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• 2013/10/12/Germany's transition to renewable power has been a stunning success  + ("[[mainstream media|Major English-language media]] … "[[mainstream media|Major English-language media]] have been propagating a false narrative about the stunning success of Germany's transition to renewable energy: the Energiewende. To hear them tell it, the transition has been a massive failure, driving up power prices, putting Germany's grid at risk of blackouts, and inspiring a mass revolt against renewables. Nothing could be further from the truth." Nothing could be further from the truth.")
• 2011/05/27/Water Use May Decide Future of Centralized Solar Power  + ("[[nuclear power|Nuclear]] … "[[nuclear power|Nuclear]] and [[coal power|coal]] may be big offenders, but wet-cooled [[solar power/heat engine|concentrating solar power]] [[water conservation|uses even more water]] per MWh of electricity generated. Dry-cooled CSP cuts water consumption significantly, but it's still far more than solar power from [[solar power/photovoltaic|photovoltaics]] (or [[wind power]])."[[wind power]]).")
• 2014/06/02/School Accused of Shaming Girls for Wearing Shorts  + ("[[slut-shaming|Shaming women]] … "[[slut-shaming|Shaming women]] has become almost a sport in [[US/education/primary|schools]]. Every day, it seems we are confronted with a new instance of a yearbook [[2014/05/29/Utah High School Photoshops Yearbook Pics|editing female students to make them less sexy]] or a girl being kicked from prom because it was likely that [http://aattp.org/christian-homeschool-dads-get-girl-kicked-out-of-prom-because-they-cant-stop-lusting-after-her/ she was going to drive a crowd of middle-aged men wild with lust]."crowd of middle-aged men wild with lust].")
• 2014/05/Transgender Malaysians await court decision  + ("[[transsexuality|Transgender]] [[Muslim]] women say law criminalising 'posing as a woman' violates [[Malaysia]]'s constitution.")
• 2014/06/02/Google reportedly launching 180 satellites for global internet service  + ("[http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-in … "[http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-invests-in-satellites-to-spread-internet-access-1401666287?mod=rss_whats_news_us&cb=logged0.8194229840300977 The ''Wall Street Journal'' reports] that [[Google]] is planning to spend more than $1 billion on satellites that will offer [[internet access]] worldwide from space. The publication's sources say that Google will begin with 180 small satellites that will orbit the Earth at a lower altitude than most other craft, before possibly expanding the fleet in the future."e possibly expanding the fleet in the future.")
• 2014/03/19/A remarkably accurate global warming prediction made in 1972  + ("[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=15752468459985585088&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 A paper] published in ''Nature'' in [[1972]] accurately predicted the next 30 years of [[global warming]].")
• 2014/04/26/234 Girls Kidnapped from Physics Test  + ("[http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/0 … "[http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/04/22/230-schoolgirls-still-missing-after-boko-haram-raid 234 young women were abducted] from a physics test in [[Nigeria]], specifically to keep them from getting an education. Nothing is being done to find them. [http://www.change.org/petitions/over-200-girls-are-missing-in-nigeria-so-why-doesn-t-anybody-care-234girls Collective public outrage] is the only tool that can possibly get a search started."l that can possibly get a search started.")
• 2014/04/15/Women Need To Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands  + ("a prominent member of the Republican move … "a prominent member of the Republican movement further undermined the party's campaign to appeal to women voters by suggesting that the current pay gap [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/schlafly-increase-pay-gap-so-women-will-have-better-opportunities-find-husband isn't wide enough]. In an [http://www.christianpost.com/news/facts-and-fallacies-about-paycheck-fairness-117959/ op-ed] published by the Christian Post, [[Phyllis Schlafly]] – the founder of the [[Eagle Forum]] – maintained that increasing the pay gap will help women find suitable husbands..."men find suitable husbands...")
• 2009-11-06 Democrats spend too much, accomplish too little  + (“For months, I've been calling on my Democ … “For months, I've been calling on my Democratic colleagues to press the 'reset' button and embrace commonsense, targeted solutions to strengthen and reform health care. Democrats have instead left Republicans with no alternative but to propose our own plan.” but to propose our own plan.”)
• 2009-07-27 Chris Mooney is Not My Friend Anymore  + (“It was not until a [[2009-07-26 The formula|Boston Globe article]] in which Mooney and Kirshenbaum place the blame and responsibility squarely on the shoulders of scientists that the camel's back broke.”)
• 2018/06/27/Portland Police Saw Right-Wing Protesters as Mainstream  + (“Newly released draft reports from a city review of how Portland police handled dueling demonstrations last summer reveal cops admitting what activists have long suspected: They saw right-wing protesters as less of a threat than leftist ones.”)
