[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] BREAKING: Hawaii House of Reps PASSES CIVIL UNIONS Big Mahalo to our supporters in the legislature, who voted 31-20 in favor of equal civil rights. Now, on to Governor Lingle's office. Arizona’s hateful climate gets uglier [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] De’VIA …I visited Toronto’s Deaf Culture Centre. One of the exhibits at the Deaf Culture Centre was about De’VIA – Deaf View Image Art – which “specifically reflects Deaf experience and Deaf Culture.” I’m still learning [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] 30 Ways You Can Spot Fake Online Reviews – The Consumerist Last week we showed you a few ways to spot fake online reviews and asked you to submit yours. We got some really great stuff! [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Awesome (Echidne) You really must read this article in the U.K. Guardian by Bidisha [...] She takes no prisoners, doesn't mumble, doesn't apologize for pointing out the invisible women. Michael On Larry Michael Moore was on [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Pulse Advance Reviews (Paul Cornell) A handful of preview copies of my forthcoming BBC3 pilot Pulse are now out there in the world, and the first couple of reviews have come in. And they're rather pleasing. [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Use Your Microwave to Measure the Speed of Light [Mad Science] Click here to read Use Your Microwave to Measure the Speed of LightCan your microwave oven really measure the speed of light? Yes, it can [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Oklahoma: Statism on Steroids (Mahablog) There are some things you can depend on. One of things is what I call the Mississippi Correlation — states with the strictest abortion laws also have the highest infant mortality [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] rm: every little thing's gonna be all right …no matter how bad a mood I'm in, the fact is I tend to view every moment of existence as an interaction with the cosmic Magic Eight Ball, [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Cannes Can’t – Where are the Women Directors? So the Cannes lineup in finalized and the abysmal showing for female directors is now set in stone. The festival added two more films to the competition lineup [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] (title unknown) Here's a handy primer which explodes the myths about the Social Security. Everyone needs to bone up on this subject <s>-</s> it's going to be with us for a while. Designing For A Hierarchy [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] I Write Letters (Shakesville – Melissa McEwan) Dear Arizona: When Karl Fuckin' Rove and Jeb Fuckin' Bush have problems with your new immigration law, it's 10 past time to realize THAT IS ONE FUCKED-UP PIECE OF [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Are we all epistemically closed? …there is a major difference between someone who makes a real effort to expose himself to all relevant facts – even unpleasant ones – and conform his beliefs accordingly, and someone [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Something Rotten in Marketland If you don’t think the financial sector is thoroughly corrupt, check out what Paul Krugman says about it: “of AAA-rated subprime-mortgage-backed securities issued in 2006, 93 percent — 93 percent! — have [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Archive of Our Own (rev. 2596) » admin_posts show We've just deployed Release 0.7.4, introducing the new 'light' style option and a new bookmarklet for external works. This release also implements an opt-out option for admin [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Shakspere (we love typography) Improving Your WordPress Blog: Five Essential Plugins | Linux.com Tweet
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] White House Gives Back: Drupal Gets New Custom Code Taking its relationship with Drupal to the next level, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it has released to the public some of the custom code [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueberger Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueberger (Women & Hollywood – Melissa Silverstein) [HEY LOOK KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES FROM WHALE RIDER IS IN ANOTHER MOVIE. --L.] The film is about a Australian girl — [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] But It's All Okay Because Obama's Protecting Roe [Trigger warning for sexual assault.] I'm not even going to mince words on this one: Compelling a woman to undergo an unnecessary vaginal probe to acquire a legal [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Basenji – Media indexing tool designed for easy and fast indexing of media collections …a media indexing tool designed for easy and fast indexing of media collections. It currently supports indexing of removable media such as [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Welcome to the Plutocracy Business Insider — which I take it is not exactly a socialist propaganda sheet — has published 15 charts showing wealth and inequality in America. The gap between the top 1 percent [...]