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Their hands are tied for this, but the potus gives horrible privileged people pardons while the GOP and this administration self-righteously declaim about the rule of law. http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/he-heads-back-prison-nashville-man-says-goodbye-new-life-he-hoped-build http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/he-heads-back-prison-nashville-man-says-goodbye-new-life-he-hoped-build

Jfc. You're getting two links on this one. The Salon one (the picture) has facts. Aside from the headline. Scotus didn't formally uphold it, it just refused to hear the case and therefore implicity upheld it. The WaPo one, presumably in the interest of "fair and balanced" journalism quotes a physician - a radiologist - who is on the staff of a Catholic anti-abortion lobby group. Firstly, she is clearly not stating facts. Secondly, poorly done, WaPo, by suggesting this is a legitimate expert opinion simply presenting a different point of view. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/arkansas-abortion-pill-restriction-seen-as-both-protecting-women-and-a-major-rights-setback/2018/05/31/6fd64a4e-64e1-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html?utm_term=.b1b44385efc9 https://www.salon.com/2018/05/31/supreme-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on-safe-method-of-medication-abortion-its-a-dangerous-precedent/ https://www.salon.com/2018/05/31/supreme-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on...

Pretty pigeons. https://hyperallergic.com/437866/a-photographer-captures-the-unique-personalities-of-new-york-city-pigeons/ https://hyperallergic.com/437866/a-photographer-captures-the-unique-personalities-of-new-york-city-pigeons/

TIL. https://petapixel.com/2018/05/31/licensed-or-not-a-closer-look-at-the-fox-news-flood-imagery-fiasco/ https://petapixel.com/2018/05/31/licensed-or-not-a-closer-look-at-the-fox-news-flood-imagery-fiasco/

The author should have caused me to skip the article. Nevertheless, it's still interesting, if only for its inability to see itself (in so many ways), and maybe for a few insights into the inner minds of American "evangelicals" and their internal mythologies. I mean, it's great that they started out opposing slavery, and all, but that seems to have been the one potentially unassailable thing attributable to them. (I'm pretty sure there were others that were not "evangelical" who opposed slavery, too.) It's a very long article, with ample opportunities to wonder about the author and his flaws amidst the interesting tidbits of information. It changes nothing about my opinions. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/ . https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/

Yeah. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-nancy-pelosi-problem/554048/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-nancy-pelosi-problem/554048/

Ok, fine. Cunt is offensive. Fwiw, I personally find the word offensive. It's not the equivalent of a racist monkey tweet. rant redacted

The man's definitely a genius (#sarcasm). Granted this is simplistic, but per the article 657,000 vehicles exported to the US, 804,000 built in the US by German manufacturers - seems like we come out ahead on that one? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-autos-germany/trump-wants-to-push-german-carmakers-out-of-us-german-magazine-idUSKCN1IW0LP https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-autos-germany/trump-wants-to-push-german-carmakers-out-of-us-german-magazine-idUSKCN1IW0LP

Congratulations, GOP. You've elected an emperor. Just remember, the way this goes in history is not in your favor.

Fun in the sky. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-manhattanhenge-sunset-new-york-city-today-what-time-best-place-2018-05-30/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-manhattanhenge-sunset-new-york-city-today-what-time-best-place-2018-05-30/

Hi.

How does CNN manage to find so many irritating conservative commentators/guests?

Good stuff on CBC tv tonight - Nature of Things: Puffin Patrol and Doc POV: Sickboy.

I saw "Solo". I have thoughts, but am still thinking them so will probably not post just yet. Like, I could probably use another viewing before commenting, but am not sure I want to spend the money?

If the world was always equitable, there would never have been a need for unions. This is mostly about getting rid of unions, not about fixing bureaucracy. Headline: Trump takes aim at federal bureaucracy with new executive orders rolling back civil-service protections https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-takes-aim-at-federal-bureaucracy-with-new-executive-orders-altering-civil-service-protections/2018/05/25/3ed8bf84-6055-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e7bc2f3d31b5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-takes-aim-at-federal-bureaucracy-with-new-executive-orders-altering-civil-service-protections/2018/05/25/3ed8bf84-6055-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e7bc2f3d31b5

- locked - So what does it say that I am actually afraid to tell my mother that my sister and niece invited me to hang out this weekend? On the upside, counseling has at least enabled me to recognize that I'm afraid? Yeah, really reachin', here.