• 2018/06/22/Woman who set self on fire in Portland park remembered  + (“The 31-year-old woman walked on crutches … “The 31-year-old woman walked on crutches into a downtown [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] park. Minutes later, she set herself on fire. Bystanders put out the fire that consumed [[Chloe Sagal]], but she died from her injuries. It was an act, witnesses and friends say, that was a [[political protest]] as well as a [[suicide]].”suicide]].”)
• 2017/09/01/How Russian & Alt-Right Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley  + (“The narrative surrounding [[2017-08-27 Berkeley protest|last weekend’s protests in Berkeley]] too … “The narrative surrounding [[2017-08-27 Berkeley protest|last weekend’s protests in Berkeley]] took shape on social media and was picked up, at least in part, by [[mainstream media|mainstream news outlets]]. The result was a skewed presentation of events that was almost entirely devoid of the context in which they took place. Even more troubling: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-01/russia-linked-bots-hone-online-attack-plans-for-2018-u-s-vote that narrative was influenced by pro-Russian social media networks], including state-sponsored propaganda outlets, botnets, cyborgs, and individual users.”yborgs, and individual users.”)
• 2014/07/16/Portland police Capt. Mark Kruger's past discipline to be erased  + (“To settle a legal claim, the city of Port … “To settle a legal claim, the city of Portland has agreed to pay $5,000 to Portland police Capt. Mark Kruger and erase two disciplinary actions from his personnel record: a suspension for his public tribute to five [[Nazi]]-era German soldiers at a city park and a reprimand for retaliating against a female lieutenant.” against a female lieutenant.”)
• 2017/08/31/Preacher Aligned with Portland Far-Right Group Promises Bloodshed  + (“[[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] r … “[[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] resident and [[religious right|far-right preacher]] [[Allen Pucket]] has penned an inflammatory Facebook post promising violence at future protests, possibly including the upcoming "Freedom March" and counter-protests slated to envelop downtown Portland on Sept. 10..”wntown Portland on Sept. 10..”)
• 2013/04/11/How the Psychiatrist Who Co-Wrote the Manual on Sex Talks About Sex  + (“ It has been 40 years since [[homosexuality]] was removed as a mental illness from the DSM. But given a clean slate, [[Ray Blanchard|Blanchard]] said he would still classify homosexual sex as ab[[normal]].”)
• 2018/07/04/Sheriff's office called on Oregon state legislator for representing constituents while black  + (“"Casing" the neighborhood by knocking on … “"Casing" the neighborhood by knocking on doors and having extended conversations with the homeowners, carrying only a phone, a pen, and some leaflets. [[Janelle Bynum|Bynum]] appears to have, sadly, taken it in stride. "It was just bizarre," she told an Oregonian reporter. "It boils down to people not knowing their neighbors and people having a sense of fear in their neighborhoods, which is kind of my job to help eradicate. But at the end of the day, it's important for people to feel like they can talk to each other to help minimize misunderstandings." Indeed. Had the woman who called the cops – it was a woman – simply engaged with Bynum, problem solved.”, problem solved.”)
• 2014/04/22/Tech-fueled inequality offers two paths for humanity  + (“"It turns out there's no economic law tha … “"It turns out there's no economic law that says everybody is going to share equally when technology brings some of these wonders to the planet," [[Erik Brynjolfsson|Brynjolfsson]] said. "It's quite possible for some people, even possible for a majority of people, to be made worse off in absolute terms."”worse off in absolute terms."”)
• 2007-08-05 Newsweek's Climate Editorial Screed Violates Basic Standards of Journalism  + (“''[[Newsweek]]'' Magazine's cover story of August 13, 2007 entitled, "The Truth About [[global warming denial|Denial]]" contains very little that could actually be considered balanced, [[objective]] or fair by journalistic standards.”)
• 2009-12-16 Who are the climate change skeptics  + (“...a 2008 study that examined 141 "Englis … “...a 2008 study that examined 141 "English-language environmentally sceptical books published between 1972 and 2005" found that over 92% of them were connected to [[conservative think tank]]s, either published by them or authored by persons directly affiliated with them...”ectly affiliated with them...”)
• 2004-02-15 Homosexual Marriage and Civilization  + (“...anyone who has any understanding of ho … “...anyone who has any understanding of how America – or any civilization – works... will realize that this new diktat of the courts [in support of [[gay marriage]]] will not have any of the intended effects, while the unintended effects are likely to be [[gay marriage will destroy society|devastating]].”marriage will destroy society|devastating]].”)
• 2007-11-21 O'Reilly says War on Christmas part of secular progressive agenda  + (“...decrying the purported [[War on Christmas|"war" on Christmas]], … “...decrying the purported [[War on Christmas|"war" on Christmas]], [[Fox News]] host [[Bill O'Reilly]] claimed that "it's all part of the [[secular progressive agenda]] ... to get [[Christianity]] and [[spirituality]] and [[Judaism]] out of the public square."”Judaism]] out of the public square."”)
