Recent Blog Posts
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Things you should read
The NYPD’s ‘Work Stoppage’ Is Surreal. Matt Taibbi describes the strange twist of New York’s Police Benevolent Association (which becomes a more and more ironic title by the minute) deciding to start making arrests “only when they have to” in order to try and stick it to Mayor Bill de Blasio by depriving the city…
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Odds and ends– blog redesign/freeze peaches for sale
So, two things to mention here. First, hey look! New blog design. I’ve been wanting to change it for quite some time to something more clean and minimalist, and am pretty happy with how things are now. Though I do talk about personal issues from time to time, this isn’t Livejournal and I wanted to…
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How many fallacies can one shirt hold?
Let me count the ones I see. 1. Obey the law, and you have nothing to fear.2. Break the law, and you deserve to be tortured to death.3. Rules #1 and #2 are applied equally to all Americans.4. Police never break the law themselves.5. When they do, they are never protected in ways civilians wouldn’t…
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When doxing is okay
Doxing (from dox, abbreviation of documents), alternatively spelled doxxing, is the Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting personally identifiable information about an individual. — Wikipedia In some cases, this “research” involves simply looking at the email address from which a message came, and including it rather than expunging it when you publish (“broadcast”) the content…
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How to be more attractive to John Smith
A man who is sexist against women is also sexist against men, because he assumes, falsely, that all or most men are likewise sexist against women. Is this a rule? I feel like this should be a rule. At least, I have not yet seen a counter-example. This essay on Thought Catalog, non-encouragingly titled 13…
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So many questions about what Jim Garlow knows
From Right Wing Watch: Earlier this week, Jim Garlow called in to the “Point Of View” radio program to discuss his participation in the Vatican’s recent summit on marriage. During the course of the conversation, Garlow offered up a rather interesting argument against the acceptance of gay marriage. “All the people who advocate for so-called same-sex…