A (very) short risqué play in one act
Setting, a lounge. Me, relaxing in a comfy chair with an iPad. An Acquaintance walks by. Acquaintance: “Fun package?” Me: “Yep.” Left unsaid: “It’s a sex toy.” Fin.
Read moreThis Isn’t Good News for Turkey 🔗
Turkey election: Erdoğan wins second term as president—BBC. Erdoğan’s been consolidating power and cracking down on opponents for years. Now with the more powerful presidency he pushed through…
Read more+1 For Mozilla
Firefox is seriously tempting me away from Safari. I don’t use Facebook much, but having it quarantined when I do is an awesome idea. +1 for @mozilla!
Read moreShame! Shame!
Shame, @cafegrumpy, Shame! Just look at this macchiato from Grand Central.
Read moreWhat the Fuck!?
What the fuck @NYTimes? I only wish I could cancel my subscription a second time. Why in the hell is your executive editor sharing the stage with a man who’s proud of his virulent racism?
Read moreGreat Move by Apple
.@manton already mentioned this, but great response by Apple to the current brouhaha around iPhone battery throttling. If you have a 6 or 6S, it definitely makes sense to replace the battery once the price drops to $29. I certainly will.
Read moreOnly the Conservative Viewpoint
And the only opinions the NYTimes solicits are from people who are lukewarm to hostile about regulation. Including the Koch brother affiliated Mercatus Center, which seems to have a pretty dubious way of judging regulatory burden. The article even notes that they are counting restrictions on regulators as more regulation.
Read moreFood Safety?!
“If it isn’t pest poisons and pesticides, then it is food safety.” A farmer complains in an NYTimes article about “excessive” regulation. We’re susposed to be upset that the government is enforcing food safety laws? Has the Times decided to become a libertarian rag?
Read moreThree to Four Times
As Hari Ziyad wrote for Afropunk “[t]he news of her hospitalization follows a report by NPR exploring how systematic racism leads to Black mothers in the U.S. dying at three to four times the rate of white mothers. Anti-Blackness truly is unrelenting and multi-faceted, and Erica Garner knew this better than most.” Erica Garner, Eric Garner’s daughter, is in the hospital following a heart attack. She’s only 27.
Read moreBigotry is Easy
…bigotry is easy and those who cherish it are lazy. Make it difficult and many people may find it more trouble than it’s worth to harass, shame, and otherwise abuse online those different from themselves. Looks like reddit has had some success driving off the bigots.
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