Issuepedia:Filing Room/to file/2020

January

01/01 (Wed)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/01/australia-is-becoming-a-nation-of-dread-and-the-world-looks-on-with-pity-and-scorn

01/02 (Thu)

AU fire crisis

Australia bushfires: Traffic jam as thousands flee "tourist leave zone" - but I guess we're not supposed to call it a "climate emergency" because that might hurt the conservatives' feelings
- one comment:

How dumb are you people?
It is NOT global warming that caused this. It was the green activists who made it law for Australians not to be allowed to clear the overburden of dry wood that builds up every year. A man started this fire, he has been arrested.. he was trying to ‘protect his marijuana plants’ by burning 5000 acres and then when the wind picked up it was unstoppable.
You people are delusional.

a little research finds that "According to Scientific American, the link between the 2019 extreme bushfire season and anthropogenic climate change is scientifically undisputable."
- 2019-12-31 Australia’s Angry Summer: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like
- 2019-11-12 Factcheck: Is there really a green conspiracy to stop bushfire hazard reduction? - No.
  - "Blaming 'greenies' for stopping these important measures is a familiar, populist, but basically untrue claim." - Greg Mullins, former NSW fire and rescue commissioner
  - The Greens have never been in power, so how could they have set policy?
  - The Greens support what the claim says they oppose.
- NSW government has an entire web site about climate change, Understand climate change: "Temperature and rainfall fluctuate greatly, with large variability in seasonal and regional climatic conditions bringing heatwaves, storms, droughts, floods and bushfires, which can have devastating effects on the environment, human life and property."
The propaganda:
- 2019-11-12 Barnaby Joyce defends comments that fire victims were likely Greens voters
- 2019-03-05 Green ideology, not climate change, makes bushfires worse - but they don't link to any sources, or even provide any quotes, for "green ideology"
  - is that VFFD even real? The two known VFDs for NSW are Template:L/mw and Fire and Rescue NSW

01/03 (Fri)

Holograms, Lasers & Boredom; the CED's march towards eventual invention: an example of how large endeavors go awry because people can't agree on things -- even without disinformation being injected
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/01/03/i-thought-the-soy-boy-nonsense-had-run-its-course/
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103420783196593032
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/baghdad-airport-strike-live-intl-hnk/h_3615c6d58cbd56d14338a9358d1d8900

01/04 (Sat)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/10/earths-sixth-mass-extinction-event-already-underway-scientists-warn

01/05 (Sun)

01/06 (Mon)

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/01/what-caused-opioid-epidemic/604330/ - seems likely it's both job-loss and pharma-driven overprescription
https://www.newsweek.com/nathan-pyle-abortion-controversy-strange-planet-comic-twitter-tweet-alien-1392353 - this seems to have the most info on the whole Nathan-Pyle-pro-life drama
- https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/strange-planet-nathan-pyle-christian-beliefs-tweet/
https://myasstodon.xyz/@Bashabez/103437131467067408 - comments on a Bernie Sanders town hall & native Americans
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/6/1909714/-Pelosi-announces-war-powers-resolution-as-Trump-tries-to-bypass-Congress-and-start-war-with-Iran
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/3/1909069/-Virginia-governor-asks-legislature-to-remove-traitor-s-statue-from-U-S-Capitol
https://therealnews.com/stories/iraqi-protesters-storm-the-american-embassy-in-baghdad-but-theres-more-to-the-story
https://therealnews.com/columns/soleimanis-assassination-brings-us-closer-to-war-with-iran
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/6/1909740/-Republicans-try-to-use-Trump-s-Iran-conflict-to-derail-impeachment-because-of-course
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/5/1909619/-Pompeo-Awaiting-the-Rapture-Pushed-Trump-to-Strike-Iranian-General-Soleimani
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/6/1909746/-Defense-Secretary-s-chief-of-staff-tenders-resignation-as-Trump-team-moves-towards-war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/us-allies-trump-suleimani-killing-reaction-response
- https://toot.cat/@garbados/103438861258231968
- https://toot.cat/@garbados/103439209399793680 - correction
https://twitter.com/paulmcleary/status/1214297036566253571 - us troop withdrawal announcement was a clerical error
https://twitter.com/rhinosoros/status/1214246027127119872 - private equity and the coming crash
- https://toot.cat/@garbados/103438815127067475
http://www.thehofellerfiles.com/
- https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/pked4v/the-anarchist-daughter-of-the-gops-gerrymandering-mastermind-just-dumped-all-his-maps-and-files-on-google-drive
- https://boingboing.net/2020/01/06/gops-worst-nightmare.html

01/07 (Tue)

01/08 (Wed)

2020 Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Iraq
https://splinternews.com/meet-the-woke-misogynist-1793859082
- https://twitter.com/thomthomastoo/status/1214919223153242113
https://twitter.com/RayBoomhower/status/1212691781680283648 “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” Isaac Asimov
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/05/alarming-iranian-americans-reportedly-detained-asked-about-political-views-us-border
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/6/1909734/-Dozens-of-Iranian-Americans-returning-home-from-Canada-detained-interrogated-by-U-S-border-agents
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/7/1910005/-Elizabeth-Warren-shuts-down-Meghan-McCain-s-whiny-Republican-talking-point-nonsense
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/7/1910019/-Donald-Trump-talked-with-Saudi-officials-about-Iran-and-why-didn-t-we-know-that
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/7/1909976/-Assassinating-Soleimani-was-illogical-and-will-of-course-backfire-on-America

01/09 (Thu)

01/10 (Fri)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/misleading-political-ads-are-the-users-problem-to-avoid-facebook-says/ - errorism by Facebook & the Trump administration: "Our ads are always accurate, so it's good that Facebook won't limit political messages." If their ads are always accurate, they would want inaccurate ads from their competition to be checked. (Also, note the co-opting of liberal terminology: "more involved in the process", "voter suppression", "uneven playing field".)
- https://twitter.com/Woozalia/status/1215641461464731648
https://twitter.com/fodderfigure/status/1215641761902747649 - actual autistic people do not overwhelmingly prefer "person-first language", though a few do prefer it. Workers should ask what the individual prefers.
https://twitter.com/MAGAIsDead/status/1214709952775892993 - Trump regret
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/9/1910433/-Former-Trump-housekeeper-slams-Ivanka-Trump-s-pro-immigrant-talk-Like-her-father-she-is-a-liar
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/9/1910465/-Governor-under-fire-after-predicting-a-black-senator-will-launch-a-thousand-years-of-darkness
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/9/1910459/-Pete-Buttigieg-s-race-problems-are-a-lot-worse-than-anyone-outside-South-Bend-thought
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/10/1910517/-AZ-s-own-Republican-snowflake-wages-war-on-sex-education-and-the-word-homosexuality