Cool but dangerous. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-volcano-kilauea-methane-gas-blue-flames-fear-of-explosions/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-volcano-kilauea-methane-gas-blue-flames-fear-of-explosions/

Scary diseases for which we have no treatment, aka fun diseases to scare your friends with. Maybe not. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-virus-nipah/third-indian-state-checks-suspect-cases-in-outbreak-of-rare-brain-damaging-virus-idUSKCN1IQ0Z7 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-virus-nipah/third-indian-state-checks-suspect-cases-in-outbreak-of-rare-brain-damaging-virus-idUSKCN1IQ0Z7

This is probably a lol-something, but not sure what. https://qz.com/1287919/photos-a-spacex-launch-melted-a-nasa-photographers-camera/ https://qz.com/1287919/photos-a-spacex-launch-melted-a-nasa-photographers-camera/

Of course. Would one of you who is knowledgeable tell me which block grant programs have been effective and successful? Because I cannot see how this would work in a health care situation. Just in case there's some validity to the conservative's ideas, here. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-push-to-topple-affordable-care-act-looms-1527240601 https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-push-to-topple-affordable-care-act-looms-1527240601

o_O !!! http://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/adventures-in-medicine-1.4458843/how-an-injured-doctor-saved-her-own-life-on-an-antarctic-cruise-1.4458865 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/adventures-in-medicine-1.4458843/how-an-injured-doctor-saved-her-own-life-on-an-antarctic-cruise-1.4458865

The Netflix kerfuffle made me think of this show and some bizarre moments from it that I never understood. Then I saw this link. Yep, that's what we need. A return of another show apologizing for the South losing the Civil War written by, for, and about white people. They get full credit for addressing certain issues like the AIDS epidemic at the time, but I cannot see how this could possibly be rebooted without being even more offensive than the whole thing now seems in retrospect. Unless maybe Meshach Taylor's character now owns the company and it has other names on it and other clients than a bunch of privileged, rich, old line, white Southerners. And maybe the highest goal of the female characters is not marrying the same. http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/26/designing-women-revival-reboot-annie-potts/ http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/26/designing-women-revival-reboot-annie-potts/

There's so much cottonwood fluff it looks like it's snowing. #csb

"Family" as peer pressure. https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/jason-bateman-arrested-development-interview-family?utm_term=.lt03aYydR#.tbqDNBqoL https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/jason-bateman-arrested-development-interview-family?utm_term=.lt03aYydR#.tbqDNBqoL

I'm guessing this televised concert version will not include the brief nudity. http://www.playbill.com/article/nbc-will-present-live-hair-broadcast-in-2019 http://www.playbill.com/article/nbc-will-present-live-hair-broadcast-in-2019

Intelligent sounding person. Good info about the confusion around prostate cancer screening and options for patients from the perspective of a patient. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article211828724.html http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article211828724.html

I hate people. Headline: Nigerian soldiers ‘rescued’ women, then starved and raped them, Amnesty International says https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/24/nigerian-soldiers-rescued-women-then-starved-and-raped-them-amnesty-international-says/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2a15b07f7f37 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/24/nigerian-soldiers-rescued-women-then-starved-and-raped-them-amnesty-international-says/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2a15b07f7f37

Yes. This is not just another story about that story. It has important things to say about abuse and how we treat the abused. https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2018/05/24/614009165/under-the-skin-why-that-arrested-development-interview-is-so-bad https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2018/05/24/614009165/under-the-skin-why-that-arrested-development-interview-is-so-bad

I could go to the "Solo" premiere tonight. It will be geeky and nerdy and all the cool Star Wars fans will be there. Unfortunately, everything feels like wallowing through treacle today. I can't possibly be physically exhausted, and it's not that hot and humid out yet. But everything feels like a disproportionately enormous effort. Don't know why, it just does. If I don't go, I will miss the Wookiee roar contest. But crowd of strangers. But swag. But but but. Butt. Sometimes, I just can't. :(

Well, I guess these are suddenly going to be a collectors item in some corners of the universe, now that this will not happen. https://www.vox.com/2018/5/21/17377278/trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un-challenge-coin https://www.vox.com/2018/5/21/17377278/trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un-challenge-coin

I'm sure I've completely misread this ... Has someone explained that American auto manufacturers manufacture in Canada and Mexico? While Japanese manufacturers manufacture in the US? I mean, it's not 100% one way or the other, but does anyone ever get any factual information through to him? Not to mention Americans are already having trouble affording vehicles. Let's just make that harder. Because it isn't just that the purchase price is expensive. It's that vehicles that are less reliable cost more to maintain. With all the computerization in newer cars, there are also significant limits to being able to do work on your own car, making even routine maintenance more costly. So let's just slap a 25% tariff on top. Of course, maybe that's easy to get around by just assembling the vehicles in the US. Who knows? Is this an attempt to pull jobs back into the US from Canada and Mexico? Because if that worked, there are people who will swear undying loyalty to ...