• 2020/10/02/Young trans men share brutal accounts of conversion therapy camps  + (“...in June, [[J.K. Rowling]] l … “...in June, [[J.K. Rowling]] liked a tweet from a Canadian anti-trans organisation called [[We The Females]] opposing a proposed law in Canada that would ban [[conversion therapy]] for LGBT+ youth, including [[transgender|trans]] kids. [..] Like other [[anti-trans]] organisations, We The Females propose that trans youth should be subjected to “gender-critical therapy”, to deter or prevent them from transitioning. Gender-critical feminists often claim that affirming therapists railroad youth. ”g therapists railroad youth. ”)
• 2009-07-27 Science Is in the Details  + (“...it is important that we understand [[Francis Collins|Dr. Collins]] and his [[religious faith|faith]] [[religion vs. science|as they relate to scientific inquiry]].”)
• 2019/10/20/Amazon is shipping expired food  + (“...items are arriving spoiled and well pa … “...items are arriving spoiled and well past their sell-by date, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] customers say. Interviews with brands, consumers, third-party sellers and consultants all point to loopholes in Amazon’s technology and logistics system that allow for expired items to proliferate with little to no accountability.” little to no accountability.”)
• 2009-06-23 How Women Will Be Hurt by Gay Marriage  + (“...once they've experienced sex with other men, Catullus tells us, men are unsatisfied with what their new wives provide them.”)
• 2016/05/13/Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution  + (“...policy makers and the media are doing no favors either to the public or the transgendered by treating their confusions as a right in need of defending rather than as a mental disorder that deserves understanding, treatment and prevention.”)
• 2017/06/27/Debunking Trans Women Are Not Women Arguments  + (“...since these trans-women-are-not-women claims recur on a regular basis (and are often forwarded by people who self-identify as feminists), I thought that it would be worthwhile to compile all my relevant counterarguments in one essay.”)
• 2017/07/17/Transgender People and Biological Sex Myths  + (“...sometimes, efforts to undermine or exc … “...sometimes, efforts to undermine or exclude trans women rely on a somewhat different tactic which takes the following form: A case will be made that sex is distinct from [[gender]] – the former being purely biological in nature, the latter being entirely social. Upon making this claim, it will then be argued that, while trans women may indeed be women (because “woman” is a gender category), we nevertheless remain “biologically male” (a sex category).”male” (a sex category).”)
• 2020/09/18/White House announces Trump will nominate a new justice  + (“...sources inside the White House have al … “...sources inside the White House have already made it clear that Trump intends to nominate [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|a replacement]] "[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-put-nominee-replace-justice-ruth-bader/story?id=73107862 in the coming days]." It can be expected that nominee will come from the [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/additions-president-donald-j-trumps-supreme-court-list/ list of potential justices] Trump published just last week, but considering that it is [[Donald Trump]], anything is possible.Donald Trump]], anything is possible.)
• 2008-05-03 An Anatomy of Surrender  + (“...the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]]'s … “...the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]]'s 1989 fatwa against ''[[Satanic Verses]]'' author [[Salman Rushdie]] introduced a new kind of jihad. Instead of assaulting Western ships or buildings, Khomeini took aim at a fundamental Western freedom: [[freedom of speech]].”freedom of speech]].”)
• 2009-07-20 Bait and switch - How the public option was sold  + (“...the leaders of the "public option" movement haven't told the public they have abandoned their original vision. It's high time they did.”)
• 2008-10-02 Congressman Brad Sherman: Martial Law if We Voted N  + (“A few Members were even told that there would be [[martial law]] in America if we voted "no."”)
• 2020/09/18/What Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Means for America  + (“A furious battle over a Supreme Court vac … “A furious battle over a Supreme Court vacancy is arguably the last thing the United States needs right now. [..] The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today represents a devastating loss for feminists who held up the 87-year-old as an icon of women’s rights, and as a bulwark protecting abortion rights and a wide range of other progressive ideals on a conservative Supreme Court.”a conservative Supreme Court.”)
• 2017/09/01/The Idiot Boys of Antifa and the Alt-Right  + (“A lot of what’s happened over the last 10,000 years can be attributed to hormonally charged young men pulling stupid crap.”)
• 2018/01/22/Vast majority of new wealth last year went to top one percent  + (“A new billionaire is created every other day. The three richest Americans have the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the U.S. population. And 82% of the global wealth generated last year went to just 1% of the world's population.”)
• 2009-07-15 A face of the uninsured, a state of denial  + (“A proponent himself of single-payer when … “A proponent himself of single-payer when he was but an Illinois legislator, [[Barack Obama|Obama]] now [[Obamacare|counsels]] that the way to achieve universal coverage is by reforming – or "building on" – the private insurance system while bolstering the public insurance sector.”insurance sector.”)