01/11 (Sat)

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/629659591639136706/ "Kaylen Ward has reportedly raised more than $700,000 in just two days after she asked fans to give $10 to charity in exchange for nudes"
me on Facebook:

CNN, Jan 10: "Instagram and its parent company Facebook are removing posts that voice support for slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani..." https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/tech/instagram-iran-soleimani-posts/index.html
Me, Jan. 7: The US attack on General Soleimani disgusts me. We are a rogue nation now, and deserve any retaliation we get. Unfortunately, the troops are bearing the brunt and they largely do not deserve to have been put in the position they're in, following the orders of our insane leader. https://twitter.com/Woozalia/status/1214723434942533633
(Once again, the Right's silence on this proves that they only care about "free speech" when it's *their* speech being suppressed. #errorism)

https://twitter.com/shava23/status/1215825286744330240 - false claim against AOC debunked
https://www.quora.com/q/gmxbrurjysxqbumi - South Africa, pollution, Eskom, coal power
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-trade-war-is-making-lobbyists-rich-and-slamming-small-businesses - more Trump regret
- https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1216112551177719808
https://www.georgetakei.com/bruce-griffey-trans-sports-bill-2644666240.html - transmisia, errorism
- https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1216160867949203456

01/12 (Sun)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/10/1910796/-Rachel-Maddow-Rips-NY-Times-on-Hillary-Coverage
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/college-wealth-premium-collapsed/604579/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/tax-patriarchy/601864/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/why-financial-confessionals-viral/600358/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/cancel-billionaires/599587/ - "A growing body of economic and political-science research demonstrates that Gilded Age–type inequality does not just mean having too many with too little. It is warping the very social fabric of the country, stifling mobility, innovation, investment, and growth, and putting the country at political risk." "Wealth inequality, in other words, is an anti-democratic force."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/17/1644618/-The-photo-of-a-regretful-Trump-supporter-is-going-viral-on-Twitter-on-Donald-s-own-playing-field - more Trump regret
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html - global warming/effects/expected
https://twitter.com/xenophrenia/status/1216812707535577088 - Elizabeth Warren smears Bernie Sanders?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY-HOYTz-rs - climate denialism in Erik the Viking

01/14 (Tue)

01/15 (Wed)

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/796329598/cancelling-student-debt-is-easier-than-it-sounds
- https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1217256351698706432
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal
- https://toot.cat/@woozle/103488056328062755
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/15/1910907/-Australian-fires-may-have-opened-the-gates-of-hell-by-changing-the-globe-s-climate-patterns
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/14/1911575/-I-Wrote-My-Senator-Requesting-a-Fair-Impeachment-Trail-with-Witnesses-etc-Here-s-his-reply
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/2/1908694/-It-s-degenerative-dementia-as-well-as-malignant-narcissism-And-the-public-tipping-point-is-coming -- actually, I don't think he is changing the subject; he just started on one rote thing and then realized it was inappropriate and segued to a related rote topic. This doesn't prove he's demented; he just doesn't care about coming across as sane.
- That said, the preponderance of small bits of supporting evidence is starting to make a good case.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/15/1911693/-Kentucky-mom-says-Christian-school-expelled-daughter-over-photo-with-rainbow-cake-and-sweater - yes, Virginia, homomisia is still a thing

01/16 (Thu)

01/21 (Tue)

01/22 (Wed)

01/23 (Thu)

01/24 (Fri)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913562/-Ocasio-Cortez-dismisses-calls-for-civility-I-feel-a-need-for-all-of-us-to-breathe-fire
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913482/-Indiana-Legislators-Propose-Making-Abortion-Murder-Arresting-Judges-Who-Strike-Down-Law - Curt Nisly
- "The proposed new law, in an apparent attempt to thwart any constitutional challenges, proclaims that the state will ignore any federal rulings striking down the law."
- "under the new law, the very act of trying to undermine the legislation now becomes a crime."
- So much for free speech under the GOP.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913522/-Bank-calls-police-on-black-man-trying-to-deposit-checks-from-racial-discrimination-settlement - but racism is over
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913555/-Update-Navajos-Apaches-Working-to-Deny-Trump-Arizona-s-11-Electoral-Votes
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913532/-Trump-regime-finalizes-move-allowing-pollution-and-destruction-of-wetlands-protected-by-Obama-rule
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078828/report-saudi-arabia-hack-jeff-bezos-phone-fti-consulting

01/25 (Sat)

01/26 (Sun)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/25/1913622/-Evangelical-scammers-praise-Trump-for-hastening-the-end-of-the-world-Well-they-re-not-wrong
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/24/1913752/--Right-matters-and-the-truth-matters-Read-Adam-Schiff-s-history-making-impeachment-trial-speech
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/25/1914023/-Pompeo-responds-to-reports-of-rage-filled-tirade-against-reporter-with-lie-filled-statement
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/03/19/1750281/-Former-congressman-says-hes-had-enough,-publicly-resigns-from-the-Republican-party-over-Trump
https://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/Nonprofits-worry-sale-of-dot-org-universe-will-15000509.php "They said in a statement that prices will remain low, the registry's managers will stay in place and the infusion of capital will ensure the long-term growth of dot-org."
- https://mastodon.social/@eff/103552765348151119

