G+ Migration Blog

Another woman role model people should know about. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/30/534974403/french-politician-simone-veil-holocaust-survivor-and-abortion-pioneer-dies-at-89 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/30/534974403/french-politician-simone-veil-holocaust-survivor-and-abortion-pioneer-dies-at-89

Quoth Mississippi: "They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great State to launch from." And that's from a Republican. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/30/535089359/state-officials-of-both-parties-reject-requests-for-voters-identification-detail http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/30/535089359/state-officials-of-both-parties-reject-requests-for-voters-identification-detail

Fun trivia since tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of Canada's confederation. The 4th Earl of Carnarvon really got around. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-40463909/downton-abbey-s-real-life-alter-ego-s-role-in-founding-canada http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-40463909/downton-abbey-s-real-life-alter-ego-s-role-in-founding-canada

- locked - I fucking hate my brother. He screws up his life, makes mistakes left and right, games the system, and it always works out for him. Somebody or something always saves his ass. Sure I'm a little jealous. If I tried to pull the crap he does, or got myself into the trouble he got himself into, I'd have been disowned, in jail, or dead. I do all the right things, work my ass off, never get in any trouble, and I'm fucked. Of the three siblings, he's the one who got the most of everything poured into his sorry ass. If he hit me, I wasn't allowed to hit him back. He hit a lot. If he broke my stuff, I had to suck it up. When I competed in sports, my dad came to a couple of games or meets. But for my brother, well, he coached the team, because it was important! I busted a fog light cover on one car, once. My brother totaled three cars. Totaled them. Once by wrapping it around a tree, as I recall. I can't even count the number of times I got told I couldn'...

Unreal. Amazing person, but nobody should have to go through things like that. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39795047 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39795047

This is kinda dumb. First of all, they shouldn't just be offering this stuff for one day. That's ridiculous. They should at least offer it for all of July. Second of all, they should be offering all of it at all the locations, at least in the US and Canada - the poutine donut, the Nanaimo bar donut, the Dutchie (kinda like a raisin fritter), the red and white sprinkle donuts, and all the maple/maple bacon donuts and beverages. Dutchies are a classic Tim Horton's thing, and I'm pretty sure people in the PNW know what Nanaimo bars are. Plus, they are made but called something different in a couple places in the US outside the PNW. I wouldn't eat a poutine donut, but I'd sure eat a Dutchie and a Nanaimo bar one. Even though it could not possibly be as good as an actual Nanaimo bar. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tim-hortons-poutine-doughnut-canada-day-150-1.4182768 http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tim-hortons-poutine-doughnut-canada-day-150-1.4182768

I guess this is an uplifting story? http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4179647/someone-lopped-off-norway-s-penis-shaped-rock-but-locals-are-determined-to-re-attach-it-1.4179655 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4179647/someone-lopped-off-norway-s-penis-shaped-rock-but-locals-are-determined-to-re-attach-it-1.4179655

Ofcs, people. There was flooding, there are fish. Either spend the money and get the personnel to move them or give people permission to move them or just come and get them and kill them. Rotting fish all over the place is totally not going to become a health hazard, nope, totally not. Will not attract scavengers like rats or anything like that. Definitely not flies and things. Won't end up being shoved into the sewers and into the municipal water supplies. Nope. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/carp-flood-ottawa-crystal-beach-1.4182459 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/carp-flood-ottawa-crystal-beach-1.4182459

Gotcher goat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NcjWOqXo8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NcjWOqXo8s

There's a lotta critters. http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/top_100.php http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/top_100.php

We should have been able to eradicate polio before this. The fact that the vaccine protects even against vaccine caused strains of disease should make an even stronger case for immunizing everybody, everywhere. Unfortunately, I don't think we can do that without governments both backing and believing in these efforts, and forcing their citizens to get immunized. I don't see that happening. The window of opportunity when the world might have cooperated or not been able to mess this up is not as open as it was decades ago. "These outbreaks are occurring only in very rare cases and only in places where children are not immunized," If people haven't already been immunized, there are too many conflicts and too little cooperation, now, for it to be likely we will ever totally eradicate polio. http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/28/534403083/mutant-strains-of-polio-vaccine-now-cause-more-paralysis-than-wild-polio http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017...

