Issuepedia:Filing Room/to file/2021
January
1/1 (Fri)
- https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-31/healthcare-workers-refuse-covid-19-vaccine-access
- 2019-11-19 Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit: disinformation pandemic
- https://projects.propublica.org/hawaii-beach-loss/
1/2 (Sat)
- COVID spiking:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0C7_c8ylvk - Betty Bowers on GOP hypocrisy
- Eddie Izzard on JKR:
1/3 (Sun)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/health/covid-vaccine-hesitancy.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/audio-trump-berates-ga-secretary-of-state-urges-him-to-find-votes/2021/01/03/aba64f5f-8c3c-490f-af34-618ccea732d7_video.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJbtxuwyBc - Trump's weird GA tweets
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/kplhhf/8_months_ago_i_started_writing_code_to_scrape_and/ - analyzing stock market activity by politicians, most notably Richard Burr
1/4 (Mon)
1/5 (Tue)
- https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/01/02/0456221/among-2020s-most-underreported-stories-pharmaceutical-profiteering-may-accelerate-superbugs
- https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-host-society-is-rigged/ - yes. Most of society does not like Trump, and that's why he lost.
- https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/spl/jim-brewster-pennsylvania-senate-gop-refuse-to-seat-nicole-ziccarelli-20210104.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/05/hawley-protest-antifa-scumbags-virginia/ - GOP scumbag lies about peaceful protest
1/6 (Wed)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/01/06/what-is-this-mania-about-cancel-culture/ - cancel culture
- election-related stuff:
- https://twitter.com/RepElaineLuria/status/1346890833266683904 - Trumpers invade Capitol
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/georgia-senate-election-results/
- https://mastodon.social/@fox_news/105510199520681268
- https://toot.cat/@anubis2814/105510446341208929
- https://twitter.com/MarlaCaldwell/status/1346913445720051712 - more video
- https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1346929730407202822 - OAN claiming it was Antifa disguised as Trumpers
- https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346912780700577792 - Trump calls for peace, uh-huh, right, sure
- https://twitter.com/i/events/1346454323635527680 - Capitol is secure
- meta:
- https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1323739504046465025 - a relevant prediction
- https://toot.cat/@anubis2814/105510805763291513 - comparison with anti-Native police violence
- https://twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1346947194335723522 - trying to blame leftian rhetoric for the violence
- https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1346903163849342987
- https://twitter.com/k_tea_cat/status/1346907065940283394
- https://twitter.com/RepDavidEPrice/status/1346905883561906186?s=20
- https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080
- https://twitter.com/HaleighHoffman/status/1346909775188152321
- https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1346905694155497472
- https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/saul-loeb?family=editorial&phrase=saul%20loeb&sort=newest
- https://twitter.com/jihanbit/status/1346909463660396550?s=20 - video of police letting the Trumpers through the barricade
- https://twitter.com/LinaRather/status/1346948599230451716 - GOP still refused masks
- https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1346898433689399297 - photo after the break-in
- https://mobile.twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1346970430062485505 - Twitter suspends Trump
- https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1346744290144206848 - pro-Trump march in Tokyo??
- https://twitter.com/MattGarrahan/status/1346959244051013634 - footage as mob went into Capitol
- https://people.com/food/whole-foods-ceo-best-solution-americans-eat-healthier/ - personal responsibility-adjacent; John Mackey being an amazing asshole again
1/7 (Thu)
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/7/congress-affirms-biden-win-trump-vows-orderly-tran/
- https://twitter.com/Mr_Berman/status/1347020289947947008?s=19 - Matt Gaetz blames antifa for pro-Trump protests / break-in
1/8 (Fri)
- https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-pence-i-dont-want-to-be-your-friend-2021-1 - the delusional continues to be strong in this one
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/01/08/cheap-talk-skepticism/ - cheap talk skepticism
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/16/oann-what-is-tv-network-trump-is-pushing - One America News Network
- https://www.propublica.org/article/capitol-rioters-planned-for-weeks-in-plain-sight-the-police-werent-ready - more on the attempted coup
- https://lithub.com/by-bullet-or-ballot-on-one-of-the-only-successful-coups-in-american-history/ - the US/NC/Wilmington insurrection
- https://twitter.com/duke_helena/status/1347267376488853508 - lesbian offspring of some of the Coup Kluxers posts IDs, receives instant widespread support
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/georgia-senate-election-results/
- https://twitter.com/MarlaCaldwell/status/1347328058911584256 - video: Trumpist rioters destroying AP equipment
- https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1347619335313960962 - man who broke into Pelosi's office arrested & charged on 3 federal counts
1/9 (Sat)
- https://twitter.com/JanetAnneLogan/status/1347929619765329930 - police found a pickup truck full of bombs near the Capitol
- https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/141
- https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1347908845281095680?s=20 - dissecting Trump's insurrection speech
- https://twitter.com/navybook/status/1347908922292768771?s=20 - DoD is buying into the "free speech" rhetoric
- https://twitter.com/MarlaCaldwell/status/1347959114228490240 - more evidence of right-wing incitement to violence
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-clyburn-says-somebody-on-the-inside-of-capitol-was-complicit/
1/10 (Sun)
- https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-99178053752 - video: riot was way worse than initially shown
- https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-omar-says-republicans-who-enabled-trump-have-blood-on-their-hands-99116613914
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-clyburn-says-somebody-on-the-inside-of-capitol-was-complicit/
- https://www.parents.com/news/how-to-explain-to-kids-the-difference-between-a-mob-and-a-protest/ - riots vs. protests
- https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9130119/Priti-Patel-tackles-woke-police-chiefs-let-mobs-tear-statues.html - "woke" = insufficiently authoritarian
- https://twitter.com/petermaer/status/1348231695913381891 - black Capitol Police officers
- https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240 - decent video message from Ahnold. Ends a bit sanctimonious, but that's appropriate for the people he's primarily trying to reach.
- https://mattmillr.medium.com/gregory-brothers-the-youtube-stars-behind-viral-rent-mashup-are-leaders-in-lbgtq-exclusionary-ea27ce032624 - Resurrection Williamsburg homophobia
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2mH9X4jQT8 - claim of 43000 Trump votes removed in PA
- https://twitter.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1348325143010017282 - apparently this one officer was critical in holding back the mob
- https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/corey-robin-what-impeachment-could-mean-trump
- https://twitter.com/BethLynch2020/status/1348384859291582465?s=19 - QAnon congresswoman faces calls for arrest after live-tweeting Nancy Pelosi's location to rioters
- https://twitter.com/SacredSHS/status/1348329777795653640 - more right-wing violent threats
- https://www.maxnewstoday.com/post/hold-the-traitors-accountable -- well-written argument
- https://www.livescience.com/22109-cycles-violence-2020.html - 2020 matches prediction from 2012 and earlier
1/11 (Mon)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/01/11/a-little-glimmer-of-satisfaction-every-morning/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/cumulus-radio-conservative-election-fraud/2021/01/11/e12ec46e-537c-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/01/10/how-to-wipe-a-cocky-grin-off-a-trumpkins-face/ - they don't understand what the words mean
- https://twitter.com/Antifagator/status/1348459922208546816?s=19 - "no no, we're the real nazis"
- https://www.rawstory.com/jeanine-pirro-kristallnacht/
- https://gizmodo.com/every-deleted-parler-post-many-with-users-location-dat-1846032466
- https://twitter.com/kimpossiblefact/status/1348560370810679297?s=19 - These People Don't Know What They're Doing, part one zillion
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2021/01/09/opinion-after-heinous-assault-time-reckon-reality/6599593002/
1/12 (Tue)
- https://twitter.com/I_am_Endeavour/status/1348274945420382208 - so, what were the homophobic things Graham Norton said earlier?
