So I'm going to try to get through some of my now a few days old links

[conuly]

I assume everybody knows Terry Pratchett is gone. We really lost him too soon as well. I hate this process of being an adult, and watching all the writers and actors and musicians and other important-to-you people go. At least when it happens to your family and friends, it doesn't happen several times a year, every single year. (Or at least I certainly hope not. Most of us have smaller families and fewer friends than that.)

It's not so bad when you're a kid, because so much of the media you consume is old, by at least a full generation. Your parents and teachers give you books to read and recommend films to watch and so on. By the time you're old enough to be aware of it, lots of those people are already dead, so you're not confronted with that painful aspect of your own mortality.

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Media consumption habits of liberals and conservatives in US

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Inside the secretive state of Eritrea

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Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users

When Students Can't Go Online

Accounting for inequality.

In 23 states, richer school districts get more local funding than poorer districts

Autism risk genes also linked to higher intelligence. The title is enough, the last sentence is eye-rolly.

8 Logical Fallacies That Fuel Anti-Science Sentiments

“Straight-up propaganda”: Fox News, charlatans, conspiracy theorists and the religious fanatics endangering democracy

South Africans perform first 'successful' penis transplant

New democracies need about 8 years for popular support to develop

Hidden meaning and 'speed limits' found within genetic code

Comments

[steorra]

I know someone who worked in Eritrea (doing native-language literacy work) until she was no longer allowed to do so. She probably had to leave around the time BBC News was no longer permitted to film there a decade or so ago. There were some things about the country that she really loved, and some things that were clearly problems.