[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Matchmaking for Vegetables
- [YES! Magazine]
A new website lets gardeners find partners with whom to swap their excess produce.
- Dept of Education moves to aggressively curb anti-LGBT bullying
- [Pam's House Blend - craigkg]
…with today's action, the Department of Education is trying to make …policy improvements nationwide by reminding schools of their obligations under the law and stressing the potential negative consequences of ignoring it, which include loss of federal funding and liability for damages in a lawsuit. From the letter being sent out: …
There are currently two bills pending in Congress that are relevant to the topic of bullying of LGBTQ youth: …
[Long. -L]
- New male sartorial technology messes shit up
- "I can't figure out how old anyone is. I can't figure out how gay anyone is. On silent subway morning commutes there are no tells. The brogues, desert boots and quickstrike high-tops not only have me manic-fantasy-banging every well-dressed dude on the F…"
- How to Keep Your WordPress Site Secure From the New Firesheep Session Hacking Threat
- [Pressography - Sarah Gooding]
Firesheep is a free, open source extension for Firefox. It’s available for Mac OS X and Windows with Linux support on the way. You should be aware that it is very easy to install and use. After it’s installed, it will start capturing cookies from anyone on the same open wireless network. As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website known to Firesheep, their names and photos will be displayed. You can double click on anyone and you’ll be instantly logged in as [them]…
If you have an SSL-enabled server then it may be time to look into making some changes to WordPress’ default login behavior. Add this to your wp-config.php file in order to force all logins to happen over SSL:
define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);
If you want to go one step further, you can force all logins and all admin sessions to happen over SSL by adding the following:
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
- Microlending in the USA
- [Nonprofit Law Prof Blog]
- Both sides do it
- …whether it’s a liberal drawing a Hitler mustache on George W. Bush or a right-wing militia member blowing up a federal building, whether it’s two black guys in berets standing outside a polling station or a hundred years of Jim Crow laws. It’s all the same stuff and we should just admit it.
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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