Followup on homelessness and the like (2012/04/09)
Million-dollar Murray is a more detailed look at some of the issues to do with homelessness and social services.
[read more...]Hatred is still scary (2012/04/08)
So, our friend Rah did something pretty awesome. She made cheap, portable, housing. The summary of the thesis is particularly endearing.
[read more...]Oh, what a beautiful piece of writing (2012/04/07)
A Person Paper on the Purity of Language (I’m sure there must be other copies somewhere) is a fascinating read.
[read more...]We fear change (2012/04/02)
Okay, so, the greenhouse project has started. So today, there are holes in our back yard.
[read more...]I am heartless and insensitive, part 5 (2012/03/30)
I play video games. I play, in fact, roleplaying computer games. When I play MMOs, I tend to play them in-character. But sometimes… the character is, perhaps, not totally serious. So I used to have a character in WoW named Merisioux. And when I stopped playing WoW because of their horrific record of giving no fucks about trans people and queers, I continued playing characters named that in other MMOs.
[read more...]Mmm, starbucks. (2012/03/25)
Okay, simple fact: I like frappucino, but it’s overpriced.
[read more...]Least evil privacy policy handling ever (2012/03/23)
Okay, I am amazed. Seriously.
[read more...]Wow, Google+. Just wow. (2012/03/22)
A friend-of-a-friend, who does not use Google*, just got a threatening letter from The Goog telling her that she has four days to change her profile name to something compliant with the Google* name policy or lose access to their other services.
[read more...]Yay doctors! (2012/03/21)
In modern America, it is a career-risking move to come out and say that you refuse to rape your patients. So this doctor said it anonymously.
[read more...]People, this is... not sane. (2012/03/20)
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