Tasneem was 15 when her father, who belonged to a cult in Southern California, introduced her to a man 13 years her senior. She was forced to marry the 28-year-old in a religious ceremony that evening. Six months later, at 16, she was pregnant and legally married in a civil ceremony in Reno.
Where are the goddamn cops?
https://twitter.com/trbrtc/status/883245987250278401
Oh wait, they're too busy making sure that people don't post mean words on social media.
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 5:53 AM
This kid is going to be lucky if he reaches adulthood:
https://twitter.com/BabyRu_Bombata_/status/883049210261778432
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 6:04 AM
Really terrific long read by my friend Kaja Perina, the ed-in-chief of Psych Today:
Inside the life and disordered mind of genius mathematician Alexander Grothendieck http://bit.ly/2u0kZa9
Amy Alkon at July 7, 2017 7:31 AM
Sexual dimorphism in fantasy creatures:(NSFW because fantasy boobs)
http://oglaf.com/dimorphism/
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 9:12 AM
A quick summary of a hundred years of journalism:
https://twitter.com/trilllizard420/status/883067142509215744
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 9:42 AM
Sixclaws, your first link didn't work.
lenona at July 7, 2017 10:09 AM
Whoops - I meant the second.
lenona at July 7, 2017 10:09 AM
Looks like she took that tweet down. And there's no archived version..
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 10:24 AM
No snark, no condescension. It's going to touch a nerve on parents but in a positive way.
https://twitter.com/ellardent/status/883101530680963073
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 11:03 AM
Art of the Deal! Trump and Putin reach ceasefire agreement in Syria:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/politics/syria-ceasefire-us-russia-tillerson/index.html
Snoopy at July 7, 2017 11:48 AM
What kind of cult was her father a part of? FLDS?
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Effort-to-bar-juvenile-marriages-in-California-11268497.php
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 2:27 PM
Who knew Mike Pence has a sense of humor?
Conan the Grammarian at July 7, 2017 3:54 PM
Who knew Mike Pence has a sense of humor?
Conan the Grammarian at July 7, 2017 3:55 PM
"What kind of cult was her father a part of? FLDS?"
Nice article on Cracked (of all places!) about injecting bias into news articles.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at July 7, 2017 4:34 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/07/06/it-is-actually-difficult-to-define-blackmail/
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 4:42 PM
Remember: If your dog is misbehaving, it's not its fault, it's yours.
http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/lena-dunham-returns-her-adopted-dog-to-the-shelter-after-four-years-shelter-proceeds-to-rip-her-a-new-asshole/
Sixclaws at July 7, 2017 6:44 PM
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