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Posted: 29.9.2018

[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited from my diigo]

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Air pollution rots our brains. Is that why we don’t do anything about it? | James Bridle – “Human cognitive ability is being damaged not just by CO2 and lead, but the way social media feeds us information, making us shockingly ill-equipped to clean up the air we breathe” I will rarely say this, but read his book New Dark Age. Network thinking at it’s best.

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Cow plays fetch – The new Messi.

Moth Drinking Tears of a Sleeping Bird – “In what is perhaps the strangest update we’ve heard from ecologists in a while, a Brazilian researcher has documented – on video – a moth feeding on the tears of a sleeping bird.” It’s a moth. Drinking tears. Of a bird.

Paradise Wildlife Park’s snow leopard surprised at new camera – “Jessie wakes up from her nap and is “shocked and excited” to find a new camera in her enclosure.” Needless to say, Jessie ain’t too happy about the video cam.

Trouble #15: And You Don’t Stop – “despite the efforts of industry executives to commodify it and strip it of its subversive potential, hip hop remains a lifestyle firmly rooted in the daily struggles faced by oppressed peoples around the world. It is a weapon, masquerading as culture.” Awesome.

I’m laughing, actually – Perfect loop.

How to Draw with Tenacious D – “Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto” Bob Ross <3

George Carlin Dubbing Thomas the Tank Engine: Vol 3 (18+) – “*Don’t watch this with your kids!*”

Alt-Right-Vortrag 2018 – “Vortrag über die amerikanische Alt-Right am 20.09.2018” Michael Seeman @mspro

listen and

#learn

Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100 – “the administration did not offer this dire forecast, premised on the idea that the world will fail to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, as part of an argument to combat climate change. Just the opposite: The analysis assumes the planet’s fate is already sealed.” They are even more cynical than we thought.

Brett Kavanaugh Hates Women – “It’s not just the sexual assault allegations. Brett Kavanaugh’s contempt for women is a defining characteristic of his ideology — and the political movement that groomed him.” Plain and simple.

Glyphosate disrupts honey bee gut bacteria – “Weed killer’s microbiome effects could contribute to honey bee decline, researchers say” What beekeepers have known for years is not scientifically proven.

To Break a Hate-Speech Detection Algorithm, Try ‘Love’ – “In fact, today’s state-of-the-art hate-speech-detecting AIs are susceptible to trivial workarounds, according to a new study to be presented at the ACM Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Security in October. A team of machine learning researchers from Aalto University in Finland, with help from the University of Padua in Italy, were able to successfully evade seven different hate-speech-classifying algorithms using simple attacks, like inserting typos.” Time to switch to a different approach.

Here’s proof that Russian-backed accounts pushed the Nike boycott – “Our understanding of how the Russians work – not just in the American political environment but in Europe and elsewhere – is they embed these sock puppet assets into the natural political landscape of the country they are trying to influence. They will strategically, when it matters to the Russians, carry a Russian message and inject that agenda. But most of what they’re doing is mimicry” Proof is debatable, the important take away, these propaganda do not care about the issues, the goal is to polarize the discourse.

Women’s Internationalism against Global Patriarchy – “Women’s liberation is at its heart a struggle for the liberation of all humanity from the most treacherous and insidious forms of oppression and domination.” It’s time.

Internationalists in the Revolution – “From a really basic perspective, internationalism is exactly what Clara said: “to feel and be revolted by any injustice in any place in the world.” To see the connection between struggles, to see how they are related to each other, to see the necessity of learning from each other. To feel a connection to people who are struggling, to feel the beauty of the fight and the sadness of the losses societies have suffered in the struggle for freedom.” Bookchin was a prophet.

k-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) – “Covering the period 2004 – 2016, it includes some of the most incendiary and influential posts from his seminal blog k-punk, as well as a selection of his brilliantly insightful film, television and music reviews, together with his extraordinary writings on politics, activism, precarity, hauntology, mental health and popular modernism for numerous websites and magazines.” Might even pre-order this one.

Twelve Rules For Not Being A Total Free Speech Hypocrite – “Any attempt to completely silence people — even if they’re not fans of your free speech — is still an attempt to stamp out free speech and antithetical to free speech. So, given that so many of Peterson’s avid followers seem to like lists, let’s give you a nice list of twelve rules for not being a total free speech hypocrite:” Peterson is not only a phoney and a reactionary, he is also a total hypocrite.

‘We’re moving to higher ground’: America’s era of climate mass migration is here – “By the end of this century, sea level rises alone could displace 13m people. Many states will have to grapple with hordes of residents seeking dry ground. But, as one expert says, ‘No state is unaffected by this’” Migration within nations will also have huge impacts

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information – “Facebook is not content to use the contact information you willingly put into your Facebook profile for advertising. It is also using contact information you handed over for security purposes and contact information you didn’t hand over at all.” Of course they do.

How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you’ve never heard of – “Americans for Prosperity is a little-known, billionaire-funded organization that has pushed US politics to the right. How did it happen?” This dirty rich assholes should rot.

Far-Right Austria and the Rise of the “Fascist Hipster” Identitarian Movement – “Presenting themselves as – for lack of a better term – “fascist hipsters,” the Identitarian movement is the latest in a wave of European populist movements that have coincided with the rise of white nationalist groups and the alt-right in the United States.” Take them serious, but don’t overhype them.

Why I find the Kavanaugh/Ford case so unsettling | Nesrine Malik – “Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations will remind many women of men from their past. However, there can be strength in not forgetting” So many get triggered these days.

When supplies of drugs run low, drug prices mysteriously rise, data shows – “And the less competition, the higher the price hikes.” One of the few industries that can run a profit from their own fuck ups.

Everything you’ve been told about plastic is wrong – the answer isn’t recycling – “Wave of floating plastic in Dominican Republic shows extent of ocean pollution” Consume less.

#oldiebutgoodie

What the world will look like 4°C warmer – “Will your grandchildren live in cities on Antarctica?” With maps.

A Gentlemen’s Guide To Rape Culture – “If you are a man, you are part of rape culture. I know … that sounds rough. You’re not a rapist, necessarily. But you do perpetuate the attitudes and behaviors commonly referred to as rape culture.” Good time, to re-read this.

The Coddling of the American Mind review – “how elite US liberals have turned rightwards Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s book sets out to rescue students from ‘microaggressions’ and identity politics. But perhaps they merely resist change that might undermine them.” Forgot this one last week.

#francais_deutsch_other

Klimaleugner: «Einfach ein schöner Sommer» – “Der Klimawandel ist wissenschaftlich völlig unbestritten. Doch das hindert prominente Köpfe der SVP-Bundeshausfraktion nicht daran, Verschwörungstheorien zu spinnen und Irrsinn zu verbreiten.”

“Diese Körper sind von Angst erfüllt” – “Interview mit Klaus Theweleit über aktuelle Gewalt in Deutschland” The complete text to last weeks excerpt.

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