• 2008-02-22 Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us  + (“A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by [[2020]].”)
• 2008-11-25 The price of dissent on global warming  + (“According to official data, in every year since 1998, world temperatures have been getting colder, and in 2002 Arctic ice actually increased. Why, then, do we not hear about that?”)
• 2009/11/18/How we discovered Verizon's Spamdetector could be twisted into a disguise for censorship  + (“According to the laws of [[Verizon]] Central, once you've been labeled spam, there is only one course of action and it goes like this:...”)
• 2020/10/01/The data scientist exposing US white supremacists  + (“After surviving [[2017/08/12/Charlottesville Nazi march|far right violence in Charlottesville]], [[Emily Gorcenski]] has tracked the [[Proud Boys]] and other extremist groups.”)
• 2007-12-26 Bush's very good year  + (“Against all odds, and despite the usual d … “Against all odds, and despite the usual drumbeat of criticism, [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] had a very good year. .. The troop surge in [[US occupation of Iraq|Iraq]] is succeeding. America remains safe from terrorist attacks. And the [[US economy|Goldilocks economy]] is outperforming all expectations.”tperforming all expectations.”)
• 2019/10/28/Protests Continue Against Neo-Confederates in NC  + (“Anti-racists continue to mobilize in [[US/NC|North Carolina]] against [[neo-Confederate]] and [[white nationalist]] groups, with this weekend seeing two more arrests on the anti-racist side.”)
• 2016/09/11/The TSA is a Waste of Money That Doesn't Save Lives and Might Actually Cost Them  + (“As a test, [[US/gov/DHS|Homeland Security]] officials tried to sneak guns and bombs through [[Transportation Safety Administration|TSA]] checkpoints. They succeeded almost every time.”)
• 2020/09/19/donors inundate ActBlue  + (“As the political reality of Ginsburg’s pa … “As the political reality of Ginsburg’s passing sank in, the ticker that keeps track of donations soared on ActBlue, the non-profit operation that provides a tool for left-leaning activists to raise money for political candidates and issues. About $100,000 in donations came each minute.”n donations came each minute.”)
• 2007/04/Impacts of Four Abstinence Education Programs  + (“Based on follow-up data collected from yo … “Based on follow-up data collected from youth four to six years after study enrollment, the report presents the estimated [[abstinence-based education|program]] impacts on youth behavior, including [[sexual abstinence]], risks of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and other related outcomes.”, and other related outcomes.”)
• 2010-05-20 Money, not millennials, hurting cities  + (“But you know what really kills a city? Ke … “But you know what really kills a city? Keeping people out. Making it prohibitively expensive by demanding it look or feel a certain way. A city cannot be planned all at once or dropped from the sky. A city is the accumulation of years and years of small changes made by many, many people of all kinds, creating a unique, irreplaceable product.”nique, irreplaceable product.”)
• 2012/04/19/CEO pay is 380 times average worker's  + (“Chief executives at some of the nation's … “Chief executives at some of the nation's largest companies earned an average of $12.9 million in total pay last year -- 380 times more than a typical American worker, according to the AFL-CIO. [..] Average CEO pay rose 14% compared to 2010, when they earned $11.4 million on average, according to the union group.”according to the union group.”)
• 2008-01-08 Prodigal Son Frank Schaeffer Roasts Religious Right  + (“Consider [[Frank Schaeffer]]. … “Consider [[Frank Schaeffer]]. The name may not be familiar to you, but Schaeffer’s father, theologian and Presbyterian pastor [[Francis Schaeffer]], was pivotal in the creation of the [[Religious Right]]. .. Frank Schaeffer shared his father’s opinions and, as an adult, worked alongside him. He had an insider’s view of the rise of the Religious Right. Father and son were there at the movement’s birth and worked with some of its biggest names. .. What does Frank Schaeffer think about the Religious Right these days? Let’s just say he’s not a fan. He refers to [[Pat Robertson|Robertson]] as “a lunatic” and says [[James Dobson|Dobson]] is “a power-crazed political manipulator cynically abusing his followers.” He calls the late [[Jerry Falwell]] an “unreconstructed bigot.””unreconstructed bigot.””)
• 2017/08/08/No, the Google manifesto isn't sexist or anti-diversity  + (“Despite how it's been portrayed, [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the memo]] w … “Despite how it's been portrayed, [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the memo]] was fair and factually accurate. Scientific studies have confirmed sex differences in the brain that lead to differences in our interests and behaviour.” our interests and behaviour.”)

• 2011/03/It's the Inequality, Stupid  + (“Eleven charts that explain what’s wrong with America.”)

