{"id":24995,"date":"2019-06-18T13:50:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24995"},"modified":"2019-06-18T13:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:50:04","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-happy-robot-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24995","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, happy robot edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. An Expert on Concentration Camps Says That’s Exactly What the U.S. Is Running at the Border<\/a>
    \n“Things can be concentration camps without being Dachau or Auschwitz.”<\/li>\n
  2. After two trans migrant women died in ICE detention, Tucker Carlson says trans detainees are treated better than American citizens<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Inside the horrors of migrant detention centers –\u00a0Axios<\/a>
    \n“At a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in El Paso, Tex. more than 150 migrants were held in a cell meant for just 35 people…”<\/li>\n
  4. What’s Actually Causing Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Immigrant Detention Centers? – Pacific Standard<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Hitler Was Incompetent and Lazy \u2014 and His Nazi Government Was an Absolute Clown Show | Opinion<\/a>
    \nPeople underestimated Hitler, because you don’t have to be competent to do a lot of harm.<\/li>\n
  6. Could Oregon Become the First State to Ban Single-Family Zoning? – Willamette Week<\/a>
    \n“… allowing smaller dwellings or breaking up single-family homes into multiple units creates more housing and the chance to make housing more affordable in pricey neighborhoods.”<\/li>\n
  7. Every NIMBY\u2019s Speech At a Public Hearing – McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency<\/a>
    \n“I\u2019ve lived in the same house in the Elm Heights neighborhood for the past twenty years, and I just love everything about this town except for the problems that my politics have directly created.”<\/li>\n
  8. I\u2019m from a Mexican family. Stop expecting me to eat \u2018authentic\u2019 food. – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Why Elizabeth Warren Left The GOP – POLITICO Magazine<\/a>
    \n“Warren says the first trip to a bankruptcy court in San Antonio upended her feelings about Law and Economics and the more theoretical, free-market approach she had espoused.”<\/li>\n
  10. Incels are now mad about women smiling at them :: We Hunted The Mammoth<\/a>
    \n“Now I have been black pilled about female smiles just being another form of teasing.”<\/li>\n
  11. A Year After Internet Infamy, Ronaldo Sculptor Gets Another Shot<\/a>
    \nThe weird thing is, the first sculpture is so much more engaging and interesting than any better-done sculpture could be. But I’m glad he’s gotten another chance; hopefully he’ll get to keep on sculpting.<\/li>\n
  12. My Jewish Trek | Jewish Journal<\/a>
    \n“‘Gene was anti-Semitic, clearly,’ Nimoy replied as my heart sank.”<\/li>\n
  13. Global Implications of FOSTA | Slixa<\/a>
    \n“The passage of FOSTA rests on an extensive history of abolitionist attempts to pass legislation that restrict sex work or apply paternalistic narratives to workers.”<\/li>\n
  14. Baby Anacondas Born At New England Aquarium \u2014 Without Any Male Snakes Involved<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Political Cartoonist Not Sure How To Convey That Large Sack In Senator\u2019s Hand Is Full Of Money – The Onion<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Report: Google News Does Not Have an Anti-Conservative Bias So Much as a Pro-Credible Source One<\/a>
    \nAnd, unsurprisingly, a pro-gets-a-lot-of-clicks bias. (Conservatives will respond that the measures used to access “credible” are also biased against conservatives.)<\/li>\n
  17. Virginia EMT who made racist remarks on podcast loses his job – CNN<\/a>
    \nAs y’all know, I’m generally against firing people for their off-the-clock political speech. Well, here’s a case where I completely approve of the firing.<\/li>\n
  18. The Trade Secret: Firms That Promised High-Tech Ransomware Solutions Almost Always Just Pay the Hackers<\/a>
    \n    Via Ozy<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  19. Dogs\u2019 Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them – The Atlantic<\/a>
    \n“For the study, a team at the University of Portsmouth\u2019s Dog Cognition Centre looked at two muscles that work together to widen and open a dog\u2019s eyes, causing them to appear bigger, droopier, and objectively cuter.”<\/li>\n
  20. Black Missouri drivers 91% more likely to be stopped, state attorney general finds | PBS NewsHour<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. The Political and the Principled: A Different Take On Grievance Studies<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Results<\/a>
    \nJournal article giving the same data to 29 teams of analysts; the various teams found significantly different results, despite using the same data. “These findings suggest that significant variation in the results of analyses of complex data may be difficult to avoid, even by experts with honest intentions.” Thanks to Harlequin for the link!<\/li>\n
  23. The kidnapped Yazidi children who don\u2019t want to be rescued from ISIS – The Washington Post<\/a>
    \nWhat a nightmare.<\/li>\n
  24. Animals Are Becoming Nocturnal To Avoid Interacting With Humans<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Pleading Guilty to Get Out of Jail – The Appeal<\/a>
    \nToo many people have a choice between 1) remaining in jail because they can’t afford bail, or 2) pleading guilty to a misdemeanor in order to get free.<\/li>\n
  26. Which is why there are movements to end cash bail. But the politics can be complicated<\/a>, plus there’s the worry that without cash bail, DAs and judges will try to divert more people into simply being jailed with no bail possible.<\/li>\n
  27. D.C. Sex Workers Want Decriminalization\u2014and City Council Members Agree \u2013 Reason.com<\/a>
    \nThe article doesn’t give a sense of how likely the bill is to pass, however. Anyone got a feel for that?<\/li>\n
  28. Everyone Got the Dutch Teen \u2018Euthanasia\u2019 Story Wrong \u2013 Reason.com<\/a>
    \nThe real story – a complex story of a suffering teen choosing not to eat and her parents choosing to no longer force-feed her – became, in English newspapers, a completely fabricated cautionary tale about euthanasia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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