Bateman, et al should be ashamed of themselves. Meanwhile, it ain't just Hollywood that does this. This is a classic exhibit of how women are treated. https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-walter-silenced-by-male-arrested-development-co-stars-over-jeffrey-tambors-harassment https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-walter-silenced-by-male-arrested-development-co-stars-over-jeffrey-tambors-harassment

Well, that's not something you see every day. http://www.kitv.com/story/38220041/incredible-video-of-kilauea-eruption-from-mauna-kea http://www.kitv.com/story/38220041/incredible-video-of-kilauea-eruption-from-mauna-kea

SO CUTE. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-44195490?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-suffolk-44170416&link_location=live-reporting-story http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-44195490?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-suffolk-44170416&link_location=live-reporting-story

As it happens, I got to hear Nancy Pelosi speak in person last weekend, which was interesting. So it's kind of weird to see her on CNN at the moment.

Another in my series: New Obsession - Journeys to see Tiffanys. It turns out they're not that hard to find if you are looking, although they are not always available to see. They're everywhere. Anyway, was within an hour of this and heard it had one of the Tiffany mosaics so went to see. Very much not a disappointment. First, the mosaic was quite large and encompassed the entirety of the altar, not just the altarpiece. Second, at least 20 Tiffany windows, depending on how you count them. Every window on the main floor of the church is attested. It's possible the higher windows are, as well, but documentation has not been confirmed. It's a little, English gothic style church on a corner in an old mill neighborhood. In addition to the mosaic and windows being cool, I got a personal tour from the rector, who was directly involved in restoration and preservation efforts and is very into the whole history of the place, including being highly knowledgeable about Tiffany. One...

I truly wonder about the human species. Such monsters on all sides. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613662601/rohingya-militants-massacred-hindus-amnesty-says-they-were-all-slaughtered https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613662601/rohingya-militants-massacred-hindus-amnesty-says-they-were-all-slaughtered

Berating people with wrong information will totally help resolve the problem. Thanks, Congress. https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/congressman-women-sports-executives-olympics-sexual-abuse?utm_term=.knMAoEpbr#.vuJvmVAMx https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/congressman-women-sports-executives-olympics-sexual-abuse?utm_term=.knMAoEpbr#.vuJvmVAMx

I am suddenly feeling very lucky about that time I stayed in Toronto. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/23/canada-syrian-refugees-bed-bugs-settlement?CMP=share_btn_gp https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/23/canada-syrian-refugees-bed-bugs-settlement?CMP=share_btn_gp

Sure, why not. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/22/rudy-giuliani-opioid-epidemic-oxycontin-purdue-pharma https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/22/rudy-giuliani-opioid-epidemic-oxycontin-purdue-pharma

Not keen on the new Google News layout. Meanwhile, are you kidding me? https://www.npr.org/2018/05/23/613780930/trump-son-in-law-kushner-to-regain-top-clearance-following-mueller-interview https://www.npr.org/2018/05/23/613780930/trump-son-in-law-kushner-to-regain-top-clearance-following-mueller-interview

Ugh. Suddenly, cottonwoods are dropping their seeds everywhere.

I only wish The Onion was satire. Full title: New NFL Policy Requires All Players To Honor Patriotic Spirit Of Subservience That American Flag Represents https://sports.theonion.com/new-nfl-policy-requires-all-players-to-honor-patriotic-1826267977 https://sports.theonion.com/new-nfl-policy-requires-all-players-to-honor-patriotic-1826267977

Today we have already assisted with tree trimming, screen door fixing x 2, and new lawn mower unpacking and running. It is a ridiculous, expensive, battery operated thing that my mother decided was the only safe thing other than an old fashioned push mower. She is really nervous around gas engines and electrical cords. Thing is, those have relatively simple on/off set ups. This thing has all kinds of push this, press that, lock those - all in the correct order to use it. Plus, it is kind of large and while it goes forward easily gets stuck going backwards because of the rear skirt. I will have fun teaching my mother how to use it. "fun" On the upside, it does cut the lawn nicely. P.S. I was informed I put the cuttings in the wrong outdoor garden waste bin. Because the 4 equivalent bins are apparently not exactly the same. And this is very important . My mother never collected the grass clippings and would not allow them to be collected by rake or otherwise when she had contro...