01/27 (Mon)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/26/1914292/-Trump-s-Inner-Mob-Boss-Emerges-with-Alarming-New-Threats-to-Politicians-and-the-Press
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/27/1914375/-The-Big-Dog-Problem -- the "big dog" metaphor for handling unwanted privilege in a kind way
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation
https://blob.cat/objects/c4d90bdd-c1ea-46d7-9342-ea31efb65ebd - "Reminder that Switzerland dominates world pharmaceuticals because they didn't implement a patent system for medicine while everyone around them did."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/27/1914492/-Washington-Post-suspends-reporter-for-pointing-out-that-Kobe-Bryant-was-not-a-god - WaPo silencing of discussion of rape
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/27/1914384/-Why-I-left-Team-Warren-and-why-I-am-back
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/27/1914475/--Get-your-facts-straight-Chris-Wallace-gets-testy-with-Fox-News-pundit-s-spin-on-Bolton
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/27/1914444/--I-am-now-proudly-a-registered-Democrat-standing-with-the-Constitution-ILeftTheGOP-goes-viral
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-grim-conclusions-of-the-largest-ever-study-of-fake-news
- https://toot.cat/@woozle/103558191996080959

01/28 (Tue)

temporarily embarrassed millionaires:
- https://jacobinmag.com/2018/05/americans-class-politics-piston
- http://www.temporarilyembarrassedmillionaires.org/ - quote is actually somewhat misattributed -- it's similar to something Steinbeck once wrote, but what's quoted is a paraphrasing of that by someone else in 2004
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/01/28/china-a-major-polluter-of-the-scientific-literature/
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103562134968764951
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913517/-Anti-trans-bill-that-hurts-both-patients-and-doctors-passes-committee-vote-8-5-in-South-Dakota
- The bill, known as HB 1057, makes it a misdemeanor crime for physicians (though not nurses or medical assistants) to perform these medical procedures on people under 16 years old. The stakes are high, as the bill argues for the punishment of up to a year in jail and a fine not exceeding $2,000 for doctors, reports The Washington Post. An earlier version of this bill wanted to make it a felony.
- Mind you, a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics just came out today on the topic of transgender youth and puberty blockers. The findings? Transgender youth who are able to access puberty blockers report lower levels of mental health issues, including suicidal ideation.
- Republican Rep. Fred Deutsch, who sponsored the bill, incorrectly suggests such treatments are "harmful" for youth. He also took to Twitter to suggest this is all about "protecting children."
https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/we-re-nearing-a-tipping-point-for-renewable-energy-legislators/article_aa524556-7677-5207-9e42-f1e2d3655027.html via"South Carolina state [Republican] Sen. Tom Davis urged the nonprofit groups Conservatives for Clean Energy and Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy to consider what the two states might accomplish in tandem [...] noting that goals would include "breaking down territorial monopolies"..." -- thing to watch for: arguments that regulation causes monopolies, therefore we need less regulation so there can be more competition
- https://www.cleanenergyconservatives.com/about/our-history/
- http://www.chambersforinnovation.com/
https://www.ncwarn.org/2020/01/big-fight-over-duke-monopoly/
https://www.ncwarn.org/2020/01/lawmakers-utility-reform-plans-would-target-duke-energy-dominion-monopolies/
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/01/28/dishing-out-all-the-dirt/ - Richard Carrier, speech suppression, Lawrence Lessig
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103562262520299796
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/27/1914511/-UH-OH-Trump-s-Favorite-FOX-News-Shills-Admit-He-Extorted-Ukraine-to-Smear-Joe-Biden

01/29 (Wed)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/29/1914823/-Anti-Trump-Republican-group-drops-the-most-brutal-ad-of-all-time-against-Full-Trump-AZ-senator

01/30 (Thu)

01/31 (Fri)

February

02/01 (Sat)

https://www.gem.wiki/Main_Page - Global Energy Monitor wiki (offshoot of SourceWatch)

02/03 (Mon)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/3/1916208/-Fascism-rises-Graham-says-Senate-GOP-will-summon-whistleblower-to-expose-how-this-crap-started

02/05 (Wed)

https://therealnews.com/stories/corporate-democrats-target-sanders-as-his-popularity-rises

02/06 (Thu)

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/02/06/us-uk-are-in-a-race-to-the-bottom/
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103612417037676348

02/07 (Fri)

https://darkest-timeline.com/@paranoid/102885848775657342 - cartoon explaining how profit is theft
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/06/gitlab_sales_women/ - GitLab being problematic again
https://twitter.com/degendering/status/1225551116101918720 - joingiggle.com uses problematic gender-determination software
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-03/climate-models-are-running-red-hot-and-scientists-don-t-know-why -- this article keeps talking about temperature-rise projections but never mentions what the time-frame is

02/08 (Sat)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-51413724 - Apple caught slowing down old iPhones
- https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2017/12/20/16800058/apple-iphone-slow-fix-battery-life-capacity - this is a bit more HTYPish, but related
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/6/1917311/-Racist-website-lays-off-staff-because-no-one-wants-to-give-it-money
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/tulsi-gabbard-votes-present-trump-impeachment-articles-n1104301 - Tulsi Gabbard did not vote to impeach
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/7/1917330/--He-broke-America-the-meme-about-Mitch-McConnell-s-tombstone-that-keeps-grasping-social-media
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/7/1917461/-Susan-Collins-now-a-national-laughingstock-has-concerns
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/7/1917546/-GOP-sending-out-fake-Census-mailers-to-trick-Americans-into-handing-over-their-money-data
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-04/no-city-hates-its-landlords-like-berlin-does - why is landlording even a thing in the first place? (...aside from feudalism, I mean)
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/02/07/Second-Raid-Wetsuweten/ - pipelines over people again
- https://todon.nl/@sionadeer/103622295830364912
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-candidate-pete-buttigieg-troubled-by-clemency-for-chelsea-manning/ - Buttigieg doesn't support whistleblowing
- https://jorts.horse/@Zero_Democracy/103625491216225532
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/yes-free-will-exists/ - presumably the cited items have definitions of free will in them, somewhere?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/7/1917643/-Carville-gets-it-right - James Carville on the 2020 election
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/5/1916988/-Romney-made-history-He-also-changed-the-news-cycle-and-the-anti-GOP-ads-to-come-in-2020
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/1/1915676/-Why-Jonathan-Turley-isn-t-just-wrong-about-the-House-impeachment-but-dangerously-wrong

02/09 (Sun)

