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[Nightflyer]

Explaining marine invertebrate reproductive strategies to the lobster-obsessed Jordan Peterson

Why is that an unmitigated good? Especially when it’s women who have to put our bodies on the line, and often put aside all other concerns to raise these families with little to no support or rewards. What a bunch of misogynistic malarkey. No. Not all women enjoy raising women. How do I know? I’ve talked to lots of women, some of who love being wives and mothers, some who recognize that they don’t, and others who don’t recognize that they don’t, and end up being terrible at it. There is noth…

[TobinL]

Two displeased lynx have a screaming match with each other

If only they had learned from the lobsters.

[Melizmatic]

This brilliantly cute comment is the perfect way to end a complete clusterfuck of a thread.

EDIT:

[davide405]

ABC cancels 'Roseanne' because Roseanne Barr is a racist

Roseanne… You don’t have to put on your white hood tonight. Those days are over, you don’t have to lobby for the right. Roseanne… You don’t have to wear your klan robe tonight Fuck your tweets honey. You don’t care if they’re wrong or if they’re right.

[MalevolentPixy]

Morgan Freeman making creepy comments to women on camera

Pro-tip for would be flirts out there: Staring at body parts while making lechy remarks or expressing surprise that you were unable to catch a crotch shot do not fall into a grey area. Please do not conflate this with flirting. It’s harrassing behavior, especially at work.

[davide405]

White Americans abandoned democracy and embraced authoritarianism when they realized brown people would soon outvote them

Not speaking for @harveyparadox - only for myself. I’ve never, ever made a positive change in anyone’s attitude, behavior, or voting by starting out with an explicit condemnation of their entire ethnic, racial or social group. In every case I have observed, that does not work. It seems to me that whenever someone adopts the language patterns of the racist right, language that explicitly calls out unchosen characteristics like skin color or ethnicity instead of illuminating chosen behaviors l…

[MalevolentPixy]

White Americans abandoned democracy and embraced authoritarianism when they realized brown people would soon outvote them

Do you see the irony in “hating pc culture” and declaring that you’ll protect the free speech rights of white supremacists and in the same breath chastising what you feel is “dismissive” language towards whites? It’s essentially a textbook example of how a racist society operates.

[Wanderfound]

Citing bad publicity and internal dissent, Google announces it won't renew contract to supply AI for US military drones

The inconvenient aspect is that the list of ‘military targets’ changes in part according to how well they can be targeted(and how cheaply). If you pretty much have to saturation bomb the entire area, WWII style, the list of targets deserving enough is a lot shorter than if if you can just lob a cruise missile or two; and it gets longer still if, with a fair amount of analyst time, you can target down to individual vehicles or buildings. One can only assume that the list would be longer still i…

[davide405]

FBI agent accidentally shoots patron while dancing at a crowded bar

Where was the good dancer with a gun to protect everyone?

[Purplecat]

Feral Peacocks terrorize Canadian neighborhood

“Guys and gals and dogs better scurry When those peacocks take over Surrey, When the peacocks take over Surrey you will cringe non-stop. Watch those birds and see how they flutter As they knock your ass in the gutter, They’ll make you and yours start to mutter and to call a cop When the peacocks invade Surrey and impinge your treetop.” (With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein.)

Bravo. Thread over. Nobody’s going to top that.

[davide405]

Trump won't stop tearing up official papers so the White House archives employ a staff to tape them back together for the National Archives

Of course the Archives will undo this and then redo it with something more archival than scotch tape. “Can’t be persuaded to not do this” is some combination of “can’t learn new things” and “Laws? Laws don’t apply to me.”

[HMSGoose]

There's now a subscription service for fancy ice pops

Yes! The metaphysical status of food is quite important! I refuse to eat unreal food (but surreal food is fine). Here’s some food for thought: is real food better than ideal food? Anyways, let’s not blame the ingredients for the names they were given! Really, shouldn’t the blame be put on the person who doesn’t know how to pronounce the word, and not on the thing signified by the word? Or maybe we should blame the person who named it—though they can probably pronounce it. The fact is, pretty m…

[davide405]

Stephen Colbert explains Jesus' position on ripping children from their parents to Jeff Sessions

Remember people - obeying the law is biblically required when separating children from their parents into concentration camps. But not when baking a cake.

[kingannoy]

There could be as many as 7000 tigers living in American backyards

Cheetahs were tamed (though AFAIK, like elephants, never domesticated) and used for hunting. There is a video of it from India in the 1930s: It is more like falconry than hunting with dogs.

Awesome video!

[Nightflyer]

A Round Up of Resistance to Trump (Part 1)

If they follow through, then good. Not that I want the arrests, but people need to do more than put on hats and go for a walk with signs at this point. If you can’t risk arrest (a lot of us can’t), you can still do things. Pass on the word. Volunteer to help out someone who might get arrested. If you have the cash, be willing to post bail. Offer childcare for protest days with the understanding that it may last a while. Make arrangements to drive people to the polls in November, especially t…

[Wanderfound]

Automated list of people on LinkedIn who claim to work for ICE

Every ICE employee has the option to quit and make more money stealing rich people’s jewellery instead. If it’s morality stopping them, well, let’s see their detailed moral accounting on what ICE does.

[davide405]

Nazi UFO toy model pulled from shelves

Why is the idea of having a Space Force so popular with Nazis?

[Melz2]

@KathyPartdeux

Even if it were a “tit” - it would be one for a million “tats”.

[MalevolentPixy]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/building-concentration-camps-on-military-bases-will-lead-to-the-moral-injury-of-american-soldiers/123740/19?u=malevolentpixy

[anon15383236]

An older post, but it’s really stuck with me. Such a great point, so well put, @KathyPartdeux !

A Round Up of Resistance to Trump (Part 1)

Hey - if it’s okay to refuse to make a cake because someone’s gay - it’s more than okay to refuse to make dinner for Nazis. [image]