Samizdata bloggers Perry De Havilland and Adriana Cronin
GAY MARRIAGE HAS BECOME NORMAL:“A lesbian couple who led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts has filed for divorce.”
BEHOLD MY SHOCKD FACE: Study: Rise in LGBT Identification Among Young People Is Significantly Influenced by ‘Social Trends’.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT FREEDOM: LGBT Activist Group Says There Isn’t Enough Censorship on Social Media.
Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS - ProPublica
ProPublica: “The Family Research Council’s multimillion-dollar headquarters sit on G Street in Washington, D.C., just steps from the U.S. Capitol and the White House, a spot ideally situated for its work as a right-wing policy think tank and political pressure group. From its perch at the heart of the nation’s capital, the FRC has pushed for legislation banning gender-affirming surgery; filed amicus briefs supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade; and advocated for religious exemptions to civil rights laws. Its longtime head, a former state lawmaker and ordained minister named Tony Perkins, claims credit for pushing the Republican platform rightward over the past two decades. What is the FRC? Its website sums up the answer to this question in 63 words: “A nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to articulating and advancing a family-centered philosophy of public life. In addition to providing policy research and analysis for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, FRC seeks to inform the news media, the academic community, business leaders, and the general public about family issues that affect the nation from a biblical worldview.” In the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service, though, it is also a church, with Perkins as its religious leader…”
Travel Back in Time With Street View and Map Archives
Wired: “These free, simple tools for phone or web let you visualize urban sprawl or see what your street looked like before the turn of the millennium…” The tools are Google Maps Street View, Old Maps Online, and the World Imagery Wayback portal online.
Irish horror films find mainstream success. “Irish folklore is particularly dark and lends itself to horror,” said the film’s writer and director, Kate Dolan, 31. “Not a lot of happy endings – a lot of people being dragged to their doom.”
A proposal for science funding reform
Is Canada’s health care system collapsing?
Is Paxlovid resistance just a matter of time?
Are gophers farmers? (NYT)
More on the pilot sightings and pilot confusion
Fast Grants-supported work on pan-coronavirus vaccines
How do dolphins choose their names?
Susan Athey to become top economist at DOJ