I had the great fun of organizing a panel on one of my favorite bills this federal legislation session, H.R. 3344. You can learn a lot watching the video below, or you can read the infographic I designed, peruse the stories I curated, or sign the petition I wrote. Seriously, I like this bill. Also, […]
Continue reading →If you’re listening to anything I say through Polaris’s social media channels, you’ve probably heard about Safe Harbor laws. Safe Harbor laws are a kind of law to combat human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking of people under 18, as well as other forms of commercial sexual exploitation of people under 18 which are not always […]
Continue reading →Malala Yousaf Zai is a 14-year-old female Pakistani activist. My friend, Nighat Dad, writes about her work and the bullets which tried to silence her Tuesday. Learning her name and her story and spreading it is exactly what the people who tried to kill her didn’t want. Boost the signal. Inspirational Quote: “Hailing from Mingora […]
Continue reading →There’s been a bit of news around the representative from the Georgia 10th, not merely because he said this: “God’s word is true. I’ve come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. It’s lies to try to […]
Continue reading →Today I filled out a survey which asked “Where do you spend your time when you’re not at work?” and I answered “Online.” I have a lot invested in Skynet not taking over the earth, not just so I can continue to get my pop culture fixes but because I use the internet to try […]
Continue reading →Disney is doing Wizard of Oz (or, Oz the Great and Powerful), which it is totally cool to do under copyright because the Baum books were published pre-1923 and are thus in the United States public domain. It’s just a little frustrating because Disney has made a habit of profiting from the public domain and then […]
Continue reading →I just found out about Google Reverse Image Search and decided to search this image from my wedding: Not only did it find the other time I posted it, but it had a list of images which are similiar: Including the poster for Real Steel: That’s pretty awesome. Inspirational Quote: “A long marriage is two […]
Continue reading →This is a repost, with permission, of a clearly written and simple explanation of the Affordable Care Act. HT to Tim O’Reilly for tweeting about it. I’m putting the entirety up, including the update logs as the author realizes how popular his write-up was because I think it’s charming. This comes from Redditer CaspianX2. Enjoy: Okay, explained like […]
Continue reading →[Trigger warning: this post discussed sex trafficking of minors.] SB 6251 is an anti-sex trafficking law out of Washington State which threatens to do the same thing to the internet at SOPA and PIPA did: hobble real-time 3rd party posting by requiring it to be checked individually by the host. This time, the bill comes […]
Continue reading →In middle school, I decided I was afraid of too many things. The dark, loud noises and cooking raw meat (ever gotten a bacon burn? It hurts.). I felt I owed it to my heroes (Kel, Alanna, Anita Blake, V.I. Warshawski, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) to trim down the list of things of which I […]
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