• 2009-06-10 The Health Insurance Mafia Deserves a Good Screwing  + (“Even calling it "insurance" is a sick joke. Insurance implies a guarantee, and no matter what we pay, there are never any guarantees.”)
• 2015/01/26/Islamic Terrorism - The Taboo Topic  + (“Every time [[Islam/terrorism|Islamic terrorism]] i … “Every time [[Islam/terrorism|Islamic terrorism]] is discussed, those who bring up the "[[Christianity/violence/by|Christian terrorism]]" of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] or [[anti-abortion]] violence simply block free speech, as if deliberately trying to scramble the main topic. They seem to be saying, "Whether the [[Islamic State]] is Islamic or not is irrelevant; there are Christian terrorists as well, so do not talk about Islamic terrorists."”lk about Islamic terrorists."”)
• 2007-04-13 ACLU Calls on Congress to Stop Funding Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs  + (“Findings indicate that youth in the progr … “Findings indicate that youth in the program group were no more likely than control group youth to have abstained from sex and, among those who reported having had sex, they had similar numbers of sexual partners and had initiated sex at the same mean age.”ted sex at the same mean age.”)
• 2011/02/03/Building a Better America  + (“First, respondents dramatically underesti … “First, respondents dramatically underestimated the current level of [[economic disparity/US|wealth inequality]]. Second, respondents constructed ideal wealth distributions that were far more equitable than even their erroneously low estimates of the actual distribution. Most important from a policy perspective, we observed a surprising level of consensus: All demographic groups – even those not usually associated with [[wealth redistribution]] such as [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] and the wealthy – desired a more equal distribution of wealth than the status quo.”n the status quo.”)
• 2017/09/04/The Purge Of Transgender People From American Life Has Begun  + (“Five members of [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s … “Five members of [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s [[evangelical]] executive advisory board, including the founder of the [[FRC|Family Research Council]] [[James Dobson]], [https://www.thegailygrind.com/2017/08/31/trump-advisers-sign-nashville-statement-denouncing-homosexual-immorality-transgenderism/ signed the Nashville Statement]. The Nashville statement dictated that [[transgender]] people should not be tolerated in society, and that anyone who tolerates them is not a [[Christian]].”Christian]].”)
• 2008-10-01 Clinton says Deregulation Not to Blame for Crisis  + (“Former President [[Bill Clinton]] s … “Former President [[Bill Clinton]] says [[deregulation of financial institutions]] is not to blame for the mortgage market mess. ...these facts will likely come as news to many ... who are promoting the idea that [[financial deregulation|deregulation]] is to blame for the [[2008 mortgage crisis|mortgage market meltdown]].”2008 mortgage crisis|mortgage market meltdown]].”)
• 2006-11-05 Time bobbles the God and science debate  + (“Gah, what ''crap''. [[Revelation]] i … “Gah, what ''crap''. [[Revelation]] is irrational and unreasonable. You can't do [[science]], collect data, and then decide, "Well, [[God]] has revealed to me that the correct answer is 2 grams heavier". .. That's precisely what [[Francis Collins|Collins]] wants to do, and he admits it: he wants to add in [[anti-scientific]] beliefs and pretend he is still talking about science.” still talking about science.”)
• 2020/10/14/The Curse of Monster Island  + (“Gather round friends, I want to tell you … “Gather round friends, I want to tell you a true horror story. I can’t promise a twist ending; the monster is still going to turn out to be humans with funny hats on. What I can promise is a direct connection to a recent high-profile act of violence, and an increased anxiety about unregulated internet speech.y about unregulated internet speech.)
• 2017/08/06/What differentiates a good engineer from a clueless ignoramus  + (“Have you read the [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto published internally at Google]] t … “Have you read the [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto published internally at Google]] that has thrown many people into a tizzy? It’s amazingly stupid. Yet another blinkered male engineer babbling about his biases as if they are factual.”iases as if they are factual.”)
• 2020/09/20/Pelosi won't rule out using impeachment as option to stop Trump Supreme Court pick  + (“House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] o … “House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] on Sunday would not rule out impeachment as an option to stop President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick from being [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|confirmed to the bench]], saying [[US/Democratic Party|Democrats]] will "use every arrow in our quiver” to block the eventual nominee.”o block the eventual nominee.”)
• 2009-05-31 Why do people persist in voting Republican  + (“I happened to read University of Virginia … “I happened to read University of Virginia Psychologist [[Jonathan Haidt]]'s [[2008-09-09 What Makes People Vote Republican|thoughtful essay]] on what makes people vote [[US Republican Party|Republican]] ... Read the whole thing. You might even conclude, as I suspect Haidt does, that Republican voters tend to be more nuanced and sophisticated than Democratic voters.”cated than Democratic voters.”)
