Today's links

Judge won't release Black learning-disabled kid jailed for missing homework: Mary Ellen Brennan is up for re-election in 2020.
Podcast: Part 10 of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: "A glorious book unlike any book you’ve ever read" -Gene Wolfe.
Christopher Brown's Failed State: I'm helping him launch an outstanding and timely novel on Aug 12.
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist: Comparison is the thief of joy.
Luxury homes to be washed away: Australian plutes voted for climate deniers and now they're about to literally fall off a cliff.
As We May Think: Danny O'Brien on the past future of news.
Trump's spent a billion on re-election: Biden spent $165m.
This day in history: 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Today's links

Michigan Supreme Court to review teenager's no-homework jail sentence: Justice for Grace?
Grifters started the anti-mask movement: The Dorr brothers are Grand Wizards of the Flu Klux Klan.
Strike for Black Lives: Today's walkout.
No mask, no entry: Civilian casualties of the mask wars.
Dems vote to fund more DHS invasions of US cities: $50B for DHS with no ban on urban invasions.
This day in history: None
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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