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-evangelicals-like-President-Trump/answer/Ryan-Overbeek-1 - what happened to evangelism in the 1980s/90s, and why they seem to ignore the New Testament
- https://www.quora.com/After-all-is-said-and-done-what-is-your-biggest-take-away-from-the-fact-that-Donald-Trump-is-the-President-of-the-United-States/answer/Ryan-Overbeek-1 - related
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/02/03/eco-anxiety-is-overwhelming-kids-wheres-line-between-education-alarmism - there's some kind of blame-shifting or subject-shifting going on here, but I'm not exactly sure what. global warming eco-anxiety

02/10 (Mon)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51449739 - more US domestic atrocities
- https://mastodon.social/@Y3WTREE/103637292257476000
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/10/1917480/-Why-birth-strikes-aren-t-the-right-way-to-end-the-climate-crisis - at least the idea is finally being talked about
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/people-s-fears-about-vaccines-aren-t-just-about-vaccines - (unread) hopefully this makes my point about lack of transparency, accountability, & patient agency in the medical practice

02/11 (Tue)

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51446463 - UK Post Office corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/11/high-court-rules-aboriginal-australians-are-not-aliens-under-the-constitution-and-cannot-be-deported - the fact that this was even a question... :rageface:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/10/1918326/-Mike-Bloomberg-secret-racist-tape-worse-than-you-think
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/10/1917534/-For-shame-Washington-Post-and-all-the-other-reputable-newsgroups-that-misled-the-public-last-week - WaPo badly misrepresents what happened

02/12 (Wed)

https://www.quora.com/Would-you-allow-your-14-year-old-to-have-a-sleepover-with-their-significant-other-Why/answer/Mel-Kartmazov - how abstinence-based education and other parental attempts to prevent teen sex can backfire
https://www.liberationnews.org/los-angeles-palestineans-and-supporters-reject-trump-and-netanyahus-joke-of-the-century/
- https://mastodon.social/@Y3WTREE/103646971339212810
https://fox59.com/2018/07/31/no-more-snow-days-school-district-replaces-wintry-days-off-with-online-classes/ (region-locked; archive) - this is half a good idea. What do students with no internet do when a storm unexpectedly closes school?
- https://twitter.com/fox59/status/1024559162800439296
for CWRE: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MythsAboutGenderRoles
https://github.com/shinigami-eyes/shinigami-eyes/issues/18 -- good example of a discussion crying out for InstaGov
- https://twitter.com/NightinGem/status/1227738708306055168 "shin/igami eyes is owned/operated by laurelai bailey..." which is a valid conflict-of-interest point, but then it goes straight into ad hominem

02/13 (Thu)

02/14 (Fri)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/13/1919101/-Warren-shreds-Bloomberg-s-economic-mythology - Mike Bloomberg blamed the 2008 economic crisis on the end of redlining
- Bloomberg once blamed end of 'redlining' for 2008 collapse (archive.is)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/14/1919211/-9-Senate-Democrats-call-on-Barr-to-resign-over-clear-violation-of-your-duty
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/8/1917821/-I-am-a-Black-woman-Trump-and-his-supporters-are-right-Democrats-are-destroying-America - the "America" they're destroying is kinda awful

02/15 (Sat)

https://stopevictions.network/
https://twitter.com/secondshelfbks/status/1228336805638000642 - feminist bookshop explains what they do and why trans women are women
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html
- https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1228461796610248706
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/25/18225011/amy-klobuchar-president-prosecutor-criminal-justice-record
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/15/the-electability-business-is-bernie-sanders-americas-corbyn - Corbyn maybe-accidentally endorsed some anti-Jewish groups [1] [2], but Sanders actually is Jewish and presumably would be too aware to make that kind of mistake (and also can't as easily be accused of anti-Semitism).
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/10/1918166/-Chuck-Todd-sticks-Holocaust-sized-foot-in-his-mouth-when-talking-about-Bernie-Sanders-supporters - but the MSM tried anyway
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/14/1919145/-Oil-flowing-Bible-exposed-as-a-fraud -- "it comes from the Bible" is apparently valid evidence even when the "it" in question is mineral oil
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/appeals-court-seems-poised-to-reverse-landmark-qualcomm-antitrust-ruling/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/15/xi-critic-professor-this-may-be-last-piece-i-write-words-ring-true
- https://mastodon.social/@natecull/103665604202940169
http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/pdf.html - Anarchism FAQ book, in PDF (multiple documents)

02/16 (Sun)

02/17 (Mon)

https://myunwantedexistenceblog.wordpress.com/ Trans woman dealing with unsuccessful transition commits suicide by jumping in front of train - this was her suicide note
- archive.is, archive.org of an earlier entry
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/16/1919697/-The-Unforgivable-Sins-of-Elizabeth-Warren
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/16/1919687/-Documentarian-Ken-Burns-warned-Trump-s-rise-would-be-Hitler-esque-here-s-what-else-he-predicted
https://twitter.com/systemantix/status/1229458023925604352 - school is prison
Fraud Case in Charleston, S.C., Shines Light on Web’s Dark Corners - sounds like all he did was sell VPNs, and he needed a way to get more IPv4 addresses...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/17/reality-winner-nsa-whistleblower-russian-hacking-report-petition-clemency
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1229054383540887555
- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/17/1919814/-Ted-Cruz-commits-vasectomy-related-epic-self-own
  - The logic of the trolling is iffy -- but it seems telling that the "pro-life" side didn't come back with a firm statement of principle (i.e. they might be against unwanted pregnancies, at least in theory, but they're not in favor of mandatory sterilization)
Medicare for All
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/16/1919769/-John-Oliver-DESTROYED-every-argument-against-M4A-tonight
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z2XRg3dy9k

02/18 (Tue)

Sustainalytics chief: 'We are past the time of voluntary disclosures'
- https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius/103680229333699723
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4270282/Sydney-200-000-homes-foreign-investors-blamed.html - empty homes + homelessness
https://www.nhsforsale.info/
https://myasstodon.xyz/@emsenn/103680258808761541 - voter intimidation
Supreme Inequality – behind the unjust agenda of America’s highest court: book review
- https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius/103680637948114015
http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/2019-07-31-ads-as-cancer.html - advertising is a cancer on society
- https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius/103678701621387963
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/18/1920090/-Evening-Shade-We-Still-Have-a-Koch-Problem - Koch-related front groups
federal judge intervention:
- 2020-02-17 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/17/1919941/-Federal-Judges-May-Stage-an-Intervention
- 2020-02-18 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/18/1919966/-Federal-judges-call-emergency-meeting-to-address-deepening-crisis-for-the-justice-system
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/17/1919899/-For-Republicans-in-Trump-s-cover-up-it-wasn-t-about-heads-on-pikes-it-was-all-about-the-money
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/banning-the-ability-to-evict-tenants-without-reason-could-be-final-straw-for-landlords-real-estate-institute-of-new-zealand.html - gee, maybe housing shouldn't be a for-profit business in the first place.
- https://twitter.com/NewshubNZ/status/1229547322620743681
https://twitter.com/CorRaven/status/1229644582473715712 "If I spent one night as a patient in the hospitals I send my patients to; I'd be financially ruined."

