RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/March 2017

March 2017
The hidden sexism in workplace language. Lessons of the anti-Berlusconi opposition are applicable to the anti-Trump opposition, says Jacobin. Why Donald Trump's morally repugnant budget must be defeated. The west condemned Russia’s bombs – now coalition attacks are killing civilians in Mosul. "Are Baby Boomers A ‘Generation Of Sociopaths’?" HuffPo reviews a book that argues they "are beset with egotism, impulsivity and a shocking lack of empathy. Trump lie-tracker: Trump has lied 317 times during past 64 days in office.  How to convince "skeptics" that climate change is a problem. Scott Adams sides with climate scientists out of principle, but he lists 14 points that, he claims, make the case look like a scam.  National Review accurately explains why Trump won and Hillary lost (nope, still not Russia). In China, Temple of Heaven's toilets use face-recognition technology to track toilet-paper usage and foil smugglers, thus reducing waste by 70%. Researchers examine what helps settle disputes with extremists on wikis. "Not to be melodramatic, but... You're changing a fundamental part of what makes reddit, reddit." - Redditors shocked as Reddit to become more like a social network, reddits to be called "legacy". Should measures of poverty and well-being include the environment? Cracked - I Was A Hardcore Conservative: What Changed My Mind What are rhino horns really for? The Dutch far right’s election donors are almost exclusively American. Understanding the long-run effects of Africa’s slave trades The creator of the blatantly fake UndergroundNewsReport.com shared his outlandish (and totally false) stories to pro-Trump groups on Facebook, who fell for it hard: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-million-trump-supporters-fell-for-this-absurd-fake-news-site_us_58c42653e4b0d1078ca7222e? "It seemed that there wasn’t anything I could write that was too wild or outrageous to be believed by this particular audience."] How Trump has destroyed the imperial Presidency. Space exploration isn't a cure for our society. The unexpected challenges of motherhood. Repealing the Affordable Care Act can make it more difficult to retire earlier due to job lock. Is transgender identity inherited? Israeli Comedy Show Host Implores Israelis to Wake Up and Smell the Apartheid All you need to know about the upcoming Dutch general election, via The Grauniad. Also, some information about the country's electoral system. Life on earth may have emerged much earlier that previously theorized, according to scientists studying fossils in Canadian rocks.