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The Anonymous Liberal: Do Conservatives Understand How Bankruptcy Works? – Of course if you ask any of these people what should be done about GM and Chrysler [as opposed to what the Obama administration is doing], their answer is, inevitably, that they think the companies should be allowed to go bankrupt. But that just raises [...]

Sorry About the Propaganda, Righties – [Mahablog on the "liberation" of Tibet and Iraq, that big hole at Ground Zero in Manhattan, and the use of the word "freedom".](tags: none) Women Proto-Programmers Get Their Just Reward – The ENIAC, the world's first computer, was invented to calculate ballistics trajectories during World War II – a [...]

“Military women are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq.” – (tags: none) Newsflash: Young, Beautiful Women Are Successful in Hollywood – Screenwriters tend not to be high-visibility marquee players in the eyes of the moviegoing public, but what they write lays the foundation for the [...]

Cut in maternity leave to give fathers more time off – Times Online – The focus on maternity leave has entrenched the notion that only mothers look after children and damages women’s careers by making them less attractive employees, the [equalities watchdog] group warns. New mothers currently get nine months of paid leave, six weeks [...]

Weird, Confusing and Irritating Photography – (tags: none) Galling – Did you get that? The bank execs are so worried about their fucking bonuses that they're holding the entire country hostage. They're "slow-walking" information that the government desperately needs, and, worse yet, they're blackmailing the government by threatening to continue withholding credit to consumers and [...]

The Magic Circle – Shaker Bill in Birmingham sent me the link to this video, which is an NBC report about how some of the federal bailout funds are being used to—I shit you not—make campaign contributions to politicians. For the record, this is also another fine example of "both sides are just as bad!" [...]

Doctor Who Goes Too Far In Fan Service [Doctor Who] – It sounds like a joke, but the BBC is really offering fans a chance to get some TARDIS time, as long as their cosplay skills are up to snuff. Where have you gone, quality control? [Why is this the end of the world? They've [...]

WordPress Plugins for RSS Tweaks and Management – (tags: none) Six Very Official Ways to Improve Your Writing – 1. Stop Trying to Sound Intelligent2. Give yourself permission to write garbage3. Be a Ruthless Editor4. Use MIGHTY verbs5. Read aloud before posting6. Do what works for you(tags: none) Beginner’s Guide To Ruby On Rails: Part [...]

Today in the Economic Clusterfucktastrophe… – I'm glad to see the national discussion increasingly focusing on the institutional corruption in our financial system and moving away from stupidly simplistic finger-pointing at American homeowners, those legions of strawwo/men who all defaulted on mortgages because of wanton greed and totally not because of predatory lending, unemployment, medical [...]

Downloadable Web Fonts — Matt Mullenweg – Downloadable font formats for the Web. See also: Web Font Optimizer (visit in anything except Firefox). 2009 will be an exciting year for typography on the web, particularly when Firefox 3.5 comes out this summer.none Is Feminism Taboo In SF Literature? [Quote Of The Day] – SF Signal [...]

Microsoft Web Platform Featured App: WordPress | Weblog Tools Collection – Microsoft Web Platform: Microsoft has added WordPress, Drupal, DotNetNuke, Gallery and a few other applications to the Microsoft Web App Gallery.none Monday Blogaround – Pam: Rape of Women in U.S. Armed Forces: Shame of a Nation Frances: Vatican Official Challenges Excommunication in Brazil Matttbastard: [...]

Watch The SGI: Stargate Universe Teaser [Sgu: Stargate Universe] – In case you fast-forwarded through it during last night's Battlestar Galactica finale, here's the SGU: Stargate Universe teaser, courtesy of SciFi. What do you think so far?none Why Does Doctor Who Only Go Back In Time? [Rant] – At its best, Doctor Who is about [...]

Organized labor: good for more than just "getting yours" – "The classic argument for unionization is that acting together, workers have a stronger negotiating hand than workers acting alone, negotiating individual contracts. That's demonstrably true. But it also works in the other direction. When the time calls not for soaking as much profit out of [...]

What's Wrong with the Girls? – …we tell girls to be "strong." As if girls can just be brought up in a patriarchy and expected to spontaneously free themselves from its stranglehold. Why do we expect that of girls, but not of boys? If you're arguing that it's perfectly logical that boys should condone violence [...]

Some Good News – About time! The Stop AIDS in Prison Act introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters has passed in the [H]ouse. Keep your fingers crossed about the Senate. Better Luck Next Time, Non-Whitestraightdudez – Rolling Stone’s List of “The 100 People Who Are Changing America” includes* a grand total of 13 men of color [...]

Dvorak discovers Linux – John Dvorak, the legendary compu-journalist notorious for acerbic views and wry wit, has found a soft spot in his heart for Tux. The veteran essayist and cable TV star says he will "install [Ubuntu 8.10] permanently on my latest machines." World's greenest PC? – CompuLabs is a month from shipping what [...]

These are my links for March 13th through March 17th: Infinite Debt – If you’re anywhere near a newsstand this weekend, look for the April issue of Harper’s. I scanned in a photo of the cover. There’s an article in it by Thomas Geoghegan called “Infinite Debt” that’s a must read. As in must. read. [...]

These are my links for February 25th through March 13th: It’s the Little Things – Obama administration to end use of term ‘enemy combatant.’ It’s not all that complicated, really – In 1776, a corporation was formed. Its incorporating document invested a certain group of people with the ability to make certain decisions about the [...]