{"id":25536,"date":"2020-03-18T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=25536"},"modified":"2020-03-18T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:57:36","slug":"open-post-and-link-farm-hopscotching-alone-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=25536","title":{"rendered":"Open Post and Link Farm, Hopscotching Alone Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Honestly, I should have posted this ages ago – much of this now seems out of date. But on the other hand, maybe a mostly coronavirus-free list of stuff to read will be a relief to some?<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster. (Just Don\u2019t Call It Climate Change.) – The New York Times. (And an <\/a>alternate link<\/a>.)
    \nMind-boggling.<\/li>\n
  2. The Middle East Isn\u2019t Worth It Anymore – WSJ<\/a>
    \nA former U.S. ambassador to Israel argues that the US doesn’t have many vital interests at stake in the middle east anymore, but our policy hasn’t changed to reflect that.<\/li>\n
  3. People First Language is a Problem, Not A Solution, For Fat People \u2013 Dances With Fat<\/a>
    \nThanks to Mandolin for the link.<\/li>\n
  4. A Black Market for Life-Saving Insulin Thrives on Social Media | OneZero<\/a>
    \nWhat’s really nice about this is that it’s not a money market, for the most part. It’s people helping people out with their extra bits of insulin.<\/li>\n
  5. Opinion | Why Democrats Still Have to Appeal to the Center, but Republicans Don\u2019t – The New York Times<\/a>. (Alternate link<\/a>.)
    \nWe’re facing a plausible future where Republicans will be able to control the government with just 30% of the popular vote.<\/li>\n
  6. Republicans push to weaken court that caught them rigging elections | US news | The Guardian<\/a>
    \nThey will do anything to avoid having to win elections by getting the support of a majority of voters.<\/li>\n
  7. The Debate Link: Technically, Any Number of Seconds Can Be Split Any Number of Times<\/a>
    \nA darkly amusing note about the “split second decision” metric used to defend police officers.<\/li>\n
  8. Billy Joel Plays \u201cPiano Man\u201d for the First Time At the Bar He Based the Song On – McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. The “perfect storm” behind the recent college closings in New England | Boston.com<\/a>As incomes fail to rise, and as there are fewer high school graduates, small colleges will close in coming years. This will also be bad for small towns where the economy depends on the local college existing.<\/li>\n
  10. States with unified GOP control spend more on higher education when there is an overrepresentation of white students and less when there is not.<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side – CNNPolitics<\/a>
    \nThis was a new portion of the wall – apparently the concrete foundation had not finished curing. Or maybe it was God’s judgement. Hard to say. (Just kidding, it’s easy to say, I’m an atheist.)<\/li>\n
  12. A local theater played a program of all of 2020’s Oscar-nominated live action and animated films. A lot of them were very good, but I think my favorite was The Neighbors’ Window<\/a>. Of the animated movies, I think my favorite was M\u00e9morable<\/a>, but unfortunately I can’t find a copy of that online with english subtitles.<\/li>\n
  13. American Dirt controversy: How it happened and what publishers have learned.<\/a>
    \nI thought this was interesting: “But the most common take on the American Dirt fiasco is that it resulted from Flatiron\u2019s hubristic failure in what the industry refers to as \u201cpositioning\u201d\u2014that is, communicating the genre a house considers a new book to fit into.” In this theory, by positioning and marketing the book as a serious social commentary, rather than as a light thriller, the publishers invited a kind of scrutiny the book couldn’t withstand.<\/li>\n
  14. GOP lawmaker can\u2019t identify where the constitution says socialists \u2018either go to prison or are shot\u2019 \u2013 Raw Story<\/a>
    \nHow is this not an Onion headline?<\/li>\n
  15. CityLab Daily: There\u2019s No Such Thing as a Dangerous Neighborhood – CityLab<\/a>
    \nDangerous violence in cities is concentrated with a tiny portion of the population.<\/li>\n
  16. State-federal task forces are out of control – The Washington Post<\/a>
    \nAn FBI agent and a state officer jointly beat the crap out of an innocent man. But they’re incredibly hard to sue, because they effectively claim that they’re a Federal task force when sued under state law, but a state task force when sued under Federal law.<\/li>\n
  17. America\u2019s monopoly and antitrust problem, explained by your internet bill – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. To Dream of a Jewish President | The New Republic<\/a>
    \nInspired by Talmudic approaches, this article examines what it would mean if Bernie wins and we have a Jewish president.<\/li>\n
  19. The top and bottom images are paintings by the French street artist Seth<\/a>, whose work is as playful (and sometimes as dark) as childhood itself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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