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I'm not dealing with this on my own journal tonight, but I thought you all would want to know about this massive security breach on LiveJournal.

I'm not deleting my LJ tonight because I don't have time, but I am seriously considering deleting it altogether, or at least all of its content.

If anyone wants a Dreamwidth invite, leave a comment.

At the end of this post by Kathryn Cramer, she requests that "con committee members should do a lot more listening and a lot less defending when concerns like these are raised ( Read more... )

I just....cannot even believe the comments I'm interacting with in this thread any more. For example!

If you don't understand the logic behind the man being (at least titular) head of the household, you don't understand men. A man has to be responsible for something or he will not be responsible at all.
Well shit, I guess I'll have to turn in my ( Read more... )

Just e-mailed the man mentioned in this article with a subject heading, "Your Poor Decision."

My favorite parts of my e-mail to him include:
The text of the speech is being released on Monday (one day before it is aired), so your ultimatum of "It would be irresponsible of any teacher to introduce to her/his students material that the teacher has ( Read more... )

The last couple of days have been filled with anger, for me ( Read more... )

Of course I'm sad ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Bear speaks out!MY FAVORITE PART is how she tells people they're being mean but uses no specific names. How do we know who's actually being "mean ( Read more... )

And for the record, I do have a social life. Reading LJ posts really doesn't take very much time. I like being informed, and I like deconstructing this stuff in my free time.

Relevant Posts that give a background to the one I'm about to write!
coffeeandink: RaceFail: Once More, with Misdirection
vom_marlowe: Fucking Will Shetterly Insults Me and My Family
deepad: To burn a ( Read more... )

A Key!
HT = home town
CT = current town
So, this morning I realize two things: 1) I'm going to be in HT a week from today, and 2) I get to be on the computer all day at work. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?! It means that I planned on gleefully spending all day compiling a heinous number of holds at the HT library on volumes of manga which they have but my ( Read more... )