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"The death of whores" 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
I follow a sex work blogger, who's just posted a much longer piece than usual. http://www.lauraagustin.com/prostitution-law-and-the-death-of-whores-in-jacobin-magazine 'Infamous statements from polic...
Minority control 26 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
It's old news that you can control a single-member district legislature with a quarter of the voting population[1], ideally distributed: half the voters[1] in half the districts, to give you half the ...
Day of the Sea Kayak 24 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
Finally got out and tried kayaking again by myself. Sea kayak, because I thought it'd be more stable as well as faster; the sign in guy even said so. And saying in the company's channel at first, to p...
Chomsky and First World non-democracy 17 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/chomsky_the_u_s_behaves_nothing_like_a_democracy/ "So the major domestic issue in the United States for the public is jobs. Polls show that very clearly. For the very ...
Hyperloop hype 17 Aug 2013 | 08:31 am
Is Elon Musk's Hyperloop proposal just massively naive, the result of an arrogant superstar who thinks he can wander into another field without doing the research, or an attempt to sabotage the HSR pr...
Nutritional labeling inaccuracy 10 Aug 2013 | 06:33 am
Paesana Sicilian Gravy (pretty tasty) Claims 110 calories, Fat 60, Sodium 13% RDA Fat 7g (63 cal) Carb - Fiber 7g (28 cal) Protein 2 g (8 cal) Total 99 cal. If there's an extra 0.5 each of carb and pr...
Recent books 6 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
_Runaways: Dead End Kids_, Whedon (re) -- still good _Avatar the Search 1-2_ -- okay _Lies my teacher told me_, James Loewen -- really good. Reviewed _Mexico: What everyone needs to know_, Roderick Ai...
Kayaking 6 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
Yesterday new friend Q and I went to a boat rental place for some kayaking. I'd never done small boating before. Heck, the only time I can recall being in a small boat was last year's schooner cruiser...
A couple of photo sets 5 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
The Lowell trip http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/sets/72157634936445106/ Science Center and rainbow stuff http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/sets/72157634936438710/ See the DW comments at h...
Ramblings by sunlight 5 Aug 2013 | 05:02 am
So foar the past three days I've been getting up and out when I wake up, even if I haven't slept nearly enough. The spark was this NPR piece on becoming a morning person by going camping, the idea bei...