Prurience from the speaking Spanish article led me to this. While it's the explanation of virtually every apology of this type for everything, I just really loved the following quote: People don’t have bigot’s Tourette’s. "Bigot's Tourette's" I love it. Also, I forget which of the articles mentioned this, but it's true that his law firm's website lists that they speak Spanish (among other languages). https://www.theroot.com/sure-jan-aaron-schlossberg-s-apology-blacksplained-1826243129 https://www.theroot.com/sure-jan-aaron-schlossberg-s-apology-blacksplained-1826243129

No words. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44201444 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44201444

Definition of "caterwauling". http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lynx-video-avery-lake-kenora-1.4671909 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lynx-video-avery-lake-kenora-1.4671909

There's a lot in this article. For one thing, it's long, but it has a lot to say and some real points that are worth considering. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/

Sometimes, I have the worst nightmares.

Things I did not know existed - asparagus ice cream. Officially the flavor is called Hadley Grass and includes nuts (pistachios, I think?). It's not as weird as it sounds. It's like a creamed asparagus with a very mild asparagus flavor - and the nuts. I don't know if this qualifies as Western or Central Massachusetts, but apparently this is an asparagus growing region and May is harvest time. This is also an area with a lot of dairy farms. One of them also makes ice cream. Thus, seasonal Hadley Grass asparagus ice cream. Add to bucket list, check off bucket list.

Nice. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-praise-students-for-one-of-the-best-senior-pranks-theyve-seen/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-praise-students-for-one-of-the-best-senior-pranks-theyve-seen/

Headline: He Makes a Joke. She Isn’t Laughing: ‘Lingerie’ Comment in Elevator Leads to Uproar Among Scholars. 1. Vicious online backlash is never ok. It's vigilantism, which is not heroic and definitely dangerous. 2. Big deal, they asked for a written apology. Hopefully one that indicated he understood why it was no longer a funny joke. Yes you should censor yourself sometimes, yes standards change. He didn't ask for the sports department, or the menswear department. It was a gendered remark whether he likes it or not and came from a gendered time. 3. Advocates can screw up. It's not a problem if you can say ok, it might take me a while to understand, but I see that it has affected you and I'm going to make the effort to understand why. 4. Resolving things privately or informally is practically code for pretending it never happened. As it happens, it was being handled privately. Until he made it public. Insight, dude. You're doing this because you want someone els...

Not a lawyer and not a Californian, so maybe there's a legit legal technicality here. Notwithstanding that possibility, the Catholic church and Patients Rights Action Fund can get stuffed. If it's so damn noble to suffer the torments god metes out, how come it was a miracle for Jesus to cure a leper, hm? Shouldn't he have been all oh keep suffering, because god or some such trash? Sanctity of life my gluteus maximus. Ain't nothing purifying about suffering. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-end-of-life-option-act-20180515-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-end-of-life-option-act-20180515-story.html

For various reasons, including a difficult conversation I had with an older gentleman: It isn't enough that women have more opportunities than they used too and that many of them succeed to high levels. The price of admission is disproportionate and saying so is not an excuse to cover up incompetence. Just because the door is open, doesn't mean it isn't booby trapped. I don't care if this makes people uncomfortable. Wishing it away won't fix it. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/610445057/nike-sees-executive-departures-in-harassment-reckoning https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/610445057/nike-sees-executive-departures-in-harassment-reckoning

This is scary sounding. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611258056/battered-by-bleaching-floridas-coral-reefs-now-face-mysterious-disease https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611258056/battered-by-bleaching-floridas-coral-reefs-now-face-mysterious-disease

This is a cultural loss, even beyond Spelman. I hope they can find some way to preserve this. https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/05/15/611280239/spelman-college-quietly-eliminates-one-of-the-countrys-few-jazz-programs-for-wom https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/05/15/611280239/spelman-college-quietly-eliminates-one-of-the-countrys-few-jazz-programs-for-wom

Surprising no one, UPS is trash. They didn't used to be, but boy are they now. #csbp

PA was a real problem during the presidential election. I hope today doesn't continue that trend. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611046185/tuesdays-primaries-will-shape-decisive-battles-for-congress https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611046185/tuesdays-primaries-will-shape-decisive-battles-for-congress

Heh. https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2477/To-catch-the-squirrel-one-must-become-the-squirrel https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2477/To-catch-the-squirrel-one-must-become-the-squirrel

u need this https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2460/Cat-shows-you-the-right-way-to-use-chair-holes https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/2460/Cat-shows-you-the-right-way-to-use-chair-holes

