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Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:52:59 -0500

Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It:

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…

fakerockstar: Sometimes, The Internet rewards you. In honor of...

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:54:16 -0500

fakerockstar:

Sometimes, The Internet rewards you. In honor of all my friends at The Onion, I share this. You should too.

My dear friend Polly, and one of her beautiful babes — I...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:05:50 -0500

My dear friend Polly, and one of her beautiful babes — I am guessing the baby is her sweet, funny girlchild. Look at that face! If that is not a parent in love with her child, I don’t know what is.

butchesandbabies:

This week we have the great honor of sharing multiple photos from Lesbian Dad herself! I thought I’d start with the ittiest of the bittiest.

I was asked to include a thank you to myself with each posting, but instead I’m going to THANK YOU ALL for submitting so many incredible photos. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. And keep an eye out for more Lesbian Dad photos throughout the week!

Big Brother Confirmed in Wisconsin

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:33:50 -0500

Big Brother Confirmed in Wisconsin:

l3fan-o-rama:

In early June dane101 reported on information from anonymous state workers who claimed that an emergency response team operating out of the GEF-2 building downtown had been set up to monitor the social media activity of protest related organizations.

A recently released report (pdf) put together by the Wisconsin National Guard and Wisconsin Emergency Management now seems to confirm there was, in fact, state-run internet monitoring happening during the protests.

The report, which makes recommendations for how the state might better handle large protests in the future and points out specific shortcomings in the response that did happen earlier this year, was released as the result of an open records request made by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The MJS had earlier questioned Capitol Police spokeswoman Lori Getter about the existence of such an emergency team. Getter denied that one had ever been used by the division’s Joint Information Center.

On page 11 of the report, however, a “Telecommunications Emergency Response Team” is specifically mentioned as having “provided essential staff for this prolonged event.” The report also cites a lack of earlier “monitoring of social media during events to anticipate crowd psychology, actions and reactions” as an area of needed improvement. It suggests that state/law enforcement engaged in social media and networking “much too late,” supporting the late May/early June-leak of the creation of an emergency response team.

[emphasis mine]

I love these pictures and I know all of these wonderful women. I...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:30:50 -0500

W + Kate & Trish

W + M

W + Kate

I love these pictures and I know all of these wonderful women. I could not agree more with Calliope — get these women a forever-theirs baby, ASAP!

butchesandbabies:

From submitter Calliope: “I’m a single straight girl raising my family with the help of a fantastic village (I think you met some of them on the IVP!) - these women helped support me through trying to conceive and they support me now through parenting solo. And you know when it is time to teach my son, W how to tie a tie it will be these wonderful butches that I will consult first!”

Thank you for submitting these photos, Calliope, and for sharing the sweet story. Family comes in all forms and it really does take a village!

More about each photo - A: Calliope’s son W in Kate’s lap the day before Kate & Trish legally married in the grand state of Iowa! (GET THESE LADIES A BABY!! They are hoping to adopt and it can’t happen soon enough.); B - Calliope’s son W in the safe and secure arms of M at Kate & Trish’s wedding; C - Calliope’s son W with Trish the day before she married Kate in Iowa!

"I cannot accept a Minnesota where people with disabilities lose part of the time they are cared for..."

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:36:49 -0500

“I cannot accept a Minnesota where people with disabilities lose part of the time they are cared for by personal care attendants, so that millionaires do not have to pay one dollar more in taxes. I cannot accept a Minnesota where young people cannot afford the rising tuitions at the University of Minnesota or a MnSCU campus, so that millionaires do not have to pay one dollar more in taxes. I cannot accept a Minnesota where elderly widows are denied the at-home services that permit them to remain healthy and able to live in their own homes, or a Minnesota where local governments have to further slash their firefighters and police forces, or a Minnesota where special education is being cut, so that millionaires do not have to pay one dollar more in taxes.”

- MN Gov. Mark Dayton (via thedependentclause)

It’s like parallel-universe Wisconsin. I may not envy Minnesotans their government shutdown, but I think I envy them their governor.

(via davebloom)

michaelzimmer: rainabloom: michaelzimmer: rainabloom: Someone...

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:35:32 -0500

michaelzimmer:

rainabloom:

michaelzimmer:

rainabloom:

Someone prove me wrong.

Please?

Savran, D. (2003). A Queer Sort of Materialism: Recontextualizing American Theater, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. [PN2270.G39 S28 2003]

That’s not a novel. Nonetheless, I’m impressed - there may be a bright future in reference librarianship for you! Exciting, huh?!

For me, this definitely is a novel. Reading anything outside my specific domain of research expertise is essentially enjoying fiction.

What else am I supposed to read for fun? Books about kiddie wizards?

Kiddie wizards are over. The cool kids read about vampires now.

Also, I count Tipping the Velvet as a trashy leftist romance novel, IMO.

Chartastic

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:32:00 -0500

Chartastic:

Chart showing the movement of LGBTQ rights over time.