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Yay for internet and tabs!
So, if I hadn't given in to Wikipedia link tabsplosion, I wouldn't be currently downloading THIS public domain movie http://www.archive.org/details/salt_of_the_earthRead more... ) -
Can't help but wonder.
In the wake of all the "NO OBAMACARE" blah blah blah ( Read more... ) -
A response to a comment I couldn't respond to at the site.
So we have another teenager who has committed suicide due to bullying, bullying that focused on his perceived sexual orientation. Some charmer in comments whined of course about how "Kids are bullied all the time, but now there's a string of gay kids committing suicide and suddenly it's SOCIETY'S FAULT". There's also of course the usual "they need ( Read more... ) -
It Gets Better. But Also, Let Us Make It Better NOW.
Trigger Warnings: Descriptions of bullying ( Read more... ) -
Political/Activism/Rally Rant
Summary: What bugs me is that in a way, it was a good way for progressives to let off steam- yet at the same time I see that progressives also do get tsk'd at for HAVING steam to let off. And this does come more from what I see on the Daily Show, what I hear from Stewart's skits, than my actual having been there since obviously I was NOT. Also ( Read more... ) -
Um. Stuff.
So I haven't been to LJ in ages really, am thinking I might be showing back up more often as I sort out my local social life or lack thereof a bit more gracefully, and because while I'm mostly Twitter and the dreaded Facebook these days there's still a lot of you folks I love to keep up with who are here as well or in many cases ONLY here still ( Read more... ) -
Telling People They Deserve Bad Things Won't Make Allies
Well, unless you convince them through complete fear and preying on insecurities. Which doesn't actually make allies, it makes 'subjects' or 'pawns'. Which isn't what progressives/liberals should be doing. Of course, some do- but we shouldn't, and we should always call them on it ( Read more... ) -
Woo.
Before I toddle off to bed, I would like to point to my Deviantart Gallery where I have 3 experiments that I think came out damn well, and I want cookies for.
And now I do toddle, because I'm feeling tiredness hit like a hammer and have started to physically shake and have my vision blur. BED TIME NAO. -
Texas Arts & Crafts Fair
Just reminding a few friends (and anyone else who likes my art, lives in/near central TX and might spot this) that I will be in Kerrville for Memorial Day Weekend. Here's the event entry on the studio website, which includes a map of where on the grounds I'll be, and will allow folks to Google Map where the fair itself is.I'm planning to take as ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Piss Off A Lot of People In This Country
So. Education ( Read more... )