Today's mood is: annoyed. #thanksforsharing

This is a real problem. It needs at least 2 redundant safety features, an alarm plus something else. This article is much milder about this than some I've read, maybe a bit too mild. Plus, while the fire dept is correct that a CO detector in the house could have saved lives, you shouldn't have to worry about your car killing you in an attached garage. That's victim blaming and the writer and editor should get a demerit for that being in the article at all, nevermind the closing statement. http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/autos/key-fob-safety-carbon-monoxide/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/autos/key-fob-safety-carbon-monoxide/index.html

I forget how dark it gets with thunderstorms and heavy rain. #deepthoughts

There's something peculiarly human about this story. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/us/new-york-apartment-rent-control-actress-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/us/new-york-apartment-rent-control-actress-trnd/index.html

This sounds brilliant. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/13/610849912/dictionary-stories-fictionalizes-dictionary-example-sentences https://www.npr.org/2018/05/13/610849912/dictionary-stories-fictionalizes-dictionary-example-sentences

Wow. I don't mean the whole bill, although that's appalling. However, her latest statement from the hospital includes a $413 charge for an "appeal denied." I mean, that is some gall. The hospital charged her for challenging a claim. That takes special anatomy, that does. And no, it's not a charge because the appeal was denied, it's because it was appealed, even though that's how it sounds. They're essentially charging her the administrative costs for having to keep dealing with this while it was being appealed. They might have charged this even if it was successful. Which it sounds like it was. And yet this charge is there. The mind boggles. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/14/610072486/sticker-shock-jolts-oklahoma-patient-15-076-for-4-tiny-screws https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/14/610072486/sticker-shock-jolts-oklahoma-patient-15-076-for-4-tiny-screws

What a life of extremes. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/611028050/actress-margot-kidder-dies-at-69 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/611028050/actress-margot-kidder-dies-at-69

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/611074956/australias-man-with-the-golden-arm-retires-after-saving-2-4-million-babies https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/611074956/australias-man-with-the-golden-arm-retires-after-saving-2-4-million-babies

I don't know whether I should be inspired or just quit now because I will never accomplish anything like this. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/610969481/decades-after-he-lost-his-feet-on-everest-double-amputee-summits-elusive-peak https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/610969481/decades-after-he-lost-his-feet-on-everest-double-amputee-summits-elusive-peak

Mind you, the adhesive necessary to wear this kind of dress is not all that comfortable if you want it to be reliable. Perhaps what we're seeing with wedding dresses with super low cleavage, she adds, are dresses that dismantle the tired old virgin/whore dichotomy. They prove that the girl that a guy wants to sleep with — and the girl he wants to marry — are exactly the same person. #shocked #pearlsclutched https://www.npr.org/2018/05/14/609826055/brides-everywhere-are-saying-yes-to-the-low-cut-dress https://www.npr.org/2018/05/14/609826055/brides-everywhere-are-saying-yes-to-the-low-cut-dress

Ha ha, google. Duck ,duck, gray duck.

Ok, that's it. Today has reached 'needs puppy' levels.

Real class acts, these two. Absolutely what the founding fathers had in mind when they envisioned the possibility of the USA. #sarcasm https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/world/middleeast/robert-jeffress-embassy-jerusalem-us.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/world/middleeast/robert-jeffress-embassy-jerusalem-us.html

Ugh. Now I'm agreeing with Mitt Romney? https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/995841728333713408 https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/995841728333713408

We should totally definitely not have sex ed and talk about sex and condoms, though. Headline: Report finds cases of STDs reach all-time high in California ... there were 30 stillbirths due to congenital syphilis last year — the highest number reported since 1995 But, you know, what's important is that we close down abortion factories like Planned Parenthood. They murder babies. #rageflail https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/report-finds-cases-of-stds-reach-all-time-high-in-california/2018/05/14/6da8622c-57c4-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html?utm_term=.3fb084900f68 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/report-finds-cases-of-stds-reach-all-time-high-in-california/2018/05/14/6da8622c-57c4-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html?utm_term=.3fb084900f68

Check yer eggs in case they're one of these brands. https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/braenderup-04-18/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/braenderup-04-18/index.html

#popcorn https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/surprise-showing-by-maverick-cleric-could-shake-up-iraqs-relations-with-the-us/2018/05/14/55258a72-5535-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2b87d59811a9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/surprise-showing-by-maverick-cleric-could-shake-up-iraqs-relations-with-the-us/2018/05/14/55258a72-5535-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2b87d59811a9

