Issuepedia:Filing Room/to file/2018

January

1/2 (Tue)

• http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/the-rosewood-massacre-of-1923/ - Florida, racial hatred, injustice
  • https://plus.google.com/111952522706131998075/posts/UuGcRy1Tzs1

1/3 (Wed)

• http://www.openculture.com/2015/12/simple-sabotage-field-manual.html - cautionary lessons for InstaGov
  • https://tooot.im/users/OpenCulture/statuses/99283391857563148
• http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/go-fund-yourself-health-care-popularity-contest/
  • https://mastodon.cloud/users/dredmorbius/statuses/39724630
• http://www.newsweek.com/neo-nazi-andrew-weev-auernheimer-daily-stormer-jewish-descent-768805
  • https://mastodon.starrevolution.org/users/Laurelai/statuses/99287576644269104
• http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html
  • https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/03/speechless/
    • https://octodon.social/users/pzmyers/statuses/99287630159384854
• https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/28/1727966/-A-Jewish-journalist-made-a-Twitter-bot-to-call-out-Nazis-trolls-The-bot-was-banned-Nazis-remain

1/4 (Thu)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/04/weve-been-building-kook-magnets/ - anti-science, Nazis
  • https://octodon.social/users/pzmyers/statuses/99292055233435388
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/04/a-few-things-i-expect-you-to-know-if-you-want-to-talk-about-evolution/

1/5 (Fri)

• https://newrepublic.com/article/140948/bluexit-blue-states-exit-trump-red-america
  • https://octodon.social/users/starbreaker/statuses/99292673286180081

1/6 (Sat)

• https://www.dhs.gov/publication/border-searches-electronic-devices
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/06/skeptic-magazine-rots-from-the-head/ - good example of a double-wrong argument
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99303423370948893
• https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5765923 "...the dismantling of the Communist system has removed old certainties and safety nets provided by the state; support networks have disappeared as people travel farther afield to find work..."
  • https://mastodon.social/@plsburydoughboy/99299640072014443
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#653e93fb227f
  • via comment here: https://plus.google.com/+AlexMcGibany/posts/AzwdBFfiEBQ

1/7 (Sun)

• https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=118296441702631&w=2 - BSD was complaining about the Intel bug over a decade ago
  • https://mastodon.social/users/cypnk/statuses/99297428782208813

1/8 (Mon)

• http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2046 - arguments that are basically about definitions
  • (note that one way out of the "All Cretans are liars" paradox hinges on the definition of "liar"
• https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/7/1730552/-CNN-host-apologizes-to-viewers-cuts-Trump-advisor-s-mic-after-steady-stream-of-propaganda-baloney
• http://rall.com/2018/01/08/jeff-bezos-washington-post-censorship-the-post-movie
  • https://plus.google.com/+TedRallCartoonist/posts/NJn5Vv8qa21
• https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/08/james-damore-just-filed-a-class-action-lawsuit-against-google-saying-it-discriminates-against-white-male-conservatives/
  • https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/DSn17uZzaZJ
  • https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/08/memo-to-james-damore/
  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/01/08/ex-google-engineer-damore-sues-alleging-discrimination-against-white-conservative-men/1013024001/
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/08/i-have-a-serious-question-for-kansas-republicans/ - says clearly racist things, but #notARacist
  • https://octodon.social/users/pzmyers/statuses/99316793891629551

1/9 (Tue)

• https://www.shareable.net/blog/fork-the-economy
  • https://social.coop/users/mayel/statuses/99320271013243020
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/09/i-know-were-not-supposed-to-have-heroes-but-some-teachers-deserve-the-title/ - right-wing speech suppression
  • https://octodon.social/users/pzmyers/statuses/99320507881873310
• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-carolina-gerrymandering_us_5a5547abe4b03417e873209f
  • https://anticapitalist.party/users/acrata/statuses/99322592960292364
• https://www.avclub.com/milo-yiannopoulos-will-represent-himself-in-simon-sch-1821884767
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99321837199654320