Sure. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/28/534776249/after-abuse-scandal-usa-gymnastics-says-it-will-take-steps-to-protect-athletes http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/28/534776249/after-abuse-scandal-usa-gymnastics-says-it-will-take-steps-to-protect-athletes

What was that net neutrality thing? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/29/534828696/trump-picks-republican-lawyer-for-fcc-commissioner-seat http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/29/534828696/trump-picks-republican-lawyer-for-fcc-commissioner-seat

So, in other news not being paid quite as much attention as random tweetstorms from the Id, Senator Thune is apparently all gung-ho on making commercial pilots less qualified. [I wonder what he gets out of it.] Rambling about why this is bad: One of the first big reasons for there being fewer highly qualified airline pilots is that the military cut back on pilots some decades ago and the pool of ex-military to hire straight into commercial passenger has been hugely diminished ever since. The commercial air industry never really had to pay to train anybody, nor make long range plans to get people trained and qualified because we the taxpayers paid for it. In addition to which the training and experience any military pilot has had is far and away beyond anything even an exceptional aviation college could provide. So, you know, more extensive training requirements, including more hours in both simulators and aircraft might be a logical step. Further, this isn't just about number of ho...

Beautiful. http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/serena-williams-cover-story http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/serena-williams-cover-story

Ok, people. Now I want donuts. You are a terrible influence on my baser instincts and dysfunctional coping mechanisms. If I could get a decent maple bacon donut, I would be face-planted in it right now .

Good grief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIWuGokMrBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIWuGokMrBM

Not just the Monarchs gettin' trashed by environmental stuff. Dakota skippers are endangered. Little hidden bit in there about chemicals sprayed on plants. The EPA was set to ban chlorpyrifos use on food under former President Barack Obama, but the agency recently reversed that decision. http://www.startribune.com/with-help-from-minnesota-researchers-imperiled-prairie-butterfly-takes-new-flight/431403283/#1 http://www.startribune.com/with-help-from-minnesota-researchers-imperiled-prairie-butterfly-takes-new-flight/431403283/#1

I, just, good grief, people. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-woman-accused-of-fatally-shooting-boyfriend-in-fame-seeking-video-prank/431313063/ http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-woman-accused-of-fatally-shooting-boyfriend-in-fame-seeking-video-prank/431313063/

Buy the Presidency, improve your business. But it's not illegal! So it's ok! http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40438015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40438015

I am not Hindu, so maybe I am missing something, but I see both humor and deeply important criticism of the treatment and valuation of women in these photos. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40404102 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40404102

Aloo gobi, with no aloo and no gobi. They had kohlrabi at the farmer's market and I like kohlrabi. So this is made from kohlrabi. I used butternut squash seed oil, because I had it and it has a kind of peanut-y flavor that I like. It's also good for high temp cooking, although this isn't really that. I didn't put any chilis in, sadly, because my mom can't eat them (her throat closes; it's awkward) and on the off chance that she would, I didn't. I always miss that flavor, though.

You know how I didn't sleep the other night? Today, not the day after the insomnia, I felt really tired around 3:30/4:00 pm, plus I had that literally heavy feeling, again. Like, I feel like I'm being pressed on by extra gravity. So I took a nap. I think it helped? #csb

- much locked - Offs. My mom is trying to co-opt my dad being referred to talk to someone. And for various reasons she may actually succeed in messing this up. I really hope she doesn't manage to do that, but it may be too late.

Flipping radio stations in the car. Normally, I find the ridiculous proliferation of CHRISTIAN (it's so obnox you can't just capitalize the first letter) stations irritating beyond belief. But they are unavoidable. Anyway, one of them was playing some rap style thing as I was flipping past and I heard just this bit of lyrics: Arms open wide to the homeless savior Arms crossed to the homeless neighbor Didn't listen to find out if that sort of sentiment was the whole song, but they have a point, right there, about morals, ethics, and hypocrisy.

You know the weather is bad when you see the birds flying in place or backwards and instead of landing, they have to do go-arounds.

Hm. We seem to be having a nasty hail containing thunderstorm.

That's genuinely sad. http://www.npr.org/2017/05/31/529539229/meet-fr-d-ric-bazille-the-impressionist-painter-who-could-have-been http://www.npr.org/2017/05/31/529539229/meet-fr-d-ric-bazille-the-impressionist-painter-who-could-have-been

Science + Art http://www.npr.org/2017/06/27/533984909/with-chemistry-and-care-conservators-keep-masterpieces-looking-their-best http://www.npr.org/2017/06/27/533984909/with-chemistry-and-care-conservators-keep-masterpieces-looking-their-best

