For anyone fascinated by statistics, sports debates, and centuries of sumo wrestling:
538 is full of interesting stuff.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - May 13, 2016 11:51:15 am PDT #21439 of 30003
brillig
Jesse - May 13, 2016 11:52:44 am PDT #21440 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh! You know what I'm especially pissed off about? The disingenuous talking point that it's about "privacy." You know who gets no privacy? People who have to "prove" their gender all the fucking time! For fuck's sake.
Burrell - May 13, 2016 11:56:52 am PDT #21441 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I got a ton of paperwork done on the way up here, but I think I'm going to read Cog on the way home.
Both excellent plans
I just went to the library and checked out way more books than I can possibly read at once. Because Not Teaching, so I have time to read for pleasure. I also have Updraft at home, which I plan on savoring.
Burrell - May 13, 2016 12:01:42 pm PDT #21442 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh! You know what I'm especially pissed off about? The disingenuous talking point that it's about "privacy." You know who gets no privacy? People who have to "prove" their gender all the fucking time! For fuck's sake.
Yup
Basically I hate the Gender Police and am so glad that I live in weirdo LA where anything goes and the only people who ever make snide comments about my kids and the way they do gender are their RELATIVES. (I don't usually complain about it here because getting mad about it makes it more annoying than just eyerolling it off.)
Jesse - May 13, 2016 12:04:49 pm PDT #21443 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In other bigoted news, the Black Lives Matter sign at my mother's church was really badly vandalized the other night. In Harvard Square! The most liberal zip code anywhere. Sad. Thanks to the smart thinking of the building administrator, they had a backup on hand.
meara - May 13, 2016 12:29:02 pm PDT #21444 of 30003
Boo, Jesse. Damn hateful people. My friend's UU church in DC has had their sign vandalized repeatedly. So dumb.
Beverly - May 13, 2016 12:37:54 pm PDT #21445 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My copy of The Jewel and Her Lapidary is in, so I need to go pick that up. And then, you know, read it!
Sheryl - May 13, 2016 1:11:08 pm PDT #21446 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
The little guy is getting into everything. He's pulling himself up on things and crawling all over. I have to get up every other minute to keep him from pulling over the trash, or grabbing power cords. I actually uttered the phrase "Socks do not belong in the CD player" last night.
The glamour of parenthood, everyone.
msbelle - May 13, 2016 1:12:21 pm PDT #21447 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
This guy said something about "I csn't just decide to be a pony". I just posted that I did not know much about trans species, but he might be interested in the pony or furry communities.
Steph L. - May 13, 2016 1:25:37 pm PDT #21448 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"I csn't just decide to be a pony". I just posted that I did not know much about trans species, but he might be interested in the pony or furry communities.
That doesn't even get into otherkin. The dude just isn't willing to consider all his options.