Interesting Links for 17-12-2017

[andrewducker]

Lovecraft speaks from beyond the grave on Science Fiction

(tags: scifi video hplovecraft )

The Most Important Non-Superhero Comic You’ve Never Heard Of

(tags: cerebus comics )

Steam Purged Of Pepe Emoticons After Creator Files Copyright Claim

(tags: steam politics frog )

Brexit: Britons now back Remain over Leave by 10 points

(tags: UK Europe polls )

Norway votes to decriminalise drugs and offer treatment instead of jail time

(tags: Norway drugs decriminalization )

World's most detailed pregnancy scan revealed

(tags: pregnancy ultrasound babies )

Ibrahim Abu Thuraya: Disabled Palestinian activist shot dead by Israeli troops in Jerusalem protest

(tags: Israel Palestine OhForFucksSake )

"As a Doctor, I'm Sick of All The Health Care Freeloaders"

(tags: healthcare children usa OhForFucksSake )

Interviews with rapists show that most of them think that _every_ man is a rapist

(tags: rape )

Rescued lion and tiger are best friends

(tags: cute lions tiger video )

These Traffic Flow Simulations Are Weirdly Mesmerizing

(tags: traffic transport roads video games viaElfy )

Nearly a quarter of men don't consider exposing themselves or masturbating in front of someone to be sexual harassment

(tags: abuse men polls OhForFucksSake usa )

Comments

[calimac]

I liked Lovecraft's description of the moral lesson of Frankenstein. Reminds me of the small child who concluded that the moral lesson of "Red Riding Hood" is "Don't gulp your food."

Of course I've heard of Cerebus. I read it avidly for some time. For about the first quarter of its existence, it was the best comic I have ever read. Then it suddenly switched gears, and became the worst comic I have ever read. Eventually I gave up, tried it again, gave up again, and nothing I've read about what happened after that convinces me it changed back. However, this article is very good on describing Sim's artistic virtues.

Exploring the mindsets of wrongdoers strikes me as a useful educational project. You can't counteract something if you don't understand why it's being done.