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Russia's invasion of Ukraine
As LiveJournal is owned by a Russian company, I dug out my credentials to note this ( Read more... ) -
Still alive
Been feeling a bit nostalgic. Not about to return to LiveJournal - their new ownership is unfortunate, but I wanted to briefly note what's been up and where you can follow me if you're so inclined (assuming somebody will read this someday ( Read more... ) -
Unplugging LJ
It's about time I pulled the plug on the LJ version of my blog ( Read more... ) -
Mutual Trust
I don't know which should be considered more remarkable:- That a cat should trust a member of a far larger and stronger species that it can't communicate with that well enough to snuggle into its arms
- That a human should trust a member of a clawed and fanged carnivorous species that it can't communicate with that well enough to snuggle it into its ( Read more... )
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Typing in Colours
(Cross-posted to G+, but it's more of a definitive statement of views so it goes here too)
A recent instance of 「Wasted Talent」: here
I'm not normally the kind of person to post links to episodes of webcomics, but maybe I can spin this one into being about philosophical topics. It coincides with a recent XKCD(note 1): Read more... ) -
Fry's Out There
Stephen Fry's documentary on homophobia was released earlier this year, and if you find the right places on the internet, you can (and should) watch it. I watched part of it last night (got too sleepy to continue, will watch the rest of it tonight I think); well-done (even if at times a bit shouty; nobody's perfect).
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Triplets
I was pointed at two articles, and decided to add a third. The topics should be familiar (activism, feminism); the post would be a bit long to host directly on G+, so I'll do it here. My thoughts are as much on the topic as the article.
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Pittsburgh visit Nov 2013
Dear Pittsburgh,I'm visiting from 21-24 of this month. I'll be staying in Oakland. If you want to hang out, let me know; the visit is purely a vacation and I have very little planned so far. As you may know, I live in Brooklyn now, and I haven't visited Pittsburgh since I moved away about 2 and a half years ago. -
Defining SJ
(Latest in a long series of efforts to communicate part of this cluster of ideas; if you're bored of my endless restatements on this, skip this)
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NYC's Rivers are Psychological
Living in NYC, I've come to see the rivers as being more psychological barriers than physical ones, at least in the time of modern transit. It's not hard for anyone in the 4 main boroughs of NYC to get around, and provided one isn't in the outer bits of any of them (maybe Jamaica in Queens, or Coney Island in Brooklyn), the whole city is pretty ( Read more... )