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MA congressional debate tomorrow - questions
Hi! If you're not in Massachusetts District 5 (the seat recently vacated by Ed Markey), this is not strictly speaking your plot ( Read more... ) -
New politics post: CISPA
Since somebody told me they actually read these things, and I just heard it's up for debate Thursday and House vote Friday:
Please email, and more importantly, TELEPHONE your Congressional representative about CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR 3523). This bill would allow companies -- ISPs, email providers, etc. -- to ( Read more... ) -
Keeping an internet, redux
Hi! About a month ago, I posted about H. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act. I don't feel like rewriting it, but you can go read it again. Because it's coming up for a vote TOMORROW, THURSDAY DECEMBER 15, and it is completely and utterly liable to pass. Please contact your representative about it, even if you've done so before. I called Ed Markey, ( Read more... ) -
ok, I promised happy and fun
And our DangerBoy is frequently both!
I am realizing that with age and wisdom, DangerBoy is not necessarily the most accurate name, but it's silly to keep changing. He is actually FollowingRulesLad at this point, and dutifully stays on the sidewalk (and objects when characters in books do not), mostly keeps out of puddles without his boots on, ( Read more... ) -
Winning, or at least keeping, an internets
right, here's a political post. Because this is where I can write people outside of as well as in my state.
Please email and, more importantly, TELEPHONE your congresscritters about PROTECT-IP (S.968) and SOPA (HR 3261). These bills would impose online censorship in America, generally break the Internet, stifle technology development, and be all ( Read more... ) -
(signal boost) Gaming for Haiti
A friend at the MIT-Singapore Game Lab (GAMBIT) just posted about a fundraiser they're doing for Partners In Health in Haiti: the Complete Game Completion Marathon on February 26-28 ( Read more... ) -
Fire sale
We just had layoffs today. If you need any of the following, I can hook you up:
- Software developers
- SQA
- Wicked smart RF engineers
- Technical writers
- Office staff (receptionist/office manager, misc. back office purchasing/recruitment/stuff)
I am sure I'm missing some category of people.
EDIT: Also customer technical support. -
My contents have been correlating.
Near the close of the old year, the stars were right. Over the past four months, I have become acquainted with one we know only as the Nameless One, the Dweller in Darkness. Very closely acquainted. I am free of it neither day nor night, nor do I wish to be.
As the earth hurtles onwards in its blind ellipse about the sun, and the next equinox draws ( Read more... ) -
Redefining marriage like Galileo redefined the orange.
I came home after working all day, for my own money, to find my lovely and talented spouse cooking me dinner. He shared with me a story of having run into the letter carrier today, who asked when the big day was and, on being told it had been in August, said "Oh! She's kept her name then!"
We're kind of fans of non-traditional marriage. So we sat ( Read more... ) -
Kept down by the Meme.
I have no idea whether allonymist asked for legal advice before passing this on:
If you saw me in the back of a police car, what would you think I was there for?
Answer me, then post this in your own journal to see how many different crimes you get accused of committing.