02/19 (Wed)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/18/fix-primaries-let-elites-decide/ - argues that primaries should let elites decide the vote
https://twitter.com/Portaldrop/status/1229877780164177922 - Catholic student sit-in protesting firing of LGBT teachers
https://www.upworthy.com/former-president-jimmy-carter-built-a-solar-farm-in-his-hometown-and-now-it-powers-half-of-the-city
https://theslot.jezebel.com/maybe-we-shouldnt-nominate-a-billionaire-who-describes-1841778055 “If you go to the middle of the country, people would say, ‘If your conversation during a presidential election is about some guy wearing a dress and whether he, she, or it can go to the locker room with their daughter, that’s not a winning formula for most people,’” Bloomberg says in the video. “They care about healthcare, they care about education, they care about safety, and all those kinds of things.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/immigration-therapy-reports-ice/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/technology/kickstarter-union.html
- https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1229925111739842560
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/18/uk-to-close-door-to-non-english-speakers-and-unskilled-workers
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/immigration-reforms-will-stop-firms-using-cheap-foreign-labour-l9pgxklrs
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/feb/19/donald-trump-offered-julian-assange-pardon-russia-hack-wikileaks
https://filtermag.org/overdose-prosecution-indiana-naloxone-hancock/ - how not to handle drug addiction
- https://twitter.com/SessiBlanchard/status/1230181933063266304
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/18/21142306/patreon-capital-loans-jack-conte-cash-advances
https://web.archive.org/web/20190212034828/https://www.dykehousecollege.com/file/dykehouse/8-531-net-behaviour-policy-2017-18.pdf - what fresh hell is this? Northern Education Trust, disciplinarianism (see p.41 for "Consequences Room Rules")
- https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/sep/02/barbaric-school-punishment-of-consequence-rooms-criticised-by-parents
  - https://twitter.com/Essieburton/status/1230073735648030721
US Election 2020: Meet the voters behind Bloomberg's surge
Are economically inactive people the answer to staff shortages?
https://twitter.com/imrankhan/status/1230193712199802882 - Uber leasing scheme

02/21 (Fri)

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/02/20/kavin-senapathy-fired-by-cfi/
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103694429697868305
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-cars-divide-america - car wars
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/policy_vs_techn.html
- "Technologists don't try to consider all of the use cases of a given technology. We tend to build something for the uses we envision, and hope that others can figure out new and innovative ways to extend what we created" .. "Policy doesn't work that way; it's specifically focused on use."
- "Policy is often driven by exceptional events, like the FBI's desire to break the encryption on the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. (The PATRIOT Act is the most egregious example I can think of.)"
- Policy is very slow to respond to technological change. "It's like tortoises and hummingbirds."
- https://social.seattle.wa.us/@pnathan/103698061981382016
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/20/1920666/-Local-GOP-chair-shows-up-armed-outside-Virginia-lawmaker-s-house-to-show-we-know-where-you-live
- https://twitter.com/Woozalia/status/1230920911869685762
- https://www.facebook.com/woozalia/posts/10157261049207695
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/20/1920626/-After-gutting-Bloomberg-Warren-lands-a-blow-against-a-Las-Vegas-billionaire-in-his-own-newspaper
https://time.com/5784464/susan-fowler-book-uber-sexual-harassment/ - Uber, stalking, and harassment
https://thecorrespondent.com/283/poverty-isnt-a-lack-of-character-its-a-lack-of-cash/37442933638-a4773584
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/us/california-mother-warning-white-supremacists-soh/index.html
- https://www.facebook.com/david.lindes/posts/10157806173128828

02/22 (Sat)

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/15/why-presidency-cant-go-back-normal-trump-115362 - history of informal US Presidential conventions
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/02/21/if-you-thought-eugenics-was-only-an-abstract-notion/ - eugenics
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103697613300387353
https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/103541072820654537 - popular resitance to Oakland eviction (I probably have other links about this)
https://couragetoresist.org/manning-grand-jury-opposition/ - Chelsea Manning
- https://weirder.earth/@LouInABox/103215851581069167
https://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/index.html - Anarchism FAQ
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-scientists-persuading-terrorists-to-spill-their-secrets - what actually works for interrogation (hint: not torture)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/19/1920391/-White-House-spokesman-offers-bizarro-explanation-for-Donald-Lock-Her-Up-Trump-s-pardons - he's "against aggressive sentencing"
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/21/1920849/-The-intelligence-community-erupts-as-Trump-purges-everyone-opposed-to-Russian-election-interference
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/22/1920705/-A-small-California-agricultural-community-defeats-ICE-for-now
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/22/1921155/-NOAA-report-shows-January-was-the-warmest-ever-as-Great-Lakes-suffer-from-a-constant-high-tide
http://www.criticalthinking.org/
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/a-defense-of-the-binary-in-human-sex/ - questionable. Why is it important to say that something is a "binary" when there are known classes of exceptions?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bloomberg-tax-returns-debate_n_5e4df2a3c5b630e74c50142b
https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-proposal - Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, EARN IT Act, William Barr
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs - apparently the "work ethic" philosophy is sometimes called "workism", but it seems to me that jobism is a better name, since "work" isn't necessarily paid.

