2003 UB313 now has an official name, and it is not "Xena" (thankfully).

it is "Eris", and its moon is "Dysnomia".

i was reminded by my correspondent about Feudalism, a social system i overlooked in my last post ( Read more... )

lately, i've been having a discussion with someone online about social theory, millenialism, and a variety of other topics. recently, he equated (perhaps sloppily) democracy with bureaucracy, and my response was something that i wanted to put here for comment:
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every once in awhile, someone comes up with something, quite spontaneously, that makes everything better. in New York, there are people who, with the captive audience of subway riders, will preach loudly to all who are forced to hear, generally about the evils of homosexuals and how they have taken over New York. koaloha finally fought back - with show ( Read more... )

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i'd like to find a place to go that plays music i want to hear more than anything. DIE comes close right now, and i'm sure i could talk blackmaru into pushing the things i want to hear a little more. Dark Machine runs a little too strongly toward the dark disco for me (sorry, djeternaldarkne).

my perfect night would include music from the likes of:
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unbelievably, the UK government is considering disbanding the Black Watch regiment. online petitions, of course, have little effect, but on the off chance it does, it can be signed here.

an essay on turning back the clock, and why the Right is wrong to consider it:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/murphymom/54210.html

taken from brigidsblest, who got it from starcat_jewel, who got it from the author, murphymom

pass it along.

http://www.brownequalsterrorist.com/

be sure to read the Artist's Statement.

your papers, please.