- The Boogaloo Boys: A meme that kills people.
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/congressional-doctor-warns-insurrection-may-have-been-superspreader-event/
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-briefed-plot-overthrow-government_n_5ffd29a4c5b691806c4bf199?cte
- https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1348869611203293184 - more terrorist threats
1/13 (Wed)
to post somewhere
(From Discord on 2021-01-10:
So now I've thought of two ways right-wingism gets its hooks into people:
- appeals to comforting beliefs: yes, you are in control of your life, you deserve everything you have, anyone who worked as hard as you would have achieved the same thing -- therefore anyone who isn't doing well is pretty much to blame for that (the Cult of Personal Responsibility)
- appeals to vanity: by always questioning any conclusion which is either widely accepted or seemingly inescapable, you are proving that you are cleverer and more open-minded than the Sheeple -- and you can prove your worthiness and non-sheeplyness by repeating ideas which articulately take down such widely-accepted and/or inescapable conclusions, regardless of whether those arguments make sense on closer examination, in the name of being sure to question everything and examine all sides (Cheap Talk Skepticism)(edited)
1/14 (Thu)
- https://mailchi.mp/3c87cdfd4243/dc-coup-attempt-part-3-stop-calling-them-terrorists - fascists are ultimately aligned with the capitalist oligarchy
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/tom-rice-south-carolina-impeachment/index.html
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/media/capitol-hill-insurrection-denial/index.html
- https://jezebel.com/i-was-raised-on-the-lie-of-the-reluctant-rural-insurre-1846006392
- https://phys.org/news/2021-01-indigenous-peoples-wary-biodiversity.html
1/15 (Fri)
- https://www.themarysue.com/donald-trump-wrong-alamo/
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/there-is-no-covid-vaccine-reserve-trump-admin-already-shipped-it/
- https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1349920717639475203 - on claims that the insurgence was leftist
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/trump-tries-to-claw-back-billions-from-covid-vaccine-distributor/
- https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-14/architect-paul-r-williams-shaped-los-angeles-black-pioneer - nonwhite erasure
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/tv-s-first-interracial-kiss-launched-a-lifelong-career-in-activism - Star Trek was always political
- https://toot.cat/@anubis2814/105562447120047856 - apparently they honestly believe that Medicare is a private service??
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/15/twitters-vision-of-decentralization-could-also-be-the-far-rights-internet-endgame/
1/16 (Sat)
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/fda-blindsided-as-trump-admin-cripples-agency-on-its-way-out/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54691739 - autism and UK PoC communities
- https://twitter.com/MarlaCaldwell/status/1350556648788664322 - actual censorship, from the Right of course
- https://twitter.com/rebekahmiel/status/1350613336115830788 "pro-life" marchers in Raleigh without masks
- https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1350618959918206976 - apparently the Pentagon was one factor in why AT&T wasn't broken up sooner
1/17 (Sun)
- https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22232948/third-stimulus-check-update-aoc-biden
- https://www.gov.scot/policies/crime-prevention-and-reduction/hate-crime/
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/16/2009646/--A-riot-that-killed-4-of-his-biggest-fans-How-Trump-supporters-trampled-one-of-their-own - perp blames Antifa
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/16/2009669/-Trump-may-be-going-but-he-s-leaving-behind-a-stain-that-goes-from-coast-to-coast - anti-masker rage
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/16/2009712/-Bundy-warns-he-will-walk-toward-guns-if-Biden-tries-to-collect-28-years-of-unpaid-grazing-fees - return of Cliven Bundy
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/16/2009675/-A-Shocking-List-of-30-Elected-Officials-at-Trump-s-Rally-Capitol-Insurrection-It-Keeps-Growing
- https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/
1/18 (Mon)
- https://www.businessinsider.com/parler-website-is-back-online-2021-1
- https://gomox.medium.com/google-safe-browsing-can-kill-your-startup-7d73c474b98d
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210115103830/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2020/03/01/bitcoin-using-electricity-per-transaction-british-household/ - The headline's conclusion seems spurious, but the article doesn't give enough information to tell how they reached it.
- https://twitter.com/ipvkyte/status/1350922562935681024 - further reasoning based on this conclusion
1/19 (Tue)
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/17/crash-landing-of-operation-warp-speed-459892 - Trump's vaccine program
- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/18/trump-presidency-administration-biggest-impact-policy-analysis-451479
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/rachel-levine-health-and-human-services/index.html
- People who were at the insurrection:
- https://gomox.medium.com/google-safe-browsing-can-kill-your-startup-7d73c474b98d
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/fact-check-dale-top-15-donald-trump-lies/index.html
- https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2021/01/19/free-speech-in-2021/
1/20 (Wed)
- https://twitter.com/scottsantens/status/1040683616488103936 - UBI information thread
- https://twitter.com/lo_lifer/status/1351905046812905477 - negative reaction to Biden border camps
1/21 (Thu)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/20/2010668/--There-is-no-plan-Disillusion-sets-in-as-the-great-Q-conspiracy-crumbles
- Portland ICE protest:
- https://psyche.co/ideas/the-mathematical-case-against-blaming-people-for-their-misfortune - doesn't even mention that risk implies the possibility of failure
- https://twitter.com/MarlaCaldwell/status/1352368728885878784 - systemic racism continues to be real
- https://jezebel.com/dallas-county-scrapped-vaccination-plan-prioritizing-co-1846106804 - probably same news item
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/opinions/democrats-agenda-joe-biden-administration-sanders/index.html
1/24 (Sun)
- https://tech.lgbt/@amandag/105611303841893432 - actual examples of dishonesty in MSM
1/25 (Mon)
- https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/violence-at-the-united-states-capitol-3
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/18/2009719/-Cartoon-The-end-of-an-error - another listing of Trump's sins
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/20/2010689/-McConnell-s-obstruction-of-Biden-s-agenda-has-already-begun
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/22/2011195/-Corrupt-Texas-AG-Ken-Paxton-threatens-to-sue-Biden-admin-over-deportation-moratorium
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/22/2011075/-More-evidence-that-it-wasn-t-an-intelligence-failure
- https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/waiting-for-our-salazar/ - conservative advocacy against democracy
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/viral-video-forced-wealthy-texas-suburb-confront-racism-silent-majority-n1255230 - racism meets racism denial
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/24/2011561/-Dr-Deborah-Birx-claims-someone-gave-Trump-parallel-data-on-coronavirus-pandemic - unknown person made up charts with imaginary data for Trump to present
1/27 (Wed)
- https://toot.cat/web/statuses/105617386011571013 - Cory Doctorow: monopoly is a political issue, but policy treats it as economic
- https://globalvoices.org/2021/01/25/hypocrisy-vs-history-debate-follows-death-of-former-yugoslav-actress-mira-furlan/ - Mira Furlan, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Nazis...
