Tuesday roundup (brought to you by my cold)

On Stephon Clark and Anthony Stephan House, both of whom should be alive today.

Can’t stop thinking about how the Austin police initially downplayed the first bombing and publicly implied that the victim, Anthony Stephan House, might have constructed the bomb himself and it self-detonated, killing him. https://t.co/x5VxBonHTY pic.twitter.com/naOEVjWAyv

— 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎 (@resisterhood) March 22, 2018

RIP Linda Brown (and her father). And Blois Hundley.

This girl is phenomenal.

When a student finds their voice, we celebrate. Today I want to recognize Naomi and her opportunity to influence a topic she is passionate about. @ACPSk12
(Photo credit: Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/nxMfw275ba

— GeorgeMasonPrincipal (@GMasonPrincipal) March 24, 2018

Read this whole thread about gun control.

As we feel the high of today, remember these important nuances as we pursue gun control:

1. Gun control must not lead to the additional disproportionate jailing of black and brown people.

Put proposed legislation through racial justice tests before you advocate.

— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) March 25, 2018

A tweet in a thread about satellite marches.

From Fairbanks: "In Alaska, many people use guns for hunting and subsistence living, but they also use them for violence against women, esp Alaska Native women and girls. Yesterday our March was structured around an art/poetry exhibit honoring victims and survivors of violence." pic.twitter.com/gqKZXatnjl

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) March 25, 2018

Dude wakes up to anti-Semitism in America, writes a book that assumes everyone else was asleep as well. The book, nonetheless, appears worth reading.

On science.

It's fine when science can't answer questions. That's what the humanities are for.

— Eve Forster 👩🏼‍🔬🧠 (@EveForster) March 23, 2018

I have such a problem with fetishizing all things Soviet, and this piece kind-of gets to that. Beauty and fashion can be either chore or release or some combination (see the Sady Doyle piece I linked to a few weeks ago on skincare). I will say this: I've been to some extremely poor places where very poor women take enormous pride in their dress. Clothing is one way to express individuality; individuality and Sovietism are natural enemies. Also, it's flaunting privilege to look like shit and get away with it.

All-male panels are far too common, but Stanford's Hoover Institution truly outdid itself.

Mean Girls aren't really a thing.

The Pacific garbage patch is out of control.

Eat plants, help feed people. And no, you don't need to drink milk.

Mmm, pho.

A photon is the smallest discrete amount or quantum of phở.

— Bad Science (@baaaadscience) March 26, 2018