Assorted other linketies and life
Still really, really physically exhausted today, and also still definitely hypomanic (which makes it really hard to get the sleep I need to recuperate). Leaving for Preterm in a couple hours, after a friend drops by. It's payday, so lots of errands, but since Tarma decided I needed to be up at 6:30, I've gotten a decent amount done already. I'm still catching up on Linketies; some stuff I'm posting I haven't actually gotten a chance to read yet (sometimes Linketies serve as much as a reading list for me as for others). Be aware there may be some stinkers and some duplicates in here.
Last night was really excellent, despite being so tired. Got a bit of a nap before patient-instructing, and had a great session with some nursing students. Being somewhat manic makes it much easier to be really "on" as a teacher, and I do enjoy that. Then had an awesome meeting back here on planning the new SANE program, and I'm so excited about it, and how it looks like we're going to be able to shape it to be the best possible program. We're all passionate about it, and I think things are coming together really well so far. Also it means working with/for Casey, which is all sorts of awesome. Hoorah for feminist sociologists who "get it"! It also looks like we'll have a lot of support for fine-tuning our own skillsets for this, and I'm very pleased about that. I've been patient-instructing for a decade now, and I still keep learning more about how to teach better, more clearly, more efficiently, more memorably. This is where a great deal of my passion lives, and I'm always interested in figuring out new ways to use my particular skills and comfort to do more forms of education. It was also a fun social night, lots of intoxicated yelling at the TV (RuPaul's Drag U), and lots of conversation. Grafton's heading out for Frostburn tomorrow, so he's all busy packing and planning. I'm making notes everywhere so I don't forget to handle the stuff he normally does, like picking up the CSA delivery on Saturday. Can't wait! Last time's was nom-licious.
Lots of stuff I want to write about, but the rest of today's going to be pretty full, I think. Grace stopping by (now that I know two Graces, I need to figure out a clear distinction), then Preterm, maybe with a bit of Farkas shopping on my way in, then home and Erin date-night, then my friend Nikki is in town, and she and Casey and I and some others are getting together.
Obama, Dems Maintain Edge Over GOP in Approval Ratings
UPDATE: Protesters Killed in Iran, Bahrain; Demonstrations Continue in Yemen; Jordan Eases Protest Requirements
With an $80 Billion Budget, How Did Our Intel Agencies Fail to See the Revolution That Exploded in Egypt?
Tea Party Patriots Investigated: 'They Use You and Abuse You'
Victorian Sex Rebels and Atheists: How Brave Artists Shook Up Prudish Mores
Wisc. Governor Makes a Threat to Sic the National Guard on Union Workers
Tuscon Minuteman Found Guilty of Murdering 9-Year-Old Mexican-American Girl
The Culture War On Jobs
9 Pictures That Expose This Country's Obscene Division of Wealth
DN! EXCLUSIVE: Authorities Search and Copy U.S. Journalist’s Notes, Computer and Cameras After Returning from Haiti
Science review casts doubt on 2001 anthrax case
Missouri GOP Wants to Repeal Child Labor Laws
Jon Stewart Hilariously Spoofs Media Coverage, Glenn Beck on Egypt
What Egypt Teaches Us About Iraq: Arabs Can Do Democracy Without Invasion
10 Historical 'Facts' Only a Right-Winger Could Believe
The Danger in Forgetting About American Workers
Obama's Disappointing Budget Slashes Energy Assistance, Pell Grants
11 of the Tea Party GOP's Most Ridiculous Policy Ideas (So Far)
Bill Moyers: America Can't Deal With Reality -- We Must Be Exposed to the Truth, Even If It Hurts
Energy Independence Goes Awry: Why the Ethanol Boom May Turn Conservation Land into Corn Field
Young Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison After Trying to Save Public Lands From Oil and Gas Companies
Chevron Guilty! Oil Company Fined Billions in Ecuadorian Lawsuit
GOP Budget Cuts Would Say Goodbye to Public Broadcasting, Green Jobs and More
Rail Rennaissance: We May Be About to Take a Huge Step Toward Reviving Train Travel
3 Success Stories of Moving from Coal to Clean Energy
Surprise: Big Old New York City Is the Cutting Edge for Urban Transportation and a Vision for a Sustainable Future
Right-Wing Disunity? Clashes at This Year's Conservative Political Action Conference
How Your Garden and Yard Can Weather Our Changing Climate
Sherrod Sues Breitbart--Right-Wing Provocateur is Served Papers at CPAC
Why Are American Cable Viewers Deprived of Al-Jazeera (But Pay for Fox News?)
Tahrir Square is Empty, But Protests Continue Elsewhere in Middle East
Iran Flares Up: Police Clash With Protestors, At Least One Reported Dead
In Nairobi, the Africa Yoga Project is training HIV+, poor, and disabled citizens to be yoga instructors, creating jobs and changing lives.