Yep. What you don't know, and all. Same thing happened (is happening still?) with scotch tape. Cellophane tape was supposed to be awesome for piecing together fragmented documents when it first came out. Turns out those adhesives and synthetic materials degrade, too. Surprise. http://www.npr.org/2017/02/21/515410087/an-attempt-to-save-south-carolinas-historical-documents-is-destroying-them http://www.npr.org/2017/02/21/515410087/an-attempt-to-save-south-carolinas-historical-documents-is-destroying-them

Hm. Next dance exercise craze? You decide. #youdanceoryoudie http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/06/26/526004049/video-k-pop-dance-routines-are-a-workout-for-body-and-brain http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/06/26/526004049/video-k-pop-dance-routines-are-a-workout-for-body-and-brain

We're bringing manufacturing back. It'll be fine. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/26/533973916/after-decline-of-steel-and-coal-ohio-fears-health-care-jobs-are-next http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/26/533973916/after-decline-of-steel-and-coal-ohio-fears-health-care-jobs-are-next

I feel officially old, now. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/26/534445020/on-harry-potters-20th-anniversary-listen-to-his-npr-debut http://www.npr.org/2017/06/26/534445020/on-harry-potters-20th-anniversary-listen-to-his-npr-debut

I would love to see this exhibit. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/the-jazz-age/ https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/the-jazz-age/

“You would never say there’s a limit on the number of times your grandmother can fall ill and be taken to the doctor,” said Saldaña. “Just because it’s a different type of illness, a different type of problem doesn’t mean you can allow yourself to quantify the number of times someone can reach out for assistance.” Um, actually, that's kinda what this whole debate on insurance is. You're too sick, you cost too much, you're out. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dan-picard-ohio-overdose-victims_us_595166e8e4b05c37bb789afb http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dan-picard-ohio-overdose-victims_us_595166e8e4b05c37bb789afb

Right, sure. What are you going to do? Get us into a war with Russia? If only you had a diplomatic corps you could talk to. Oh, right. Nevermind. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/politics/syria-will-pay-a-heavy-price-for-another-chemical-attack-trump-says.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/politics/syria-will-pay-a-heavy-price-for-another-chemical-attack-trump-says.html

I love insomnia, don't you? Let's see if we can wake up every single hour all night long. That sounds like fun.

Wait. You can carry on a lobster but not more than 3 oz. of shampoo? I mean, if you can make a laptop explode, why not some lobster exothermidor? Don't give me that look. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/26/534436201/tsa-catches-live-lobster-at-bostons-logan-airport http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/26/534436201/tsa-catches-live-lobster-at-bostons-logan-airport

We are all delicate flowers. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/26/534411597/more-health-problems-reported-with-hair-and-skin-care-products http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/26/534411597/more-health-problems-reported-with-hair-and-skin-care-products

Oh, boy. Here we go. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/new-study-casts-doubt-on-whether-a-15-minimum-wage-really-helps-workers/?utm_term=.8e4f88c00437 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/new-study-casts-doubt-on-whether-a-15-minimum-wage-really-helps-workers/?utm_term=.8e4f88c00437

- obs locked - I may be dealing with some suppressed anger towards my mother. Whatcha think? So much easier to hate oneself.

- very locked, obs - I think I am genuinely depressed at the moment. Yay. Not really awesome for mood and functioning. How the hell do you do this? Hate everything, including myself.

Everything is terrible anyway, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/nearly-850-employees-in-md-school-system-on-leave-this-year-as-child-abuse-investigations-soar/2017/06/25/9b7fdd8a-4585-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na&utm_term=.1523c63a11a7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/nearly-850-employees-in-md-school-system-on-leave-this-year-as-child-abuse-investigations-soar/2017/06/25/9b7fdd8a-4585-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na&utm_term=.1523c63a11a7

Much better. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2174/Three-Musketeers- http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2174/Three-Musketeers-

This is better. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2171/The-dogs-reaction-when-the-vacuum-is-turned-on http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2171/The-dogs-reaction-when-the-vacuum-is-turned-on

Definitely better. http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2178/Working-at-a-wildlife-park-has-its-perks http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2178/Working-at-a-wildlife-park-has-its-perks

This is one of those very cultural bias taboo type topics. I'd guess that just about anything that is even remotely edible has been ingested by some culture somewhere on Earth at some time. As far as pets are concerned, some people keep pet tarantulas and some of the native peoples of the South American rain forests eat them. Some places crickets are pets, other places they are food. If my choice was eat a spider or a cricket or starve, I'd probably starve, my cultural bias is so deep. In our own culture, horsemeat is still eaten some places and was historically one of the proteins available to poor people. People have kept bunnies, birds of all sorts, lambs, pigs, etc. as both pets and eaten them as food. So if dogs were raised as a food animal (not stealing someone's pet), how is that different? http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/22/533691351/chinas-doggy-debate-dog-meat-lovers-vs-dog-lovers http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/06/22/533691351/china...

