Weekly Wreck of the Web #10

Ten links of interest:

1. The Problem with Femvertising

2. Michael Schur's Response to "Are Liberals Helping Trump?"

3. Tragedy Plus Time: How Jokes Won the Election

4. What's on the Menu? Help the NYPL Improve a Unique Collection

5. Make the Fur Fly: Annual Ferret Racing in Yorkshire - in Pictures

6. How America Counts Its Homeless - And Why So Many Are Overlooked

7. Museums and Libraries Fight "Alternative Facts" with a #DayofFacts

8. Movie Theaters Nationwide Will Screen 1984 to Protest Trump

9. People Recreate Photos of Their Immigrant Ancestors

10. Tufts Is Offering a 5-Day Program to Train Mathematicians to Be Expert Witnesses for Court Cases on Redistricting and Gerrymandering

Weekly Wreck of the Web #9

Ten links of interest:

1. What the Fuck Just Happened Today?

2. Collection of Self-Portraits by Women Artists

3. Barney Frank: Here's How Not to Waste Your Time Pressuring Lawmakers

4. The Media Under-Reports Threats of Islamic Terrorism -- to Muslims

5. Art for the Public

6. An Idiot's Guide to Whataboutery

7. The 64 Stages of Trump Grief (Campaign Launch - Present Day) [Michael Schur, I love you, but you forgot PARALYZING DREAD]

8. Want to Help Fight Legal Battles? There's a Crowdfunding Site for That

9. The Original Trump Haters

10. Here Are Your 4 New Best Friends: "Okay." "Wow." "No." CHILLY AWKWARD SILENCE

Quote for These Times #5

[not to be confused with its sister ongoing feature, Quote from a Fictional Character]

"There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior."

--- Fran Lebowitz,

Metropolitan Life, 1978

(Rec. #188)

List #64: Happy Birthday, Paul Abbott

Who: Paul Abbott is a master of darkly comic, often suspenseful, television series. The characters are complex; the dialogue is the sharper, more articulate version of how people actually think; and the humor bites through even the muckiest of muck.

Alibi, 2003

Hit & Miss, 2012

Reckless, 1997-1998

(Rec. #290)

Shameless (U.K.), 2004-2013

(Rec. #14)

State of Play (U.K.), 2003

(Rec. #104)

Touching Evil, 1997-1999

N.B.: People keep adapting Paul Abbott's stuff -- pay close attention to the years listed here and settle for nothing less than the original.

Weekly Wreck of the Web #8

Ten links of interest:

1. Reddit Is Tearing Itself Apart

2. Being Kellyanne Conway: Because Life Is Easier with Alternative Facts

3. Queer Muslim Women from the South: We're Here and We're Fierce

4. Dystopia in The Good Place

5. World's Largest Smog-Sucking Vacuum Could Rid Cities of Pollution

6. 33 Badass Women Leading the Resistance (on Twitter)

7. MoMA Forefronts Art from Countries Affected by Trump Travel Ban

8. The Politics of Pockets

9. Media Coverage of Domestic Violence More Likely to Excuse White vs. Black Perpetrators

10. A Moment with ... Ashley

Weekly Wreck of the Web #7

[Yes, I am behind on these. Oops.]

Ten links of interest:

1. Twitter Account Documents Jewish Refugees Turned Away by America in 1939

2. Michael Schur Got Himself a Tumblr

3. The Art of "No"

4. Thanks to Trump,  the Doomsday Clock Advances Toward Midnight

5. Rejected Porcelain Restored More Beautifully with Gold Lining

6. Just How Big Was the 2017 Women's March?

7. "Immigrants Are America": Protesters Mass at Airports - in Pictures

8. Immigration Ban Protest in Harrisonburg

9. My Time at Standing Rock Taught Me What We Need to Do to Resist

10. Samantha Bee to Roast Donald Trump at Alternative What House Correspondents Dinner

Quote for These Times #4

[not to be confused with its sister ongoing feature, Quote from a Fictional Character]

"Do you know why one can't take the law into one's own hands? ... Because the law is too big to fit in one pair of hands. So if you feel you've got a comfortable grip on whatever you're holding, you can be pretty sure it's not the law."

--- Mildred Benjamin,

Territory, Emma Bull, 2007

(Rec. #10)

Weekly Wreck of the Web #6

Ten links of interest:

1. Is Covergirl's New Coverboy a Feminist Coup or a Capitalist One?

2. Of Course Fiona Apple Made a Trump-Shaming Rallying Cry for the Women's March

3. Signs from Women's Marches Around the World

4. Hero Librarians Create Fake Reader to Save Books, Outsmart Algorithms

5. Aimee Mann Is Back and Bummed Out as Ever on Her New Album Mental Illness

6. Teaching While Black

7. The Otherworldly Genius of The Good Place [SPOILERS]

8. Broadway Preview: Spring 2017

9. Kitten and Cameraman

10. Cute Dog Things from Twitter