- https://twitter.com/SulomeAnderson/status/1350568907019595790 -- America First (and Matt Goetz) retroactively pwned by Dr. Seuss
- http://peerproduction.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/anti-colonial-hacking-draft.pdf
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/26/2012039/-Georgia-Republican-is-kicked-out-of-chamber-and-loses-his-office-for-refusing-to-take-COVID-19-test
1/28 (Fri)
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/blowout - Deepwater Horizon disaster
- Marjorie Taylor Greene:
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book - Russia cultivated Trump as an asset for 40 years
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/27/2012188/-McConnell-threatens-Senate-Democrats -- good responses
- https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1354848253729234944 - AOC calls out Ted Cruz for supporting the insurrection
February
2/1 (Mon)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/01/the-christian-right-poisons-everything/
- https://twitter.com/UglySexy/status/1356050289485344770 - memes and thoughts on "racism is over"
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/1/2013246/-Myanmar-has-fallen
- US/NY/Rochester PD
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/31/2013015/-It-s-Happening-Proud-Boys-And-Oath-Keepers-Get-Federal-Charges-Upgraded-To-CONSPIRACY - what about the elected officials who helped and encouraged them?
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/1/2013315/-Democrats-force-Republicans-to-decide-whether-they-want-to-be-the-QAnon-party-with-Greene-ultimatum - Marjorie Taylor Greene is way over the top
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/1/2013254/-PA-Sen-Lt-Gov-John-Fetterman-D-Tells-PA-GOP-To-F-Off-Over-Flying-LGBTQ-amp-Marijuana-Flags - John Fetterman, GOP anti-free-speech
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/1/2013261/-Republicans-bring-insultingly-underfunded-COVID-19-plan-to-Biden-in-the-name-of-unity - GOP deliberately makes their offer a poison-pill
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/1/2013265/-Remember-the-Wisconsin-pharmacist-who-deliberately-ruined-vaccines-He-s-a-flat-Earther
2/2 (Tue)
- https://www.patrick-breyer.de/?p=594996&lang=en - EU wants private email to be scanned for child porn, oslt
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/trump-campaign-autopsy-paints-damning-picture-of-defeat-464636
- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/30/what-ulysses-grant-can-teach-joe-biden-about-putting-down-violent-insurrections-463976
- https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/how-one-polygamous-family-changed-the-law
- Transnegation:
- https://deadstate.org/capitol-stormer-asks-judge-if-she-can-go-on-mexico-vacation-she-booked-before-jan-6/
- https://daringfireball.net/2021/02/whats_the_downside - "humoring T****"
- https://twitter.com/alfredwkng/status/1356717392961937413 - translation: Amazon doesn't want to lose law enforcement as a customer base
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/03/do-the-covidiots-even-understand-actuarial-statistics/ - COVID deaths in US/MN
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/realestate/luxury-high-rise-432-park.html
- http://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/3/biden_immigration_changes
2/3 (Wed)
- https://www.pewresearch.org/2021/01/29/how-america-changed-during-donald-trumps-presidency/
- https://www.axios.com/trump-oval-office-meeting-sidney-powell-a8e1e466-2e42-42d0-9cf1-26eb267f8723.html
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/03/could-megafarmcorps-do-good-for-the-land/
- https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105667617742596512 - Toilets of Terror in the UK
- https://mailchi.mp/3c87cdfd4243/dc-coup-attempt-part-3-stop-calling-them-terrorists
2/4 (Thu)
- https://twitter.com/i/events/1357053626192064513 - House to vote on removing Greene
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/2/2013479/-Biden-turns-Republican-unity-game-on-its-head-in-meeting-with-senators
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/congress-frustrations-capitol-riot-463619
- https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1357411918919700491?s=19 - T**** resigns from Screen Actors' Guild
- https://twitter.com/FullCycle - the environmental crisis as an investment opportunity
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/parler-financial-backers-oust-founder-and-ceo-matze-from-company/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-suggests-insults-for-aides-tweet-report-2021-2
- https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1357681289009233926?s=21
2/6 (Sat)
2/7 (Sun)
- https://djtrumplibrary.com/
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/07/lewis-wolpert-yikes/ Lewis Wolpert, sexism, gender reductionism oslt...
- https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/covid-tracking-project-end-march-7 - this really highlights how badly 45 fell down on pandemic response
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/07/politics/janet-yellen-unemployment-rate-biden-stimulus-cnntv/index.html
2/8 (Mon)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/7/2014589/-Trump-s-D-C-hotel-nearly-triples-its-rates-for-his-second-inauguration-on-March-4
- https://jezebel.com/parents-at-mostly-white-utah-montessori-school-tried-to-1846220536 - black history opt-out
2/9 (Tue)
- https://twitter.com/MajinJessUchiha/status/1358865726715682828 - MSNBC's anti-lockdown propaganda
2/11 (Thu)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/11/its-the-fallacy-abuse-fallacy/
- http://www.wendycarlos.com/pruri.html
- https://scicomm.xyz/@ailurocrat/105713071373381649 - a good counter to "pro-life" arguments
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqnag/trapped-women-working-as-fishery-observers-allege-sex-harassment-assault-at-sea
- https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/11/nigeria-finally-unfreezes-protesters-bank-accounts
2/12 (Fri)
- https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2021/02/11/google-has-been-allowing-advertisers-to-exclude-nonbinary-people-from-seeing-job-ads
- https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105720961547142476 - the IMF's plan to burrow ever-deeper into our private lives, and the names behind it
2/13 (Sat)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/12/2015559/-This-senator-who-calls-herself-a-Democrat-wants-you-to-know-she-s-blocking-your-living-wage - Kyrsten Sinema
2/15 (Mon)
2/16 (Wed)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/17/remember-milo-yiannopoulos/
- https://twitter.com/lucasbrowneyes/status/1360694439610445824?s=21 - judge asserts right to exterminate Native Americans by sword
- https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/
2/17 (Thu)
- https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/25/occupy-democrats/liberal-group-tags-jindal-anchor-baby/ - Occupy Democrats may not be reliable source
- TX power outage:
- https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/texas-frozen-wind-turbines-john-cornyn-b1803193.html
- https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/natural-gas-power-storm/
- https://theslot.jezebel.com/texans-are-dying-without-power-and-heat-while-their-gov-1846286717
- https://www.kxan.com/news/ex-mayor-blasted-for-telling-texas-residents-without-power-quit-crying-and-looking-for-a-handout/
- https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-mayor-resigns-after-controversial-post/500-b12e07ec-7ace-4d3f-b6c9-645d9ffacfa3
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/what-went-wrong-with-texass-main-electric-grid-and-could-it-have-been-prevented/
- https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/18/texass-blackouts-are-the-result-of-unreliable-green-energy/ - the right-wing take
