How Growers Gamed California’s Drought

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/30/how-growers-gamed-california-s-drought.html

American Doctors Are Killing Themselves and No One Is Talking About It

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/23/american-doctors-are-killing-themselves-and-no-one-is-talking-about-it.html

5 Women Cut from Pop Culture History for Being Too Important

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-women-who-invented-modern-pop-culture-and-got-no-credit/

A New Kind of Mental Disturbance? Drone Pilots Are Quitting in Droves

http://www.alternet.org/world/new-kind-mental-disturbance-drone-pilots-are-quitting-droves

Honduras Is Sold as a Libertarian Paradise -- I Went, and Discovered a Capitalist Nightmare

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/honduras-sold-libertarian-paradise-i-went-and-discovered-capitalist-nightmare

The Behavioral Sink

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/42/wiles.php

Police seized more than $24 million in assets from Michiganders in 2013

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/02/22/civil-asset-forfeiture-michigan-seizures-aclu-heritage-foundation-institute-justice/23737663/

OSHA Whistleblower Investigator Blows Whistle on Own Agency

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/OSHA-Whistleblower-Investigator-Blows-Whistle-on-Own-Agency--293711041.html

In Fairfax, Va., a different, no-less-scary police shooting

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/in-fairfax-va-a-different-no-less-scary-police-shooting-1.2960995

Aggressive police questioning may boost false accusations, study finds

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2015/02/15/aggressive-police-questioning-may-boost-false-accusations-study-finds.html

How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0

How the Mindfulness Movement Went Mainstream -- And the Backlash That Came With It

http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/how-mindfulness-movement-went-mainstream-and-backlash-came-it

The Happiest Prisoners

https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/03/the-happiest-prisoners/

An amusingly creepy bit of fiction

http://thoughtcatalog.com/phil-zona/2015/01/the-strangest-security-tape-ive-ever-seen/

“Sponsored” by my husband: Why it’s a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes from

http://www.salon.com/2015/01/25/sponsored_by_my_husband_why_its_a_problem_that_writers_never_talk_about_where_their_money_comes_from/

This Black Man Was Shot to Death by the Cops After Calling Police for Help

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/kevin-davis-called-cops-help-out-friend-trouble-and-was-shot-death-police-his

Inside the Largest Virtual Psychology Lab in the World

https://medium.com/backchannel/inside-the-largest-virtual-psychology-lab-in-the-world-7c0d2c43cda5

http://phys.org/news176978473.html

Why It Took Final Fantasy VI to Show Me Life Was Worth Living

http://tay.kotaku.com/why-it-took-final-fantasy-vi-to-show-me-life-was-worth-1680517626

Mother Told Me...

http://www.smithmag.net/mylifesofar/story.php?did=27873

Norway's Astounding Fiscal Reserve

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-heck/we-are-all-millionaires-n_b_4906237.html

3 Key Phases to Finding Your True Identity

http://www.havingtime.com/3-key-phases-to-finding-your-true-identity/

Politics

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3505

The Power of Context

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-99th-monkey/200907/the-power-context

‘Food Is a Death Sentence to These Kids’

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/food-is-a-death-sentence-to-these-kids.html?

To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This

http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this/

About that "War on Cops"...

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=34200

The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/likely-cause-addiction-has-been-discovered-and-it-not-what-you-think

The Teddy Bear Theory

http://www.geocities.ws/smerp4u/Theories/teddybear.html

Meet Mason Wartman

http://imgur.com/gallery/6pAfQ

What Happens When a Civilian Kills a Cop in Self Defense?

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/what-happens-when-civilian-kills-cop-self-defense

5 Reasons We Will Always Blame the Victim

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-we-will-always-blame-victim/

The Real Reason Police Unions Enable the Worst Cop Abuses

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/real-reason-police-unions-enable-worst-cop-abuses

Noam Chomsky Slams West's Charlie Hebdo Outrage: 'Many Journalists Were Killed by Israel in Gaza Too'

http://www.alternet.org/media/noam-chomsky-slams-wests-charlie-hebdo-outrage-many-journalists-were-killed-israel-gaza-too

Biotech Companies Are Peddling Dangerous Propaganda About the Risks of GM Potatoes

http://www.alternet.org/food/biotech-companies-are-peddling-dangerous-propaganda-about-risks-gm-potatoes

How Having a Baby Can Land a Woman in Jail

http://www.alternet.org/gender/why-giving-birth-child-landing-poor-moms-jail

How guilt can hold back good employees

http://www.futurity.org/guilt-coworkers-employees-825452/

Why Psychiatry Holds Enormous Power in Society Despite Losing Scientific Credibility

http://www.alternet.org/why-psychiatry-holds-enormous-power-society-despite-losing-scientific-credibility

Kale and hearty: The salad bowl of America turns toxic

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/25/kale-and-hearty-thesaladbowlofamericaturnstoxic.html

Ancient Egyptian technology may be our first line of defense from hospital infections

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/17/1352496/-Ancient-Egyptian-technology-may-be-our-first-line-of-defense-from-hospital-infections?

Uh, oh. Out of stuff.

Erm... I ran out of stuff to link...

Currently playing King's Bounty games (on steam), because I enjoy them despite their flaws. Don't really want to make a post on them though.

*sigh* Sorry.

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

http://www.trueactivist.com/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed-the-real-reason-for-the-forty-hour-workweek

6 Things That Annoy You Every Day (Explained by Science)

http://www.cracked.com/article_19004_6-things-that-annoy-you-every-day-explained-by-science.html

Comcast sued for turning home Wi-Fi routers into public hotspots

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Comcast-sued-for-turning-home-Wi-Fi-routers-into-5943750.php

Propaganda Has Triumphed over Journalism, and the Consequences Are Enormous

http://www.alternet.org/propaganda-has-triumphed-over-journalism-and-consequences-are-enormous?

Chris Rock on Racism in America: White People Aren't as Crazy as They Used to Be

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/chris-rock-racism-white-people-were-crazy-now-theyre-not-crazy

I Don't Play Video Games Anymore. I Wait For Them.

http://kotaku.com/i-dont-play-video-games-anymore-i-wait-for-them-1665496091

This is why my PS3 doesn't have internet access. It can't make me wait for updates to download if it doesn't know there are any.

Walking While Black

http://mic.com/articles/105398/michigan-cop-stops-black-man-for-walking-with-hands-in-his-pockets-in-freezing-weather

Why I don't feel loved.

It's really quite simple: My flaws are a deep part of who I am, and everyone wants to fix me.

I didn't really understand it when I was younger, but I do now: Everything people have all praised me for, exists because of everything people condemn me for. My flaws aren't just a part of the whole package. They are largely responsible for why I am who I am. I wouldn't be me without them.

My high perception? My ability to notice and remember details most don't? That's because I'm very sensitive to stimuli, and it's why I hate taking showers or baths and have crappy hygiene.

My high intelligence and knowledge? That's largely because I can't focus on anything I'm not interested in. I can't make myself do work, and when I try, my mind just wanders. So what I do manage to accomplish, is I end up thinking about, and contemplating everything that ever happens to me. Everything I see or read, or hear gets thought about over and over and over. I end up thinking about everything far more deeply than anyone I know. The whole reason I am smart, is just because I never stop thinking. It is also why I can't work. I can't set myself a goal and expect to accomplish it.

People will say they love me, and in the same breath wish that my flaws would be fixed. Which just sounds like all they really love is their idea of me. Some perfect construct that doesn't exist, and never will. What they want is my potential. Not my reality. They don't want me, just what they think I could be.

My name is Regina

http://www.womenforwomen.org/what-we-do/stories/my-name-regina

A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design

http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/

Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

Bill Moyers Puts the Spotlight on the Bare Knuckle Fight to Buy and Control Our Democracy

http://www.alternet.org/bill-moyers-puts-spotlight-bare-knuckle-fight-buy-and-control-our-democracy?

America: The Grim Truth

https://americathegrimtruth.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/america-the-grim-truth/

Why Do Sexual Assault Survivors Feel Shame? A Cartoon Sums It Up.

http://www.upworthy.com/why-do-sexual-assault-survivors-feel-shame-a-cartoon-sums-it-up-by-the-4th-panel-im-taken-aback?c=ufb1

Sonic and the Worst Fandom Ever

http://gamebabble.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/sonic-and-the-worst-fandom-ever/

The strange case of Rudolph Fentz

http://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-strange-case-of-rudolph-fentz

Scientists believe they’ve identified the genes responsible for high levels of rage and violence

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11195840/Are-some-humans-born-evil.html

The man who made a game to change the world

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-30-the-utopia-that-never-died

Choice Architecture: How To Commit To Behavior Change When You Lack Willpower

http://thoughtcatalog.com/sam-davies/2014/10/choice-architecture-how-to-commit-to-behaviour-change-when-you-lack-willpower/

The software awards scam

http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/

Most People Are Depressed For a Very Good Reason

http://www.violentacres.com/archives/169/most-people-are-depressed-for-a-very-good-reason/

One man's life changing moment

http://www.upworthy.com/it-only-takes-7-images-to-see-things-that-might-have-been-invisible-to-you

Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems

http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it-seems-279447?piano_t=1

The Role Of Men In The Fight Against Sexism

http://thefbomb.org/2012/07/the-role-of-men-in-the-fight-against-sexism/

Ornish Diet Ranked First For Heart Health By U.S. News

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/ornish-diet-heart-health-us-news_n_1188205.html

