Periodically I do a full-on misc. linkdump because there are TOO MANY LINKS. This is one of those.
I generally try to keep my linkspam posts to something like 15-20 links in the name of having them stay somewhat manageable, but my brain's been operating slowly for the past few days, mostly at about the speed where I can sift through saved-for-later links on Twitter (many of which have wound up in Pocket, possibly to never be seen again, at least by me). So the file is getting a bit scary and I'm dumping it out under a cut. If you venture in, I hope you find some things of interest.
"A history of the American war on weed". [PBS]
"Residential school reading list". "The following reading list represents only a selection of the growing number of books and articles that have been written about the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada."
Via
firecat, "365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself This Year".
"This gloriously petty art feud is taking Instagram by storm". [The Daily Dot]
"Felt Dragons By Russian Artist Alena Bobrova".
"A Giant Naturally Occurring Ice Circle Appears Briefly in a Washington River".
"Magical Unicorn Macarons Are The Most Adorable Dessert Ever".
"Expressive Portraits Capture the Soulful Beauty of Animals".
"Words of Hope from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Remind Us That Maybe Hope Is Only Mostly Dead". [December 2016]
"A Black Female Astrophysicist Explains Why Hidden Figures Isn't Just About History".
I like this poem at GUTS Magazine: "Questions to Ask Yourself Before Giving Up".
"The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse: After building online communities for two decades, we’ve learned how to fight abuse. It’s a solvable problem. We just have to stop repeating the same myths as excuses not to fix things".
"The Real Name Fallacy".
"'Disability Issues' Everyone Should Consider Urgent In 2017".
"“Our times require a moral compass”: Seattle’s Episcopal cathedral speaks out".
Kate Leth wrote "On belonging", which she described on Twitter as "a long-ass thing about bisexuality and the search for belonging".
"Our Obsession With Cat Pictures Is Nothing New".
"Use the Middle Name Field to Track Websites That Sell Your Info".
"The Grand Prix Royal Canin cat show - in pictures".
"Seriously, what is up with that Cineplex pre-roll short film with the dad, son and balloon?"
"To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation: Over eight years, through millions of letters, the staff of the White House mailroom read the unfiltered story of a nation".
"19 Tumblr Posts That Will Make Spoonies Laugh, Then Cry". [Buzzfeed]
"What Happens When Heavy Snowfall Hits Japan". (Spoiler: the answer is "snow sculptures".)
"Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2016: These Prurient Delights". "Every year, Victoria’s Secret gathers up almost everything that is wrong with modern Western culture - certainly everything from which you would want to shield a girlchild - and crams it into one unrelenting abominationfest of a TV show, studded with the twin pretenses that 1) underwear is fashion and 2) fashion is important in a world-events sense.
And every year this show sends me into a howling spiral of horror and despair. But every year my editor talks me into recapping it again, because every year I somehow manage to convince myself that, even though I seem to have blocked out every second from my conscious memory, it can’t really have been all that bad."
From this blog post last month, Jewel Staite is launching a Tea Runners, a loose-leaf tea club, sometime this year.
"On Collective Resistance". [Strange Horizons roundtable] (Note: I haven't finished reading through this yet.)
"Lynda Barry on comics, creativity and Matt Groening: 'We both disdain each other's lives': Two of America’s most influential cartoonists have supported each other creatively since their student newspaper days. A lot has changed since then".
"25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites". [Mental Floss]
On RocketNews24:
--"26 scenes from one of the liveliest Coming of Age Day celebrations in Japan 【Photos】".
--"Manga artist says she’s found the reason why men won’t read comics written for women".
--"Avengers assemble…for dessert! Marvel superheroes become cute and tasty cakes in Japan".
On Atlas Obscura:
--"The Ice-Skating Dandies of 18th-Century Paris".
--"The True Story of Dr. Voronoff's Plan to Use Monkey Testicles to Make Us Immortal".
--"The 1920s ‘Circus Girl’ Who Fought Sexism-With Tigers".
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"A history of the American war on weed". [PBS]
"Residential school reading list". "The following reading list represents only a selection of the growing number of books and articles that have been written about the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada."
Via
firecat, "365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself This Year".
"This gloriously petty art feud is taking Instagram by storm". [The Daily Dot]
"Felt Dragons By Russian Artist Alena Bobrova".
"A Giant Naturally Occurring Ice Circle Appears Briefly in a Washington River".
"Magical Unicorn Macarons Are The Most Adorable Dessert Ever".
"Expressive Portraits Capture the Soulful Beauty of Animals".
"Words of Hope from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Remind Us That Maybe Hope Is Only Mostly Dead". [December 2016]
"A Black Female Astrophysicist Explains Why Hidden Figures Isn't Just About History".
I like this poem at GUTS Magazine: "Questions to Ask Yourself Before Giving Up".
"The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse: After building online communities for two decades, we’ve learned how to fight abuse. It’s a solvable problem. We just have to stop repeating the same myths as excuses not to fix things".
"The Real Name Fallacy".
"'Disability Issues' Everyone Should Consider Urgent In 2017".
"“Our times require a moral compass”: Seattle’s Episcopal cathedral speaks out".
Kate Leth wrote "On belonging", which she described on Twitter as "a long-ass thing about bisexuality and the search for belonging".
"Our Obsession With Cat Pictures Is Nothing New".
"Use the Middle Name Field to Track Websites That Sell Your Info".
"The Grand Prix Royal Canin cat show - in pictures".
"Seriously, what is up with that Cineplex pre-roll short film with the dad, son and balloon?"
"To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation: Over eight years, through millions of letters, the staff of the White House mailroom read the unfiltered story of a nation".
"19 Tumblr Posts That Will Make Spoonies Laugh, Then Cry". [Buzzfeed]
"What Happens When Heavy Snowfall Hits Japan". (Spoiler: the answer is "snow sculptures".)
"Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2016: These Prurient Delights". "Every year, Victoria’s Secret gathers up almost everything that is wrong with modern Western culture - certainly everything from which you would want to shield a girlchild - and crams it into one unrelenting abominationfest of a TV show, studded with the twin pretenses that 1) underwear is fashion and 2) fashion is important in a world-events sense.
And every year this show sends me into a howling spiral of horror and despair. But every year my editor talks me into recapping it again, because every year I somehow manage to convince myself that, even though I seem to have blocked out every second from my conscious memory, it can’t really have been all that bad."
From this blog post last month, Jewel Staite is launching a Tea Runners, a loose-leaf tea club, sometime this year.
"On Collective Resistance". [Strange Horizons roundtable] (Note: I haven't finished reading through this yet.)
"Lynda Barry on comics, creativity and Matt Groening: 'We both disdain each other's lives': Two of America’s most influential cartoonists have supported each other creatively since their student newspaper days. A lot has changed since then".
"25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites". [Mental Floss]
On RocketNews24:
--"26 scenes from one of the liveliest Coming of Age Day celebrations in Japan 【Photos】".
--"Manga artist says she’s found the reason why men won’t read comics written for women".
--"Avengers assemble…for dessert! Marvel superheroes become cute and tasty cakes in Japan".
On Atlas Obscura:
--"The Ice-Skating Dandies of 18th-Century Paris".
--"The True Story of Dr. Voronoff's Plan to Use Monkey Testicles to Make Us Immortal".
--"The 1920s ‘Circus Girl’ Who Fought Sexism-With Tigers".
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/761481.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW: