Comment and Link Roundup: July 7, 2020

[brin_bellway]

Now that my WordPress is in usable condition, Tumblr comments will have their primary link be to WordPress, with the original Tumblr version in parentheses. I won't explicitly include Wayback links for these, just as I don't explicitly include Wayback links for links to my own Dreamwidth: they'll go into the Wayback Machine in a few weeks when I upload that month's posts.


Comments on my own posts:

Ask me about my special interests [two comments]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[cw: amnesia, (fairly mild) drugs] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by slatestarscratchpad; also in response to how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess) The moral relevance of dreaming selves.

[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by lydamorehouse) Unlike Facebook, Dreamwidth-based image hosting works on Firefox by default.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by rustingbridges) Grumbling about Google CAPTCHAs. [two comments]

[cw: amnesia] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) What falling asleep feels like.

[cw: nsfw text (and arguably images) in the link] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by asexualactivities) On setting up a sex-education website in a manner friendly to sex-repulsed people. (With test subject: a masturbation sleeve review.)

[cw: amnesia] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by staff) An update on how to handle Tumblr's latest wave of censorship: tumblr-utils needs some tweaks in order to continue functioning. [two comments, one of which is new]

[arguably cw: fire] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by ultrastimpaks) Do you sleep with your door open, or closed?

[cw: poverty] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by siderea; in response to etirabys) More on the importance of storage space and stable housing.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by transgenderer; in response to sigmaleph and pedanther) Even in the age of smartphones, wristwatches are still useful. Even and perhaps especially dumbwatches. [two comments]

[cw: Pyrebound spoilers] [WordPress; Wayback] (OP by theredsheep) Today on Pyrebound reactionblogging: population estimates.

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Links:

[cw: medical, self-harm (ego-dystonic), death] [New Yorker; Wayback crawling forbidden, but paywall is of the type easily circumvented by hitting ctrl-a ctrl-c before it pops up, then pasting into the word processor of your choice] (by Richard Preston; h/t GeneralDisarray) An article about Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which I had not heard of before.

Two laugh-rule entries:
[arguably cw: nsfw text] [The Register; Wayback] (by Richard Speed; h/t compusever)

the software has been taken up by clients seeking to hand over control of their computer to someone else in exchange for a fee and a promise not to email their partner. The prospect and thrill of the loss of control is apparently an enticing one.
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The Register reckons that same effect could be achieved by putting an unpatched version of Windows XP on an open internet connection for a few minutes.

[cw: murder] [Tumblr; Wayback] (by ficklefackle; h/t consumptivesphinx) That knife was from *what*?!



There is a blanket [cw: illness] on the rest of this post.


Comments on my own posts:

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Comments on other people's posts:

[none this time]

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Links:

[cw: politics] [Reading the China Dream; Wayback] (by Ma Guochuan (translated by David Ownby); h/t Bret Devereaux) Domestic discourse on the Chinese response to COVID-19, particularly when it comes to international diplomacy.

[Science Translational Medicine; Wayback] (by Derek Lowe) Coronavirus vaccine update: June 29th, 2020 edition. (Oh hey, apparently he updated the post today.)