First, annual birthday co-habitee salutations to Messrs. commonpeople and purplecthulhu. I am not 100 today, I just feel it. Where's my cake ( Read more... )

The BBC on Live Journal, a big player in the Russian protest movement. Interesting to read just how influential LJ has been so far.

LJ is up again, until the next time it's gone. And the Russian President blog_d_medvedev is not happy.

Thanks very much to those who sent me invite codes to Dreamwidth, where I am now
( Read more... )

Live Journal is back to being utter crap. It's getting so bad that the 'Post' button now appears only after about ten page reloads. And my Friends page is totally borked, I can't see what any of yous is doin'.

I never thought I'd say this, but does anyone have a Dreamwidth invite they can spare?

As much as it pains me to do it, I'm switching off anonymous commenting on this journal. I've just returned from a week away and I see you've all taken it upon yourselves to offer me Thai kick-boxing equipment, weight control mints, permanent laser hair removal (but I'll have that laser off you if possible, thanks) and escorts for my next visit to ( Read more... )

Today's xkcd: a map of online communities in 2010 (an update of the 2007 map). Click through for giant size and much hilarity: see if you can find "Russia (LJ)".

Not worth linking to (even if he hadn't since taken it down): johncwright going off the deep end against homosexuality and sexual 'perversion' in general.

Absolutely worth linking to: Hal Duncan's erudite open letter in response, a beautifully composed lesson in the ethics of empathy.

Bravo, Hal.

OK ( Read more... )

Well, I've had a shower, and I've decided to put social networking on hiatus for an indefinite period. I'm reverting to private e-mail, the telephone and good ol’ face-to-face ( Read more... )

Once again thanks to bohemiancoast.