Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 6, 2024What I find curious about this thread is that the image he's critiquing is much, much more interesting than any of the images he brings up as examples of good images. The "Lois and Clark" images in particular are blandness personified. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 6, 2024#PoliCartoon [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 6, 2024Israel apologists: "Student protestors should be arrested! Rule of law!" Also Israel apologists: "If rule of law goes against Israel, we'll take revenge on the prosecutors and their families!" https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-you-have-been-warned-republican
- Untitled May 5, 2024Flash forward to 2094, when people who are ten now will be like "the internet was different back then! We were all friendlier... there were hardly ever trolls... Now it's all gone to shit."
- Untitled May 4, 2024This is either incredible stupidity or incredible dishonesty from the cops, and I honestly can't tell which.
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Presidential Election Irresponsible Speculation, er, Discussion, Thread
The other side’s primaries are so much fun. From my perspective, it’s all entertainment, no skin in the game. I had a long argument with a couple of my housemates about the GOP primary and the upcoming presidential election. My … Continue reading
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NOM’s Unethical Swiping of Obama Rally Photos
The website “Good As You” points out that NOM has swiped photos from Obama for President rallies and used them on their website as if they were photos of NOM rallies. (Here and here.) Let’s face it — this sort … Continue reading
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The Daily Show on Occupy Wall Street
This five-minute John Oliver piece really annoyed the hell out of me, until I watched it to the end. It’s basically a smug “hey look, these people use unfamiliar hand gestures and some of them have facial tattoos, ha ha … Continue reading
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Mixed Feelings About Men-Ups
Photographer Ron Sabean created this “Men Ups” series of photos, 12 shots of men, dressed in (conventionally) masculine attire and often with macho props, posing like a model in an Alberto Vargas or Gil Elvgren pin-up painting.1 On the one … Continue reading
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Open Thread And Link Farm: It’s Fucking Magic Edition
Above: An extreme close-up of the human eye. Suren Manvelyan, the photographer, has a whole gallery. Intent! It’s Fucking Magic! « Genderbitch: Musings of a Trans Chick Safety Regulators Don’t Add Costs. They Decide Who Pays Them. – NYTimes.com. I … Continue reading
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In Defense of Differing With The Entire Human Race of Earlier Ages
[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] In an anti-abortion/anti-marriage equality essay, Stephen Heaney writes: With a different understanding of marriage, one might argue that same-sex couples are harmed by the lack of marital status because they believe it is owed to … Continue reading
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Open Thread And Link Farm: Giant Octopus Edition
Tiger Beatdown › The Percentages: A Biography of Class A lengthy post about class with a big dose of autobiography. One of the best posts I’ve read all year long. Time for a Tobin tax The Moral Authority of Occupy … Continue reading
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