There's a good NPR piece about Drag Race and this season's winner. Which I am not linking to because some of you have not seen the finale yet and the link would give it all away.

I suppose I should read this before I decide whether it is uplifting or depressing. I'm leaning heavily toward depressing, myself. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/532976166/too-fat-too-slutty-challenges-cultural-expectations-of-women http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/532976166/too-fat-too-slutty-challenges-cultural-expectations-of-women

Well, isn't that special. Cost is a primary reason the D.C. Construction Codes Coordinating Board, which is under the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, removed the testing requirement. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/534100561/some-u-s-states-relax-restrictions-on-cladding-suspected-in-grenfell-tower-fire http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/534100561/some-u-s-states-relax-restrictions-on-cladding-suspected-in-grenfell-tower-fire

What . the . hell . is . wrong . with people. http://www.salon.com/2017/06/25/inside-numerous-secret-prisons-in-yemen-the-uae-tortures-and-the-u-s-interrogates-detainees-report/ http://www.salon.com/2017/06/25/inside-numerous-secret-prisons-in-yemen-the-uae-tortures-and-the-u-s-interrogates-detainees-report/

Ok, sure. Meanwhile, what are you and your administration doing to ensure the integrity of our elections and prevent continuing foreign interference? Oh, right. Nothing. I'm sure there was a point at which I would have laughed at the ludicrous behavior of an adult acting like a child. Yeah? Well, well, Tommy did it, and he didn't get in trouble! But it's not funny, it turns out, when it's the POTUS. #monstersfromtheId https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/25/trump-accuses-clinton-of-colluding-with-democrats-to-defeat-crazy-bernie-sanders/?utm_term=.c60d1667b317 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/06/25/trump-accuses-clinton-of-colluding-with-democrats-to-defeat-crazy-bernie-sanders/?utm_term=.c60d1667b317

St. Louis, again. But it's not like this isn't a problem everywhere. A very bad problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/25/a-black-off-duty-cop-tried-to-help-stop-a-crime-another-officer-shot-him/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na&utm_term=.8b6add4c3649 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/25/a-black-off-duty-cop-tried-to-help-stop-a-crime-another-officer-shot-him/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na&utm_term=.8b6add4c3649

Is the Australian Coptic Church trolling Turnbull? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40396560 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40396560

The hack is a problem. I find Josh Mandel's (OH state treasurer) response a great deal more troubling for multiple reasons. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/25/politics/kasich-hack-isis/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/25/politics/kasich-hack-isis/index.html

Not bad, actually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cOVCk4gAuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cOVCk4gAuM

Aw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCRZkeqFY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCRZkeqFY8

I disagree. I don't think this is a cowardly life hack. I think this is exactly what people did before there were TV cameras. It's creative, appropriate, professional and it still makes the point that the WH can't (yet) totally control the flow of information. Not every battle has to be a bloody war of attrition with bodies strewn everywhere. http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/339317-former-daily-show-comedian-slams-cnn-for-cowardly-response-to http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/339317-former-daily-show-comedian-slams-cnn-for-cowardly-response-to

Happy Eid. For real. Just because Trump and crew are idiots doesn't mean our whole history is idiots. The article talks about Jefferson and guess who had the first modern iftar - First Lady Hillary Clinton. I didn't actually know that bit about Hillary. We're better than this current crop of reactionaries. https://www.stripes.com/news/us/trump-just-ended-a-long-tradition-of-celebrating-ramadan-at-the-white-house-1.475274 https://www.stripes.com/news/us/trump-just-ended-a-long-tradition-of-celebrating-ramadan-at-the-white-house-1.475274

Oh, HELL NO. https://weather.com/news/weather/news/floating-fire-ant-swarms-hidden-danger-of-tropical-storm-cindy https://weather.com/news/weather/news/floating-fire-ant-swarms-hidden-danger-of-tropical-storm-cindy

Holy cookie crumbs. Not just the English Channel! This lady is crazy tough. Somebody start a Kickstarter to cover her costs to swim the Cook Strait in 2019! http://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/20/westbrook-grandmother-becomes-oldest-woman-to-swim-across-english-channel/ http://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/20/westbrook-grandmother-becomes-oldest-woman-to-swim-across-english-channel/

