Weekend link dump for April 19

Wait, The Rules is still a thing? We are doomed as a species. Also, what Amanda Marcotte says. The Rules was as sexist towards men as it was towards women.

Three reasons to be optimistic about the fight to save the climate.

Electric cars are getting more affordable all the time.

Let’s do the Time Warp again.

“Leading law firms are willing to represent tobacco companies accused of lying about their deadly products, factories that spew pollution, and corporations said to be complicit in torture and murder abroad. But standing up for traditional marriage has turned out to be too much for the elite bar. The arguments have been left to members of lower-profile firms.”

“AB 202 simply demands that any professional sports team – or their chosen contractor – treat the women on the field with the same dignity and respect that we treat the guy selling beer.”

“The reality, though, is that a tremendous share of people who rely on government programs designed for the poor in fact work — they just don’t make enough at it to cover their basic living expenses.”

Barry Bonds is rooting for A-Rod.

Remembering Elston Howard, the first African-American player for the New York Yankees.

RIP, Bill Arhos, founder of Austin City Limits.

“A Texas billionaire who moved his residence to Puerto Rico after its island government carved out a lucrative new tax haven for wealthy U.S. investors is a prime fundraiser for a network of super-PACs backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, according to sources close to Cruz’s campaign.”

RIP, Percy Sledge, R&B singer of “When A Man Loves A Woman”, among other hits.

Leave the Meitiv kids alone already.

Life on other planets is a problem for creationists.

What Batgirl has to teach us about equal pay.

Jacob Hale is a lot braver than I was at the age of 13.

Are we still talking about the finale to The Sopranos? Yes, we are still talking about the finale to The Sopranos.

I’d say “poor ALEC”, but they’re getting what they deserve.

Leave Yasiel Puig alone!

“So, yeah. The surprise closing of five stores Monday probably isn’t a mystery. And it probably ain’t about plumbing.”

Why raising the retirement age is terrible for the poor.

An oral history of the great movie Airplane!.

“In a four-minute video released this week, the thirteen-year-old daughter of one of two American astronauts stationed aboard the International Space Station in January managed to convey just how much she missed her dad.” Awwwwww.

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