today’s thought

Borrowed from Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas: “Be a wayfarer!”
And its corollary, from Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, “Happy trails!”

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20 racist acts is a wave of racism?

Okay, I may be breaking my rule about talking about racism, but this post is also about the media: There are a lot of articles around along the lines of Wave of Nooses: A Resurgence of Hate? I haven’t seen a definitive number of incidents of nooses being displayed; ABC says “the FBI currently are [...]

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Will and Emma, talking in a coffeeshop

Groupee Backstage Live: An Interview with Emma Bull and Will Shetterly.
When we passed through Seattle on the summer tour, we sat down with Paul Gude and talked for a bit at a coffeeshop. The footage has been edited to four minutes, 33 seconds. We’re not profound, but Emma’s cute.

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1984 was only a few decades off

Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote
via
elisem

If you’d like to see a little more of what was censored, in the comments to elisem’s post,
sethb
  adds, “Take a look at http://www.aclu.org/nsl/gagorder/acluLetter_051404.pdf on the ACLU’s own site.”

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street installations

street installations
via
poukledden

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Animator vs. Animation

Animator vs. Animation
via
lnhammer

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today’s thought

If I don’t fit in your categories, it’s not my fault.
We have to make assumptions as we go through life, or we could never take a step in the dark. But assumptions should be gentle, tentative, often tested and easily revised.

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J. K. Rowling applauded for hiding fact Dumbledore is gay

Also, for having the only gay romance be a tragedy.
As shown here:
That love, she said, was Dumbledore’s “great tragedy.”
“Falling in love can blind us to an extent,” she said.
The audience reportedly fell silent after the admission — then erupted into applause.
If you want to read a great kid’s book that isn’t afraid to acknowledge [...]

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what if we forgive all debt tomorrow?

Suppose we said tomorrow, “All debts are forgiven. Whatever you live in now is yours. If you’re homeless, you’re welcome to one of the homes that are unoccupied now.”
No Jew or Christian could oppose that. Though religious leaders ignore it, the Bible calls for debt forgiveness every seven years (the sabbatical year, or shmita). It [...]

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Ask A Commie! #1: “Equal, unequal, huh?”

ndkid asks,
One of the greatest problems I tend to have in wrapping my head around the concepts of communism, social justice, et al: the definition of “equality”. It’s a term that gets bandied about in what are patently unscientific ways.Directly pertinent versions of my problem that I’m hoping you can help me with: given “From [...]

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