She's 66 and swam for 18 hours in some nasty water and weather. How much you wanna bet she's been told she should lose weight? http://www.espn.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/19698907/pat-gallant-charette-oldest-woman-cross-english-channel http://www.espn.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/19698907/pat-gallant-charette-oldest-woman-cross-english-channel

Good. They can book and pay for multiple seats around them to keep them empty, or pay for some special cabin in the back of the plane to be created if it's that important to them. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/534003870/israeli-judge-says-airlines-can-t-reseat-women-at-request-of-men http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/534003870/israeli-judge-says-airlines-can-t-reseat-women-at-request-of-men

I'm not sure why this is being reported again, unless it is getting worse, which could be. But my response is still gee, what a surprise. You buy snake oil, you get snake oil. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carrier-workers-betrayed-by-trumps-promise-to-save-their-jobs/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carrier-workers-betrayed-by-trumps-promise-to-save-their-jobs/

Doing something illegal, not charged, but here's the thing: why the handcuffs? Is this procedural? If so, why? Do we presume everyone responds to interactions with the police by becoming violent and therefore the police must pre-emptively handcuff everyone to protect themselves? Is there no discretion with this? How would you feel if someone handcuffed you until someone else came and got you over, say, a parking ticket? I really wonder sometimes about what we've decided our society should be. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-06-23/teens-handcuffed-for-selling-water-on-national-mall https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-06-23/teens-handcuffed-for-selling-water-on-national-mall

Um, wut? Also, another fun fact about our great ally Saudi Arabia - does not allow teaching of evolution. Guess what? Iran does. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40384471 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40384471

Seriously, Hollywood? You're re-making a film about the Let's Pretend version of the great, lost South? Not to mention it'd have to try tremendously hard not to be a stereotypical indictment of women and how 'they just can't manage without the right kind of men to guide and control them'. Please feel free to hear that last bit in the scare quotes in a fake genteel southern female accent. It's how it sounded in my head when I wrote it. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/06/sofia_coppola_s_whitewashed_new_movie_the_beguiled.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/06/sofia_coppola_s_whitewashed_new_movie_the_beguiled.html

If you think you feel better after watching this, wait until you watch the twitter link with the added "Flashdance" score. SO GOOD. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/23/534127709/watch-its-been-a-long-week-so-heres-a-gorilla-dancing-in-a-pool http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/23/534127709/watch-its-been-a-long-week-so-heres-a-gorilla-dancing-in-a-pool

My marigolds. The first pic is several differently shaped/colored/etc. hybrids. The second is my little, old fashioned French marigolds. I couldn't find any truly old fashioned, single marigolds. I wonder if you can even get them anymore? Anyway, as long as I can keep the slugs off 'em, we should be good.

I love reading about the feeling seeing Wonder Woman is giving so many women. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/22/wonder-woman-moved-me-to-tears-dc-comics-superhero https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/22/wonder-woman-moved-me-to-tears-dc-comics-superhero

I think I would really like to reach a point where I cannot be shocked. Truly. I can't handle this stuff. Like, why even invite these women if you didn't want to hear from them? http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/06/15/female-democratic-senators-ignore-2-women-activists-at-hearing-on-islamism-pose-questions-only-to-male-witness/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/opinion/kamala-harris-islamism-senate-hearing.html http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/06/15/female-democratic-senators-ignore-2-women-activists-at-hearing-on-islamism-pose-questions-only-to-male-witness/

To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/22/533834764/forget-freud-dreams-replay-everyday-life http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/22/533834764/forget-freud-dreams-replay-everyday-life

This is good? http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/inmates-who-saved-guard-who-collapsed-get-reduced-sentences-n775626 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/inmates-who-saved-guard-who-collapsed-get-reduced-sentences-n775626

Aw, but I like bats. I want to hug them and squeeze them and call them George. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40354990 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40354990

"A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.” http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/533840419/how-do-eggs-get-their-shapes-scientists-think-theyve-cracked-it http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/533840419/how-do-eggs-get-their-shapes-scientists-think-theyve-cracked-it

Aw, oos a fuzzy, wuzzy pwedator? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/533965856/after-42-years-yellowstone-grizzly-will-be-taken-off-endangered-species-list http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/533965856/after-42-years-yellowstone-grizzly-will-be-taken-off-endangered-species-list

Do not read on a full stomach. Yes, there's a link to the actual bill text buried in there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2017/live-updates/trump-white-house/gop-health-care-bill-the-latest-news-and-reactions/?utm_term=.8b8360ce902e https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2017/live-updates/trump-white-house/gop-health-care-bill-the-latest-news-and-reactions/?utm_term=.8b8360ce902e

Huh. I guess we are having a thunderstorm. Surprise?

