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Associates only (mostly)
Leave a comment in order to be considered. Alternatively, simply add me to your reading-list, and I shall receive an e-mail notification. I am very likely to add you, especially if I know you from elsewhere. If I do not, I would appreciate it if you told me where you found me. Most of my posts are underneath a lock (and many are underneath filters ( Read more... ) -
Barack Obama, Nobel Laureate
I imagine that everyone on this reading list has heard about Obama and his being granted the Nobel Peace Prize. Like others, I think that this award was granted prematurely. He has simply not been president long enough to merit such recognition, nor has he fulfilled what he said he would. (This is not an indictment on Obama; he must try to strike ( Read more... ) -
The Conservatism of Internet ‘Bastard Culture’
For a subculture concentrated in a medium associated with social liberalism, the Internet ‘snark’ or ‘bastard’ culture (that is, the culture exemplified in Internet communities like Something Awful, Portal of Evil, Stupid_Free at Livejournal and Encyclopaedia Dramatica), is surprisingly conservative. Members of offline social minorities continue to ( Read more... ) -
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I've done a few 'repairs' on my reading list--I removed those who were no longer reading me, who were having conflicts with either me or my system, or with whom I had fallen out of touch for an extended period of time. I have also added a few accounts that I never got round to earlier. -
Various.
I'll write something a bit more substantial in a little while.
So, I did a tiny friends-list trim. Most of you are still there -- I simply removed one deleted account, two people who hadn't added me back in ages, and someone who removed my account without telling me. (I wish people would let me know when they're doing that. I'm not particularly ( Read more... ) -
Formality is not hostility.
I know that this topic has been discussed earlier by others, but I feel that it is especially prudent to discuss it right now. I am leaving it public, and am crossposting it to other journals, because I consider it sufficiently important. It is based on personal experience. This is not directed at anyone on the Friends List. If you have any ( Read more... ) -
Of dissociation and assumptions
I've been planning to write this for a few days, and I finally finished it last night, with sporkins (Kerry) and Nick of Astraea looking over it. sporkins served as editor, as well. It will be published on the system's plural site, and elsewhere, later ( Read more... ) -
Evolution.
I'm afraid that I'm about to go on a bit of a pedantic tear, but a rather interesting post by naamaire inspired me to do it. It has come to my attention that many people, particularly those who subscribe to Creationist models, seem to misunderstand completely how the theory of evolution works. Those more knowledgeable than I about evolutionary biology may ( Read more... ) -
Pseudo-wit and snark on the Internet; a bit of a rant
I have spent a great deal of time on the Internet, and when one is on the Internet for a significant amount of time, one who is the reflective sort tends to notice certain social phenomena in such a medium ( Read more... ) -
An elaboration to my complaint.
Someone completely misinterpreted what I had written on the group's post (my opinion on the position of the British in the American War for Independence) and lambasted me for it (actually Lucianus, because this was the group's journal, and it was directed towards everyone on his list, not simply those who know of our plural group). Now Lucianus ( Read more... )