What is outboundlink.me and why does LJ connect to it first when I click on a within-LJ link? I never noticed that before, it must be some new service they're using for the internet magic part of their operations. I'm noticing because I'm having to click twice to make every link go through, and I always pay attention to the URLs named at the bottom ( Read more... )

I was queueing at TEData to pay for my internet - actually the first queue I've ever seen in Egypt, so my inner Brit was placated - but it was not to be. This woman pushed in front of me and the boy in front of me. I wouldn't normally do anything but I'd waited a long time and I was in a hurry to get to a meeting - so I tapped her on the shoulder ( Read more... )

Something that clouds feminist discussion is misogyny.

Obviously this is a bit of a stupid thing to say, but hey it gets better. No, I mean: when for example someone makes a post to a general-audience group about a key issue in feminism, and there are maybe some problems in what she's saying, that post isn't responded to in the same way as any ( Read more... )