For the Peeps in the audience: Turtle Swarm!!

Massachusetts sues Federal Gov't over DOMA

Interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Place of Women on the Court

(both from lcohen

Wow. Ick. "If things are really desperate, it might be time for your other half to go under the knife. With the advances in medical science and the current obsession with ( Read more... )

An estimated 125,000 women die each year of severe bleeding after childbirth. But a new device--first developed to treat wounded American soldiers in the Vietnam War--promises to lower those deaths, concentrated in low-income countries.

Doing a school presentation on Harvey Milk is apparently "sex ed" that needs special permission from all parents ( Read more... )

Every time I go to sleep, I get woken up by the headache getting worse. I wish I knew why that was -- it's a typical pattern for me that if I go to sleep with a moderate migraine, I'll wake up with it worse, not better.

Sorry to keep grumping; I'm bored, and I want to get things done.

Happy 5th Anniversary to my brother and sister-in-law, jajy1979 and tasharowan ( Read more... )

Days after gay pride parades were held across the country, the Indian government has finally repealed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality. -- YAY!!!!


Google AdWords Policy Disallows Ads for Abortion Services in Over a Dozen Countries -- BOO!!! (and a totally bullshit response from them, too)

a personal ( Read more... )

Backache from hell woke me up around 2am. Finally got back to sleep at 5am. Ended up calling in ( Read more... )

Mark's still working the job in Toledo, and gone most of every week. Grafton left for the Rainbow Gathering. Caleb works second shift. It's very strange to have such a quiet house ( Read more... )

"An anonymous Republican senator has put a hold on a resolution condeming clinic violence. Apparently this guy can’t even bring himself to declare that killing doctors is wrong."

Clearing out my "stuff to post" folder...

( From Infowidget: Save Ohio's Libraries )

Iran's Disputed Election (link ganked from valkyrwench)

Also, please see shadesong's post for a great deal of information, and a huge number of links to ongoing updates about the situation in Iran

valkyrwench says it better than I could:

People are risking their lives to get information out of Iran. The least we can do is to read it, and educate ourselves.