vox<\/a>
\nUnfortunately, this isn’t the way I’d like to see things go; Gibson mainly got to come back by staying below the radar for a while and refusing to talk about it, while his friends sometimes told the media that he’d gotten a bum rap. My preference would be for celebs in need of rehabilitation to undergo a restorative justice process with their victims, if the victims are willing.<\/p>\n

‘Virtue-signalling’ \u2013 the putdown that has passed its sell-by date | David Shariatmadari | Opinion | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

Victorian Doctors Didn’t Treat Women With Orgasms, Say Historians – The Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n

For Older Voters, Getting The Right ID Can Be Especially Tough : NPR<\/a><\/p>\n

Against Identity Politics | Francis Fukuyama<\/a>
\nThis is one of the better attacks on identity politics I’ve seen, not least because he doesn’t dismiss the problems identity politics addresses. But I still think he makes his case by leaving a lot out. It’s not obvious that the zero-sum game Fukuyama posits – that if we concentrate on (for example) racism, then the left won’t also concentrate on economic ideas – is actually true. The support for a basic income has recently been shooting up on the left; ditto for medicare-for-all.<\/p>\n

The New Science of Seeing Around Corners | Quanta Magazine<\/a>
\nReally neat stuff that I don’t fully understand. “…the computer vision scientist Antonio Torralba noticed stray shadows on the wall of his hotel room that didn\u2019t seem to have been cast by anything.”<\/p>\n

Why We Should Lower the Voting Age in America \u2013 Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n

Is a glass of wine a day really unsafe? A new alcohol study, explained. – Vox<\/a>
\nThe answer is “no.” But this fuss is indicative of a larger problem in how food and health is reported. Reading this article made me think of this brilliant Funny or Die sketch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Living Wall by Nikita Nomerz | Bored Panda<\/a>“Russian street artist Nikita Nomerz travels around various cities in his homeland to find abandoned structures and bring them back to life.”<\/p>\n

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