- https://twitter.com/futtigue/status/1362437175263064067 - things governments have done to help during massive power-outages
- https://twitter.com/ConorKenny/status/1362274022709420033 - a resident describes the problem
- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/ted-cruz-flees-texas-for-cancun-ditches-family-poodle.html
- https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/22242676/instacart-firing-every-union-employee-coronavirus-pandemic
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/15/2016132/--Gas-em-I-don-t-give-a-s-t-says-cop-from-same-force-that-wanted-BLM-protesters-charged-as-gang - more evidence emerges from the George Floyd uprising
2/20 (Sat)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/20/a-defense-of-adnan-oktar/
- https://twitter.com/SamEdwardsTO/status/1362837195007090690 - Toronto sues maker of homeless shelters
2/22 (Mon)
- https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/buying-a-house-with-a-white-man-privilege-874473?ito=smart-news
- https://www.alternet.org/2021/02/literacy/ - disinformation pandemic
- https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/14th-amendment-section-2-mass-incarceration/
2/23 (Tue)
- https://www.themarysue.com/ted-cruz-neighbors-bring-the-receipts/
- https://www.themarysue.com/heres-who-ted-cruz-is-blaming-now/
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/biden-cuts-medicare-farm-aid-468895
2/25 (Thu)
2/26 (Fri)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/02/26/is-there-some-kind-of-epidemic-of-stupidity-right-now/ - PZ comments on Rebecca's snow-conspiracy video
2/28 (Sun)
- https://steady.substack.com/p/jim-crow-is-not-dead-and-why-we-should
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/cops-using-music-try-stop-being-filmed-just-tip-iceberg - YT's implementation of copyright is broken and weaponizable
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/25/2018092/-Rachel-Levine-expertly-shuts-down-Rand-Paul-s-anti-trans-diatribe-during-confirmation-hearing - Rand Paul conflates SRS with genital mutilation, erroneously applies true statement about the latter to the former
- /Epoch Times
- https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1366489983574413317?s=21 - Jennifer Bilek, Kara Dansky (TERFism)
- https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1366775939087142914 - the FBI has not seen any evidence that the Jan. 6 attack was anything other than genuine Trump supporters
- https://theappeal.org/the-point/america-needs-a-civilian-climate-corps/
March
3/2 (Tue)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8jWioayXc - flirting and consent
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Nii5w2FaI - the tea analogy
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7EtIeWrPs - a detransition story
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/1/2018788/-Hyatt-Hotels-releases-statement-further-distancing-company-from-CPAC-s-Nazi-stage
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/1/2018752/-New-photos-could-prove-Oath-Keepers-reaction-force-with-weapons-just-outside-Capitol-on-Jan-6
3/3 (Wed)
3/4 (Thu)
- https://twitter.com/brotherjones_/status/1367248106371215361 - the right-wing war on speech
3/6 (Sat)
3/7 (Sun)
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/07/joe-manchin-filibuster-senate-474197
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/3/2018998/-Alumni-get-vicious-in-emails-to-make-sure-Texas-Longhorns-cling-to-racist-alma-mater - wow, rich-people entitlement
- https://www.propublica.org/article/after-a-wave-of-violent-threats-against-election-workers-georgia-sees-few-arrests
3/10 (Wed)
3/12 (Fri)
- https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1370246786925887490 - more Portland violence
3/16 (Tue)
3/18 (Thu)
- https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/the-border-mess-is-only-going-to-get-worse/ - image widely repeated in right-wing media, but the image is from 2019
- https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1846494525
April
04/17 (Sat)
- Beau:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyOhTOG70i4 - on the question of whether governmental laws create social order
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEwtGgWFxHA - walmart and minimum wage
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDtc1Q6hWo - why Dems won't get the minimum wage increase passed
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yurGxoqjswM - how passing the stimulus bill was a big win
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52Yj1wkSIs - Biden's reforms of the american asylum system
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c47rKtuJl_Q - Let's talk about the stimulus going mostly to Republicans....
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm9YKT0dItk - Unemployment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrisse-cullors-topanga-house/ - smear against "Marxist BLM group"
- the smears:
- https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge/
- https://wbckfm.com/blm-founder-patrisse-cullors-4-million-home/
- https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/blm-official-calls-investigation-founder-114017918.html
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-black-lives-matter-houses-kass-20210415-5a7cspw3irbu3p6pmgjedknp74-story.html
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/marxist-blm-leader-buys-1-4-million-home-in-ritzy-la-enclave
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-million-dollar-real-estate-buying-binge
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9473431/BLM-founder-Patrisse-Cullors-consulting-firm-paid-20K-month-LA-jail-reform.html
- the smears:
May
05/15 (Sat)
time to catch up...
- https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-public-health-race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-pandemic-585b21bb229c0049f2dec94927cc9789
- 2021-04-05 The National Debt: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- 2011-08-27 It's Class Warfare - The Poor (and the rest of us) Have Lost (Civic Lab)
- 2021-03-12 David Cross: Why America Sucks at Everything (The Gravel Institute)
- 2021-03-12 Let's talk about Biden, the stimulus, and the midterms.... (Beau)
- 2021-03-12 We are losing the culture war and I cannot stress enough that as a result society is doomed. (Thought Slime)
- 2021-03-09 Nicolle Wallace: The GOP Is Built On A Foundation Of BS
- 2021-03-10 Let's talk about changing society and a lesson from Nevada.... (Beau)
- 2021-03-03 Ask Prof Wolff: Does Capitalism Increase Wealth?
- 2021-02-22 Economic Update: Why Capitalism Reproduces Inequality & a Solution
- 2021-02-04 The roads to funding your community network projects.... (The Roads with Beau)
- 2021-04-17 Let's talk about where his parents were.... (Beau)
- 2021-04-15 Mask Off (Lindsey Ellis, 1:40:31 - her "past sins")
- 2021-04-19 Moby: A Vegan World Would Have No Pandemics??? (Rebecca Watson)
- 2021-04-22 Let's talk about LA having to find houses.... (Beau)
- 2021-04-19 Bankruptcy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- 2021-04-22 Study: Fundies Use "Science" to Try to Ban Porn (Rebecca Watson)
- 2020-07-17 Fake Materialism for Real Transphobes (Thought Slime)
- 2021-04-16 Matt Gaetz, Explained (LegalEagle)
- 2021-05-03 Let's talk about Ted Cruz's wild op-ed on contributions.... (Beau)
- 2018-11-26 Deconstructing a Genius Climate Change Argument (hankschannel)
- 2021-05-13 Study: Gender-Affirming Surgery Improves Trans Lives (Now With Audio) (Rebecca Watson)
- 2021-05-13 Let's talk about Ted Cruz and something funny.... (Beau)
- 2021-05-14 Let's talk about 1033 and nuance.... (Beau)
- 2021-04-29 Let's talk about Biden's speech, autocracy, and democracy....
