Huge Saturday roundup

NPR scientists vs.  Fox News "scientists."

I hope you didn't buy into the nonsense exposed here.

Food workers shouldn't have to live in dreadful conditions. Prisoners shouldn't be subject to predatory vendors. We don't need to further stigmatize depression and mental illness.

There are points when people with Alzheimer's can and then can't cover up their symptoms.

It's great that god put this guy in the right place at the right time but I'd love to see god get him a home.

Don't drink the RoundUp.

A new take on the the-Pope-is-Catholic meme.

Embrace your cat-person status (and your cat(s)). Especially when it's wielded as a threat by some these guys. And don't even get me started on these guys.

That middle link touches on the concept of centering. Who decides what's standard, expected, etc. (and then upholds that standard so that those who want something different, are accused of selfishness at worst and asking too much at best). Who's centered in David Brooks' reality? See also the bullshit that is #whitegirlsrock and Facebook's decency (double) standards.

Everyone has an opinion on every woman's appearance. See also--people judging Giuliana Rancic for being "too" thin--and, despite the warning to vegetarians to look away--this piece on marked and unmarked choices, and the disdain for and dismissal of women who appear to care about their appearance. And this is part of what Annie Lowrey describes here:

It is pervasive. It is persistent. And it is so, so exhausting, all those subtle hints that you are a little different and that your behavior is being interpreted a little differently. On top of that, it does have profound consequences, if made through a million tiny cuts.

This, of course, isn't limited to women; it's what I've ranted about on these pages in terms of talking about ethnicity.

Roxane Gay on why she writes. 

I've got to hand it to her, Alexandra Petri had the best take on Trevor Noah. These two are also worth a read.

This isn't the first time Jon Ronson's been called out for spin.

Token women aren't what matter to women voters.

Awe is good for you.

In a relationship, it's wise to figure out how your upbringing informs your financial attitudes.

Back in the day, Texans knew that anti-government rants were mere rhetorical hypocrisy.

I didn't know Benjamin Disraeli went by Dizzy.

I don't know, I don't see this kind of thing as tautological. But I like this turn-or-phrase:

The hated-­upon must resist lines of inquiry, like “Haters are inclined to hate, but perhaps I have contributed to this situation somehow by frustrating that natural impulse in all human beings, that of empathy, however submerged that impulse is in this deadened, modern world.” To do otherwise would be to acknowledge your own monstrosity..

Did you have a vegan Pesach?