Monday, September 03, 2018

Miss Cellania's Links

A History of American Protest Music: Which Side Are You On? (via Metafilter)

The Trump Administration Is Keeping 100,000 Pages Of Brett Kavanaugh's Records Secret. Any senator who votes to confirm him is clearly just a Trump loyalist.

All It Takes to Create a Ghost Is a Good Story. Two bars in Portland are equally haunted, even though one tale was only made up recently.

Inside the Delightfully Quirky, Absolutely Fabulous, and Utterly Exhausting World of Cruise Performers. They even have their own annual awards cruise.

Jessica Allen became a surrogate mother to twins, and then a DNA test found that one of the babies was biologically hers. But setting things right involves a battle over money. (via Metafilter)

And that’s why you should learn to pick your battles. An internet classic that's just as funny today. (Thanks, Liz!)

On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher. Anton Wilhelm Amo Afer became a university professor in 1736.

A Parasitic Vine That Feeds on Parasitic Wasps That Feed on Trees. It allows a baby wasp to grow up, but it will never leave the nest.

The Weird History Behind Darth Vader's Castle. The idea was changed many times, and discarded completely many times.

The Radical Uniforms of the Women's Baseball World Cup. Their completely normal baseball look highlights the discriminatory history of women's athletic wear.

A blast from the past (2015): 6 Deadly Labor Disputes. On this Labor Day, read about the pioneers of the U.S. labor movement.

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