02/23 (Sun)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-32199250 - Michael Bloomberg fighting smoking in Uruguay (2015)
https://www.quora.com/q/collapsedquestionheaven?__ni__=0&__tiid__=5649573&sort=top -- good answer to creationist "gotcha" question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGsy1Y3HdfM - indigenous perspective on Mount Rushmore
- https://sunbeam.city/@raye/103708940663365467
https://octodon.social/@kensanata/103708849880291231
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/02/nestle-admits-slave-labour-risk-on-brazil-coffee-plantations
- https://blood-in-your-coffee.blogspot.com/2009/02/struggle-of-nestle-workers-in.html
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/16/1919697/-The-Unforgivable-Sins-of-Elizabeth-Warren

02/24 (Mon)

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/02/24/when-a-righteous-cause-enables-unrighteous-behavior/ - avoid hierarchy! concentration of power leads to problems
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103714051909483486
Why People Think the World is Flat (video, 18:42) Flat Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feCQPD9DSOA - all public transit will be free in Luxembourg starting March 1
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/21/1921045/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Kentucky-GOP-moves-to-strip-Democratic-governor-of-his-power-after-election
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/24/1921479/-Krugman-and-Palley-signal-establishment-shift-on-Sanders - some of the Dem thought-leaders are finally pushing back against the "be more like the GOP" meme
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/24/1921604/-I-ve-Spent-4-Decades-Underestimating-Bernie-Sanders
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/here-are-the-urban-highways-that-deserve-to-die
- https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2016/09/burying-a-1950s-planning-disaster/498203/

02/25 (Tue)

https://twitter.com/WardQNormal/status/1206280031552454656?s=20 - charts of economic disparity factors and Reaganomics
https://pleroma.site/objects/335e087b-168b-49df-abeb-0227f0d02d02 -- good point to bring up in the future whenever GOP complains about "who will pay for it" or "what about the deficit"
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/22/1921147/-Sonia-Sotomayor-Accuses-her-conservatives-colleagues-of-bending-over-for-Trump-in-Scathing-Dissent
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/25/1921927/-Friendly-reminder-that-Bloomberg-helped-Republicans-wreck-the-Senate - Michael Bloomberg
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/25/1921963/-Wow-Joe-Wash-I-never-liked-that-guy-but-still-you-should-read-this - a Republican on standing up to Trump

02/26 (Wed)

02/27 (Thu)

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-did-america-give-up-on-mass-transit-don-t-blame-cars - mass transit can be profitable, but service needs to come first
2020-02-26 13:54 Bernie Sanders I don't think it's radical to say schoolchildren should not have "lunch debt." If we can give tax breaks to billionaires we can guarantee free, universal school meals to all our kids.

02/28 (Fri)

https://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-podcast-trans-people-species-machine-paul-nathanson-1377906 (archive.md)

02/29 (Sat)

March

03/01 (Sun)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/25/1921933/-White-Parents-Force-Suspension-of-White-Studies-High-School-Course - racism/denial
https://todon.nl/@jeroenpraat/103725328681082075 - map of areas in Poland that have signed the "LGBT-Free" pledge

03/02 (Mon)

Climate change: Greenpeace stops Barclays from opening branches - aka Greenpeace gives climate activism a bad name
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/2/1923575/-Endorsements-continue-to-roll-in-for-Vice-President-Joe-Biden
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/27/1922428/-Teacher-suspended-for-showing-students-picture-of-her-fianc-e-receives-100K-settlement - anti-gay discrimination is still a thing
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/joe-biden-stutter-profile/602401/
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-dystopian-lake-filled-by-the-world-s-tech-lust - Mongolia, neodymium
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/business/laurene-powell-jobs-corner-office.html

03/03 (Tue)

03/04 (Wed)

https://www.complex.com/life/2020/03/black-owned-business-sales-jump-comment-target-ad-racist-white-people - reverse racism
- https://twitter.com/Complex/status/1234896845551362048
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/2/1923731/-Once-again-Trump-insists-nobody-knew-a-thing-that-everybody-knew
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/03/04/bye-bye-michael-bloomberg/
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103765443899045392
Here's David Frum basically calling Bernie Sanders supporters poor David Frum
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/3/1923879/-Facebook-made-The-Daily-Caller-an-official-fact-checker-here-are-the-results
- International Fact-Checking Network [3]
  - address matches SourceWatch, tho web site is different; Wikipedia
  - site does not seem to list certifications
  - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/17/facebook-teams-with-rightwing-daily-caller-in-factchecking-program - they did try to contact Poynter for confirmation
  - Fact-Checking on Facebook: What Publishers Should Know
Did first female-majority legislature in US make a difference? - Nevada

03/05 (Thu)

https://twitter.com/yanakuchirko/status/1235050702654672896 - the reality of the Left-Right range in the US
https://hub.toot.cat/display/feb19b0018b001389da00f6db7d6371d - summary of negative reactions to UBI
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/opinion/bernie-sanders-polls.html - polls show Sanders can beat Trump
- https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/137304
https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/03/05/2024220/people-kept-working-became-healthier-while-on-basic-income-report

03/06 (Fri)

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/world/americas/03iht-scotus.1.5124385.html - Supreme Court ruled CO2 as a pollutant in 2007
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/6/1920991/-The-climate-and-all-of-us-may-have-dodged-a-big-bullet-all-thanks-to-Trump-s-incompetence -- Trumpco can't even get industry-pandering right
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/5/1924570/-As-COVID-19-cases-climb-in-the-United-States-so-is-the-threat-generated-in-the-White-House -- errorism teams up with Coronavirus
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/new-authoritarianism/607045/
It turns out that Amazon and Google aren't nearly as different as I thought they were--I've just discovered The Fourteen Google Leadership Principles. I relay them to you now, in this thread:
I wanna stop and explain the concept of "the establishment" to some people and why a lot of black Southern voters will NEVER vote for Bernie.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/03/06/were-doomed-3/ - people who should know better, on camera not correcting Trump
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103779188042688680

03/07 (Sat)

https://www.adl.org/hate-symbols - I think this just underscores that we can't just let the Right's hateful usage of words and symbols take them away from us; we'd soon be unable to speak or function. We need to reclaim words, and find other ways to fight back besides allowing things to become tainted and unusable.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615325/ravelry-ban-on-pro-trump-patterns-unraveled-the-online-knitting-world-censorship-free/

