Category Archives: Link farms

Open Thread: If This Scene Were In A Novel People Would Call It PC Fantasy

This is an open thread. Please post or discuss whatever you’d like, including self-linking. MSNBC’s photoblog has an excellent feature on Pearl Harbor, including this photo of a group of women of color fighting fires after the attacks: (Click through … Continue reading

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Open Thread And Link Farm: That Awkward Moment Between Thanksgiving And December Edition

Brinicles: Horrifying, but very cool to watch in a sped-up nature video. Congrats to my friend Jake Richmond (colorist of Hereville) for winning the Drunk Duck 2011 Best Overall Strip Award for Modest Medusa. That would be impressive at any … Continue reading

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Open Thread, if XKCD was a pop song edition

I want you to post what you want, the way you want it. Self-linkage is wanted. My friend Ben is holding a kickstarter for his upcoming “casual social game about politics, gender, and statesmanship,” to be called “Matriarchy.” Please check … Continue reading

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Open Thread, so that’s why people become cops edition

I read this story on Reason Magazine – a typically appalling police forfeiture story in which cops raided a strip club for drugs and, finding no drugs, confiscated (without receipt) cash, computers, computer pads, and the manager’s wallet. But what … 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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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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Open Thread and Link Farm: Me Am Play Gods Edition

I’ll be in Seattle for Jet City comic-con today; if you’re attending, please come and say hi. I’ll be the person sitting under the big Hereville sign. This is an open thread. Post what you want, when you want. Participants … Continue reading

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Open Thread and Link Farm: The Scuba Diver Screamed Edition

Rick Perry’s Inane Miscue on Galileo and Climate Change Telling Kids “Don’t Be Fat!” Is a High-Risk Message Why “kyriarchy” is a good word « Inquisitive Spark Why Is Television Losing Women Writers? Veteran Producers Weigh In How to Make … Continue reading

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Open Thread and Link Farm: Your Heart Is Thrashing Like That All The Time Edition

Y’all remember how this works, right? Man Dies Of Toothache. “A no-longer-living, no-longer-breathing example of the ‘push the patient to the edge of financial desperation’ theory of health care cost controls. It turns out that the quality of a frightened, … Continue reading

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Open Thread: World’s Best Reaper Edition

Post what you want, when you want. Self-link with abandon. Some things I’ve read lately: I really enjoyed “The Prince And The Sea,” a short and lovely online comic by Emily Carroll, about a romance between a prince and a … Continue reading

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