effex | Internet Readalong, MLK edition

* Hey, it's Martin Luther King, Jr Day! Links will be going up as I come across 'em.

* Transcripts of some of MLK's speeches.

* Why I Think RaceFail Was The Bestest Thing Evar for SFF by N.K. Jemisin. ETA: And

deepad has a followup here.

* From Jay Smooth (seriously, y'all should just subscribe to his blog/twitter/etc, the man is amazing) - Vintage Doctrine: Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said. On the same theme, Dr. King Said More Then "I Have a Dream" on Racialicious.

Other links:

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quirkybird (author/artist of the fantastic Family Man has a post up on spirit photography. It seems to be in the same vein as Victorian funeral/post-mortem photography (warning: creepy) - a last attempt to make a (creepy, creepy) physical memory with your loved one.

* Which in turn reminds me of

recessional's post - Plagues in your Postapocalypse: or The Ugly Shock of Post-Apocalyptic Parenthood, or Learn to be Terrified of Pertussis

* Star Viewer: An interactive star map. Shiny.

* And our music selection for the day (via

nepenthe: Muse - Uprising Mashup (10 songs in 1)