There is something very cool about a brilliant fanfic which does amazing things with an already-excellent story and transforms it in really interesting ways that add to the world-building and make the whole thing much more complex and interesting-- and often more realistic in ways that are disturbing, since they deal with the fallout of war and ( Read more... )

This day, I cannot even tell you ( Read more... )

Signal-boosting, because this needs attention and... well, frankly, it needs to be stopped.

Due to the efforts of an organization called "Personhood USA" (yes, really), this November Mississippi will be voting on an amendment to the state constitution which states:

"The term 'person' or 'persons' shall include every human being from the moment of ( Read more... )

Gah. I really, really hate applying for jobs. Aside from the panic, and the many memories of long years of parental job-searching (which is a WHOLE other kettle of unemployment-shaped sea critters), and the panic, it's just a horrifically annoying process ( Read more... )