1/10 (Wed)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/09/if-you-ever-doubted-that-steven-pinkers-sympathies-lie-with-the-alt-right/
  • https://octodon.social/users/pzmyers/statuses/99321613355885517
• https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/8/1730817/-Fired-teacher-Hitler-did-nothing-wrong-Whites-have-a-right-to-their-own-countries?detail=emailLL

1/11 (Thu)

• https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjy7ez/social-media-threatens-global-democracy - this is actually more about commercial social media
  • https://social.coop/users/lucaconti/statuses/99331508572220474

1/13 (Sat)

• https://thenib.com/the-good-war - 9/11 BS, Dubya fascism
• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/engineer-says-he-quit-google-after-order-to-stop-pro-diversity-posts/
• https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/12/26/mary-somerville-scientist/ - erasure of women
  • https://wandering.shop/users/gannet/statuses/99344542360340477

1/14 (Sun)

• https://www.facebook.com/dasmith88/posts/10213114650154538 - Paul McCartney, "Blackbird", and civil rights

1/15 (Mon)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/15/erasing-women-from-media/ - erasure of women
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99354007386817222
• https://shadowproof.com/2018/01/11/operation-push-movement-against-prison-slavery-florida/
  • https://anticapitalist.party/@mooncake/99354889822555606
• https://theintercept.com/2018/01/14/facebook-warrant-pipeline-protest-whatcom-county-justice-department/
  • https://social.coop/@risabee/99355526343011679

1/16 (Tue)

• Aziz Ansari
  • https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355 - the reality
    • https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/the-humiliation-of-aziz-ansari/550541/ - same story, not sure if text is the same
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/opinion/aziz-ansari-babe-sexual-harassment.html - a defense
  • http://theweek.com/articles/748849/aziz-ansari-takedown-setback-metoo-movement - another defense
• http://transadvocate.com/arsonist-terf-thinks-trans-women-are-immoral-should-be-beaten_n_21510.htm
  • https://queer.town/@kittybecca/99360042241668573

1/17 (Wed)

• https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/01/13/1030223/is-finlands-universal-basic-income-trial-too-good-to-be-true
• https://mastodon.social/@Altruest/99365170298526315 - another definitional argument: does a straw have one hole or two? (see also: Cretans, trees falling, one hand clapping)

1/18 (Thu)

• https://itsgoingdown.org/neo-nazis-4chan-ready-new-poster-campaign-target-womens-studies-departments-campus-january-21st/
  • https://anticapitalist.party/@quackchips/99370196954824502
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/18/yet-more-legal-expenses-arising/ - Richard Carrier
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99371604333361628
• http://nautil.us/issue/55/trust/how-darknet-sellers-build-trust
  • https://cybre.space/@grainloom/99371204315474921
• https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/01/18/hhs-ocr-announces-new-conscience-and-religious-freedom-division.html - what happened to separation of church and state?
  • https://witches.town/@ThatVeryQuinn/99372689797365070

1/19 (Fri)

• http://www.stonewall.org.uk/comeoutforLGBT/lgbt-britain-trans-report "Based on the experiences of more than 800 trans and non-binary people who took part in our research with YouGov"
  • https://mastodon.starrevolution.org/@Laurelai/99376210350390132
• http://www.canyoucopyrightatweet.com/
  • https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@Elizafox/99374889274062606
• https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/952796082764791813 - MLK on "being divisive"

1/22 (Mon)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/22/what-being-a-man-means-to-andrew-sullivan/ - Andrew Sullivan, gender essentialism, feminism...
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99393891830972039
• https://feministire.com/2018/01/22/an-open-letter-to-the-organisers-of-the-we-need-to-talk-tour-from-a-group-of-feminists-in-ireland/
  • https://witches.town/@ebel/99394079703597563
• Factory model school - it was done deliberately
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/22/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99396134890114903
• http://governor.mt.gov/Newsroom/governor-bullock-protects-net-neutrality-in-montana - net neutrality
  • https://icosahedron.website/@bstacey/99396212219278631
• Fundamental human needs

