RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/May 2020

May 2020
Some words of advice for our comrades in the streets, by a veteran of the Egyptian protests during the Arab Spring Left to rot: the crisis in China's pension system Trump is a shockingly un-masculine and immature president, and his popularity among working-class men in America is a symptom of a culture that values perpetual adolescence. Trump is the most effective president ever Misinformation for Fun and Profit Norma McCorvey, better known as the "Jane Roe" plaintiff of the landmark Roe v Wade was paid to be an anti-abortion activist in the 90s A Lithuanian geopolitics expert has said in research interviews she conducted with Lithuanian volunteer fighters in the War of Donbas on both the pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian sides have similar viewpoints on life. They are namely, disillusionment with the world and looking for a meaning of life. She has compared these volunteers to Daesh fighters and asks for similar support by Central and Eastern European governments. <vote poll=blog8407100 days later: How did Britain fail so badly in dealing with Covid-19? Tara Reade, the Democrats, and Joe Biden's women problem "Tara Reade's allegations deserve more care" - Jezebel "It took guts for Chris Hayes to cover Tara Reade" - The Jacobin Liberal democracy is dying, and liberals aren't doing anything to save it Navy videos show UNIDENTIFIED flying objects, not aliens. And here's the Metabunk article on them