5LL #230 - Gas, Euphemisms, Work, Cops, Philosophy

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves
Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones

And why they’re scared we might break up with their favorite appliance.

4 Euphemisms Our Media Uses to Avoid Talking About the Rightwing Incitement Campaign Against Trans People
Adam Johnson, The Column

We cannot name the hate campaign against LGBTQ people, because to do this we would have to acknowledge it’s not simply a “gender issue”—but a campaign of extermination.

It’s the Moral Economy, Stupid
Jared Spears, Strange Matters

The reason nobody wants to work anymore is no mystery.

When Cops Tell You Who They Are, Listen
Johnny Damm, In These Times

A cartoonist illustrates police union leaders’ statements, in their own words.

The Birth of Analytic Philosophy Out of the Spirit of McCarthyism
Christoph Schuringa, Jacobin

Analytic philosophy, the hegemonic branch of the discipline in the US, often thinks of itself as above history and politics. But its rise, and its enduring influence, are owed to McCarthyism, which purged radicals from postwar philosophy.

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