Weekend link dump for October 30

“The 2016 campaign may have reached dispiriting new lows, but voter registration in America has soared to new heights as 200 million people are now registered to vote for the first time in U.S. history.” That’s a 33% increase – over 50 million registrations – since 2008.

Who wants a Game of Thrones/Westworld crossover?

Some rare photos of Mickey Mantle on the occasion of what would have been his 85th birthday.

Carol Burnett + Amy Poehler = awesome.

“The base was abandoned when the scientists stationed there were poisoned by polar bear meat in 1944 and had to be rescued by a German U-boat.”

“Cave art from the Ice Age has helped solve the mysterious origins of Europe’s largest land mammal.”

Sometimes it’s hard to be a Republican woman.

Apparently, the daily fantasy sports industry isn’t doing so well. The good news is we ought to see fewer of their awful commercials.

RIP, Tom Hayden, anti-war activist and Chicago 7 defendant.

“Donald Trump didn’t start this. He just did what he always does, which is slap his name on it, take credit for it and promote it.”

RIP, Louise Cooley, wife of famed heart surgeon Denton Cooley.

“I do not believe that anyone ever converted to Christianity as a consequence of reading any of Jack Chick’s gospel tracts. But I do believe that thousands of Christians were converted by them into something else — something more like the ugly dishonesty and nasty triumphalism that were those tracts’ main attributes. He helped persuade such Christians that bearing false witness against their neighbors should be the hallmark and cornerstone of their religion.”

“My question to you is: Is it just us? Or have you found that you (or others you know about) have been knocked out of your usual level of work productivity because of this election as well? Has obsessively refreshing poll trackers and political feeds and Twitter kept you from the timely performance of your duties, or, if you still manage to get stuff done on time, is it still a challenge to keep your mind on task? More than usual?”

Have Sean Hannity and Bat Boy every been photographed together? Asking for a friend.

The Donald Trump campaign is a live-action update of the 90’s era ABC TV show Dinosaurs.

“But it is a testament to the politics of our times that Paul Ryan, the most conservative Speaker in the history of the country, won’t be conservative enough for a solid core of his own party in Congress, and is under siege from his party’s presidential nominee and acolytes. And the dynamic in the House will be an early window into the Republican civil war that will follow if Trump loses.”

Law & Order: The Donald Trump-Inspired Episode won’t air till after Election Day.

“Against all the modern disasters, Trump’s campaign represents a rebellion of the aged—a bygone generation’s last furious gasp against modernity.”

I confess, I have a hard time feeling sympathy for professional Republican women who are just now noticing how terribly sexist the world can be and how little their male politicians care about it.

RIP, Vine, killed by Instagram and Snapchat.

Sometimes, local news stories are the most entertaining.

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