Sorry. The terrifying pic of Carl Icahn was the only one they had. He really looks like he should be cackling evilly, too, which totally works for this op-ed. http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-poor-should-work-harder-billionaires-deserve-break-right-trump-918795?google_editors_picks=true http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-poor-should-work-harder-billionaires-deserve-break-right-trump-918795?google_editors_picks=true

Am I a cynic to wonder if they're going to leverage this for sympathy for the president? https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a20686772/melania-trump-kidney-surgery-embolization/ https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a20686772/melania-trump-kidney-surgery-embolization/

The coffee wore off.

Good for her. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44062685 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44062685

Well, this was not disturbing to listen to. TIL white supremacy groups have a history of doing things like this - clean up your image and recruit new members while 'helping' them. It's completely cult-like and brainwashing and so forth. Extremist religious groups do it, too. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-389-trump-vs-obama-s-legacy-eurovision-far-right-militias-bay-to-breakers-afrofuturism-and-more-1.4655626/why-a-far-right-militia-tried-to-set-up-addiction-recovery-homes-in-edmonton-1.4655637 https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/8xe4b5/a-far-right-group-tried-to-launch-a-live-in-addiction-recovery-program http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-389-trump-vs-obama-s-legacy-eurovision-far-right-militias-bay-to-breakers-afrofuturism-and-more-1.4655626/why-a-far-right-militia-tried-to-set-up-addiction-recovery-homes-in-edmonton-1.4655637

I'd say #lolOklahoma , but this isn't really funny. As far as I can tell, the law isn't very specific, it just keeps repeating about not violating the religious or moral beliefs of the adoption agency. Based on past behavior, people are probably not over-reacting, though. In fact, I'm sure in the past a religious objection or moral objection would also have disqualified anybody non-white and certainly interracial couples. I'm offended that "similar" laws have been passed elsewhere, too. It's hard enough to get kids adopted but that doesn't mean you make a bargain with the devil and allow discrimination because otherwise adoption agencies would close down. Those agencies become suspect to me if their answer is no children will be adopted if we can't help just the ones we like. Interesting morals, there. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/12/610655737/in-a-one-two-punch-oklahoma-governor-angers-lgbtq-and-guns-rights-activists https:/...

I wonder if the court could have pressured the husband's family into taking money. This sounds like they had a choice and the court just went oh, ok, whatever. I'd also like to know what Islamic law says about forced marriage and rape, because this isn't clear whether it is simply cultural to force marriages and rape is allowed. (This says that these courts use Islamic law. It doesn't say whether that's the only law, or whether it's a particular interpretation of that law.) https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/12/610658880/sudanese-teen-bride-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-husband-during-alleged-rape https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/12/610658880/sudanese-teen-bride-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-husband-during-alleged-rape

There's been a lot of news coverage of this since a summary was published in The Lancet. We should be spending more, not less on HTLV-1 research. Maybe this will get the attention of groups like Bill Gates' foundation that fund research like this. http://gvn.org/who/ http://gvn.org/who/

This is intense, and difficult, but beautiful in places, as well. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/im-not-black-im-kanye/559763/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/im-not-black-im-kanye/559763/

Apparently, g+ has decided it will no longer send me notifications, or let me know in any way that there's something to notify, and the only way I can see them is if I go through the side menu thing on my laptop. Thanks, g+.

Good grief this is a long article, but it has some very interesting things to say about nutrition and diet and only thinking one way. Also, socio-economic white privilege. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/

Crap. I mean, it's a precursor to GHB, which has been a drug of abuse for some time, so it's not a surprise that a central acting neurology med could be abused, but this is legitimately prescribed for certain kinds of nerve pain. We can't make everything a restricted medication because we have public health and social problems we won't address properly. https://apnews.com/70e49b15a082431db4938c5a324df677/Drug-epidemic-ensnares-25-year-old-pill-for-nerve-pain https://apnews.com/70e49b15a082431db4938c5a324df677/Drug-epidemic-ensnares-25-year-old-pill-for-nerve-pain

Wait. The standard is what anybody off the street thinks? Does this judge think we should apply that standard to judges and lawyers, among others? I mean, this doesn't sound reasonable but obs don't have any detailed info on the case. https://wire.ama-assn.org/practice-management/top-court-decide-should-doctors-be-held-lay-standard?utm_source=BulletinHealthCare&utm_medium=email&utm_term=051218&utm_content=physicians&utm_campaign=article_alert-morning_rounds_weekend https://wire.ama-assn.org/practice-management/top-court-decide-should-doctors-be-held-lay-standard?utm_source=BulletinHealthCare&utm_medium=email&utm_term=051218&utm_content=physicians&utm_campaign=article_alert-morning_rounds_weekend

Last week, hanami.