• 2017/08/10/James Damore's shoddy defense  + (“I keep getting told that [[James Damore]] l … “I keep getting told that [[James Damore]] loves diversity. It’s the first thing he says in [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|his manifesto]]. [...] Simply put, [http://www.sciencealert.com/a-google-employee-was-fired-after-blaming-biology-for-tech-s-gender-gap-but-the-science-shows-he-s-wrong Damore's conclusions are not backed up] by the [[scientific consensus]].”ientific consensus]].”)
• 2007-04-20 Why, what a vile little man  + (“I speak of [[Dinesh D'Souza]], who seems to have noticed that his creepy and dishonest tirade against [[atheist]]s won him some attention, so now he has upped the ante, and gotten even creepier and more dishonest.”)
• 2011/07/20/1422/link  + (“I wasn't sure what the answer to that question might be, so I interviewed seven female hackerspace members ... to get their take on what it's like.”)
• 2015/06/22/Gaslighting Is a Common Victim-Blaming Abuse Tactic  + (“If something happened that upset me, hurt me, or angered me, my reaction was often met with some variation of "That didn't happen! I never said that! You're overreacting!"”)
• 2020/09/23/The Election That Could Break America  + (“If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?”)
• 2009-07-18 Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle  + (“In a move that angered customers and gene … “In a move that angered customers and generated waves of online pique, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] remotely deleted some digital editions of [''[[Animal Farm]]'' and ''[[1984 (novel)|1984]]''] from the [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] devices of readers who had bought them.” readers who had bought them.”)
• 2017/08/31/White Supremacist Preacher Promises Bloodshed  + (“In a video, [[Allen Wesley Pucket|Pucket]] a … “In a video, [[Allen Wesley Pucket|Pucket]] also said that “God’s going to wipe them out one day anyway,” referring to anti-racist and [[antifa|anti-fascist]] counter-protesters who have marched against white supremacist groups in recent months. He also professed a belief that those who organize such rallies shouldn’t cancel them for fear of violent retaliation, but should be "patriots" willing to "fight" in the streets for their white supremacist beliefs.”ir white supremacist beliefs.”)
• 2017/08/13/Damore's Claim There Are Population-Level Differences Between the Genders Is Not The Central Problem With His Manifesto  + (“In response to [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Damore manifesto]], … “In response to [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Damore manifesto]], "[[Heterodox Academy]]", a group that includes multiple political points of view, [https://heterodoxacademy.org/2017/08/10/the-google-memo-what-does-the-research-say-about-gender-differences/ posted] that the scientific evidence is strong that there are population-level differences between the genders. However, the bare assertion that there are population-level differences between the genders is not the central problem with Damore's manifesto.”blem with Damore's manifesto.”)
• 2012/11/20/Wealth Inequality in America  + (“Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.”)
• 2010-05-17 Protesters Take Over Banks, K St.  + (“It didn't take long for the handful of ir … “It didn't take long for the handful of irritated [[Bank of America]] employees to abandon their desks and make for the doors. Their office, a small Bank of America branch on Massachusetts Avenue, had been more or less taken over by a boisterous rally of 75 or so protesters from the [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU), the organizer behind two days' worth of [[Wall Street]]-themed protests in or near Washington.”otests in or near Washington.”)
• 2011/10/03/How Unequal We Are  + (“It may shock you exactly how wealthy this top 1 percent of Americans is. ThinkProgress has assembled five facts about this class of super-rich Americans...”)
• 2019/10/28/Jeremy Bertino, Proud Boy in Charlotte, North Carolina  + (“Jeremy Bertino, of [[US/NC/Locust|Locust]], [[US/NC|North Carolina]], was exposed as a [[Proud Boy]] this week after rallying in [[US/NC/Pittsboro|Pittsboro]], North Carolina.”)
• 2020/09/18/Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87  + (“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.”)
• 2020/02/18/Richard Dawkins Claims Eugenics Works  + (“Last week, Britain discovered that they h … “Last week, Britain discovered that they had a eugenicist advising the prime minister, and that caused a polite bit of upset for almost everyone&rdquo Among the people who were ok with it was [[Richard Dawkins]], who argued that [[eugenics]] may be morally wrong but it nonetheless works and these are [[just the facts]].just the facts]].)
• 2012-12-11/Explaining Socialism To A Republican  + (“My friend seemed totally shocked when I s … “My friend seemed totally shocked when I said "All [[socialism]] isn't bad". She became very serious and replied "So you want to take [[money]] away from the rich and give to the poor?" I smiled and said "No, not at all. Why do you think socialism means taking money from the rich and giving to the poor?"”rich and giving to the poor?"”)
