August 2011
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Advertised Objects May Be Smaller Than They Appear... →
Aug 1st
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Skepticism and Disability by Chris “Gonz Blinko”... →
Aug 1st
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July 2011
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The Escapist : Choosing Between Bad and Worse →
A good disection of an okay game.
Jul 31st
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NeuroLogica Blog » What’s Causing the Obesity... →
Being clear on the root.
Jul 31st
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Science-Based Medicine » On the Orwellian language... →
Dr. Gorski on the words that anti-vax woo shucksters use.
Jul 31st
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Warren Ellis » Sneaker Pimps →
Warren speaks on “foot races” for jobs. A bit of history, and some of Ellis’ usual direct thoughts on the matter.
Jul 31st
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Sunday AI: Does Google+ hate women? - Skepchick →
more on the “no nym” thing with g+, and some really good comments.
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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Every Fair Needs a Freak Show… | Friendly Atheist →
Don’t get too close, they count proximity as interest.
Jul 31st
Jul 31st
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“When someone says ‘You’ve changed’, it simply means you’ve stopped living your...”
– unknown (via juliessecrets)
Jul 31st
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“Norway’s Prime Minister is a liberal atheist, they have one of the best...”
– Matthew Trevithick, responding to this story, “Former Bush Official Places Blame For Oslo Attack On Norwegians For Not Being ‘Serious’ About Terrorism,” with a comment that wins the universe.  (via cwnl) SO MUCH WIN (via stfuconservatives)
Jul 31st
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25 Ways To Become A Better Writer →
Jul 31st
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The Escapist : Catherine Review →
Been waiting for this one.
Jul 31st
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Open letter to the fashion industry, or: “Nude” –... →
Because we are not all the colour of an average toned caucasian’s bum.
Jul 30th
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On maternal desire — Feministe →
The baggage that our society foists on motherhood— and fatherhood, for that matter— really fucking bugs me.
Jul 30th
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The blazing FAIL of a thousand suns →
More google+ pseudonym fail.
Jul 30th
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On the Swedish Model — Feministe →
And why it’s not a model to follow.
Jul 30th
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The Massacre in Norway →
No Words. Lucky Tigtog has ‘em.
Jul 30th
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Vale Amy Whitehouse 1983-2011 →
I too wish I was more surprised or shocked.
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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“Other cultures saw erotica as opening up much-needed discussion about...”
– It Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Little Secret: A Feminist Makes a Case for Porn — The Good Men Project (via sexualassumptions)
Jul 30th
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A love affair with gravity. | The Fat Nutritionist →
On size acceptance and natural resistance.
Jul 30th
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Greta Christina's Blog: The Best Things About TAM... →
Gretta’s report from The Amazing Meeting— TAM!9 from Outer Space.
Jul 30th
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The Escapist : The Accidental Lesbian →
Giving characters room to define characters can be tricky.
Jul 30th
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pushing the borders ...: Fluttering on the... →
Challenging the right of religion to encroach on a public sphere.
Jul 30th
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Science-Based Medicine » Asthma, placebo, and how... →
Dr. Lipson’s view is particularly interesting, as he himself has asthma.
Jul 29th
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Gendered Bodily Postures: Body Clowning »... →
Using supposed “playfulness” as a subordination effect.
Jul 29th
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Mass-Produced Products Make You Unique »... →
More on selling “individuality”.
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Idiot Android: Five Reasons Why Google is Wrong to... →
idiotandroid: Note: To me, this is a photo reblog account and I hate using it as a platform this way, but I feel I have been left no other choice. Five Reasons Why Google is Wrong to Ask Users to Use their Real Names Woke up to find my Google Plus account suspended today. Was shocked, hurt and angry. I love…
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after...”
– Neil Gaiman (via definitelydope)
Jul 29th
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The Anonymous Philosopher: The Republicans exit... →
By Roger Ebert on July 20, 2011 11:49 AM All I know is just what I read in the papers. — Will Rogers Me too. Or hear on TV, or see on the net. That’s all most of us knows. I’m sure the President and Senators and government officials know more, but we elect them, they don’t elect us….
Jul 29th
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“In Texas, a rape victim is denied emergency contraception at her pharmacy. In...”
– How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America, Cristina Page (via cambiaron)
Jul 29th
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Lady Freethought: Does The Bible Support the... →
depressingfacts: One characteristic of many anti-choice images and posts on the internet is that they reference God or one’s religion as a reason for them being “pro-life”. God made everybody special and unique, what are we to deem God’s creations unworthy and abort them? This brings one…
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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NeuroLogica Blog » Pure, Slick Pseudoscience →
Hey kids! Come tear apart a buncha dubious claims with ol’ Doc Novella!
Jul 28th
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“The Dutch East India trading company was not the first to land in America. That...”
– from an Interview with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and Host of NOVA scienceNOW | Friendly Atheist
Jul 28th
Jul 28th
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STFU, Conservatives: Remember that time when... →
namelessgenxer: More on the Teabaggers and the Demise of the Republican Party… More on the Know-Nothings and the Demise of the Whig Party… The Know-Nothings, a vile, hatemongering, xenophobic mob*, actually got a few of their evil minions elected to Congressional and local offices…
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Hacked photos on adult websites →
MEMO TO SELF: See if Our Porn, Ourselves gang has seen this.
Jul 28th
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Bishop of Toledo bars assistance to Komen group -... →
Bishop of Toledo, congrats! YOU FUCKING FAIL! “Oh, they might use stem cells,” gad….
Jul 28th
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The 14 Most Hilariously Effective Signs Supporting...
lauradomingo: SO FUNNY!!!
Jul 27th
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