Cool. I am kinda particularly attracted to the blinky squid. Whom I think of as Cthulu. http://www.lumenelectronicjewelry.com/ http://www.lumenelectronicjewelry.com/

No comment. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/health/health-subsidy-cuts-could-hurt-the-middle-class-the-most.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/health/health-subsidy-cuts-could-hurt-the-middle-class-the-most.html

Omg, WANT. http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/wonder-woman-hello-kitty-japan-1202475586/ http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/wonder-woman-hello-kitty-japan-1202475586/

Trigger Warning. Apparently, Netflix did a crime series that was released approximately one month ago about the unsolved murder of a nun in Baltimore in 1969. It's seriously messed up and involves sexual abuse of high school students by a priest, among other things. I never heard of any of this until this NPR story. Because of the NPR thing, I looked it up and found the Esquire article. It rings true, and it's kind of terrifying. The Catholic church has a lot to answer for. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/21/533797877/before-her-teachers-murder-this-keepers-witness-was-already-living-a-nightmare http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a55633/the-keepers-netflix-series-review/ http://www.npr.org/2017/06/21/533797877/before-her-teachers-murder-this-keepers-witness-was-already-living-a-nightmare

AUUUGHHHH!!! Fuck. This is BULLSHIT. Why don't we just revive spontaneous generation? Or flat earth? Or the miasma theory? Wait, I know! Let's go full Pliny about women and menstruation! Or any of the other historical crazies that think menstruation is toxic, can kill, or can control the weather! * walks off, muttering incoherently * http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/vaccines-illness-european-court-bn/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/health/vaccines-illness-european-court-bn/index.html

These moths are nasty crop pests, iirc. Unfortunately, they are not actually using the caterpillars (assuming that would get rid of some of them). They are using cell lines derived from a/some caterpillar/s. Main advantage: 3-6 weeks versus 6 months to vaccine production. This could be hugely important. I know, they are touting the 'works better' bit, but they don't know if that is reproducible or how/why it happened in the first place. Quicker vaccine production means better ability to respond to potential 1918 type devastating outbreak and possibly keep it from being, well, devastating. http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/caterpillar-grown-flu-vaccine-protects-better-egg-incubated-vaccine-n775271 http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/caterpillar-grown-flu-vaccine-protects-better-egg-incubated-vaccine-n775271

When the snows fall, When the white winds blow, The lone wolf dies, But the pack survives. https://winteriscoming.net/2017/06/21/watch-second-official-trailer-game-thrones-season-7/ https://winteriscoming.net/2017/06/21/watch-second-official-trailer-game-thrones-season-7/

The police are not always wrong, but it is increasingly difficult not to mistrust how we've set up the whole system, and I cannot think of any argument to counter the deep distrust in specific communities, earned across time and place. http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/us/milwaukee-heaggan-brown-shooting-trial/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/us/milwaukee-heaggan-brown-shooting-trial/index.html

So, uh, I used these all the time when I worked in a restaurant during college. o.O Also, not The Onion. Also, also irony of fitness blogger eating whipped cream. But only a little. I mean, she died. That's not funny. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40362094 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40362094

I really don't even know what to say about this. It's like they specifically developed their so-called "geek index" based on, hm, pre-existing biases about autism spectrum characteristics? I'm particularly bothered by the more boys are geeks bias. Hm, let's see. What is a characteristic that society encourages in girls but not boys that would probably manifest by age 12? Verbal 'intelligence', maybe? What is a characteristic that also overlaps with autism spectrum. Hm. Being non-verbal, maybe? Geeks should definitely have higher non-verbal intelligence, let's put that in the score! P.S. Afaik, it's still believed (based on data, one hopes) that more boys than girls suffer autism spectrum disorders. Also, since when do geeks not want to fit in? They may or may not be interested in fitting in with your peer group, but observational evidence would suggest that they form their own peer groups into which to fit. Have you never heard of Cons or Fand...

Needs more cute puppies.

