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Links to August 5th, 2020

Articles Adult Grooming & Warren Ellis Women speak out about Warren Ellis: 'Full and informed consent was impossible' (Guardian) Warren Ellis, Cameron Stewart, and the Storm of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Roiling the Comic Book Industry   So Many of Us: Recognizing Abuses of Power   The Anti John Peel and the result of the BBC Local Radio Cuts Steve Barker: the 'anti-John Peel' sidelined by the BBC after 43 years Stonewall’s guide on being a better NB ally https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/10-ways-step-ally-non-binary-people Nespresso How Nespresso's coffee revolution got ground down | Food Argh Cancel Culture and the Problem of Woke Capitalism Don’t read books you hate: Reading a book you hate? Stop right now | Hannah Jane Parkinson Defence The ripple effects of a space skirmish Countries Are Gearing Up for Space Warfare

Links for up to July 12th, 2020

Articles Day Trading (Vox) From the Robinhood stock app to Reddit: The risky market of amateur trading Pittsburgh Steelers and Black Lives Matters (BBC) Black Lives Matter: How protests forced NFL coach Mike Tomlin to open team debate   Automating Microsoft’s News (Vice) The Robots Microsoft Assigned to Do My Job Can't Do It Sex Work during Covid-19 (Buzzfeed News) 5 Sex Workers Talk About Working During COVID-19 White Lines Matter (Novara) on white drug use. White Lines Matter Podcasts The classic 129 Cars episode of This American Life https://pod.link/201671138/episode/MzcxNjAgYXQgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhpc2FtZXJpY2FubGlmZS5vcmc=   This week’s No Country for Old Women on dating while black. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08k0jqg   Defence China and Taiwan (Spectator) Is Taiwan the next Hong Kong?   Games The Smash Bros Community & Sexual Misconduct (Wired) The 'Super Smash Bros.' Community Reckons With Sexual Misconduct Allegations   TV Mrs America BBC iPlay...