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Link Roundup: April 9, 2016

   

Once again, I’m going to be traveling when this goes up, but hey. Also, since I haven’t been online much this week, there won’t be a lot of links. Take what you can get!

Tech

  * [Steam hacker says more vulnerabilities will be found, but not by him](http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/04/steam-hacker-says-more-vulnerabilities-will-be-found-but-not-by-him/) -- A teenage university student finds multiple backdoors in Valve's game distribution platform and online store, and Valve doesn't even see fit to acknowledge him, so he's calling it quits.
  * [Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine](http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ivmt/?cpg=nngnsorn&nan_pid=1849810465) -- You'd think it's an April Fool's joke, and maybe for $150, the joke's on whoever would pay that much. Cool, but too expensive.

Politics

  * [This New York ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/05/this-new-york-daily-news-interview-was-pretty-close-to-a-disaster-for-bernie-sanders/?tid=sm_fb)[_Daily News_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/05/this-new-york-daily-news-interview-was-pretty-close-to-a-disaster-for-bernie-sanders/?tid=sm_fb)[ interview was pretty close to a disaster for Bernie Sanders](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/05/this-new-york-daily-news-interview-was-pretty-close-to-a-disaster-for-bernie-sanders/?tid=sm_fb) -- I suppose it's only disastrous if one finds it surprising. Sanders is not big on specific details of his policies.
  * [Wounded by abortion backlash, Trump seeks help from a seasoned pro](http://mashable.com/2016/04/03/trump-had-lousy-week-seeks-advice-from-nixon/#YbVXyiPzlqqY) -- What if Donald Trump came to Richard Nixon for advice?
  * [Watch Louie Gohmert bizarrely oppose bill for women scientists: MLK wouldn't "leave little boys in the ditch"](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/watch-louie-gohmert-bizarrely-oppose-bill-for-women-scientists-mlk-wouldnt-leave-little-boys-in-the-ditch/) -- Basically claiming reverse sexism. Won't someone think of the men?! And of course, white guys invoking MLK to make their own deranged political points is just so precious.

Social Justice

  * [The price on our heads: new GapKids ad sparks racially charged controversy](http://web.archive.org/web/20160512212334/http://www.theroot.com:80/articles/culture/2016/04/gapkids_ad_sparks_racially_charged_controversy.html?utm_content=buffer37eaf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) -- Seriously. Did no one think this through before they did it?
  * [Tabletop gaming has a white male terrorism problem](http://latining.tumblr.com/post/141567276944/tabletop-gaming-has-a-white-male-terrorism-problem) -- A deeply unpleasant read with some behaviors described that I've witnessed firsthand.

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