This is ridiculous. He essentially made it a full time job on top of his actual full time job and whatever was left for a life. And he was lucky, because if you don't have the right kind of loan in the first place, you're done. Essentially, this was almost an accident and then an insane amount of obsessive work. This program is an absolute joke and needs to be totally revamped. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/your-money/student-loan-forgiveness.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/your-money/student-loan-forgiveness.html

What is wrong with people? Why are you even in a National Park if all you are going to do is rip it up and destroy it? Even if there were no fossils and it wasn't a crime, what is this impulse to violence and destruction? Sometimes, I really do not like humans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/10/ancient-dinosaur-tracks-are-disappearing-at-a-national-park-in-utah-humans-are-to-blame/?utm_term=.a71901644fb2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/10/ancient-dinosaur-tracks-are-disappearing-at-a-national-park-in-utah-humans-are-to-blame/?utm_term=.a71901644fb2

Amazing. I have no idea what my mother did to my father's ipad air, but it is all kinds of messed up at this point. Including refusing to install a system update. I am a tired puppy.

It really sucks when you don't have any known reliable independent mechanics around you and you have no way of working on your own car. Brought to you by the hole in my radiator (no, it's not a hose; yes, it's small for now but there's corrosion). My car misses its birth locale where there was exceptionally rare freeze thaw and no salt.

Very cool. http://www.cbs8.com/story/38145927/bioluminescence-algae-bloom-lighting-up-san-diego-waves-at-night http://www.cbs8.com/story/38145927/bioluminescence-algae-bloom-lighting-up-san-diego-waves-at-night

Good for him. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/austin-perine-alabama-4-year-old-superhero-using-his-power-to-feed-the-homeless/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/austin-perine-alabama-4-year-old-superhero-using-his-power-to-feed-the-homeless/

Eru, but people have no sense of humor. They also don't know what sarcasm is. I think this is a brilliantly illustrative image. And it obviously worked, since it seems people are freaking out. Besides, if you end up both using deet/permethrin when outside and you quit eating muffins, you'll get even greater health benefits. So what's to complain? See that's sarcasm. What they're complaining about is a pune, or play on words. Not at all the same thing. Caption on pic: Ticks can be the size of a poppy seed. Can you spot all 5 ticks in this photo? Learn how to prevent tick bites. https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/993523011281145858 https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/993523011281145858

I love how this article is all about men. If they think baldness has a stigma for men, they should see what happens to women. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44052917 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44052917

What the hell is wrong with people? Actual headline: A black Yale graduate student took a nap in her dorm's common room. So a white student called police She fell asleep working on a paper. * Inarticulate ragey flail * https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/yale-student-napping-black-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/yale-student-napping-black-trnd/index.html

Suddenly, geothermal energy doesn't sound so benign. At least, not this version. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/05/09/erupting-hawaii-volcano-could-next-spew-10-ton-boulders-from-its-summit-scientists-say/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b4b8e2aa4d2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/05/09/erupting-hawaii-volcano-could-next-spew-10-ton-boulders-from-its-summit-scientists-say/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b4b8e2aa4d2

Good food news. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-2018-james-beard-awards-finally-gave-women-and-chefs-of-color-their-due?google_editors_picks=true https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-2018-james-beard-awards-finally-gave-women-and-chefs-of-color-their-due?google_editors_picks=true

Yep. i still haven't been able to get a refill on my Rx. Fortunately, I haven't had to use mine and they're actually good well past the expiration date if they haven't been exposed to extreme conditions. Nonetheless, they really do need to start offering more alternatives. (I have the non-Mylan epipen equivalent) Also, though? Go back to teaching people how to give themselves an injection. It's cheap and reasonable to go back to a kit with a prefilled syringe, or at least one designed so people can't give themselves the wrong dose. Epi-pen's marketing has been too pervasive and too effective for too long. It doesn't matter if it showed as faster than filling a syringe in studies if the only thing you can get is a syringe and an ampoule of adrenalin/epinephrine. People are panicked and some are in real danger because they've been told over and over that they have to have an auto injector. That simply isn't true. But even some doctors and nurses ha...

