A Poor Cousin of the Middle Class. Patrick Nielsen Hayden says about this NYT story State of the union. The great feminist science fiction author Joanna Russ once remarked to me, “Homophobia isn’t there to keep homosexuals in line. Homophobia is there to keep everyone else in line.” Caroline Payne is in her condition in […]

Poverty & Conflict. DG | Poverty & Conflict I thought many would find this offering from the Development Gateway's Poverty page relevant & interesting. It deals with the connections between poverty and conflict: “Strikingly, 80% of the worldâs 20 poorest countries have suffered… [Flailing in the Surf] ——- while this is important, i think there […]

Sky Toys. Rhino Toys, makers of the Major Funly Oball, have introduced the world at large to two new play-saving devices: The Skyblaster (on the left) and SkyO. After hours of fun testing, both in and out of the Fun Testing Lab, both were found to be Majorly Fun, a [Bernie DeKoven's Blog o'Fun]

Can you beat my record of 296.1?. Hit the penguin! [MetaFilter] i got 301.7 or somesuch

Shop Til He Drops (out of the white house at least). Hate Bush? Love to Shop? Putting affiliate programs to good use, this site takes the standard affiliate commissions and donates it toward groups working to replace Bush in 2004.ÊTo stay within F.E.C. guidelines, none of the money will go directly to our candidate.Ê Rather, […]

Yahoo launches “Yahoo Labs” [bOing bOing] —— looks interesting, and they are hiring apparently.

Selected Experts?. Hmmm. I haven't received my letter yet. I hope it's just lost in the mail. [Lextext] ——- hmm, imagine that, neither have I….. well any day now:)

Red Harry Kidd Passion is a big part of your life, which makes sense for a pirate. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

TrustUsTrustUsTrustUsTrustUsTrustUsTrustUsTrustUsTrust. “You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month” (PDF, 112k) “The Covert News Network”, on Project MOCKINGBIRD – “Watergate muckraker Carl Bernstein uncovered a list of over 400 reporters and a coterie of publishers and media moguls who had basically been rubber-stamping CIA propaganda […]

Semi-Open Thread: Graduate School Reform. So much to blog, so little time. Consider this a semi-open thread. The suggested topic is graduate school reform. It's clear from the comments to this entry (on PhD attrition rates) that there are some people out there who would… [Invisible Adjunct] ——- this is an interesting thread, doesn't do […]