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nsa eavesdropping will never be used to blackmail us citizens
remember how as soon as president obama got into office he immediately adopted most of his predecessor's policies, even the ones he'd stridently opposed as a senator and on the campaign trail? wasn't that weird? it was like somebody whispered something in his ear right after inauguration that immediately changed his stance on everything ( Read more... ) -
"white house defends phone-record tracking as 'critical tool'"
i've seen this argument in a few places, and it strikes me as one of the most "stealth stupid" justifications i've ever heard ( Read more... ) -
the story thus far
so the administration of our president for hope and change routinely monitors all communications of all citizens (at least on the level of who's talking to whom, and where they were physically located at the time); claims the unilateral power to assassinate any person anywhere using flying robots, by secret decision with no trial or appeal; and is ( Read more... ) -
terrorism vs hate crime
i see a lot of people on my twitter feed retweeting this photo:
( tldr: white killer muslim victim = hate crime; muslim killer white victim = terrorism ) -
other obstacle races
so i've been reading up on obstacle races. initially, looking for other stuff about specific techniques for dealing with specific obstacles. weirdly, there's not a lot easily findable out there. some reprints of military training manuals, a couple of breakdowns of ways to crawl under barbed wire (different crawling techniques for different ( Read more... ) -
rope traverse techniques
i've been trying to find a comparison of the different techniques we saw at the obstacle race for crossing a single rope. mostly because there was one method that we saw someone get, oh, about a third of the way across with, that looked very skill-intensive but also very energy-intensive, but i heard someone allege that it was a military technique ( Read more... ) -
it only hurts when i move
so yesterday, in followup to mzrowan's helpful groupon tip, jojotbird, moominmolly, and i did the rebel race in haverhill, a 5k obstacle race ( Read more... ) -
more parkour
today was the indoor class, first of a 10-week series. i guess it remains to be seen how it might build over time. but today's was good ( Read more... ) -
domestic drama
last night, in the annals of having a small carnivorous housepet: an inquisitive leopard slug made a terrible mistake.
just now: rapidly-increasing rustling in the suspended ceiling over the laundry area ends with a soft "plop!" as a small grey mouse suddenly lands on the laundry behind me and stares at me in horror.
maybe we should get a snake.