• 2018/07/06/Portland has criminalized poverty and mental illness  + (“Now we know: More than half of the people … “Now we know: More than half of the people arrested in Portland last year were homeless. [...] The [[ACLU of Oregon]] issued a [https://aclu-or.org/en/publications/decriminalizing-homelessness-oregon report] last year documenting 224 laws around the state that target people who are homeless. It identified laws that target people for sleeping in public places, for begging for money and for loitering. In other words, ACLU of Oregon researchers identified laws that matter only if you are homeless.”ter only if you are homeless.”)
• 2019/10/28/Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history  + (“On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state co … “On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state court judges delivered a monumental victory against the worst [[gerrymander]] in modern history when it [https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2019/10/28/5db75d06e4b006d49173ae52.pdf blocked] [[US/NC|North Carolina]] from using its [[US Republican Party|Republican]]-drawn congressional map in the 2020 elections, clearing the way for a fairer replacement that could see [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] pick up three or more seats.” pick up three or more seats.”)
• 2009-07-06 How Long Does it Take to Set Up a Health Co-Op  + (“Paul Keckley, executive director of the [[Deloitte Center for Health Solutions]], tells Bloomberg that if existing regional co-ops are the model, such plans can take decades to fully develop.”)
• 2011/08/28/1831/link  + (“People testing the [[Google+]] s … “People testing the [[Google+]] social network are discussing increasing evidence that, terms of service requirement or not, Google+ wants people to use their legal names much as Facebook does. Skud [http://plus.google.com/103325808503679220346/posts/U2L7mooA2yF shares a heads-up from a user banned for using his initials]. Then, for example, see discussion around it on [http://plus.google.com/106318111152683661692/posts/3UKv9qqT9mh Mark Cuban's stream], [http://plus.google.com/103325808503679220346/posts/c12TA34ppnY Skud's stream] and [http://www.sarahstokely.com/blog/2011/07/why-google-should-allow-anonymouspseudonymous-names-on-google/ Sarah Stokely's blog].” ''The post includes a bingo card to keep score of anti-nym arguments.''score of anti-nym arguments.'')
• 2008-09-09 What Makes People Vote Republican  + (“People vote Republican because Republican … “People vote Republican because Republicans offer "[[moral clarity]]" – a simple vision of [[good]] and [[evil]] that activates deep seated fears in much of the electorate. Democrats, in contrast, appeal to [[reason]] with their long-winded explorations of policy options for a complex world.” However, “to see what Democrats have been missing, it helps to take off the halo, step back for a moment, and think about what [[morality]] really is.”ty]] really is.”)
• 2011-01-19 Fuller Memorial Presbyterian - Durham Rescue Mission  + (“Plans submitted to the City / County Plan … “Plans submitted to the City / County Planning department with the rezoning demonstrated several worrisome elements to neighbors. The scale had grown considerably from the single multipurpose building discussed in previous years; it now stretched over portions of five city blocks, involved the demolition of 9 houses in historic district, and contemplated the closing of two streets, creating a fenced/gated facility stretching over three blocks.”stretching over three blocks.”)
• 2020/09/23/Republicans will replace RBG but Democrats hold the trump cards  + (“Progressives should not worry about what will happen if they mimic McConnell’s constitutional hardball. Their representatives need only act with a little less restraint”)
• 2020/09/18/Murkowski says no Supreme Court confirmation before the inauguration  + (“Remarkably, Sen. [[Lisa Murkowski]], … “Remarkably, Sen. [[Lisa Murkowski]], just told Alaska Public Media on Friday afternoon that she would not confirm a new Supreme Court justice before next year's inauguration. "Fair is fair," she said speaking hypothetically before the announcement of Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]'s passing.”Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]'s passing.”)
• 2020/09/19/In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  + (“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who first rose to national prominence as an ACLU lawyer fighting for equal rights for women, has died at 87 years old.”)
• 2009-08-14 The public option will be run by insurance companies  + (“Section 3106 is difficult to read. ... I will tell you first what I derive from it in the plainest language possible, and then discuss some of its provisions so you can judge for yourself whether I got it right.”)
• 2009-06-10 Conrad Proposes Co-ops To Replace Public Plan  + (“Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) proposed replacing a public health care plan with a non-profit cooperative "that would have the same plans and would be subject to the same standards [as private plans]."”)
• 2008-07-18 Girls gone guilty  + (“That is, if you went in with a different … “That is, if you went in with a different [[interpretive framing|framework]] for explanation – like, "too many guys in one-night stands don't know how to satisfy women" or "women are better at sex than men" – you could construct another story around this data that was ... more plausible than 'women are programmed to want long-term relationship'...” relationship'...”)
• 2005-07-08 Root, Root, Root for the Bomb Team  + (“That's right, the ''[[New York Times|Times]]'' is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the [[root causes of terrorism]]"!”)
• 2011-01-05 Doctor faked data linking autism to vaccines, British Medical Journal says  + (“The ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' on Wednesday accused [disgraced British doctor [[Andrew Wakefield]] of committing an "elaborate fraud" by faking data in his studies [[Autism vaccination theory|linking vaccines with autism]].”)
