Monday Afternoon Links!

* In Support of Dorothy Kim.

* At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk of addiction or dependence, even as they provide comparatively easy access to generic opioid medications. 

* An inside look at the hunt for fentanyl, the deadly opioid driving the overdose crisis.

* America’s slow-motion military coup.

* McCain gonna McCain.

* Mark Bray: The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide.

* Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer.

* And the trend appears to be continuing. “Every new cohort made less in median lifetime income than the previous one,” Mr. Guvenen said.

* Paging China Miéville: Instead of Trump’s Wall, Why Not a Binational Border City?

* Everything old is still old.

mulder: how can animal, my least favorite muppet baby, also be the adult muppet i most respect?
scully: I don't know, mulder

— mark leidner (@markleidner) September 17, 2017

* Wisconsin 2.0.

* RIP, Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world.

* I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like what’s happening in Iceland.

* Beyond the grave. Outsourcing. Specifically bad. Animal intelligence. Gee whiz, what an interesting way of thinking. Imagine a world with people like him in charge. Quorf. Thanks, Literature! This sucks.