* headdesk * Also, dude, talking points are guidelines. Think before you tweet. https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/09/609740613/new-u-s-ambassador-to-germany-grenell-irks-his-hosts-the-day-he-arrives https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/09/609740613/new-u-s-ambassador-to-germany-grenell-irks-his-hosts-the-day-he-arrives

I'm gonna state the obvious question: how much of this had to do with her being female and black? She is incredibly lucky she didn't develop something that killed her. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/womans-runny-nose-turns-out-to-be-fluid-leaking-from-brain/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/womans-runny-nose-turns-out-to-be-fluid-leaking-from-brain/

You know that thing where you are cleaning up and find something that you had forgotten because you stopped looking for it so long ago? And you get really excited and then feel really stupid? That.

Ugh. What is wrong with these people? There's NO problem with voter fraud. Why not make sure there's no foreign interference with our voting instead? Act surprised that this is breaking almost precisely along party lines. (Not to mention that his ridiculously shaped district is heavily white, heavily rural but also with a lot of the exclusive, wealthy white enclaves within it. What happened? Did somebody think they saw a migrant farm worker voting? Was there a black person in town?) #disgust #sarcasm http://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/local-lawmaker-co-sponsoring-voter-identification-measure/1167574933 http://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/local-lawmaker-co-sponsoring-voter-identification-measure/1167574933

Nice. https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2763/The-First-Ever-Homeless-Girl-Scout-Troop-Just-Crushed-Their-Cookie-Sales-Goal https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2763/The-First-Ever-Homeless-Girl-Scout-Troop-Just-Crushed-Their-Cookie-Sales-Goal

This is the best. https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/dog-buys-treats-using-leaf https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/dog-buys-treats-using-leaf

I know it's childish, but it's also predictable and some of the alternatives to Be Best in here are amusing. https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/993614400740356096 https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/993614400740356096

Wow, Kucinich got trounced.

Sometimes there's a reason to take professionals' advice. Mrs. Trump came up with the logo and program name herself, her aides said. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/us/politics/melania-trump-children.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/us/politics/melania-trump-children.html

It is, in my experience, difficult to keep rice long enough for it to go bad. I mean, what with temp and humidity controls in our houses and glass containers that seal and all. But my mom has accomplished this singular feat. Somehow, she had a container of rice that I cannot being to guess the age of. She cooked and served it at dinner. I, just, vOv. She thinks it was fine. * headdesk *

This whole thing is garbage. They bullied her, and denied her her right to speak to the Consulate, and charged her money - which they deny but since there will be a transaction record I'd like to see what story they'll come up with to explain that. All the rest of this is retconning their story. If they really thought she was an identity thief, all they had to do was have her come with to the station and let her contact the consulate and confirm her identity. Big deal. This was intimidation and IANAL but it doesn't sound like they gave her the rights an American should be afforded. Then again, I doubt they afford Americans the rights Americans should be afforded based on this. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-woman-arrested-jailed-in-u-s-for-driving-with-a-canadian-licence-1.4648561 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-woman-arrested-jailed-in-u-s-for-driving-with-a-canadian-licence-1.4648561

This isn't political correctness, it's one uptight idiot with just enough power to make trouble. I hope people demand the cheeky signs back. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-43961019 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-43961019

Vitello tonnato. In the I made a snack out of the leftovers form on crispbread. I actually got my parents to eat this (the traditional way - no crispbread), although neither one wanted the caper berries. I was able to get some veal that was raised on its mom's milk while roaming around, instead of the old commercial kind. It's amazingly delicious and tender. Maybe it's not as tender as the force-fed milk kind, but do not care. Meanwhile, other than taking time to poach the veal, and it does take a while, the sauce is quick and easy and all umami. It's oh so faintly a sense of fish flavor but not what you (or my mom) think it will be. This is also amazingly healthy and light while rich at the same time. I can see why people are putting this sauce or some variant on practically anything and everything, to the horror of purists. Irony: mom was all, ew, tuna before she ate it. Now she's all omg must make potato salad with this sauce; what else can I put it on? Shaking m...

I don't know anything else about him, but if this is who he is, he's a heck of a person. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/world/asia/pakistan-assassination-attempt.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/world/asia/pakistan-assassination-attempt.html

What is wrong with Nunes? Besides, I thought they said this was over? Did the GOPers on the House Intel committee not just put out a report that said we're done, nothing to see here? Idgi. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/06/politics/devin-nunes-sessions-contempt/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/06/politics/devin-nunes-sessions-contempt/index.html