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/our-biggest-challenge-lack-of-imagination-the-scientists-turning-the-desert-green
- 2021-04-14 How Amazon Strong-Arms Partners Using Its Power Across Multiple Businesses (WSJ)
- https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/18/lessons-learned-forgotten-horrific-epidemics-us-civil-war/
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/columbus-police-fatally-shoot-a-person-as-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-comes-down
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2021/05/11/just-as-the-u-s-government-helped-create-al-qaeda-the-israeli-government-helped-hamas/
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2021/05/08/mitigating-the-harm-of-climate-change-using-changes-in-the-climate/
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2021/05/06/renegade-cut-why-riots-happen/
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2021/05/04/a-video-and-some-thoughts-on-the-current-state-of-u-s-fascism/ - how today's GOP is fascist
- https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3
- https://news.yahoo.com/columbus-police-fatally-shoot-person-222318319.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/u-s-military-takes-ufos-seriously-why-doesn-t-silicon-ncna1264107
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-not-just-young-white-liberals-who-are-leaving-religion/
- https://aeon.co/essays/why-humans-find-it-so-hard-to-let-go-of-false-beliefs
- https://www.newschannel5.com/news/nashville-man-helps-hundreds-of-people-in-need-get-a-free-pizza-every-week
- https://thebaffler.com/latest/must-love-bogs-emory -- saving bogs greatly helps against global warming
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/an-oral-history-of-the-indoor-rainforest-iowa-almost-built
- So i'm the one who forbid WTFPL at Google...
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/electric-cars-are-changing-the-cost-of-driving
- https://qz.com/186432/why-hydrogen-powered-cars-will-drive-elon-musk-crazy/
- https://qz.com/1136533/a-radical-startup-has-invented-the-worlds-first-zero-emissions-fossil-fuel-power-plant/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/this-flood-savaged-hamlet-proves-climate-change-isn-t-just-a-coastal-concern
- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/20/vice-president-walter-mondale-obituary-1984-democratic-campaign-483448
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/9-0-supreme-court-ruling-guts-ftcs-ability-to-seek-redress-for-consumers-484194
- 2021-04-23 Convicted Post Office workers have names cleared
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/houston-based-utility-wants-minnesotans-to-pay-for-texas-deep-freeze-problems/
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/102813/wyoming-dao-law-to-go-into-effect-in-july-after-receiving-final-approval
- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-low-skill-worker/618674/
- https://twitter.com/TeresaPalomar1/status/1386298315117981702 - an HRT/transition personal story from 1980
- https://theslot.jezebel.com/alaska-state-senator-barred-from-alaska-airlines-after-1846762358
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-outrageous-deeply-sexist-history-of-the-pantsuit
- https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1386837979453399049 - Tucker Carlson and masks as child abuse
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/it-s-time-to-start-wasting-solar-energy
- https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/rembert-browne - personal debt in the US
- 2021-04-27 Biden 100 days: What we all got wrong about him
- 2021-04-28 Mon Laferte: The Chilean pop sensation challenging repression
- 2021-04-29 India Covid: Hospitals overwhelmed as deaths pass 200,000
- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/24/forgotten-precedent-unprecedented-politics-age-of-acrimony-484072
- https://www.wired.com/story/35-years-later-studies-show-a-silver-lining-from-chernobyl/
- https://twitter.com/Simon_Whitten/status/1387416760505315332 - Forstater appeal, "gender critical"
- https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22387601/smart-fridge-car-personal-ownership-internet-things - capitalists are taking away personal ownership
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/advantage-gop/ "Why Democrats have to win large majorities in order to govern while Republicans don’t need majorities at all"
5/16 (Sun)
- https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1392923544753872896 - the pipeline shutdown was entirely about money, not physical conveyance
- Israeli airstrike destroys building housing The Associated Press, Al Jazeera offices
5/17 (Mon)
- Bitcoin energy consumption:
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/21/the-debate-about-cryptocurrency-and-energy-consumption/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lvwjis/energy_consumption_bitcoin_mining_vs_financial/
- https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-energy-consumption-is-far-more-efficient-and-greener-than-todays-banking-system/ (cites Medium link below)
- https://medium.com/@zodhyatech/which-consumes-more-power-banks-or-bitcoins-8302750fe2bc
- https://decrypt.co/71228/71ark-invest-defends-bitcoins-environmental-impact-following-elon-musk-tweets228?
5/18 (Tue)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/05/18/finally-bill-gates-gets-called-on-his-bs/
- https://abcnews.go.com/International/ukraine-seized-vodka-made-chernobyl-apples-scientists-made/story?id=77687304
- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/liz-cheney-regrets-voting-trump-2020/story?id=77695446
- https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-definitely-screamed-at-aoc-wapo-reporter-2021-5
5/19 (Wed)
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/verizon-uses-fcc-pandemic-subsidy-to-upsell-customers-to-pricier-plans/ - Verizon
5/23 (Sun)
- https://twitter.com/mathcolorstrees/status/1396271456393175041 - techbros vs. stopping online abuse; "just ignore them" does not work
- https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/23/ryanair-flight-diverted-to-belarus-journalist-arrested-on-arrival
5/24 (Mon)
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57066275 - Palestine fires back
5/25 (Tue)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM010qUUl5M
- weird uptick in Shelby County, AL is probably a statistical fluke
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ59WoQ2574 - Greg Abbot's inconsistency on abortion
5/26 (Wed)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/05/26/the-marjorie-taylor-greene-disease/
- Caitlyn Jenner opposes trans girls participating in female sports:
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/caitlyn-jenner-transgender-girls-sports_n_608fd270e4b09cce6c209aa4
- https://www.reuters.com/article/california-politics-jenner-transgender/caitlyn-jenner-says-she-opposes-trans-girls-in-female-school-sports-idUSL8N2MP0HB
- https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national-politics/caitlyn-jenner-opposes-transgender-girls-in-girls-sports-calls-it-a-question-of-fairness
- https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/01/caitlyn-jenner-trans-girls-ban-sports-biological-boys/
- https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/02/caitlyn-jenner-opposes-transgender-girls-in-girls-school-sports
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/02/caitlyn-jenner-says-she-opposes-transgender-girls-competing-girls-sports/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caitlyn-jenner-transgender-girls-sports/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/caitlyn-jenner-says-transgender-girls-women-s-sports-unfair-n1266138
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56960011
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/02/politics/caitlyn-jenner-transgender-athletes-california-recall/index.html
- https://www.thecut.com/2021/05/caitlyn-jenner-opposes-trans-girls-competing-girls-sports.html
- Caitlyn Jenner competes in women's golf tournament:
- https://instinctmagazine.com/caitlyn-jenners-hypocrisy-on-blast-for-her-competing-in-womens-golf/
- https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/caitlyn-jenner-golf-sorts-trans-b1841312
- https://www.joe.co.uk/news/caitlyn-jenner-criticised-for-playing-in-womens-golf-league-272229
- https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/05/06/caitlyn-jenner-womens-golf/
- https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/caitlyn-jenner-particpate-women-golf-tournament-article-1.2580185
- Apparently the feds are in the midst of another round of Aaron Swartz-esque persecution, this time against the founder of a sci-hub
