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Okay, I don't post much that's political, but I know from experience just how bad our current for-profit insurance-based healthcare system can be. So, yes, even it isn't my first choice for reform, I'm glad Obamacare was upheld and can't believe how many people upset about it have absolutely no clue what it actually does.

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I could not let this piece go by without sharing it:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/needleless-injections-0524.html

"MIT researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a hypodermic needle..."

Check out the images. It's not quite Dr. McCoy's hypo, but it's not too far off

I <3 this article so hard:

...I’m not talking about the trendy must-dos that crop up each year about feeding and sleeping and discipline, insecurity porn concocted just in time to fill a fresh generation of parents with self-doubt. No, I’m talking about the things that I want to impart in average, totally in extreme moments, when my breasts are ( Read more... )

Ran across this following links from the last post:

Male Superheroes See How the Othr Side Lives

In which some very talented artists respond to requests to dress male superheroes in the costumes of female superheroes.

My favorite: Captain America in Caitlin Fairchilds costume:


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There have been a lot of good discussions pointing out how female heroes are depicted in either unnatural or show-me-your-butt poses. I haven't seen the new Avengers movie yet (will on Sunday!), but Black Widow has gotten great reviews. Unfortunately, she's shown in the show-ass pose in the promotional poster ( Read more... )

What I want for Mother's Day, preferably signed and framed:


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Progress is sweet: tweeted image of President Obama seated in the bus where Rosa Parks initiated her quest for civil rights.


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