Tasty carbon footprints. Spoiler: A BLT sandwich every day for a year leaves a footprint equivalent to driving from NYC to Chicago. Ok, seriously? Who's gonna eat a BLT every day for a year? (NB: possibly not the point) http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/20/533128467/how-your-sandwich-changed-the-world http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/20/533128467/how-your-sandwich-changed-the-world

So, yeah, they're probably not gonna be able to prosecute this as a hate crime the same way that the higher rate of shooting black men by police is not a hate crime. All societies are rife with deep-seated or subconscious prejudices and biases. Another one is the there's no discrimination because you're a woman because no one smacked your butt. Uh, wrong. It's just quieter. So quiet, people themselves are absolutely certain they aren't biased or influenced by these societal prejudices. This guy was clearly already at risk of uncontrolled rage, but the fact that he saw people who are part of an officially not ok group can't be discounted as lowering the barrier to his behavior. It doesn't make it a hate crime, but it doesn't mean that the fact that they are Muslim wasn't a factor. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/533664159/police-say-road-rage-led-to-murder-of-muslim-girl-in-virginia http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/5...

Um, as Ginger Minj said on @midnight, Rosacea O'Donnell (Steve Bannon's proposed drag name) is probably the wrong person to be throwing stones, here. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-06-20/chelsea-clinton-accuses-steve-bannon-of-fat-shaming-sean-spicer?int=news-rec https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-06-20/chelsea-clinton-accuses-steve-bannon-of-fat-shaming-sean-spicer?int=news-rec

I'm just linking to this for the picture. I'm not saying I want to nominate anyone to be Frodo and lose a finger, but could we possibly have McConnell just fall into the volcano, already? I mean, Gollum dies, the ring melts, Sauron's spirit dissipates, and Middle Earth is free. After the Eagles rescue Frodo and Sam and Mordor is geologically destroyed, but, you know. http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/20/yes-mitch-mcconnells-secretive-lawmaking-is-really-unusual-in-these-four-ways/ http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/20/yes-mitch-mcconnells-secretive-lawmaking-is-really-unusual-in-these-four-ways/

Nice. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alison-kimmey-body-positive-instagram-mom_us_5947fad9e4b0edb84c1472d6 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alison-kimmey-body-positive-instagram-mom_us_5947fad9e4b0edb84c1472d6

Is it wrong of me to read this as Trump made a stink about jobs going to Mexico but he's fine with jobs going to China, so Ford can just go right ahead? He's had business failures and legal issues in Mexico while he's been trying to get into the market in China and, oh, right, just got himself a big old trademark after being elected President. Tell me I'm reading this wrongly. Tell me he isn't tacitly punishing people or countries he doesn't like because business, and doing the opposite in countries he wants favors from. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40345592 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40345592

Science is such a drag. #aerodynamichumorishot http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40339730 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40339730

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-supreme-courts-ominous-national-security-ruling/530886/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-supreme-courts-ominous-national-security-ruling/530886/

Here. I needed a cute puppy. Your turn.

This is meant as an indictment of her, but I think she asked legitimate and valid questions. Nobody wants him to personally suffer, but does that get him a pass on wanting millions of other people to suffer? In fact, for leading the charge to leave millions of others suffering. I think it's a legitimate question of morals and ethics. Particularly since the justifications for some of his positions are supposedly rooted in religion. That makes it a moral question by definition, doesn't it? P.S. Definitely do not look at any comments. They are what you would expect and worse. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/19/msnbcs-joy-ann-reid-attacks-scalise-as-recovers-in-hospital.html http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/19/msnbcs-joy-ann-reid-attacks-scalise-as-recovers-in-hospital.html

Stop denying climate change! THINK OF THE COFFEE! (Clinics start planning now to switch over from methadone to a controlled form of caffeine; caffeine patches are developed to help withdrawal.) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-fa38cb91-bdc0-4229-8cae-1d5c3b447337 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-fa38cb91-bdc0-4229-8cae-1d5c3b447337

Who had June 19th in the pool? Farewell, Melissa McCarthy, we hardly knew ye. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-06-19/sean-spicer-to-lead-communications-office-searches-for-new-press-secretary https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-06-19/sean-spicer-to-lead-communications-office-searches-for-new-press-secretary

So, uh, I guess that Scout song is probably not meant by way of advice, then. Also, not signing up for races in Alaska. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/black-bear-kills-16-year-boy-race-alaska-48127712 http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/black-bear-kills-16-year-boy-race-alaska-48127712

I hope his family can find some closure. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dies-days-after-release-from-north-korean-detainment/?utm_term=.508333c37c39 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dies-days-after-release-from-north-korean-detainment/?utm_term=.508333c37c39

Guess we are going to be having a new chapter in the discussion of the role of a free press in a democratic republic. This'll be fun.

