In this week’s depressing episode… Sigh…
* A journalist is spat on in a high-profile case. Is it time to tone down the rhetoric? It’s probably too late to de-escalate…
* The disappearance of Apu. He’s probably never coming back.
* Matt Yglesias won’t come on the podcast. Should Kanye come on instead? He’ll probably say no too. Sigh…
* Why are young liberals so depressed? Matt Yglesias’ new article sparks discussion, but we probably can’t fix this. We should just give up…
* Katie’s shocking stance on solar power. We’ll never be able to transition to renewables, will we?
* Journalists really messed up with the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch story… Kiwi Farms did the media’s job better than the media did… Not again…
* 28 TERFS PULLING UP IN BLACK FORD RAPTOR TRUCKS. HELICOPTERS LANDED. UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER SIEGE! UNDER LOCKDOWN!
Depression
Yglesias’ article on why everyone is suddenly so depressed
https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-are-young-liberals-so-depressed
Uh… here’s the study: “The politics of depression: Diverging trends in internalizing symptoms among US adolescents by political beliefs”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560321000438
The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch
The Advocate: Trans Anarchists, Alpacas, and the Beauty of Tenacious Unicorn Ranch
The Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot glows harder than Chernobyl in 1986
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/whitmer-kidnapping-trial.html
Business Insider: How the trans alpaca ranchers of Custer County, Colorado, are forging a new frontier
UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER ATTACK. UNDER SIEGE.
https://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1368996977959047168?s=20
Unicorn Ranch is “nothing more than a glorified cult”, a 17-part epic
https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1607478562378088448?s=20
The remaining Ranchers respond
https://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608176135187365888/photo/2
The "journey of recontextualization"
https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1608270263287939073
Kiwi Farms is accused of sending police to the ranch
https://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608907406452588544
The current Wikipedia page on the ranch
https://web.archive.org/web/20230304174335/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenacious_Unicorn_Ranch
Alpacas and goats are relocated
https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1617697699633192961#m
The Ranch is... scuffed to say the least
https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1630804146227142661?s=20
Bonnie's "IRS Report"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19tS4uxqpwOoIf8-PkDTVUvhUsYyoQ4NzT9FLXlG-XJ4/edit
Kindness's statement
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBdNSPs0vhV1Qw3eCSb5INrBaOhdwvMF/edit
Further Reading
Denver Post: How an anarchist commune for queer people grew a haven in conservative rural Colorado
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/18/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-queer-haven-rural-colorado/
High Country News: Meet the gun-toting ‘Tenacious Unicorns’ in rural Colorado
NPR: A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alone
PBS: Southern Colorado alpaca ranch a safe haven for LGBTQ+ community
https://archive.li/PpGIO#selection-689.13-689.77
Pink News: Meet the brilliant trans folk who built a community of armed, anti-fascist alpaca farmers
“human behavior is basically a meme” ~ Katie Herzog