{"id":36949,"date":"2018-05-30T02:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=36949"},"modified":"2018-05-29T19:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T02:53:22","slug":"midweek-links-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/midweek-links-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Will the arrest of Tommy Robinson and the attempt to silence news of him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-29\/britons-rage-over-robinson-arrest-mass-protests-break-out-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\">be Britain&#8217;s tipping point<\/a>? Or has their spinelessness reached amoebic proportions?\n<li>ZenScreen. Because we need <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/05\/29\/zenscreen-could-help-you-achieve-a-balanced-digital-diet\/\" target=\"_blank\">devices to control our use of devices<\/a>.\n<li>On the same subject, I don&#8217;t buy the analogies or the analysis, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/may\/27\/world-distraction-demands-new-focus\" target=\"_blank\">I agree we&#8217;ve got a problem<\/a>.\n<li>In yet another of those mostly behind-the-scenes successes, Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/25\/business\/economy\/trump-federal-workers.html\" target=\"_blank\">making it easier to fire<\/a> federal employees. (Long overdue!)\n<li>Is there <a href=\"https:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/unlawful-search-seizure-car-windows-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">any excuse cops won&#8217;t use<\/a> to invade and ransack someone&#8217;s vehicle?\n<li>It was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/62686-decapitated-skeleton-pompeii-eruption.html\" target=\"_blank\">very bad day<\/a> in Pompeii.\n<li>No, dog show judges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/canine-corner\/201805\/are-dog-show-judges-sexually-harassing-dogs\" target=\"_blank\">aren&#8217;t sexually molesting<\/a> male dogs. Sigh. The stupid is getting so thick.\n<li>Innovative (and amusing) ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/weird-intrusive-thoughts-anxiety-bulbubsaur\/\" target=\"_blank\">deal with unwelcome and intrusive thoughts<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>God told (yet another) televangelist that he needs a new jet plane. His fourth in this case. Jesse Duplantis and God apparently had <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2018\/05\/29\/televangelist-wants-new-jet\/653202002\/\" target=\"_blank\">quite an extensive discussion<\/a> and decided Duplantis&#8217; supporters should cover the $54 million. &#8216;Cause heaven forbid a man of God should have to deal with messy personal prayer requests (and demons!) on commercial flights. <\/p>\n<p>Me? I just think it would be extremely cool to crack $6k before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/01\/the-final-fundraiser-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\">fundraiser ends tomorrow evening<\/a>. Possible? Dunno. I&#8217;m thrilled with where things stand. Beyond this, I don&#8217;t even need a paper airplane to do the work you want from me.<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<li>Will the arrest of Tommy Robinson and the attempt to silence news of him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-29\/britons-rage-over-robinson-arrest-mass-protests-break-out-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\">be Britain&#8217;s tipping point<\/a>? Or has their spinelessness reached amoebic proportions?\n<li>ZenScreen. Because we need <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/05\/29\/zenscreen-could-help-you-achieve-a-balanced-digital-diet\/\" target=\"_blank\">devices to control our use of devices<\/a>.\n<li>On the same subject, I don&#8217;t buy the analogies or the analysis, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/may\/27\/world-distraction-demands-new-focus\" target=\"_blank\">I agree we&#8217;ve got a problem<\/a>.\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/midweek-links-79\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midweek links<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8,9,11,19,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-and-technology","category-cultural-insanity","category-dogs-and-cats","category-free-speech","category-government","category-miscellaneous","category-money","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36949"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36967,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36949\/revisions\/36967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}