Something bit me. It's itchy. #csbp

Fun facts for tomorrow (or Wed, depending on where you are). #partyonwayne #partyongarth http://earthsky.org/?p=3300 http://earthsky.org/?p=3300

Take that, surgeons. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/16/532936445/research-finds-dressmakers-have-good-eyes-and-not-just-for-style http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/16/532936445/research-finds-dressmakers-have-good-eyes-and-not-just-for-style

Unusually low numbers of King Salmon. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/528453625/in-this-alaska-family-life-lessons-are-passed-down-on-the-water http://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/528453625/in-this-alaska-family-life-lessons-are-passed-down-on-the-water

Offs. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-idUSKBN19A016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-idUSKBN19A016

Catch up on Doctor Who. Mostly not amused by the over-hyped weird red monk trilogy (not a spoiler as the previews and promos were all over the place for weeks before they aired). Seriously. I mean, there were isolated individuals or moments that were good, but that hardly makes one, let alone three episodes worth my time. Can I just watch clips of the good bits? Empress of Mars - Thank you. Much more like a classic Doctor Who episode. Some people have complained that it was too superficial, but I think there have been some seriously bad episodes where the new Who tried to get all preachy and deep and full of itself and fell flat on its pompous, egotistical self. It's gotten worse over time, too. Another thank you for mostly picking on the British, this time, instead of another stupid American and/or Trump joke. Plus humor and lots of references to catch and a fairly awesome specific classic Who callback. Would watch again. Eaters of Light - Might as well start with the thank you fo...

Mali continues to have problems. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40322039 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40322039

I feel dumb for saying this, but I didn't know you could get Tsunamis in Greenland. I feel dumb because there are lots of places earthquakes can happen and there are oceans all over the world, so it seems illogical that this seems unusual to me. But there you go. Earthquake and Tsunami above the Arctic Circle. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/06/18/four-missing-after-tsunami-hits-greenland/ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/06/18/four-missing-after-tsunami-hits-greenland/

I would be interested to know what really happened, since they aren't saying that the diplomats themselves were detained. I will assume the package was not a poster. #bitternotfunny https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-diplomats-idUSKBN1990NV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-diplomats-idUSKBN1990NV

- locked - Wow, today is not a good day. Just feel exhausted and lethargic and there's really no reason. I mean, no obvious reason, there's always a reason. Wevs. Having a terrible time getting functioning. I want to, right? I need to. Some days I wish I was one of those hypermanic, only needs 4 hours of sleep, does an Ironman every week, over confident people. It would work better in this reality. It's weird. I literally feel heavy, like there's extra gravity on me, or something. Meh.

I am interested in the perspective of someone who may actually know about the Swedish healthcare system. I wonder whom I could ask ... :D http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/germain-belzile/health-care-sweden_b_17124368.html http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/germain-belzile/health-care-sweden_b_17124368.html

Happy Father's Day! Do stereotyped, culturally approved things to show Dad you love and/or respect him! Per a retail survey in Canada, 49 per cent of Canadians say Father's Day isn't that big of a deal for their family, while 73 per cent of Canadians believe celebrating mom is a must, but 40 per cent of fathers are likely to be upset if forgotten on Father's Day. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/becausenews/news-quiz-june-17-2017-1.4160571/we-googled-about-dads-and-it-was-dark-and-strange-1.4160688 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/becausenews/news-quiz-june-17-2017-1.4160571/we-googled-about-dads-and-it-was-dark-and-strange-1.4160688

Feels. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-adam-west-fans-mourn-the-loss-of-the-1497594941-htmlstory.html http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-adam-west-fans-mourn-the-loss-of-the-1497594941-htmlstory.html

Today's cooking post brought to you by the numbers 5 and 7 - Seven Allium Soup, and Five Grain Salad. Stuff is coming in at the Farmer's Markets so I decided to make a nice hot weather chilled soup. Ingredients: 1. Spring Onions (white bulbs of 6) 2. Scallions (green onions) (white bits of 4 good sized ones) 3. Vidalia Onions (2 large) 4. Garlic (2 super huge cloves) 5. Shallots (equiv of 2 small or one large) 6. Leeks (white bits of 3) 7. Chives and chive blossoms (these I grewed) Also, olive oil, cultured buttermilk, 5 black peppercorns, bay leaves, thyme, pinch onion powder and garlic powder. A++, would make again. Meanwhile, Trader Joe's has stopped carrying a bunch of stuff, including a prepared multigrain salad I liked, so I made my own version: Ingredients: wheatberries hulled barley farro wild rice tricolor quinoa freeze dried blueberries (b/c the dried ones have added sugar) dried cranberries sliced, toasted almonds toasted pecan pieces green onion Dressing: olive ...