- https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/551255-florida-passes-bill-prohibiting-social-media-companies-from-banning?rl=1 - so much for respecting private property
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJtvKSUPICA - history of AIDS
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/24/us/tulsa-race-massacre.html
- https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/25/lgbt-action-plan-liz-truss-tory-women-equalities/
5/28 (Fri)
- https://www.cpiml.net/liberation/2020/08/chinas-concentration-camps-for-uyghurs-in-chinas-own-words
- 2019-10-23 https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/cleaned-out-ongoing-ethnic-cleansing-rojava
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-QNwHFGSn8 - how statistics can be used for propaganda
- Ask Prof Wolff: Media Bias & Capitalism
- https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1398127443047858179 - anecdotes about the effectiveness of police
5/29 (Sat)
- Rutgers University vs. anti-semitism:
- the pro-Israel claim:
- https://reason.com/volokh/2021/05/28/rutgers-university-chancellor-christopher-j-molloy-condemns-the-rise-in-antisemitic-violence-and-then-apologizes-for-doing-so/
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/rutgers-university-condemns-antisemitism-then-apologizes-for-doing-so/
- https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/rutgers-universitys-chancellor-condemned-antisemitism-then-apologized-669521
- the actual posts (directory):
- denial of the denial:
- the pro-Israel claim:
- https://mobile.twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1393599986319958020 - senior Israeli officials proudly declaring their fascism
- https://twitter.com/RobertGReeve/status/1397032784703655938 - data aggregation and selling you things
5/30 (Sun)
- https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1398709369391419395 - the Republican Slow Coup Attempt continues
5/31 (Mon)
- https://twitter.com/schnedwob/status/1398086928138911745 - pretty sure this pro-life billboard, aside from being irrelevant, is also completely untrue
- https://twitter.com/TheCanaryUK/status/1399047955072626690 - Tory ableism
- Kamloops Indian Residential School -- treatment of American indigenous people
June
6/1 (Tue)
6/2 (Wed)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/06/02/local-is-global/ - dairy farming practices, consolidation
- https://twitter.com/jholbo1/status/1399950154141028354 - long thread about sundown towns
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/1/2033116/-Matt-Gaetz-and-other-conservatives-duped-into-retweeting-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-for-Memorial-Day
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/06/03/i-see-right-through-you-conservatives/ - critical race theory and conservoidism
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/106346965838363116
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIZ_3-i5FY4 - Thought Slime on this topic
6/3 (Thu)
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/06/03/racism-comes-in-many-forms/
- https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senators-collins-coons-lead-effort-preserve-60-vote-threshold-legislation
- https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2019/12/05/478199/impact-filibuster-federal-policymaking/
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/2/2033319/-Trump-loving-West-Virginia-governor-admits-he-s-on-the-hook-for-700-million-loan - WV governor Jim Justice
- https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1002831545/high-school-valedictorian-swaps-speech-to-speak-out-against-texas-new-abortion-l
6/4 (Fri)
- https://twitter.com/SnarlsDeGaulle/status/1400534377487081479 - profit-backed violence
- https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/maggie-haberman-is-right/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/a-trumpian-college-republican-splinter-group-shows-the-intra-gop-fight-is-just-beginning/
- https://twitter.com/JORGE_C_NY/status/1400535357834338308 - Republicans criticizing Trump before he was elected
6/5 (Sat)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/4/2033624/-White-women-tried-to-police-queer-affection-in-a-crowded-pool-It-didn-t-go-how-they-expected - some people are still homophobic jerks, but they are the exception
6/6 (Sun)
- https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/06/texas-attorney-general-admits-trump-would-have-lost-the-state-in-2020-if-he-hadnt-blocked-mail-in-voting/
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/2/2033319/-Trump-loving-West-Virginia-governor-admits-he-s-on-the-hook-for-700-million-loan
- https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1401150079138996225 - Ken Paxton admits that Trump would have lost TX with fair voting
- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2021/6/3/22463776/guaranteed-universal-basic-income-charity-policy
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/1/2033137/-Republican-governor-signs-anti-trans-sports-bill-into-law-on-the-first-day-of-Pride-Month
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/chick-fil-profits-used-push-anti-trans-state-laws-kill-equality-act/
6/7 (Mon)
- https://twitter.com/efrostee/status/1401952522319843329 - DHS helicopter being used to terrorize pipeline protesters
6/8 (Tue)
- https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-10-16/juul-labs-faces-lawsuit-over-18-year-olds-death
- 2021-06-07 The fight to find work: 'I've applied for 200 jobs'
- 2021-06-08 ANOM: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app
- https://www.wired.com/story/wait-vaccine-lotteries-actually-work/
- https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a36501873/gamestop-barbarians-at-the-gate/ - "crazy money"
- https://www.themarysue.com/swalwell-mo-brooks-lawsuit-email-password/
- https://www.themarysue.com/mexican-student-ever-lopez-diploma/ - US/NC/Asheboro
- https://www.al.com/news/2021/06/striking-alabama-coal-miners-endure-arrests-see-little-progress-were-just-standing-together.html
- https://www.equaljusticeproject.co.nz/articles/burdens-and-borders-disability-discrimination-in-new-zealand-immigration-law2020
- https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/joe-manchin-why-im-voting-against-the-for-the-people-act/article_c7eb2551-a500-5f77-aa37-2e42d0af870f.html
6/9 (Wed)
- https://twitter.com/midnucas/status/1401634445958860801 - LUMA, Puerto Rico's new US-imposed electricity monopoly, sends armed guards
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/03/i-promised-brando-i-would-not-touch-his-oscar-secret-life-sacheen-littlefeather#Echobox=1622700648 - historical moment
- El Salvador, Bitcoin, US dollar:
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-peaceplan-idUSKBN2B02MQ
- 2021-05-21 Chile Elects Progressives to Rewrite Pinochet-Era, Neoliberal Constitution
- https://twitter.com/Tylerjoelb/status/1402646586379878409 - the vaccine causes magnetism, apparently some people think
6/10 (Thu)
- https://thehill.com/policy/finance/banking-financial-institutions/535282-florida-bank-says-it-has-closed-trumps-accounts?amp
- https://crooksandliars.com/2021/06/grizzly-scouts-plotted-cop-attacks - far-right involvement in violence during the Floyd protests
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-bezos-hardly-pays-taxes-and-is-going-to-space-and-hell-no-we-are-not-in-this-together
- https://crooksandliars.com/2021/06/lauren-boebert-shalanda-young
6/13 (Sun)
- https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/ACCESS%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf - the ACCESS Act
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/switzerland-dangerous-yes-vote-gives-police-sweeping-powers-to-target-people-including-children-without-charge-or-trial/
- https://notbird.site/@deletescape/106346850396548895 - Switzerland and the problems with canonical direct democracy
- https://mastodon.social/@fribbledom/106405359278957444 - the Freenode takeover saga continues
<root> is andrew lee, some select quotes from today:
<root> wizardess: Thank you just keep supporting the movement of freedom!!!
<root> MAKE FREENODE GREAT AGAIN!!!!!!
<root> MFGA!!!!!
<GreenJello> root, and you wonder why people associate you with Trump?
<root> GreenJello: That's a huge compliment to be associated with such a great former President.
<root> <3
<root> jane_doe: hint the freenode network is its own sovereign state
<root> jane_doe: we have an agreement with the uk
<yanmaani> <@root> you guys are fucking stupid af. stop talkin like that u fucktards.
<wizardess> yanmaani: omg fake!!
<root> thats not fake
<root> This isn't the IRC wars.
