Blogaround

1. Holy Post - Race in America (posted June 14) Wow, the VeggieTales guy made an extremely informative video about the history of systemic racism in the US, explaining the many factors that result in the average black household today having one-tenth of the wealth of the average white household.

2. Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop (posted June 7) "I knew cops that pulled women over to flirt with them. I knew cops who would pepper spray sleeping bags so that homeless people would have to throw them away. I knew cops that intentionally provoked anger in suspects so they could claim they were assaulted. I was particularly good at winding people up verbally until they lashed out so I could fight them. Nobody spoke out. Nobody stood up. Nobody betrayed the code."

3. Vast Federal Aid Has Capped Rise in Poverty, Studies Find (posted June 21) "Still, the evidence suggests that the programs Congress hastily authorized in March have done much to protect the needy, a finding likely to shape the debate over next steps at a time when 13.3 percent of Americans remain unemployed."

4. All your questions answered (posted June 17) "Q: How many legs does a horse have? A: 4. The other leg is attached to the ground."

5. Depixellation? Or hallucination? (posted June 26) "Given a pixellated image of anything, it’ll invent a human face to go with it, like some kind of dystopian computer system that sees a suspect’s image everywhere."

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And a few reminders of things I've already posted about:

1. Americans living abroad: Request your absentee ballot! VOTE VOTE VOTE! VoteFromAbroad.org 

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