U.S. Resumes Deportations to Haiti
Hello Michelle Obama: Eaters Must Become More Political -- We Can't Just Vote With Our Forks
Vision: New Approach Brings US Homeless in from The Cold
Pot May Be Instrumental in Combatting Cancer, MS and Other Diseases But the Gov't Refuses to Fund the Necessary Research
Climate Change to Worsen Severe Water Shortages in US Southwest
Sweatshops at Sea: Most of Our Goods Arrive Via Ships Where Seafarers Labor in Dangerous Conditions
Clinical Studies On Medical Marijuana Still Taboo
Three feminist media principles described by Dr. Donna Allen in the 1970s provide a framework and inspiration for helping America move beyond our current media landscape.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thugs Used 'Terror Tools' for Disinfo Scheme Targeting Me, My Family and Other Progressives
The CIA IG Report on Renditions
Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup: Coast Guard Wants It Scaled Back
Obama Budget To Give Physicians Two Year Respite From Medicare Reimbursement Cuts
For-Profit Schools Discuss How to Regulate Themselves
Yemeni Forces Use Tasers, Batons, Knives and Rifles to Quash Anti-Government Protests
How Hosni Mubarak Became One of the Richest Men in the World on Our Dime
At CPAC, Breitbart Unleashes Sexist, Dehumanizing Invective at CodePink and Progressives
What the Media Would Look Like If It Were Actually Liberal
5 Arab Countries That Revolution May Spread to Next
The Disastrous War on Drugs Turns 40: 5 Ways to Stop the Madness
Only the Little People Pay for Lunch: Why Budget Cutting for Optics is a Loser's Game
What You Need to Know About the Muslim Brotherhood
5 Ways Corporate Scavengers Are Making Big Money Off Our Economic Pain
9 Life-Changing Inventions the Experts Said Would Never Work
Vision: Across the Country, People Are Rising Up to Fight for Change
Saving Lives: Contest to Create Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated
Sex With a Strap On: The Politics of Penetration
Finally, an answer as to why we've never seen the Whale Autopsy Technician episode of Dirty Jobs
Old Homosexual Warning Video
Tunisia: A Leader Of Women’s Rights, But No Female Leaders?
Racism is Shameful. Sex Isn't.
The HIV Epidemic Among Blacks: Social Services Cannot be Cut
Controversial Study Linking Diet Soda to Heightened Stroke Risk Draws Skepticism
Psychosis Triggered by Smoking Pot? Marijuana Study Says Yes
Tahir Square's spontaneous kindergarten
12 Facts That Will Help You Understand What’s Going on in Egypt
Lies and Reality About Expat Life in Cairo, Egypt
10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On
Spy games: Inside the convoluted plot to bring down WikiLeaks
WATCH: Wonkette Video Shows O'Reilly Interrupting Obama 48 Times
LaunchPad: Huntsville, AL
I will provide independent living services to otherwise homeless young people who may be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.
Run Scared: Two Thoughts Inspired By Tobias Buckell
Reflected glory (astronomy)
Last night was really excellent, despite being so tired. Got a bit of a nap before patient-instructing, and had a great session with some nursing students. Being somewhat manic makes it much easier to be really "on" as a teacher, and I do enjoy that. Then had an awesome meeting back here on planning the new SANE program, and I'm so excited about it, and how it looks like we're going to be able to shape it to be the best possible program. We're all passionate about it, and I think things are coming together really well so far. Also it means working with/for Casey, which is all sorts of awesome. Hoorah for feminist sociologists who "get it"! It also looks like we'll have a lot of support for fine-tuning our own skillsets for this, and I'm very pleased about that. I've been patient-instructing for a decade now, and I still keep learning more about how to teach better, more clearly, more efficiently, more memorably. This is where a great deal of my passion lives, and I'm always interested in figuring out new ways to use my particular skills and comfort to do more forms of education. It was also a fun social night, lots of intoxicated yelling at the TV (RuPaul's Drag U), and lots of conversation. Grafton's heading out for Frostburn tomorrow, so he's all busy packing and planning. I'm making notes everywhere so I don't forget to handle the stuff he normally does, like picking up the CSA delivery on Saturday. Can't wait! Last time's was nom-licious.
Lots of stuff I want to write about, but the rest of today's going to be pretty full, I think. Grace stopping by (now that I know two Graces, I need to figure out a clear distinction), then Preterm, maybe with a bit of Farkas shopping on my way in, then home and Erin date-night, then my friend Nikki is in town, and she and Casey and I and some others are getting together.
Obama, Dems Maintain Edge Over GOP in Approval Ratings
UPDATE: Protesters Killed in Iran, Bahrain; Demonstrations Continue in Yemen; Jordan Eases Protest Requirements
With an $80 Billion Budget, How Did Our Intel Agencies Fail to See the Revolution That Exploded in Egypt?
