Content warning: domestic terrorism, violence, guns.

This is the second time this year that an organization I am actively involved with has received a credible threat.

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Some days are harder than others. Today was one of them ( Read more... )

I called out sick to work today, and now some unspecified number of hours later it occurs to me that I could use this time to check in on a few things that I've been "meaning to" do and haven't had on the actual charted-time version of a calendar that currently structures my life ( Read more... )

If an individual (or group) in possession of privilege* makes a remark about an individual (or group) who does not possess the same degree of privilege, it is not humorous, but insulting. This is because of the inherent imbalance of power involved.

Yes, Don Imus, I'm looking at you. You're not the only one who does it. That just makes the ( Read more... )