[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Pope Calls Health Care An ‘Inalienable Right,’ Urges World Governments To Provide Universal Coverage
- “Justice in health care should be a priority of governments and international institutions…”
- Learn Ruby and Rails From the Comfort of Your Browser with Try Ruby and Rails for Zombies
- [ReadWriteWeb - Klint Finley]
…with these browser based tutorials, you won't even need to install anything. TryRuby is a browser based beginner's tutorial for Ruby programming. No programming experience is assumed.
- We’re entering the talent economy
- [O'Reilly Radar - Mac Slocum]
"it's not just about the information you know, but about who you know and the information they possess.
… Talent is going to be driving where value gets created."
[Sounds like old-boy-network oligarchy, to me. -L]
- SEXIST BEATDOWN: Sexist Patdown Edition
- …Guess what exciting new oh-Lord-not-my-vagina type issues emerged RIGHT THE HELL AFTER I took a plane out to the Ohio?…
SADY: … I do feel bad for dudes who are facing consequences for refusing to have their junk groped. TRAUMA IS TRAUMATIC FOR MEN ALSO. However, the thing where, “if it’s women, it’s complaining, if it’s men, IT IS AN OUTRAGE” seems to be operating in full force here.
AMANDA: Right. Trauma that is traumatic for men is traumatic for freedom.
[Actually, I think there might also be an element of, "If it's women, it's too horrible to discuss; if it's men, IT'S HILARIOUS," which is also kyri/patriarchy-reinforcing and generally damaging to human beings in ways too numerous to describe here.
Amanda & Sady also bring up race and the difference in current spin vs. how it would have been spun under Bush. -L]
- Brazil’s President-Elect Brings Gender to Government – IPS ipsnews.net
- [Brazil's President-Elect Decreases Gender-Imbalance of Government -- there, fixed that for you. -L]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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