Links 5/4/16

Links for you. Science:

Say hello to our first national mammal
Lab mice have a chill, and that may be messing up study results
Ghosts and tiny treasures: We are quick to condemn a hunter posing with his prey, but all too slow to cultivate a chronic passion for wild things
Some rants and diatribes by Joe

Other:

When Neoliberalism Was Young: A Lookback on Clintonism before Clinton (excellent)
Larry Summers is wrong. Harvard should be spending much, much more of its money.
Arianna Huffington is an Uber board member: Huh?
Cries for Sanders to Be Conciliatory Miss the Point
Donald Trump’s Jew-haters
The Racist Roots of Virginia’s Felon Disenfranchisement
The Left confuses globalisation with neo-liberalism and gets lost
Denmark, the VAT Tax and Paul Krugman
Why Young Egyptian Women are Wishing They’d Been Born Decades Ago
Race and the Standardized Testing Wars
How Bill Gates and His Billionaire Allies Used Their Wealth to Launch Charter Schools in Washington State
Why the Democratic Party Is in Bigger Trouble Than It Realizes
Unify This
Feeding the black and brown poor to the maw of neoliberalism and military academies
Kasich gives painfully honest answer in opposition to DC statehood
Sanders is definitely trying to win me over (related post here)
NFL Permitted To Impose Grossly Disproportionate Punishment For Offense That Wasn’t Committed
These graphs tell a shocking story about the rampant college hookup culture
End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile
Yes, Bernie’s Plan to Make College Free Would Be a Gift to Rich Kids. That Doesn’t Make It a Bad Idea.

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