• 2007-12-31 Liberals Against Diversity  + (“The ''[[New York Times]]'' … “The ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed page is trying to go from bad to diverse. The page has hired [[William Kristol]], editor of ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', as a weekly columnist, starting next Monday. The Politico reports that word of the hiring "caused a frenzy in the liberal blogosphere Friday night, with threats of canceling subscriptions and claims that the Gray Lady had been hijacked by neo-cons"”ad been hijacked by neo-cons"”)
• 2008-06-25 Money for Nothing  + (“The [[Bear Stearns]] p … “The [[Bear Stearns]] people dismissed my questions with ill-concealed contempt. Their computer models told them that home prices wouldn't fall much and that few people would default on their loans, barring another [[Great Depression|Depression]]. .. About the same time, [[Richard Bitner]], the co-owner of a small subprime mortgage bank in Dallas, was coming to a different conclusion. Mr. Bitner wasn't relying on mathematical formulas. He was dealing with actual subprime borrowers...” The article is a review of Bitner's book ''[[Confessions of a Subprime Lender]]''.nfessions of a Subprime Lender]]''.)
• 2019/10/28/Facebook allows prominent right-wing website to break the rules  + (“The [[Daily Wire]], … “The [[Daily Wire]], the [[right-wing]] website founded by pundit [[Ben Shapiro]], is a cesspool of [[misogyny]], [[bigotry]], and [[misinformation]]. Its toxic content is also fantastically successful on [[Facebook]], with each story reaching more people than any other major media outlet. A Popular Information investigation reveals some of this success is attributable to a clandestine network of 14 large Facebook pages that purport to be independent but exclusively promote content from The Daily Wire in a coordinated fashion.”ire in a coordinated fashion.”)
• 2017/08/08/The Guy Who Wrote the 'Google Memo' Just Might Sue  + (“The [[James Damore|former Google employee]] w … “The [[James Damore|former Google employee]] who was fired after posting a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|missive criticizing the company's diversity efforts]] calls his dismissal illegal and says he is "exploring all possible legal remedies."”all possible legal remedies."”)
• 2008-01-10 Will the Iranian Provocation Ruse Be Allowed to Succeed  + (“The [[US Navy|navy]] s … “The [[US Navy|navy]] showed a tape of what they claimed were Iranian speedboats "harassing" a U.S. warship, along with audio of foreign-sounding bad guys making very threatening statements. .. However, after a [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hooman-majd/its-a-fake_b_80682.html blogger pointed out] that the accents of the supposed speed boat passengers could not have been Iranian, the government [http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4115702&page=1 changed its story]...”&page=1 changed its story]...”)
• 2009-11-04 The Public Option Fight Continues  + (“The basic theme of [[2009 US healthcare reform|health care reform]] is that insurance would be mandatory, subsidized and regulated.” - an overview of the bills currently being reconciled)
• 2010-01-29 Rebutting (Again!) the 9/11 Truthers  + (“The belief that a handful of unexplained … “The belief that a handful of unexplained anomalies can undermine a well-established theory lies at the heart of all conspiratorial thinking (that includes, in addition to Holocaust denial, creationism and crank theories of physics), and is easily refuted by noting that beliefs and theories are not built on single facts alone, but on a convergence of evidence from multiple lines of inquiry. All of the "evidence" for a 9/11 conspiracy falls under the rubric of this fallacy.”r the rubric of this fallacy.”)
• 2017/08/10/Google town hall meeting canceled after days of online harassment  + (“The cancellation of the town hall meeting … “The cancellation of the town hall meeting caps off nearly a week of escalating anxiety around the targeted harassment of various [[Google]] employees. Very shortly after <em>Motherboard</em> [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google first reported] the existence of a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|controversial memo]] circulating inside Google, the memo's author was identified as [[James Damore]]. (Damore was [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto fired on Monday]). Since then, [[online harassment|various corners of the internet have targeted]] Googlers who have been openly critical of the memo.”ho have been openly critical of the memo.”)
• 2008-11-25 Big Bailouts, Bigger Bucks  + (“The current [[2008 Wall Street bailout|Credit Crisis bailout]] is now the largest outlay in American history”, even when earlier outlays are adjusted for inflation.)
• 2014/04/22/The government is a protection racket for the 1 percent  + (“The evidence of [[economic disparity|income inequality]] j … “The evidence of [[economic disparity|income inequality]] just keeps mounting. According to "[http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-working-for-few-political-capture-economic-inequality-200114-summ-en.pdf Working for the Few]," a recent briefing paper from [[Oxfam]], "In the US, [[the 1%|the wealthiest one percent]] captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom 90 percent became poorer."”om 90 percent became poorer."”)