1/23 (Tue)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/23/picking-on-the-weak-and-hopeless/ - creationism
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99402122526818746

1/24 (Wed)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/24/what-is-the-point-of-an-apology/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99407336852638131
• https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/7xeyvg/how-valves-hands-off-approach-allowed-the-homophobic-gay-world-on-steam
  • https://elekk.xyz/@dickmandrake/99407188028976920
• https://twitter.com/petercoffin/status/956287619071082497 - on the attacks on Chelsea Manning

1/25 (Thu)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/25/who-has-the-snake-filled-head/ - why feminism is still necessary
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99411222773121238
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/25/such-wonders-you-can-observe-in-the-21st-century/ - political correctness and "un-PC"
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99410993715847530
• https://it.slashdot.org/story/18/01/24/1555258/nsa-deletes-honesty-and-openness-from-core-values - life under Mein Drumpf
• https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/25/Hawaii-judge-orders-arrest-of-man-who-spoke-Hawaiian-language-in-court/8471516857580/ - news from colonized Hawaii
  • https://mastodon.social/@silverspookgames/99412575357657387

1/28 (Sun)

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/charles-mann-can-planet-earth-feed-10-billion-people/550928/
  • https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/99426146313301454
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/28/all-my-life-the-republicans-have-been-evil-stooges/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99428433183122401
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/28/jeremy-corbyn-announces-labour-will-buy-every-homeless-person/
  • https://mastodon.social/@selfagency/99428382233414401

1/29 (Mon)

• https://blog.coralproject.net/the-real-name-fallacy/
  • https://instance.business/@chosafine/99433510334442226
• https://www.propublica.org/article/california-murder-suspect-atomwaffen-division-extremist-hate-group
  • https://witches.town/@Ulfra_Wolfe/99431760181213503
• https://medium.com/humane-tech/the-immortal-myths-about-online-abuse-a156e3370aee
  • https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@sydneyfalk/99435440478275357

1/31 (Wed)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/31/i-had-to-check-the-bottom-of-my-office-chair/ - more modern-day slavery
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99445148470122334
• https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/donald-trump-just-asked-congress-to-end-the-rule-of-law.html

February

2/3 (Sat)

• https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/1/24/16925444/aziz-ansari-me-too-feminism-consent
  • https://plus.google.com/+PaulaRizzuto/posts/PAS2Qineh9o
• http://www.inquisitr.com/386068/republican-nevada-woman-vote-twice/

2/4 (Sun)

• https://www.npr.org/2018/01/30/580378279/trumps-state-of-the-union-address-annotated
  • https://plus.google.com/+MichaelRainey/posts/Qofef67r9ni
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/04/david-brooks-rides-again/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99468457475598149
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-many-lives-of-pauli-murray - Pauli Murray
  • https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/AKULQBfgMV1 -
  • https://mastodon.social/@brainwane/99480476503207164
• https://plus.google.com/+BobbySealePowerToThePeople/posts/N2MxTo7a7uv - Black Panther history: Ericka Huggins
• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html
  • https://plus.google.com/109429043900581551434/posts/W7KrbjNKuCc

2/5 (Mon)

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/04/neo-nazi-holocaust-denier-art-jones-illinois-republicans
  • https://plus.google.com/+MichaelChui/posts/Y1TFNX9fT3V
  • https://politicalwire.com/2018/02/04/holocaust-denier-poised-grab-gop-nomination-illinois/
  • https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arthur-jones-republican-nomination_us_5a77d3f6e4b0905433b5bd84
• https://thedailybanter.com/2017/12/paul-nehlen-anti-semitism/
  • https://medium.com/@browneyedgirl65/authoritarianism-jan-28-feb-3-eea447c3b815 - gives a fairly clear picture of a government that is dissolving the rule of law
• https://www.lawfareblog.com/i-hope-instance-fake-news-fbi-messages-show-bureaus-real-reaction-trump-firing-james-comey
  • https://plus.google.com/+DeanBarnett/posts/Fkq9CM46rx5
• http://www.raederle.com/2012/11/land-feed-person-overpopulation-green.html#.Wnjg0uZOmhc - fodder for eventual overpopulation/carrying-capacity debate
  • https://glitch.social/@KitRedgrave/99475166414044002

