Links for you. Science:
Canadian scientist suspended, investigated after writing song criticizing the prime minister (but, somehow, tenure protections are insignificant)
Local mom objects to controversial book on summer reading list (cervix?)
When Congress Puts NASA on Hold, Planets Don’t Wait
Analyses of the Microbial Diversity across the Human Microbiome
Step 2 — do the rest of the fucking analysis
Other:
School Closures: A National Look at a Failed Strategy
What Exactly Is the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal About? As the scandal drags on, one begins to wonder what exactly the New York Times is so worked up about.
#NRORevolt, explained (fuck ’em)
Book Review: “The Prize” by Dale Russakoff
Poli-Sci’s Baby Ban
Busting the Myths About Disability Fraud
Catholics Who Aren’t Catholic: One in 11 Americans say that they’re Catholic—but that Catholicism isn’t their religion. (so when does the right start caterwauling about ‘secular Catholics’?)
Brooklyn Bar Menu Generator
Stu Bykofsky is a Piece of Shit (about the reality of abortion)
New Planned Parenthood clinic moving in next to charter school, creating concerns
Is spike in violence a reason to give Peaceoholics another chance?
If You Don’t Click on This Story, I Don’t Get Paid
Nearly one in 10 young adults in the District is out of school and unemployed (but, with all of the broken things and unemployed people, how could we possibly find ways to spend stimulus money? Yes, I’m still bitter about this)
What HBO’s “Show Me a Hero” Got Wrong About Public Housing
Working the Reserve Army: Proletarianization in Revanchist New Orleans (a bit dense, but some good stuff in there)
mikethemadbiologist
I just saw your link to Jerry Coyne’s piece about Tony Turner, suspended for his satirical song about the Canadian Prime Minister. A quick note to point out that Turner is not an academic, and so does not have tenure, as your note implies. Moreover, Turner works for the Canadian government, and even in the U.S. the rights of government employees to criticize the government are severely limited, and I suspect that the same it possible in Canada. Not pretty, but a cautionary tale?