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Daran, ICE has quotas to meet. They are kidnapping those who are easiest to get. They have deported, detained, or…
' Who cares if more of them are male or female? ' I will always call out when the patriarchy…
How disproportionate is it? https://www.statista.com/statistics/257783/estimated-number-of-illegal-immigrants-in-the-us-by-age-and-sex/ There are estimated to be slightly more men than women, but not ten times as…
Can we forget about gender for a moment and concentrate on stopping the ongoing genocide? I doubt anyone here has…
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Category Archives: Mind-blowing Miscellania and other Neat Stuff
It's Alive! It's ALIVE! (Woolly mammoth edition)
Science fiction becoming fact, from the New York Times (and via Lawyers Guns and Money): Scientists are talking for the first time about the old idea of resurrecting extinct species as if this staple of science fiction is a realistic … Continue reading
The Pause That Refreshes
I’ve been a space geek since I was roughly four, and while we don’t have the moon bases, space habitats, and manned Mars missions I was promised back in 1978, we’ve finally started making some nice incremental improvements in space … Continue reading
The Hand Scanner Of The Beast
Longtime “Alas” community member Jake Squid sent me this. Jake’s workplace recently installed hand scanners, which replace the old punch-card system for workers checking in and out of work. (The advantage for the company is, you can’t ask a friend … Continue reading
One Day More
This made my day. Thanks to Charles for pointing it out to me. EDITED TO ADD: Nice voice.
John Hodgeman On Aliens Among Us And Falling In Love
I really enjoyed this, much more than I’ve enjoyed most of his bits on the Daily Show.
The Machine Is Us/ing Us
An enjoyably clever video explaining (touting) web 2.0 in “just under five minutes”. Thanks, Bean!
Damn, this is cool.
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Open Link & Comment Thread: Annie Ross Is Cooler Than You Are Edition
Use this thread to post whatever you’d like; self-linking is encouraged. Meanwhile, here’s Annie Ross singing “Twisted”: Although I love this clip because Ross does such a great job with gesture and expression, I wonder if she had a cold … Continue reading
Open Thread: Having A Stroke Feels Blissful
Please use this thread to say whatever you’d like to say, or to share any links you’d like to share. Self-linking is encouraged. * * * As a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor has always known more about brains than … Continue reading
Exactly Dianne. The ICE genocide is another patriarchal measure to strip women of their rights, their freedom and very often,…