Some halfway decent reading material, for a change [links]

[rebeccmeister]

Thanks to conuly for alerting me to the marshallprojectemail_feed email RSS feed.

A history of recent police reform efforts in Minnesota, which highlights specific things that need to change: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/28/before-george-floyd-s-death-minneapolis-police-failed-to-adopt-reforms-remove-bad-officers

Note, for example, that stuff has gotten stalled in the state legislature. Write to your politicians.

Why police are handling protests wrong, which explains a lot about protest dynamics: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/01/why-so-many-police-are-handling-the-protests-wrong

And oh, look, back in 1967 we already had evidence that in about 50% of situations, it's police escalation that was pivotal in starting the riot across 24 riots. Positive feedback loops.

Interesting to see the role of the 1999 WTO protests in it all.

Here's an article that was very graciously written by someone handed the inappropriate burden of explaining some things to white people: https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2017/09/08/my-white-friend-asked-me-on-facebook-to-explain-white-privilege-i-decided-to-be-honest/

And from the NYT:

Hmm, let's see, which countries seem to be the most on the struggle bus when it comes to control of the 'rona? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/briefing/coronavirus-populist-leaders.html

And now, more on the 'rona: What we know, what we don't know, ways to monitor/conceptualize it, and what to think about when deciding whether or not to hop on airplanes and cavort across the country.

What we know. https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-facts-history.html

Don't know. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/health/coronavirus-mysteries.html

Track them numbers!* https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

Shall we jet-set? https://www.erinbromage.com/post/flying-in-the-age-of-covid-19

Just one teeny-weeny caveat: airplane travel is still horrible for the environment in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. So keep on keeping in touch with your Zoomies. I know it isn't the same, believe me, but it turns out the whole world doesn't revolve around you or any of the other 7-billion-plus people who live here.




*I decided a couple weeks ago to just track the numbers reported for my county for now. I don't find broader-scale numbers that useful.

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[twoeleven]

Note, for example, that stuff has gotten stalled in the state legislature. Write to your politicians.
Call them, too. IME, it takes a bit of effort to set up a call with one, but they rarely turn down constituents.

[ivy]

Great link roundup, as you can see I reused some of them, thanks for the information!