Afternoon,

Here’s your fix of space weather this afternoon from Suspicious0bservers

In the news, bad news for some parents and children-alike… but as a whole, I believe this is a step in the right direction. French lawmakers ban child beauty contests

It’s about time. The sexualization of the stage of life where sex ought to be absent, and in its place naive frolicking… well, it’s as disgusting as it is developmentally troubling.

Another video about protecting girls, is this documentary Miss Representation. [Edit: video link was broken, and so it was removed.]

I am no feminist (more of a humanist) (edit:20201020 – nah, I would say that I am a feminist, insofar as a good humanist ought to be a feminist), but it has some good points.

Speaking of development, here’s a little blurb on the big bang

Finally, A succinct account of Hegel’s theory of the modern state, together with background information about its history and political context. That is… IF you’re into that sort of thing.

– J