03/08 (Sun)

03/09 (Mon)

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2020/03/09/the-bbc-was-just-caught-editing-a-headline-and-making-johnson-sound-better/
- https://twitter.com/TheCanaryUK/status/1237067111610167298
https://twitter.com/lessig/status/1237061708499152896 - Lessig confronts Biden about voting reformation
- https://twitter.com/AdamEichen/status/1237068548268269568
https://twitter.com/brownblaze/status/1236031092647313408 - some background on Shaun King
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/7/1925306/-Trump-steaks-Trump-Airlines-Trump-University-Trump-America-Failing-to-plan-is-planning-to-fail
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/a-stern-letter-from-the-desk-of-vanessa-a-bee - about the primary, and being aware of the influence that your feelings may be having on your choices
- https://weirder.earth/@dzuk/103794900576817963
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/9/1925854/-Elizabeth-Warren-predicted-impending-economic-crash-last-year-Her-warnings-weren-t-heeded
https://twitter.com/brenden77/status/1234361709571268610 -- possible source for the "how will Bernie pay for it" graphic -- and a typical response

03/10 (Tue)

https://beach.city/@alva/103793462316499879 - good thread debunking some of the lies capitalism tells about itself

03/11 (Wed)

03/13 (Fri)

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/laurence-fox-question-time-performance-1-6559637 - it sounds like the Fox was basically "reverse racism!", for which he was rightly condemned by Equity people -- who wanted to stand behind their condemnation (which, as I see it, would have been the right thing to do), but higher-ups overruled them by deleting the tweets, so they felt they had to resign (in protest).
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/13/laurence-foxs-brave-victory-mob-can-show-us-fight-free-speech2/ by Toby Young, Conservative Party member -- basically another case of "people using their speech to criticize me violates my free speech".
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/30/qanon-4chan-rightwing-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/13/1927078/-The-New-York-Times-has-obtained-CDC-s-worst-case-scenario-estimates
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/12/1927008/-The-editor-of-Science-magazine-is-pissed-off
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/13/1927127/-AOC-goes-on-FOX-to-spew-garbage-about-Michigan-suppressing-Bernie-voters -- but she never said they were specifically suppressing Bernie votes, at least not in what was quoted.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/jamie-loftus-the-comedian-who-infiltrated-mensa
- "Firehouse members accused him of being racist for suggesting that they were racist."
- https://icosahedron.website/@bstacey/103817765599394653
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/raj-chettys-american-dream/592804/ (via)
https://therealdeal.com/2020/03/13/nyc-enacts-one-week-moratorium-on-evictions/?fbclid=IwAR1uSuix_vZx_KezjyMREczddSn4oyTDdD9XNcXERPYIXhVSX9TaHSSwLr4
- https://mastodon.social/@Y3WTREE/103818382896311391
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487453-louisiana-to-postpone-democratic-primary-over-coronavirus
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/peter-wehner-trump-presidency-over/607969/

03/14 (Sat)

https://eand.co/why-britains-coronavirus-strategy-is-literally-one-of-the-most-insane-things-in-modern-history-45c755f1db2d
- https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1238097745971421184 - may be the source for the "herd immunity" thing
This morning, in the middle of an evolving pandemic, I, a ER physician, am being charged in San Diego court with a federal misdemeanor for trying to vaccinate children in CBP custody against a deadlier disease for them.
- https://twitter.com/hanjaneway/status/1237801855297581056 - charges dropped on a technicality
{Coronavirus started in US} theory:
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/conspiracy-theory-that-coronavirus-originated-in-us-gaining-traction-in-china
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-china-conspiracy-theory.html
- https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab
- https://www.globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-made-in-china-or-made-in-america/5706272
  - https://www.globalresearch.ca/covid-19-further-evidence-virus-originated-us/5706078
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/22/mapping-spread-new-coronavirus/ "A majority of cases and deaths occurred in China, mostly in the Hubei province, where Chinese health officials said the new virus strain originated in wild animals sold at a market in the capital city of Wuhan."
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-woman-hunted-down-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/ - story about finding its origin
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/14/1927234/-Trump-s-Google-coronavirus-website-lie-may-be-the-ultimate-in-simply-making-sh-t-up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/13/1927153/-If-the-United-States-is-a-week-behind-Italy-brace-yourself-for-horror-that-still-seems-impossible
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/11/1926558/-New-report-connects-Trump-organization-with-the-largest-tax-fraud-case-in-New-York-City-history

03/15 (Sun)

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/are-black-people-safe-from-coronavirus - another Coronavirus myth debunked
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/14/1927543/-Disbelief-soars-after-Trump-s-coronavirus-results-announced-but-does-one-test-matter
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bad-thinkers -- starts right in attacking 9/11 skepticism
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-people-believe-in-conspiracy-theories-and-how-to-change-their-minds - does not

03/16 (Mon)

03/17 (Tue)

03/18 (Wed)

https://www.fastcompany.com/90473758/what-would-happen-if-the-world-reacted-to-climate-change-like-its-reacting-to-the-coronavirus
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/bbc/
- https://mastodon.social/@immychan/103844239857330961
https://mastodon.social/@benjaminnorton/103844532323443083 - Venezuela scores an interesting point on the IMF
- https://twitter.com/APjoshgoodman/status/1240109512692039680
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/16/1928016/-Ex-Sheriff-Clarke-urges-far-right-followers-to-take-to-the-streets-defy-coronavirus-measures - errorism
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-the-meat-paradox-reveals-about-moral-decision-making - probably supports the idea that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism
https://twitter.com/j_g_allen/status/1239880558227992576 - a report about the various scenarios, and likely long-term social effects
- https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-will-a-coronavirus-vaccine-be-ready
- https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615370/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/ -- may be covering the same paper, or at least the same scenarios
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/17/amazons-warehouse-workers-sound-alarms-about-coronavirus-spread/
https://twitter.com/RentStrike2020/status/1240185493368664066

03/19 (Thu)

03/20 (Fri)

