“Context matters” is the title Jen McCreight gives to a recent blog post on flirting behavior at conferences, but “Incredible understatement” might have been a good subtitle. She shares a video of Rebecca Watson talking about having been propositioned very uncomfortably by a guy who followed her into an elevator at 4am after a night.
From Radley Balko: “New York legalizes gay marriage. In protest, Newt Gingrich promptly divorces his third wife.” From Popehat: “I felt a great disturbance in the derp, as if millions of derpers suddenly wharrgarbled at once in rage and were suddenly less relevant.”“Enjoying quiet evening with amazing wife. Annoyed at suggestion that NY vote could.
…also known as one of the more offensive and stupid ways of thinking about policy I’ve heard. Offered, surprisingly, by Steven Levitt who co-authored Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics: Most of the time there is broad agreement as to which activities should be made criminal. Almost no one thinks that theft or violence against innocents is socially.
…and it is only dumb because it will be treated, often successfully, as criminal. But not this time: Man who gave trooper the finger has charge droppedA harassment charge has been dropped in the case of a 35-year-old Colorado man who faced prosecution for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper. The State.