This is interesting... basically, the internet is not your safe place. For me, it relates to fandom. It seems like the most hurtful part of every new Fail drama that pops up is that people are so shocked by it. What seemed like a community of like-minded people isn't anymore, and half the fight is people trying to get their safe space back. Which ( Read more... )

A parody from 1971 that's still disturbingly accurate.

I am really enjoying going through Alfie Kohn's entire body of work today. He's such a troublemaker, even reading his stuff makes me feel like I'm giving a big fuck you to the public school system. Which is handy when I'm working in a program embedded in that system ( Read more... )

Dude, check it: Cash for Clunkers bicycle program! I love Portland... And yes, you can trade in your old bike for a discount on a new one, but the benefits for trading a car in for a bike are pretty impressive. Even a non-running car! Gotta say, I'm a little tempted.

This article is making me rethink hyphenating my last name after marriage.

Check out the Nearly Complete Conductor's Kits! I totally want one. Very cool.

Hey, have you Portlanders heard of the 100th Monkey Studio before? They look pretty sweet--they're a nonprofit art and art therapy studio in SE. I found them through getting forwarded an email about their "Conflict Resolution, Art and Social Action" class in June, but they also have an "Illness as a metaphor for creativity" class in July and August ( Read more... )

This map of volunteering rates by state and city is very interesting to me. Why do so few people volunteer [edit: errrr, a smaller percentage of the population, rather] in Florida and New York? Why do people in Sacramento put in an average of 13 more volunteering hours yearly than people in San Francisco, but the volunteer retention rate (how many ( Read more... )

Under the "hope for humanity" (and robotity) heading.

So... Amazon is more evil than previously expected, or possibly just made a big, big goof ( Read more... )