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818192535/burr-recording-sparks-questions-about-private-comments-on-covid-19
- https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1240771499599986689
https://twitter.com/RichardBurgon/status/1240915391574085634 - Coronavirus death-curves
https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1240559018084630529 - Joe Biden and universal healthcare
https://designobserver.com/feature/malcolm-gladwell-is-wrong/19008/ - a refutation of Malcolm Gladwell's criticisms of social media as a tool for activism
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqkyw/copper-destroys-viruses-and-bacteria-why-isnt-it-everywhere
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818253789/congress-awaits-gop-relief-plan-as-first-lawmakers-test-positive-for-coronavirus
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/nick-brown-smelled-bull
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818343720/homeowners-hurt-financially-by-the-coronavirus-may-get-a-mortgage-break
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/magazine/title-ix-sexual-harassment-accusations.html

03/21 (Sat)

03/22 (Sun)

03/23 (Mon)

03/24 (Tue)

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/817974987/every-single-individual-must-stay-home-italy-s-coronavirus-deaths-pass-china-s
- https://radical.town/@lesbianhacker/103858662593121557 "At the end of this article it mentions that it is likely that Italy had Coronavirus as early as November." -- evidence is anecdotal, but this seems like something which should be followed up on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52012048 - 25,000 cases in NY; Andrew Cuomo pleads for medical supplies
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/denmark-freezing-its-economy-should-us/608533/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worlds-most-famous-nurse-florence-nightingale-180974155/ - Florence Nightingale

03/25 (Wed)

03/26 (Thu)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/25/huge-victory-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-federal-court-rules-dapl-permits-violated-law

03/27 (Fri)

03/28 (Sat)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/27/1931761/--We-are-the-laughingstock-of-the-country-Mississippi-mayor-laments-after-governor-s-deadly-order - governor overrides mayor's order, reopening restaurants and other nonessential businesses
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/27/1931806/-Trump-orders-GM-to-make-ventilators-without-contract-at-someone-else-s-factory-by-tweet
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/28/21197995/coronavirus-stimulus-trump-inspector-general-wont-comply
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/ - Trump's actions and lack of action will be very costly

03/29 (Sun)

03/30 (Mon)

03/31 (Tue)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/tech/amazon-worker-fired-staten-island-warehouse/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/tech/instacart-amazon-worker-strikes/index.html
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2020/03/31/how-not-to-celebrate-the-trans-day-of-visibility/ - "biological sex"
- https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/103917729206103062
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/everything-has-changed-overnight
- https://hub.toot.cat/channel/woozle/?f=&mid=58c86ebf668640657d41010d0880dbb2e56f97da83e98c7dc97ce7124b6a2474@hub.toot.cat
- https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/joe-biden-democratic-debate-post-truth
https://www.sandersinstitute.com/issues/healthcare
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html "The stalled efforts to create a new class of cheap, easy-to-use ventilators highlight the perils of outsourcing projects with critical public-health implications to private companies; their focus on maximizing profits is not always consistent with the government’s goal of preparing for a future crisis."
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/820595489/why-germanys-coronavirus-death-rate-is-far-lower-than-in-other-countries

April

04/01 (Wed)

04/02 (Thu)

04/03 (Fri)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/2/1933636/-Fox-News-host-sits-in-silence-as-infectious-disease-specialist-exposes-Trump-s-coronavirus-failure
https://littlesis.org/toolkit - find out who owns a rental property

04/04 (Sat)

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491185-trump-there-will-be-a-lot-of-death

04/05 (Sun)

https://returntonow.net/2017/12/23/urban-garden-produces-7000-pounds-food-per-year-tenth-acre-without-synthetic-fertilizer/ - organic works
https://dailyhealthpost.com/solar-panel-farm/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/01/oceans-can-be-restored-to-former-glory-within-30-years-say-scientists - it's not too late, but we do have to start now
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-work-more-than-other-countries-even-with-coronavirus-shutdowns-2020-3
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/02/facebook-posts/yes-us-shipped-donated-personal-protective-equipme/ - back in February, Trump ignored warnings about the US being undersupplied with PPE, and shipped a bunch of donated PPE to China.
- https://www.facebook.com/erika.juhlin/posts/3366003683426063
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/ny-coronavirus-usns-comfort.html - red tape prevents Navy medical ships from helping as planned
- https://www.facebook.com/erika.juhlin/posts/3361073213919110
- https://www.facebook.com/scott.smith.7509/posts/10218618297505960
https://joebiden.com/healthcare/ - Joe Biden just wants to shore up the ACA

04/06 (Mon)

04/08 (Wed)

https://www.thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/04/08/if-you-read-one-thing-today-about-the-nhs-and-coronavirus-make-it-this/
- https://twitter.com/TheCanaryUK/status/1247905791710883842
https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1247902668657266689 - Dem official behaving badly during the crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-drops-out.html - NYT says Bernie is dropping out, but doesn't say when/where/how Bernie said this
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-drops-out.html
- http://archive.is/iTlIu - Bernie's campaign site at 11:52, some time after the NYT article
- https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247914464319504385 - DT plays it as "he has dropped out"
- apparently he has not dropped out; he's just stopped campaigning
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/bernie-sanders-drops-out/index.html - provides actual quote

04/09 (Thu)

04/10 (Fri)

04/11 (Sat)

04/12 (Sun)

04/13 (Mon)

04/14 (Tue)

04/15 (Wed)

04/16 (Thu)

https://c19.se/en - COVID-19 stats for Sweden
https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/coronavirus-cyberpunk-science-fiction-government-politics.html "As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the world, it collides with governments in the West that have spent decades deliberately shedding power, capability, and responsibility, reducing themselves to little more than vestigial organs that coordinate public-private partnerships of civic responsibility. This hollowing of the state began in earnest in the 1980s, and the science fiction of that time—the earliest texts of cyberpunk—imagines what happens when that process is complete." ... "Writing in the 1980s, foundational cyberpunk authors were watching as leaders on both sides of the Atlantic pursued a set of political reforms collectively known as neoliberalism. Prioritizing competition in the market above all else, these reforms were fundamentally a political project, aimed at shrinking the public sphere and undoing many of the commitments to social welfare that had been made in the wake of the chaos, upheaval, and deprivation of the first half of the 20th century. The neoliberal turn was a project of unmaking the state for individuals and communities and remaking it for capital."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/15/1937573/-Republicans-Endorse-Biden