2/6 (Tue)

• http://www.blackpast.org/1965-bayard-rustin-protest-politics-future-civil-rights-movement-0
  • https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/AN7FMCWCiAv
• Tax cuts don't improve the economy:
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/trump-s-tax-promises-undercut-by-ceo-plans-to-reward-investors
  • http://www.epi.org/blog/international-evidence-shows-that-low-corporate-tax-rates-are-not-strongly-associated-with-stronger-investment/
  • http://www.epi.org/publication/competitive-distractions-cutting-corporate-tax-rates-will-not-create-jobs-or-boost-incomes-for-the-vast-majority-of-american-families/

2/7 (Wed)

• https://www.salon.com/2018/02/06/how-the-republicans-rigged-congress-and-poisoned-our-politics/
  • https://plus.google.com/106070585870414601848/posts/cRbzSj7en47

2/8 (Thu)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/10/the-right-take/

2/9 (Fri)

• https://usrtk.org/hall-of-shame/why-you-cant-trust-the-american-council-on-science-and-health/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99490955255870473 and thread

2/10 (Sat)

• https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/8/16985666/alexandra-elbakyan-sci-hub-open-access-science-papers-lawsuit
  • https://ltch.fr/@Alda/99499847846490109

2/11 (Sun)

• http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-teamsters-form-sanctuary-union-fight-ice-agents-article-1.3813201#Not1More
  • https://mastodon.social/@selfagency/99508617884918061
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/11/im-not-a-big-fan-of-the-lobsterians/ - Jordan Peterson, evolution, dominance hierarchies
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99509656325736629
• https://medium.com/@Boringstein/a-style-guide-for-writing-about-the-rich-11d3c6c9ca19 - Elon Musk
  • https://witches.town/@meena/99509344114324183

2/12 (Mon)

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/02/11/the-trump-administration-wants-to-turn-the-international-space-station-into-a-commercially-run-venture/
  • of course they do... but then again, I think de-orbiting was the original plan under Obama; this isn't exactly worse
  • https://niu.moe/@Pasty/99512398920247071

2/13 (Tue)

• https://theintercept.com/2018/02/12/lissa-lucas-west-virginia-democratic-candidate-removed-from-legislative-hearing-for-listing-off-corporate-donors-to-fossil-fuel-friendly-lawmakers/
  • https://plus.google.com/100478415990529056386/posts/34TkmJ39PFV

2/14 (Wed)

• https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvvv3p/googles-anti-bullying-ai-mistakes-civility-for-decency

2/15 (Thu)

• https://www.splcenter.org/20180205/alt-right-killing-people
  • https://anticapitalist.party/@gcupc/99530956183130163

2/16 (Fri)

• https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/871420302571524096 - people on the Right (in this case Jack Posobiec) can make up shit, but the Left won't let them get away with it
  • https://social.heldscal.la/notice/6180469
• https://wonkette.com/629807/of-course-florida-school-shooter-was-a-girl-hating-white-supremacist-of-course-i-am-tired-of-writing-this-article
  • https://plus.google.com/109429043900581551434/posts/3AR3u6C96Vc
• https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mueller-russia-indictments-election-interference/index.html
  • https://elekk.xyz/@noelle/99537015280333790
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/15/australia-hasnt-had-fatal-mass-shooting-since-1996-heres-what-did/340345002/
  • https://plus.google.com/114963765939692065818/posts/MVtNhyDQpbX

2/18 (Sun)

