- 100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child
Here is a dose of bleak for you all. Because I hate you, and want you to despair. Or, perhaps just because I think it does those of us who are decent, tolerant and human to be reminded who the enemy is every so often. (I am aware that some of us find it easier to forget than others.)
- The Daily Mirror have use a photo of an innocent young woman as a serial killer
Sounds ludicrous, doesn't it? They've thieved a photo from someone's on-line gallery (bad enough in the first place) and used it as a photo to illustrate an article about a real serial killer, as if the person in the picture was the killer. Said person is not even remotely connected with the crimes in question. I'm really just blogging this for the sheer WTF factor….
Tag: homophobia
Bookmarks for May 13, 2010
- The Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change. – Pew Research Center
I'd always thought Gen X stopped in about 1975, but apparently I'm a gen Xer. But this survey isn't about me, so much as it's about a lot of the people I know. It's, er, interesting. I'd like to see similar stats for the UK….
- Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Save the Life of Kiana Firouz
Well, here's an interesting test case for out new government, and for caring sharing Dave and his compassionate conservatism. But more importantly, do like the article says, and start writing, if you'd prefer that Britain not deport people who will be tortured or killing for the crime of being a lesbian.
- Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options – Graphic – NYTimes.com
I'm not sure I've got all this locked down, even on my ultra-locked-down work-only account. And I am by any reasonable lights, an expert web user. How is the casual user supposed to get it right?
- Facebook is a feminist issue | Geek Feminism Blog
This, by the way, it why I get so het up over privacy. This page contains a link to some talk about how facebook until the other day, made it possible to trace your location. I didn't blog the link, because Facebook fixed the hole before I could, but the fact it existed at all relates to a wider point about their privacy culture – they either do not think, or do not care, about how it will affect vulnerable people for whom privacy is a very important concern. And it's all very well for them to say "if you don't want it public, don't put it on facebook", but why should the vulnerable, for whom it might make the most difference, have less rights to share with their friends? Why should excluding the vulnerable from Facebook be acceptable?
Bookmarks for November 10, 2009
- WikiReader | Home
Wikipedia in your pocket for cheap, not reliant on network access. Seriously tempting.
- Get Excited And Make Things! « Magical Nihilism
You've seen this by now, I just want a reference so I can come back and find the print-ready files at some point.
- The Post-Game Show : Danger, Danger; Gay Marriage
Andrew's really been on top form lately. One might almost think he really cares about all this gay rights business.
Bookmarks for November 9, 2009
- YouTube – Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said
(via Del) I had never heard more of these before. They are basically awesome, and you should go and listen.
- The Maine Issue
If you haven't been paying attention to what happened in Maine last week, I strongly urge you to start here.
Bookmarks for July 24, 2009
- San Diego, Why Don’t You Come To Your Senses?
Please, pass this link around. It's worth doing. Reblog, re-tweet, pass it on to your friends so they can do the same. If you are a geek or a nerd of any stripe, you should be aware that some small fraction of the money you spend on entertainment media is going to fuel homophobia (if you're giving money to companies that are then giving money to an operation that is fuelling homophobia, then yes, that *is* what is happening), and that this should be stopped. And unless they are publically shamed, then there is no reason for companies like Marvel to grow a spine. So you should circulate this link.
- Strange Fish Identification Site
It does exactly what it says on the tin. I have no use for this, but I love that it exists.
- Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good
Watching this, I had to keep reminding myself that he's a politician, and that his words are unlikely to be backed up by action, that he's not going to be called on the content of this speech, and that he has teams of people whose job it is to help him seem engaged, aware and generally serious about the world. Still: this is a good speech, talking sense, and it's quite nice to see him saying things I agree with 100%.
Bookmarks for March 12, 2008
- Chemical brain controls nanobots
This is superb stuff. I for one welcome our new grey goo overlords.
- Zoe Williams: This po-faced rectitude – “If you accept that queer no longer means strange, you need to accept that gay no longer exclusively means homosexual”
I don’t know that I agree with that specific argument (or that Williams does) – one is a reclamation of a derogatory term, the other the reverse – but it’s an interesting read regarding the attempt to police children’s use of language.
- John Bull’s Reggae Kitchen
More cooking programs should be as relaxed and entertainng.