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Bubbles and misinformation (going way beyond confirmation bias)
A so-called American Patriot tries to explain to my Senator that repealing Obamacare has nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act.A bunch of people are sharing a Facebook conversation from a guy...
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It’s the day to March Forth!
“We don’t know them all but we owe them all.”I’ve written before about an acquaintance in college who was shocked that I’d never heard the pun about this day: March Forth! It’s a date! It’s a command!...
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Game over, man!
To me, he will always be the panicky (“Game over, man! Game over!”) yet cocky (“Don’t worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you!”) Marine PFC William Hudson, fighting and cursing...
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Stock characters exist for many reasons
Stock characters: comic, victim, braggart, pretender, fool. (Click to embiggen)One of the things I’ve been getting used to since the move is the new bus route. I used to ride the Rapidride D line, and...
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We’re living in the future, but a lot of people don’t get it
An magazine ad from 1968: Western Electric is crossing a telephone with a TV set.“What you’ll use is called, simply enough, a Picturephone set. Someday it will let you see who you are talking to, and...
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Being reactionary – bad rules and good expectations
“Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a hieroglyph, and the blood of a virgin.” (Click to embiggen)I was reminded this week of the Dumbest Password...
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By their fruits you will know them — when people show you who they are,...
“Just a reminder. There’s not two of you — Internet you and real you. There is just one real you. Which means if you’re not kind on the internet, you’re not kind.” —Glenn Melton DoyleThose of us who...
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Listen, buddy, there is no pumpkin in pumpkin spice, and if you don’t like...
“I think people who hate on pumpkin spice but praise bacon are hypocrites. The only difference is that bacon is seen as ‘manly’ and pumpkin spice is seen as ‘girly.’ Both groups want to put it on...
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Not All Like That, part 3, or, If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit, I Ain’t Talking About...
Sometimes insight into important parts of human behavior and social interaction comes from unexpected places. For instance, because of my father’s work, my childhood was spread over 10 elementary...
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Being a discerning reader, part 2: it’s okay to set your own boundaries
Hot Take: “I’m sure this work of fiction has artistic merit, but it does something that I’m sick to death of seeing, and I don’t want to consume it” is an entirely reasonable, valid position to have,...
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Drip, drip, drip— or, Showing up matters
Credit: PixabayA few months before my 18th birthday, both my maternal and paternal grandfathers, independently, started asking me if I had registered to vote, since I was going to be eligible to vote...
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The Stuff of Legend – loving sf/f and the illusion of logic
Spock assures us, “It’s only logicial.” (MemeGenerator.Net)The stereotype of the logical sci fi nerd who doesn’t understand emotions is an exaggeration… except when it isn’t. There are plenty of...
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I’ve already survived one plague… part 2
I had planned to write something else today, but then I saw this post on tumblr: (Click to embiggen) “You’ll notice that LGBT pride parades are being cancelled, and LGBT people are not complaining and...
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May the Fourth…
This and other greatness available here: http://www.lastkisscomics.com/comic/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/My husband is the punster in the family. And his Good Twin (yes, he is the Evil Twin) is also a...
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Weekend Update 5/9/2020: The Best of Cephalopods, the Worst of Cephalopods
This isn’t my typical Weekend Update. We’re all suffering from anxiety fatigue, outrage fatigue, bad news fatigue, and so on. So I’m not sharing any of the news stories that caught my eye after posting...
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Confessions of a Rambler, or, my blogging style is verbose, okay?
Since the rich are the top of the food chain, bio magnification means that they accumulate maximum toxins in their bodies. It is not safe to eat the rich. Better to compost them.Some years ago a friend...
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Words and Images: Is it really only Wednesday? Because it feels so, so much...
I frequently save memes, cartoons, and the like to use as an illustration for a blog post or Friday Five. I always gather a lot more than I can actually use, so every now and then I share some the I...
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Hey, it’s March Fourth! So, let’s March Forth
“We don’t know them all but we owe them all.”I’ve written before about an acquaintance in college who was shocked that I’d never heard the pun about this day: March Forth! It’s a date! It’s a command!...
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Chuck is the artist, Chas is the writer
Many years ago the famous author Terry Pratchett was going to do a reading in the city where I lived at the time, Seattle, Washington. You had to reserve seats for the reading, though the tickets were...
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