Monday Night Links!

These photo of a Bengal Tiger is composed of only 2500 pixels. That's the number of Bengal Tigers that are still alive. Source: https://t.co/pNLHko94sS pic.twitter.com/pRGNekeqSi

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 6, 2019

* We need to start talking about seemingly drastic approaches to the climate crisis, such as sun-dimming aerosols, right now — or we risk losing democratic control of the process. It’s Time to Talk About Solar Geoengineering.

* Police have taken pre-emptive action against environmental protesters who are planning to cause disruption in Westminster.

* I study collapsed civilizations. Here’s my advice for a climate change apocalypse.

* I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.

* Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born?

* Big tech is a black box.

* US to step aside for Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria. Top Military Officers Unload on Trump. Sounds like my man is on the brink of self-impeaching. Trump at serious risk of losing the mandate of heaven. Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman: Trump wrong to seek help from Ukraine, China. ‘Out on a limb’: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump’s possible impeachment. Trump allies sought Ukraine gas deal. Trump’s Not Richard Nixon. He’s Andrew Johnson. Nine scenarios.

The belief that there will be some miraculous awakening by the 40 or so % (including elected GOP officials) who support Trump and they will suddenly or eventually realize his crimes are worthy of impeachment is similar in its total disconnect from reality to climate denial

— karl taro greenfeld (@karltaro) October 6, 2019

* Last Week, Warren May Have Won The Democratic Race.

* Political Operatives Are Faking Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments To Benefit The Rich And Powerful.

* Bronx Prosecutors Release Secret Records On Dishonest Cops.

* Slain witness Joshua Brown was expected to testify in lawsuit against Dallas police.

* How the Prison Economy Works.

* Sacramento Amazon Workers Are Protesting after Woman Was Allegedly Fired for Spending Extra Hour with Dying Mother-in-Law.

* Journalist says a CBP officer withheld his passport until he agreed he writes ‘propaganda.’

* Robots to Cut 200,000 U.S. Bank Jobs in Next Decade, Study Says.

* America is a failed state.

* For real though.

* Finally, some good news.

i'm becoming of the opinion that late capitalism's insistence on skeletal staffing has made it more fragile and vulnerable to a general strike

— L'Shanah Dovahkiin (@CelticAnarchy) October 7, 2019

* I like this.

"I think all interesting movies are puzzles or dreams." – @david_rees, breaking our brains pic.twitter.com/fMcnv5mqO3

— Blank Check Podcast (@blankcheckpod) October 1, 2019

* 24 Reasons “Angel” Was Perfect, and one pretty big reason why it wasn’t.

* Joker and the vacuity of influence. Joker and white male resentment. (I liked what Noah Berlatsky had to say on this subject, too; I thought a lot about it while I was watching.) Joker Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness. ‘The Greater Danger to Society May Be If You Don’t See This Movie.’ My own meager contribution to The Discourse: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

* I think I linked this once before, but I saw it on Twitter and wanted to link again: Ida Yoshinaga’s Disney’s Moana, the Colonial Screenplay, and Indigenous Labor Extraction in Hollywood Fantasy Films.

* This tweet got inside my fucking head.

thinking about how recent games in which "small mario" appears (eg, 3D World) imply this is some sort of fallen or injured condition with post-mushroom "super mario" being the norm, contrasted to the original 2D games' presentation of small mario as his natural state. disturbing.

— michael lutz from the amityville horror (@WarrenIsDead) October 7, 2019

* In an effort to deter other gymnasts from trying skills they are not physically capable of doing, the International Gymnastics Federation watered down the value of a new element Biles plans to do at the world championships. That’s right. Penalize the reigning world and Olympic champion, who is almost cautious when it comes to adding difficulty, for the potential recklessness of others.

* They say America’s best days are behind it, but Someone Beat Minecraft Without Mining Any Blocks.

* Of course you had me at hi-rez, open-licensed recreation of the 1968 Disneyland souvenir map.

* Ours is a fallen world.

* But at least Rick and Morty‘s coming back. Everything’s coming up Canavan!