It's been a while since I posted any links

[conuly]

For the obvious reason!

But I'm up to 146 tabs, and they're not all about the massive travesty of justice that is separating kids from families and I want to close those tabs.

How the Disposable Straw Explains Modern Capitalism (Fascinating!)

The Toy That Talked Back

3 adults in polyamorous relationship declared legal parents by Canadian court

'We no longer die in childbirth': how Indian villages saved their mothers

The Death of the Small Apartment Building

The Tragic Roots of America’s Favorite Cherry

Beyond Opioids: How A Family Came Together To Stay Together

One of America’s Biggest Genetic Testing Companies Refuses to Publicly Share Data That Could Save Countless Lives

How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country (Every time I read the words "the Koch brothers", I mentally replace them with "Statler and Waldorf". Makes reading about their shenanigans a bit more palatable.)

Gun Violence Has a Major Impact on Native Communities in the United States

The Reputation-Laundering Firm That Ruined Its Own Reputation

How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested — and Utterly Failed

Trump is Packing the Courts

Trump uses IG report to spread 'deep state' conspiracy

Donald Trump has always expressed love for authoritarian leaders, but we failed to listen (What do they mean by 'we'?)

U.S. withdrawing from U.N. Human Rights Council

Nikki Haley: ‘It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America’ (Oh, just fuck off, Haley.)

Trump’s Cynical Immigration Strategy Might Work for Him—Again

Trump ramps up rhetoric: Dems want 'illegal immigrants' to 'infest our country' (Older article, but still: This is literally Nazi rhetoric.)

The Trauma of Helping Asylum-Seekers

A Court Found That ICE Agents Violated Constitutional Rights. The Defendants Were Deported Anyway.

Far-right Italy minister vows 'action' to expel thousands of Roma

EU tries to ease German and Italian concerns over migration

No, asylum seekers are not a 'burden' for European economies: study

Are the Feds Cherry-Picking Data to Force Pipelines Through Vulnerable Communities?

The Era of Mass Incarceration Isn’t Over. This New Report Shows Why.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

I really enjoyed The Toy That Talked Back! I remember Speak and Spells! (Not that I had one, I was older when they came out and I saw them when I babysat.)

The Bing cherry story is sad. Just goes to show that the USA has been stupid for a long time.

[conuly]

Yup.

[mommy]

I've noticed the high-rise apartment trend! Around here, it mostly means expensive condos, senior citizen housing, and tiny studios with no parking availability.

Thank you for sharing the Native article. Native and Indigenous issues are near and dear to my heart.

I would love to see the U.N. look into poverty in America. There are shanty towns in Texas that have no electricity or running water, and there are plenty of other places in the United States that are nearly as bad.

[8hyenas]

They have! Here's the link

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22533

[8hyenas]

there's also this very recent wapo article about a call back to the poverty report being a suspected cause of the u.s. withdrawing from the human rights council

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/22/i-think-i-was-being-sent-a-message-u-s-warned-u-n-report-on-poverty-in-america-could-have-consequences/?utm_term=.29470214a0ed

[mommy]

Thank you for the links. They were very informative.

[conuly]

I would love to see the U.N. look into poverty in America.

Only if they would do something, which I doubt.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> (Every time I read the words "the Koch brothers", I mentally replace them with "Statler and Waldorf". Makes reading about their shenanigans a bit more palatable.) <<

I often say "Wolfram & Hart."

>>(What do they mean by 'we'?)<<

"People with power."

Plenty of powerless people know what a narcissistic psycho looks like.

>>Nikki Haley: ‘It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America’ (Oh, just fuck off, Haley.)<<

They must be getting tired of people calling the UN on them over Flint, MI.

>> (Older article, but still: This is literally Nazi rhetoric.) <<

For reference, these are the features of fascism.

Well fuck. We're at 14/14 now. Doubleplusungood.

Re: Thoughts

[conuly]

They must be getting tired of people calling the UN on them over Flint, MI.

And, you know, other places.

[wendelah1]

I read the one about the Koch brothers. Then I had to go lie down and recover.

[conuly]

Seriously. They're on my "if we have to resort to cannibalism" list.

[spikethemuffin]

"Obvious reason"?

[conuly]

EVERYTHING SUCKS

[spikethemuffin]

Oh, that. Yeah. Sorry.