• http://www.philly2philly.com/politics_community/politics_community_articles/2009/6/29/4854/fox_news_wins_lawsuit_misinform_public
  • https://plus.google.com/+Kittyspurrimperfectlypurfect/posts/NhQnmhiQNxj
• http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gun-research-funding-20160614-snap-story.html
  • https://plus.google.com/116815317762449907490/posts/XeLjfLqtBnc
• https://www.themaven.net/beingliberal/room/show-the-body-bags-show-the-carnage-that-made-the-change-for-vietnam-Ic5uUOHf4UmYEaxS4LWzWg
  • https://plus.google.com/111632351423888854979/posts/4BLgcwvju3N
• http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/02/13/mormons_and_transgender_elder_dallin_h_oaks_says_the_lds_church_is_open.html
• https://anarchism.space/@Jehu/99541492174070500 -- tootstorm about a book about Marx's Das Kapital (I think)
• http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/170998286748/males-are-vastly-overrepresented-in-almost-every - a car metaphor

2/19 (Mon)

• https://medium.com/@browneyedgirl65/authoritarianism-feb-11-feb-17-3d4adc0682dc
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/19/how-come-when-republicans-talk-about-free-speech-its-always-about-silencing-me/ - free speech trolling, right-wing hypocrisy
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99552991325091121

2/20 (Tue)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/20/normalizing-the-intolerable-2/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99557982507433942
  • https://plus.google.com/+WoozleHypertwin/posts/8wkYGJFPuU5

2/21 (Wed)

• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/21/billy-graham-is-dead/
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99563972437784695

2/22 (Thu)

• https://twitter.com/delaneytarr -- apparently a survivor of the Parkland massacre
  • https://kitty.town/@plsburydoughboy/99566293618050817
• http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/374812-texas-school-district-threatens-to-suspend-students-who-protest
  • https://twitter.com/sarahemclaugh/status/966334241587056640 "Texas school district says it will suspend all students who take part in "any type of protest or awareness” in aftermath of the Parkland school shooting"
    • https://mastodon.starrevolution.org/@Laurelai/99569035582485723
• http://groverlab.org/hnbfpr/2017-12-10-csu.html - fake scientist, fake university
  • https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/22/i-could-take-up-surfing/
    • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99569373773448489
• https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/reports/2018/02/22/447095/medicare-extra-for-all/ - proposed improvement
  • https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/966641297820930049
    • https://mastodon.starrevolution.org/@Laurelai/99569178407835461 - analysis tootstorm
• https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/02/22/i-guess-i-just-cant-be-happy-with-bad-data/ - Steven Pinker not good
  • https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/99569276247403763
• https://futurism.com/basic-income-part-time-work/ -- unconditional income
  • https://elekk.xyz/@noelle/99549741164527312

2/24 (Sat)

• https://plus.google.com/+BobbySealePowerToThePeople/posts/EgKHwKr2uEo - more Black Panther Party history
• https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/24/billy-graham-evangelical-decline-franklin-graham-217077
  • https://plus.google.com/+AlisonMarlowe/posts/8suzXhcKgmn
• https://pando.com/2018/02/23/bears-lair-untold-story-systemic-gender-discrimination-inside-uc-berkeleys-it-department/
  • https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/hvxkvH5R4pu
• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/02/bill-making-legal-ban-gays-lesbians-adopting-passes-georgia/
  • https://plus.google.com/103658406669836491016/posts/foeoPWjrXtH
• https://it.slashdot.org/story/18/02/24/1939255/new-tech-industry-lobbying-group-argues-right-to-repair-laws-endanger-consumers - war on terror, digital phase
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cognitive-ability-and-vulnerability-to-fake-news/ - we are not all equally vulnerable to cognitive bias
• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/07/your-brain-on-politics-the-cognitive-neuroscience-of-liberals-and-conservatives/ - related to above

2/25 (Sun)

• https://www.sit.ac.nz/Home/About-Us/News/Articles/ID/372/Invercargills-Southern-Institute-of-Technology-offers-free-accomodation
  • via comment here: https://plus.google.com/+WoozleHypertwin/posts/C4C8to8WJie