- Spinster aunt too lazy to write essay, posts blamer comment instead
- [I Blame The Patriarchy - guest post]
…even now another ERA silly season is in full swing as legislators in various states (e.g. Florida and Virginia) are being assured by ERA enthusiasts that a constitutional prohibition on sex discrimination against women will “NOT regulate abortion”! While they alternate these assurances on odd days with pro-choice marches on even days, one can only marvel at so much misplaced energy.
So, it’s time to offer a radical alternative.
Balkanizing primary sex discrimination into a swarm of separate issues as current Official Feminism does denies women a coherent way of rebelling against it.
[Great thesis, interesting analytical groundwork, no tips for practical application. It's a starting point, anyway. -L]
- The Practice & Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
- [Links to cheap & free editions of book]
I’ll leave you with Speed’s own opening sentence from the preface of the book:
“Permit me in the first place to anticipate the disappointment of any student who opens this book with the idea of finding “wrinkles” on how to draw faces, trees, clouds, or what not, short cuts to excellence in drawing, or any of the tricks so popular with the drawing masters of our grandmothers and still dearly loved by a large number of people. No good can come of such methods, for there are no shortcuts to excellence.”
- Business Law Prof Blog: FantasySCOTUS and Other Stuff
- …FantasySCOTUS. What I found most interesting is that the site's "Prediction Tracker" identifies the Third Circuit's opinion in FCC v. AT&T as one that will be affirmed. As I've noted elsewhere, I was prepared to see my similar prediction go down in flames following reports of the oral argument–but now, who knows?
- Trochee Fixation
- [xkcd.com]
- Sorry, Hackers, Internet Kill-Switch Supporters: The Hoover Dam Cannot Be Hacked
- Despite somewhat breathless warnings by people in support of “Internet kill-switch” legislation who say that hackers could unlock the floodgates of the Hoover Dam, killing thousands, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation assures everyone that this threat is unfounded. Why? Because the Hoover Dam is not connected to the Internet.
…The bill, known formally as the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, seeks to give the president power to shut down Internet connections, including in the private sector (but not the entire Internet), in anticipation of an imminent cyberattack (assuming they had evidence of such an attack …?). …
- Mom wants me
- [Warning: Misplaced comma. -L]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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