You may have heard, but a bill that has been languishing for years has recently gotten fresh blood. The bill would repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. A recent Gallup poll showed that 69% of Americans support letting queers serve openly. Interestingly, the largest increase in support ( Read more... )

I... I don't know what to think about this. I like the idea of this group, but I *hate* this commercial. It smacks of the kind of xenophobia that I loathe. but... I don't know and I haven't had a chance to really look through their website. What do you think?

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In case you've missed the *extreme* amounts of promotion this year, today is Earth Day. Over at Science Blogs, one of their bloggers has started an Earth Day meme. I figured I'd pass it on ( Read more... )

Amazon Rank <-- clicky linky to get Amazon to pay attention. It's just a link for the definition of the new term, Amazon Rank. Courtesy of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

Have you heard the news? Amazon is being sketchy. Hella sketchy.

Amazon is stripping "adult" books of their rankings, courtesy of Jezebel ( Read more... )

I just got this in my email ( Read more... )