{"id":25698,"date":"2020-08-15T23:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T06:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=25698"},"modified":"2020-08-15T23:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T06:24:14","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-mailboxes-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=25698","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, Mailboxes Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25732\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672-590x443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672-590x443.jpg 590w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-1929672.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2020\/08\/how-to-test-every-american-for-covid-19-every-day\/615217\/\">How to Test Every American for COVID-19, Every Day &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/10\/us-immigration-laws-unconstitutional-double-standards\/599140\/\">U.S. Immigration Law&#8217;s Unconstitutional Double Standards &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/06\/28\/us\/i-cant-breathe-police-arrest.html\">Three Words. 70 Cases. The Tragic History of \u2018I Can\u2019t Breathe.\u2019 &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/three-cheers-socialism?utm_content=bufferd50de&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Three Cheers for Socialism! | Commonweal Magazine<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Chiefly, what [Americans] have been trained not to know or even suspect is that, in many ways, they enjoy far fewer freedoms, and suffer under a more intrusive centralized state, than do the citizens of countries with more vigorous social-democratic institutions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/why-do-black-democrats-usually-prefer-establishment-candidates\/\">Why Black Voters Prefer Establishment Candidates Over Liberal Alternatives | FiveThirtyEight<\/a><br \/>\nEstablished relationships, and being risk adverse. The effect seems somewhat smaller if the liberal alternative is a credible Black candidate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/a-better-remedy-for-cancel-culture\/\">A Better Remedy for Cancel Culture &#8211; Persuasion<\/a><br \/>\nThat &#8220;better remedy&#8221; being ending (or at least limiting) at-will employment. Some very interesting comments, as well.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/sports\/bills\/lackawanna-woman-died-as-she-lived-hating-tom-brady\/article_65ebc9b0-d0ef-11ea-b651-3b2560f9f161.html\">Lackawanna woman died as she lived: hating Tom Brady | Buffalo Bills News | NFL | buffalonews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/27\/us\/minneapolis-police-officer-kueng.html?referringSource=articleShare\">The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police &#8211; The New York Times<\/a> And an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/ieDjV\">alternate link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20150710-the-gruesome-untold-story-of-eva-perons-lobotomy\">The gruesome, untold story of Eva Peron\u2019s lobotomy &#8211; BBC Future<\/a><br \/>\nInteresting, but less than certain.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/new-stuff\">New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feministing.com\/2015\/04\/23\/words-for-cutting-why-we-need-to-stop-abusing-the-tone-argument\/\">Words for cutting: Why we need to stop abusing \u201cthe tone argument\u201d<\/a><br \/>\nWritten five years ago and still terribly relevant today.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2019\/12\/05\/teens-argentina-are-leading-charge-gender-neutral-language\/?arc404=true\">Teens in Argentina are leading the charge to eliminate gender in language &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.vn\/LvIb7\">an alternate link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/the-front-row\/the-unstrung-power-of-elaine-stritch-in-original-cast-album-company\">The Unstrung Power of Elaine Stritch in \u201cOriginal Cast Album: Company\u201d | The New Yorker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/04\/why-are-hospitals-censoring-doctors-and-nurses\/609766\/\">Why Are Hospitals Censoring Doctors and Nurses? &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2015\/09\/why-it-was-easier-to-be-skinny-in-the-1980s\/407974\/\">Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishcurrents.org\/yavne-a-jewish-case-for-equality-in-israel-palestine\/\">Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abigailnussbaum.tumblr.com\/post\/623699847172734976\/how-to-do-garakbashir-in-canon-ds9\">Abigail Nussbaum \u2014 How to do Garak\/Bashir in Canon DS9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-55464.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25733\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-55464-590x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-55464-590x428.jpg 590w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-55464-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-55464-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/mailbox-55464-940x682.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Test Every American for COVID-19, Every Day &#8211; The Atlantic U.S. Immigration Law&#8217;s Unconstitutional Double Standards &#8211; The Atlantic Three Words. 70 Cases. 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