Tea Party Patriots Investigated: 'They Use You and Abuse You'
Victorian Sex Rebels and Atheists: How Brave Artists Shook Up Prudish Mores
Wisc. Governor Makes a Threat to Sic the National Guard on Union Workers
Tuscon Minuteman Found Guilty of Murdering 9-Year-Old Mexican-American Girl
The Culture War On Jobs
9 Pictures That Expose This Country's Obscene Division of Wealth
DN! EXCLUSIVE: Authorities Search and Copy U.S. Journalist’s Notes, Computer and Cameras After Returning from Haiti
Science review casts doubt on 2001 anthrax case
Missouri GOP Wants to Repeal Child Labor Laws
Jon Stewart Hilariously Spoofs Media Coverage, Glenn Beck on Egypt
What Egypt Teaches Us About Iraq: Arabs Can Do Democracy Without Invasion
10 Historical 'Facts' Only a Right-Winger Could Believe
The Danger in Forgetting About American Workers
Obama's Disappointing Budget Slashes Energy Assistance, Pell Grants
11 of the Tea Party GOP's Most Ridiculous Policy Ideas (So Far)
Bill Moyers: America Can't Deal With Reality -- We Must Be Exposed to the Truth, Even If It Hurts
Energy Independence Goes Awry: Why the Ethanol Boom May Turn Conservation Land into Corn Field
Young Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison After Trying to Save Public Lands From Oil and Gas Companies
Chevron Guilty! Oil Company Fined Billions in Ecuadorian Lawsuit
GOP Budget Cuts Would Say Goodbye to Public Broadcasting, Green Jobs and More
Rail Rennaissance: We May Be About to Take a Huge Step Toward Reviving Train Travel
3 Success Stories of Moving from Coal to Clean Energy
Surprise: Big Old New York City Is the Cutting Edge for Urban Transportation and a Vision for a Sustainable Future
Right-Wing Disunity? Clashes at This Year's Conservative Political Action Conference
How Your Garden and Yard Can Weather Our Changing Climate
Sherrod Sues Breitbart--Right-Wing Provocateur is Served Papers at CPAC
Why Are American Cable Viewers Deprived of Al-Jazeera (But Pay for Fox News?)
Tahrir Square is Empty, But Protests Continue Elsewhere in Middle East
Iran Flares Up: Police Clash With Protestors, At Least One Reported Dead
In Nairobi, the Africa Yoga Project is training HIV+, poor, and disabled citizens to be yoga instructors, creating jobs and changing lives.
U.S. Resumes Deportations to Haiti
Hello Michelle Obama: Eaters Must Become More Political -- We Can't Just Vote With Our Forks
Vision: New Approach Brings US Homeless in from The Cold
Pot May Be Instrumental in Combatting Cancer, MS and Other Diseases But the Gov't Refuses to Fund the Necessary Research
Climate Change to Worsen Severe Water Shortages in US Southwest
Sweatshops at Sea: Most of Our Goods Arrive Via Ships Where Seafarers Labor in Dangerous Conditions
Clinical Studies On Medical Marijuana Still Taboo
Three feminist media principles described by Dr. Donna Allen in the 1970s provide a framework and inspiration for helping America move beyond our current media landscape.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thugs Used 'Terror Tools' for Disinfo Scheme Targeting Me, My Family and Other Progressives
The CIA IG Report on Renditions
Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup: Coast Guard Wants It Scaled Back
Obama Budget To Give Physicians Two Year Respite From Medicare Reimbursement Cuts
For-Profit Schools Discuss How to Regulate Themselves
Yemeni Forces Use Tasers, Batons, Knives and Rifles to Quash Anti-Government Protests
How Hosni Mubarak Became One of the Richest Men in the World on Our Dime
At CPAC, Breitbart Unleashes Sexist, Dehumanizing Invective at CodePink and Progressives
What the Media Would Look Like If It Were Actually Liberal
5 Arab Countries That Revolution May Spread to Next
The Disastrous War on Drugs Turns 40: 5 Ways to Stop the Madness
Only the Little People Pay for Lunch: Why Budget Cutting for Optics is a Loser's Game
What You Need to Know About the Muslim Brotherhood
5 Ways Corporate Scavengers Are Making Big Money Off Our Economic Pain
9 Life-Changing Inventions the Experts Said Would Never Work
Vision: Across the Country, People Are Rising Up to Fight for Change
Saving Lives: Contest to Create Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated
Sex With a Strap On: The Politics of Penetration
Finally, an answer as to why we've never seen the Whale Autopsy Technician episode of Dirty Jobs
Old Homosexual Warning Video
Tunisia: A Leader Of Women’s Rights, But No Female Leaders?
Racism is Shameful. Sex Isn't.
The HIV Epidemic Among Blacks: Social Services Cannot be Cut
Controversial Study Linking Diet Soda to Heightened Stroke Risk Draws Skepticism
Psychosis Triggered by Smoking Pot? Marijuana Study Says Yes
Tahir Square's spontaneous kindergarten
12 Facts That Will Help You Understand What’s Going on in Egypt
Lies and Reality About Expat Life in Cairo, Egypt
10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On
Spy games: Inside the convoluted plot to bring down WikiLeaks
WATCH: Wonkette Video Shows O'Reilly Interrupting Obama 48 Times
LaunchPad: Huntsville, AL
I will provide independent living services to otherwise homeless young people who may be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.
Run Scared: Two Thoughts Inspired By Tobias Buckell
Reflected glory (astronomy)