<root> Communists are attacking freenode.
<root> This is the end of the cancel culture wars.
<root> This is the beginning of the power of unity.
<root> We are at the cusp of a new era... for the world.
<root> freenode is the very definition of freedom
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/fatal-error-inspired-plan-to-reduce-friendly-fire/
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-misinformation-is-killing-people1/
- https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/56311912 - how gendering of toilets affects one cis woman
- 2020-12-04 Do We Really Need a Border Wall? (Gravel Institute)
- 2021-02-12 Why America Throws the Poor in Prison (Gravel Institute)
- 2021-03-17 Ask Prof Wolff: Corporate Threats to Leave are Empty (AskProfWolff)
- 2021-03-17 Let's talk about Biden, McConnell, and the filibuster.... (Beau)
- 2021-04-14 Proving The World is Flat! (74 Gear)
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-execs-polarization-playbook
- 2021-03-16 UK builds up nuclear arsenal to counter cyber threat
- https://www.hcn.org/articles/race-racism-the-long-western-legacy-of-violence-against-asian-americans - US history, racism
- Darktown Comics: history of US racism
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_WPVZMVI-g - racist issues around Harry Potter (Cho Chang)
- 2021-03-12 David Cross: Why America Sucks at Everything (Gravel Institute)
- 2021-03-09 The UK's Failed Experiment in Rail Privatization (Wendover Productions)
- https://jezebel.com/not-all-votes-are-equal-says-arizona-politician-who-s-1846467607 - politician who doesn't believe in democracy
- https://bofa.substack.com/p/breaking-hacktivist-donk_enby-had
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-fukushima-anniversary-legacy-idUSKBN2B103H
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/swiss-police-raid-apartment-of-verkada-hacker-seize-devices -- Tillie
- 2011-08-27 It's Class Warfare - The Poor (and the rest of us) Have Lost (Civic Lab) -- haven't watched yet
- https://clas.osu.edu/sites/clas.osu.edu/files/Tuck%20and%20Yang%202012%20Decolonization%20is%20not%20a%20metaphor.pdf - Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor
- https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-public-health-race-and-ethnicity-health-coronavirus-pandemic-585b21bb229c0049f2dec94927cc9789 - Ted Nugent, COVID-19
- 2021-04-05 The National Debt: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- 2021-03-12 We are losing the culture war and I cannot stress enough that as a result society is doomed. (Thought Slime)
- 2021-03-09 Nicolle Wallace: The GOP Is Built On A Foundation Of BS
- 2021-03-10 Let's talk about changing society and a lesson from Nevada.... (Beau)
- 2021-03-03 Ask Prof Wolff: Does Capitalism Increase Wealth? (AskProfWolff)
- 2021-02-22 Economic Update: Why Capitalism Reproduces Inequality & a Solution (Wolff, Economic Update)
- 2021-04-19 Bankruptcy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- 2021-04-22 Study: Fundies Use "Science" to Try to Ban Porn (Rebecca Watson)
- 2020-07-07 Fake Materialism for Real Transphobes (Thought Slime)
6/14 (Mon)
- 2020-02-11 'Post Office false theft claim left me bankrupt'
- https://www.truthorfiction.com/mike-barnicle-college-graduates-75000-a-year/
6/16 (Wed)
- https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-16/bitcoin-is-now-legal-tender-in-el-salvador-is-that-really-a-good-thing
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108643/sec-more-comment-bitcoin-etf-vaneck
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108614/new-crypto-working-group-in-congress-will-feature-blockchain-caucus-fintech-task-force-leadership
6/18 (Fri)
- https://www.rawstory.com/conservative-caught-in-juneteenth-hypocrisy/
- https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1405659872457334786 - video of black parent probably misrepresenting critical race theory
- https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/558925-supreme-court-sides-with-catholic-adoption-agency-that-turned-away
- https://time.com/6072141/alamo-history-myths/ - we don't remember The Alamo correctly
6/20 (Sun)
- https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1988/labour/01-birth.html - Marxism on UK Labor Party
- https://twitter.com/cigsender/status/1405853659167088641 - Factorio, kovarex, bad behavior, cancel culture
6/21 (Mon)
- https://inthesetimes.com/article/workers-world-unite-amazon-union-busting-organizing-labor-rights
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/06/21/tom-cotton-is-proud-of-his-paranoia/ - Tom Cotton
- Fall of Civilizations Podcast
- https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ - wealth shown to scale
- is a side-scroller; would be easier to deal with if it scrolled vertically...
- https://angrystaffofficer.com/2021/06/20/we-believe-in-making-treason-odious-u-s-veterans-of-the-civil-war-attack-the-lost-cause/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/police-reform-failure/
6/22 (Tue)
- https://jezebel.com/alabama-would-like-to-make-it-possible-to-prosecute-pre-1847149305 - the Right is obsessed with control over reproduction
- https://www.itv.com/news/2021-06-21/amazon-destroying-millions-of-items-of-unsold-stock-in-one-of-its-uk-warehouses-every-year-itv-news-investigation-finds
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/can-we-survive-extreme-heat - global warming
6/23 (Wed)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2021/06/17/is-bitcoin-more-wasteful-than-bank-bailouts-were/
6/24 (Thu)
- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/06/20/barstool-sports-republican-politics-portnoy-trump-495221
- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/06/24/nicholas-wade-is-the-andrew-wakefield-of-molecular-virology/ - Nicholas Wade and the Wuhan Lab conspiracy theory
- https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/1407861007209222151?s=20 - disinformation on CNN
- https://jezebel.com/arkansas-leads-the-country-in-denying-trans-kids-basic-1846578978
- https://gizmodo.com/how-star-wars-biggest-fan-wiki-found-itself-in-a-fight-1846578173
- https://gizmodo.com/fandom-launches-new-lgbtqia-guidelines-for-all-its-wik-1847166009
6/26 (Sat)
- Surfside condominium building collapse -- evidence for comparison of steel-frame collapses
- Marieval Indian Residential School -- more unmarked graves at an assimilation school
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/does-the-trolley-problem-have-a-problem
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-war-game-that-could-have-ended-the-world
- https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1407799795603808258?s=20 - former NRA president gives "rehearsal" graduation speech to empty chairs
6/27 (Sun)
- https://twitter.com/near_koukai/status/1408940057235312640 - probable suicide, aided by Kiwi Farms
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/police-resignations-protests-asheville.html
6/29 (Tue)
6/30 (Wed)
July
7/1 (Thu)
- https://twitter.com/ClayShentrup/status/1410108700090454019 - Approval Voting vs. RCV
- 2021-07-01 Why Capitalism Doesn't Work: Response to PragerU (LuckyBlackCat)
- 2021-06-23 The Abuser Logic of PragerU (LuckyBlackCat)
7/2 (Fri)
- Madden v. Southwest Airlines (h/t):
- the filing:
- the result:
- https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/kolyma-highway-in-yakutia-also-known-as-the-road-of-bones-is-on-fire-and-temporarily-shut/ - Siberia on fire
- https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/02/us_government_cloud/ - Microsoft receives multiple secrecy orders per day
- https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-computers-the-neighborhood-and-the-nursing-home/
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110335/bitcoin-mining-council-sustainable-energy-survey
7/5 (Mon)
- https://apnews.com/article/california-gun-politics-government-and-politics-3d72caa3b52667b2a450cae41a087468 - example of how one group's freedom infringes on that of another
- https://nextdoor.com/p/kZf9by4TXycg?view=detail - "defund the police" discussion
- 2021-07-03 These Chinese Millennials Are 'Chilling,' and Beijing Isn't Happy: other sources suggest that there is actually intention and purpose behind this movement, and the NYT is actually trying to ridicule it
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/27/2037382/-Barr-thought-trump-was-saying-that-he-had-been-denying-him-his-essence
- https://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2021/07/04/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-minor-amendments-or-an-attack-on-human-rights/
- Violette Morris: a disobedient woman
7/6 (Tue)
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/03/they-said-i-dont-exist-but-i-am-here-one-womans-battle-to-prove-she-isnt-dead - dependency on an unaccountable system
- https://decrypt.co/75222/americas-first-dao-approved-in-wyoming
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/bitcoin-power-plant-is-turning-a-12000-year-old-glacial-lake-into-a-hot-tub/
- https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1412525522056364032 - they made t-shirts for the "spontaneous, unplanned" insurrection
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/3/2038146/-White-men-even-Republican-ones-are-starting-to-sour-on-Trump
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/02/1012317032/hospitals-have-started-posting-their-prices-online-heres-what-they-reveal
7/7 (Wed)
- https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/5/22559961/heat-roads-washington-oregon-climate-infrastructure - climate change means redesigning roads
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/blast-from-the-past - Carter administration covered up 1979 Israel nuclear test
- NSW may have to give up on lockdown and live with Delta variant, government admits - I seem to recall predicting that something like this would happen...
