Just Links

Links!

• Libraries, Books, Writers, & Suchlike
• Mar 2, 1942: John Irving is born My favorite of his books is A Prayer for Owen Meany. You should go read it now.
• Mar 2, 1904: Dr. Seuss born I do not have a clue what my favorite Seuss book is. Seriously, I love them all. Go read them all. Preferable to a kid or three. 
• Oh, the places you'll go with a school library 
• Bringing a Daughter Back From the Brink With Poems 
• A Death by Stephen King 
• Veronica Roth, author of 'Divergent,' to launch new book series 
• Bonfires of Insanity: A History of Book Burnings From Nazis to ISIS 
• 7 Things You May Not Know About the Gutenberg Bible 
• Weekend Censorious Dipshittery Roundup 
• Health & Science
• Free of Ebola but not fear "Nurse Nina Pham to file lawsuit against Presby parent, worries about continued health woes"
• Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country 
• Researchers Uncover Potential Novel Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB
• With kids' antipsychotic treatment on the rise, study looks at prescriber decision-making 
• NASA Admits That Winters are Going to Get Colder…Much Colder 
• World's First Plantable Coffee Cup Biodegrades Into Seedlings After Use Neat! 
• These Two Teens Aren't Just Sisters -- They're Twins 
• Net & Tech
• Buoyed By Net-Neutrality Win, Internet Activists Prepare Next Campaign 
• Eeeew . . . Link Rot I hate link rot. 
• Ello Kicks Off ‘NSFW Month’ Ahead of Total Redesign In an email I received from Ello today, they state, "Ello doesn’t believe in censorship, and because Ello is ad-free, we will always be a dependable haven for free speech.  Help us celebrate NSFW Month on Ello by posting and discussing ideas about free speech, censorship, and why it's important that Internet remain open and free." I think I like Ello. 
• Authority Issues
• Cellphone video captures LAPD fatal shooting 
• Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops We're all shocked, right?
• Other
• Exxon Settles $9 Billion Pollution Case in New Jersey for Far Less "A long-fought legal battle to recover $8.9 billion in damages from Exxon Mobil Corporation for the contamination and loss of use of more than 1,500 acres of wetlands, marshes, meadows and waters in northern New Jersey has been quietly settled by the state for around $250 million." That's insane! Christie should be ashamed of himself.
• Arizona Burger King employees receive surprise bonus from boss Good on them!
• The Return of the 19th Century Look, I know I like Steampunk, but that doesn't mean I want to live in the past. I'd like to move forward, okay?