Obama Is a Republican

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/obama-is-a-republican/

"Invisible Electrostatic Wall" at 3M adhesive tape plant

http://amasci.com/weird/unusual/e-wall.html

Good People Don’t Get Good Jobs

http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/leowgerard/good-people-dont-get-good-jobs?page=0%2C1&paging=off&current_page=1

Help, We're in a Living Hell and Don't Know How to Get Out

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/congress-living-hell-1114

Why encouraging intimacy between men might save lives

http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/elliot-rodger-intimacy-masculinty-crisis/

Bisexuals Passing As Gay

http://harriefarrow.blogspot.ie/2014/10/bisexuals-passing-as-gay.html?m=1

3 Examples Of How "It's Policy" Has Become An Excuse For Absolutely Unspeakable Acts

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=35933

Not Simply Double Standards

I've read complaints that when men are abused by women, it's not treated as seriously as when women are abused by men. They complain about double standards. That doesn't really explain what's going on.

When a woman is in trouble, the socially accepted solution is for a man to help/save her. When a man is in trouble the socially accepted solution, is for him to solve the problem himself. This is why people will react so very differently depending on who does the oppressing, and whom is being oppressed.

People will laugh when a man is abused, not because they think it's okay to abuse the guy, but because they think it's absurd for him to not fight back. They will try to goad him into standing up for himself, condemn him for his weakness, and demand that he solve his own problems.

People don't laugh when a woman is abused, because what happens is exactly what they expect to happen. They expect women to just take the abuse and not fight back. They expect men to abuse. It's not funny, because everything is exactly how they believe things are supposed to be.

It's not that men and women are held to different standards, it's that there's one standard being applied to everything: Men are in charge. It's not Feminism refusing to help the men. It's the Patriarchy refusing to.

http://www.robot-hugs.com/strip/

War

http://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/2hrntm/last_week_tonight_with_john_oliver_drones_hbo/ckvmq7m

Deconstructing Masculinity

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2006/02/deconstructing_masculinity

Out of Sight, Out of Mind.

http://drones.pitchinteractive.com/

What's Going on With Social Security?

http://economixcomix.com/home/social-security/

How Playing Good Christian Housewife Almost Killed Me

www.alternet.org/belief/how-playing-good-christian-housewife-almost-killed-me?

Exploring the Implications of Moral Anti-Realism

http://adversusapologetica.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/exploring-the-implications-of-moral-anti-realism/

Buddha seems to bring tranquility to Oakland neighborhood

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Buddha-seems-to-bring-tranquillity-to-Oakland-5757592.php

ELI5: Why do all animals, even insects, seem to go nuts over the red dot?

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2gemn1/eli5_why_do_all_animals_even_insects_seem_to_go/ckielrb

How A Foot-Powered Washing Machine Could Change Millions Of Lives

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670355/how-a-foot-powered-washing-machine-could-change-millions-of-lives

Almost All the Books People Say Influenced Them Were Written for Children

http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/09/people-like-to-sleep-with-people-who-were-affected-by-great-books

Years of Rape and ‘Utter Contempt’ in Britain

www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/world/europe/reckoning-starts-in-britain-on-abuse-of-girls.html?_r=1

An amusing little story.

http://theuserpool.squarespace.com/journal/2007/11/7/suicidal.html

Saves Go In the Save Place

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=21611

ELI5: Why do humans cry during emotional distress?

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2f0gch/eli5_why_do_humans_cry_during_emotional_distress/ck4ropd

'The useless organ': Maggie Lee tells of the devestating effect her hysterectomy had on her sexuality and more

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/11/the_useless_org

France is ditching the ‘Islamic State’ name — and replacing it with a label the group hates

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/09/17/france-is-ditching-the-islamic-state-name-and-replacing-it-with-a-label-the-group-hates/?tid=sm_fb

The Most Amazing Lie in History

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58468/most-amazing-lie-history

Radical Opacity

http://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/radical-opacity/

Dungeons and Dragons: Players vs Dungeon Masters

http://community.wizards.com/comment/51039976#comment-51039976

An insightful post about the nature of running a D&D game, and how player and game master desires can conflict.

Ship Happens - AMV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tc7MH5ZXbg

Was browsing AMVs, this one made me laugh.
If you don't know what Shipping is in this context, check out TV tropes: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping

No-Win Situation: The Troubled History of Firefall, Part 1

https://web.archive.org/web/20160422234139/http://www.gamefront.com/no-win-situation-the-troubled-history-of-firefall-and-red-5-studios-part-1/

Essential Truths of Corporate Business

http://www.friesian.com/corpor.htm

Why the US Government Is Hated All Over the World

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=22083

What Emotional Intelligence Reveals About Your Personality

http://www.laraequy.com/blog/personal-leadership/emotional-intelligence-reveals-personality/

I am not Anonymous - but they have a point.

http://www.graphictruth.com/2011/06/i-am-not-anonomous-but-they-have-point.html