This is a video trailer for a book coming out next year: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to CarnismAlthough this contains some potentially offensive material (ethnic family used to introduce the idea of eating animals Americans consider pets, and also images of cows about to be killed as well as dead cows), I am posting ( Read more... )

Did y'all know that Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize?

I think it must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm hearing from more and more mainstream sources that it is NO GOOD.*

This is the most recent article I've seen, which cites not only the resistant-bacteria reason for not using it, but also says that it may be both harmful to wildlife as well as we humans ( Read more... )

Apparently, Reading Rainbow is obsolete, and no one is willing to pay to renew it.

Article from NPR news is here.

I mean, I can't exactly say I was watching it anymore, but....awwww...sad B.

Turns out it was bad after all. So, no patriarchy was at play in that incident. Which makes me happy, despite having to replace the battery.

Something I just heard in a daily environmental e-mail about decoding the codes on produce ( Read more... )

( Cut for the Squeamish )

I know I've been posting a lot lately, but it's early, and I can't go back to sleep ( Read more... )

Okay, so maybe this isn't exactly what Tori Amos was talking about, but sometimes I can't resist pointing out stupid things. To wit, this website.Now I have my doubts about the product, which initially seemed like a good idea, then seemed to have the potential to get a kid teased mercilessly. But, the actual stupid thing? Try to read the text on ( Read more... )

Here's something I've been wanting to talk about lately, and I would appreciate hearing others' thoughts on ( Read more... )