Tuesday roundup

Nigeria's internal conflicts are more complex than the religious differences on the surface.

The Russian parliamentarian who voted against annexing Crimea.

Neil Gaiman's new book punches down, according to a very well-phrased post by Sasha Garwood:

I think maybe the thing that bothers me the most is that calling the book Trigger Warning says to people who feel they need trigger warnings or are triggerable that this book isn't for you, it's for people who don't share your psychological experiences, who can use the concept of trigger warnings as an abstract concept or an allusion or a metaphor for the horrors of the human unconscious because they don't live with the risk of being forced back into agony and terror and physical collapse. It says to people with histories of trauma that maybe they - we? - don't belong in the club, because we think trigger warnings are to be taken seriously and literally and aren't necessarily metaphorical.

No, high-protein diets are not good for you.

John Oliver on the selective tyranny of municipal violations.

A woman is held for 8 days for being right about President Obama following her on Twitter.

Who are these guys? I guess I don't have to worry about attracting them.