Link round-up for 28 February 2021

Various interesting stuff I ran across on the net over the last week.

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Sexy humor is the best humor (NSFW).

Watch out for the gambling granny.

Apparently this was supposed to be an F.

Leap into the snow!

Let's just do it simply.

"Other birds we think you may enjoy."

Wilkins Coffee commercials were kind of hard-sell.

The cat knows where to go (found via Miss Cellania).

Listen to your ancestor.

They stand ready at their posts.

Some shows change completely when taken to a different country (found via Miss Cellania).  I've noticed this before.

Behold the works of non-smart people.

What do you do when friends change for the worse?

It's possible to be tacky and scary at the same time.

This is why you shouldn't try to go around the gates at railway crossings.

Why does a gender-reveal party require lethal explosive devices anyway?

Go get some sleep.

Some cool photos of Antarctica here.

Explore the deep sea (scroll down -- and down).

These are giant groundsels.  More bizarre plants here.

"The real world doesn't take flight / the way dreams do."

Let nature reclaim it (click photos to enlarge).

The Perseverance rover's parachute carries a message.

FFS we've lost Fry's Electronics now.

Conspiracy theories serve as a distraction.

Sometimes you can't judge the mind by what you see on the surface.

Hackwhackers has a choice for best actress at the Golden Globes.

For Texans being gouged by huge electric bills, some of the info here may be useful.

The design for the stage at CPAC is.....revealing.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the coronavirus.

Yes, there is such a thing as a week for not being romantic.  More here.  Also read comment #1 here.

Ignore the control freaks and just write whatever the hell you want.

It's American exceptionalism.

We can learn from the 1920s.

No one is obligated to forgive you.

Here's the problem of evil summed up in one diagram.

Do not make a fetish of "nature" (this book is definitely going on my to-read list; I've already read this one and recommend it).  I have my own thoughts on the issue.

If you want to reduce abortion, this is the right way to do it.

Sometimes people have a good reason for trying to get your attention.

Maybe right-wingers are just too emotional.

Uber doesn't sound like a good investment.

The United States is a backward, low-wage economy.

Bruce Gerencser remembers a religious education.

Our new UN ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, got where she is by overcoming the worst of America.

Texas blogger Professor Taboo looks at global warming and the great Texas snowstorm.

Video meetings are exhausting.

Men need to be open to getting psychological help (I can attest to the value of this from experience).

Loony conspiracy stuff does exist on the left, though it's far less pervasive than on the right.

If you're the wrong kind of victim, they don't want to hear from you.

Far-right ideology has been part of evangelicalism for a long time.

Natural selection strikes again.

Here are the ten worst boss behaviors (found via Miss Cellania).

DC statehood is the key to overcoming obstruction in the Senate.  There are important things to do.

Orwell warned us about twisting language to restrict how people can think.  Clear language makes the lies obvious.

A Denver program replacing police with health-care workers for certain duties is showing signs of success.

No, Biden did not "abandon" the deportation freeze (must-read, and remember this next time you see someone attack centrist Democrats).

Always wait until you know the full story.

Dangerous stuff happens in bars.  Be wary.

Good discussion here on transgenderism and women's sports.

Republicans don't care if Texas freezes so long as the right people are making money.

Don't call rage-fueled murder a "syndrome".

Governments are increasingly trying to limit what people in their territories can access on the internet.  I foresee a growing market for technological work-arounds to overcome such restrictions.

"Women saying no to males is 'vileness and cruelty'."

Here's what life is like in countries where covid-19 vaccination is already a success.

Letters from Hitler's father shed some light on his background.

France strikes a blow against the new planned obsolescence.

The slums of Casablanca show how both the worst and the best can emerge from deprivation.

Canada's parliament recognizes the Chinese regime's genocide of the Uyghurs.

One man in Malaysia has won a legal victory against Islamist repression of homosexuality.

Good overview here of some current work on aging reversal.

More links here.

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In case you missed it -- this week I posted the Perseverance landing, an assessment of Democrats' disunity on the filibuster, and a renunciation of bickering.

[Image at top:  Casablanca, Morocco, found via Cas d'Intérêt]