7/8 (Thu)
- Graduated electronic decelerator
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avqqn/reporters-survived-capitol-riot-struggling
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/8/2038862/-Tennessee-Republicans-deem-Ruby-Bridges-story-critical-race-theory-in-effort-to-ban-it-in-schools
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/6/2038603/-Stephanie-Ruhle-knocks-crybaby-businesses-that-claim-they-can-t-afford-to-pay-a-living-wage-EPIC
- https://www.counterhate.com/pandemicprofiteers
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics/trump-disinformation-strategy/index.html
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/28/2037468/-Toyota-digs-in-sees-no-problem-in-funding-insurrectionist-Republican-lawmakers-campaigns
7/9 (Fri)
- https://twitter.com/MassAGO/status/1413090524601409536 - Sackler family, Purdue Pharma, opioid crisis
- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57763037 - Wozniak backs right-to-repair
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-a-spy-known-as-the-limping-lady-helped-the-allies-win-wwii
7/10 (Sat)
- https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/07/college-essay-writer-diary.html - the economics of college essay "cheating"
- https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/haiti-president-assassinated-moise-covid.html
7/11 (Sun)
- https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-resurrection-of-bass-reeves/ -- unwhitewashed history
7/12 (Mon)
- https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/dr-luke-doja-cat-pop-music-ethics/619366/ -- cancel culture isn't really a thing (even sometimes when it should be)
- https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/tucker-carlson-today-americana-fake-log-cabin/619411/ - Fox News continues to invest deeply in Tucker Carlson
- Cuba:
- https://news.yahoo.com/7-point-plan-reinstate-donald-144559048.html
- https://www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014686526/a-houston-man-is-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-voting-as-texas-gop-seeks-tighter-
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/8/2038909/-John-Dean-Trump-has-set-quite-the-trap-for-himself-with-lawsuit-against-Facebook-and-Twitter
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/12/2039324/-Former-Saturday-Night-Live-Comedian-Advocates-2nd-Amendment-Remedy-To-Stop-Covid-Vaccine - multiple SNL veterans are apparently politically unhinged
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/05/black-farmers-left-out-usda-497876
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/29/trump-white-house-covid-taskforce-fauci - Trump COVID response
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/24/2036868/-Rep-Matt-Gaetz-owned-by-a-general-s-testimony-gets-owned-even-harder-on-Twitter
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-pirate-radio-broadcaster-who-occupied-alcatraz-and-terrified-the-fbi
7/14 (Wed)
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-senate-expected-to-take-up-vote-on-election-legislation-11626176054
- https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22547185/consumerism-competition-history-interview
- bystander apathy:
- https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/conservative-book-publisher-interview-editor-eric-nelson.html
- https://www.reagan.com/ - email service which may serve as a useful source for Reagan hagiography
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/05/sixty-years-of-climate-change-warnings-the-signs-that-were-missed-and-ignored
7/15 (Thu)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/14/2039887/-Democrats-Warren-Whitehouse-demand-investigation-on-tax-avoidance-by-the-ultrawealthy
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/15/2040004/-NASA-warns-of-a-surge-in-rapid-coastal-flooding-due-to-a-moon-wobble-amplified-by-the-climate-crisis
7/16 (Fri)
- https://www.theatlantic.com/the-uyghur-chronicles/
- https://twitter.com/i/events/1415951407937585154 - journalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan by Taliban ambush
- https://www.vox.com/2021/7/15/22577876/macys-ace-hardware-fight-for-the-future-facial-recognition-artificial-intelligence-stores
- https://slate.com/technology/2021/07/return-to-office-wfh-remote-problem-future.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/jul/14/food-monopoly-meals-profits-data-investigation -- the conflict between efficiency and accountability
7/17 (Sat)
- domestic terrorism federal response:
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1178 Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/964 Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021
- https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2017/10/24/9-views-on-religion-and-social-issues/
- https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016710927/illinois-is-the-first-state-to-tell-police-they-cant-lie-to-minors-in-interrogat
- Wow. The first, huh. Slow clap, I guess.
- How about "police shouldn't be allowed to lie to anyone, period"? That seems like a good law to me. Confessions made under coercion are generally held to be invalid, and it has always seemed to me that lying to someone is a form of coercion. This is especially true when you have them in your power so they can't check your claims.
7/18 (Sun)
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/akg495/donald-jr-black-women-voting-rights
- https://palladiummag.com/2021/07/15/the-myth-of-panic/ - apparently we only panic about imaginary things, not actual threats
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaUE6ZW9Zrs - recap of what happened in US/OR/Portland
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0RPX3mpmuo - Tucker Carlson
7/19 (Mon)
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/self-control-is-just-empathy-with-your-future-self - for anyone who says that too much empathy is bad
- https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1417140807887462400 - "The Texas Senate has voted to remove civil rights and women's suffrage from public school curriculum." - so much for their dedication to history
7/20 (Tue)
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/12/2039380/-Why-is-Trump-so-eager-to-unmask-the-Capitol-officer-who-shot-Ashli-Babbit-Racism
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 - just a reminder that this is a thing
7/21 (Wed)
- https://news.yahoo.com/dr-fauci-to-rand-paul-if-anybody-is-lying-here-senator-it-is-you-181509085.html - some background on the Paul-Fauci exchange
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/lawsuit-ebay-tried-to-terrorize-stalk-and-silence-couple-that-ran-news-site/
- https://time.com/6076035/erik-prince-ukraine-private-army/