Why I love Qwantz.

Federal Court Rules Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Library of Congress Can Proceed
In rejecting the government's argument that discrimination against transgender people is not sex discrimination, the court noted "the factual complexities that underlie human sexual identity. These complexities stem from real variations in how the ( Read more... )

Lacking Better Judgment: The Irrational Other in Popular Discourse
will be about: Republicans, Fat, Smoking, and Suicide. (and others?)

If you want to keep your lunch, don't read this, Metafilter thread on a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate.

This is a good article on the ish. These two paragraphs made me gag: The most plausible reason for the ( Read more... )

Lacking Better Judgment: The Irrational Other in Popular Discourse

Yeah, yeah. The A's are finally above .500 after being as far as 15 games under. What's the big deal? This is the big deal: they're only the sixth team in major league history to have done so. [via]

I finally did the thing where text goes into the computer on the Richard Fung article that I was once in love with. I posted it to debunkingwhite and you, fair reader, can find it here. Really, I want some kind of substantive discussion about it, but I don't think anybody is going to read it.

Hey, do you love music. I know I do. If yr on a mac, download and use the soulseeX soulseek client! Available here. It's the best one I've used so far and you don't have to mess around with Python or X11 (like with Nicotine). And if you don't know what soulseek is, check it out!. Best filesharing of the musics ever.

If you have a few bucks to spend, buy the Madeline/Dead Bird split. I can't find an obvious distro for it, but you can supposedly email zummzumm@hotmail.com and find out. If there is one thing that I achieve in this world it will be for everyone to own this album; the seven songs by Madeline floor me every time I hear them. The songs by the Dead ( Read more... )

I have been way not up on this blogging thing, eh? Here is a summary of recent events:

• Moved into my new apartment. Its a studio in Oakland that is pretty nice, though furnitureless.
• Changed my cell number to a 510 (Bay Area local) number. Giving up on the 413 was a tough but necessary move.
• Saw Zizek!, a new doc on the man, the miracle. The movie ( Read more... )

I watched the Against Me! DVD, We’re Never Going Home, last night while I was trying to sleep. It was mostly ridiculous (in a generally positive way). The disc is made up of both live performances of songs, miscellaneous footage from a 2004 East Coast tour, and bits of interviews with various people: band members, ex band members, friends, and fans ( Read more... )