{"id":24933,"date":"2019-05-23T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24933"},"modified":"2019-05-24T00:11:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T07:11:06","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-divine-knew-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24933","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm: Divine Knew Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. Graysexuality | Thing of Things<\/a>
    \n“Graysexuality is fascinating because we get to watch the process of a new orientation being constructed in real time.”<\/li>\n
  2. The Optimizer’s Curse & Wrong-Way Reductions | Confusopoly<\/a>
    \nAn interesting discussion of the limits of how Effective Altruists choose between charities. (    Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  3. Schools Are Full of Hungry Kids Who Aren’t Learning Anything. Why Don’t We Feed Them? | Center For Global Development<\/a>
    \nFree lunches for schoolkids in the developing world could be an effective way of improving educational outcomes. (For one thing, feeding kids is an effective way of increasing school attendance.) (    Via<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  4. On #MeToo\u2019s Anniversary, \u2018Mattress Girl\u2019 Doesn\u2019t Need You to Believe Her<\/a>
    \nEmma Sulkowicz seems to have moved to a “restorative justice” position, although they don’t use that phrase in this article.<\/li>\n
  5. This fifteen second video of someone drawing eleven lines (not counting some little hash marks) is extremely satisfying to watch.<\/a>
    \nAlso enjoyable, in a different way, are the many responses in which people posted their (usually) failed attempts at drawing the same eleven lines.<\/li>\n
  6. When a Town Takes Uber Instead of Public Transit – CityLab<\/a>
    \nAn article about a Canadian town that found that adding a bus system would be too expensive, so they decided to subsidize Uber trips instead. But the program was so popular that they’re having to limit it to cut costs. (I think that, whether it’s Uber or traditional, most cities should be spending a lot more subsidizing public transit.)<\/li>\n
  7. Kilogram, redefined: Why the world\u2019s new definition of mass is such a big achievement – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. No, I Will Not Debate\u00a0You – Laurie Penny<\/a>
    \n“To refuse to debate someone is an act of discourtesy. It is rude. It implies that you do not consider that person\u2019s ideas or behavior worthy of basic respect.”<\/li>\n
  9. julia serano – a transgender glossary of sorts<\/a>
    \nThe glossary is very useful (well, not for everyone, obviously). But I’m also linking it for the introduction, where Serano argues against word-elimination strategies: “This approach ignores the fact that most words are highly contextual, exhibiting multiple meanings or differing connotations depending upon the context. Many words and phrases can be used in both positive and negative ways, or in productive and disparaging ways. Yet, word elimination strategies insist that any negative usage (whether present or past, commonplace or occasional, real or perceived) automatically trumps all potentially neutral, positive, or productive uses of the term.”<\/li>\n
  10. What It’s Like To Drive The Worst Car Ever Built<\/a>
    \nWhich is the 1951 Hoffman. “It\u2019s not a piece of shit, build-quality-wise. It\u2019s just that every possible design decision made on this car is somehow the absolute worst decision you could make.”<\/li>\n
  11. Notre Dame fire: a historian on rebuilding the cathedral – Vox<\/a>
    \nOne interesting question (asked but not answered in this article): The spire that burned down was not the original spire. When they rebuild, do they rebuild the spire we’re used to, try and approximate what the original spire looked like, or create a new spire?<\/li>\n
  12. The Centr of Controversy \u2013 Kivan Bay \u2013 Medium<\/a>
    \nKivan very much opposes the use of the fat suit in Endgame<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  13. Dain Yoon’s Twitter feed.<\/a>
    \nKorean body paint artist Dain Yoon paints amazing and beautiful optical illusions on her face.<\/li>\n
  14. No more ‘shortcuts’ in prescribing opioids for chronic pain – STAT<\/a>
    \nThe CDC is, depending on your view, either walking back or clarifying its previous instructions on prescribing opioids. They’re saying they’ve been misinterpreted and that they don’t want chronic pain patients to be involuntarily forced to cut down or cease opioid use.<\/li>\n
  15. The problems with one-size-fits-all laws on opioid prescriptions – The Washington Post<\/a>
    \nPresidential candidate Kristin Gillibrand has been forced to walk her position back after proposing a terrible opioid control bill.<\/li>\n
  16. AMERICAN THEATRE | All Sizes Fit All: The Case for Normalizing Fatness Onstage<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. A History Of Violence – Pop culture news, movie, TV, music and gaming reviews. | The A.V. Club<\/a>
    \nIf you’re a fan of action movies, Tom Breihan’s series of article, with his choice for the most important action films year by year, is very entertaining reading. (Or I found it so.) And will almost certainly add some new titles to your “I wanna watch this” list.<\/li>\n
  18. Back in 1896 men didn\u2019t call women sluts. They called them \u201cbicycle face\u201d.<\/a>
    \n“Why? Because bicycles helped women make their own dating choices. IOW bikes were the first dating app. That scared men.” Interesting thread on Twitter.<\/li>\n
  19. Licensing Reform Opponents Say Unlicensed Barbers Would Be as Dangerous as Unlicensed Chefs. Chefs Aren’t Licensed.<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. (140) GOPRO Goes on Japanese Sushi Conveyor Belt (Beautiful Slice of Japanese Life) – YouTube<\/a>
    \nGets a lot less interesting after the plot twist at 3:40. I really enjoyed this on first viewiing – all those little slices of life contained in restaurant booths – but also had some doubts about the ethics of making such a film, especially     after reading this article<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  21. \u201cThe Prostitution Problem\u201d: Claims, Evidence, and Policy Outcomes” (pdf link)<\/a>
    \nA readable journal paper, giving an overview of the debate and evidence about sex work.<\/li>\n
  22. Velocity is strangling baseball \u2014 and its grip keeps tightening – The Washington Post<\/a>
    \nMore pitchers are throwing faster balls – and the result is a(n even) duller game.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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