Link Me Up, Scotty - the Keep Your Dirty Hands Off my Spoons Edition

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Abi Sutherland over at Making Light on the topic of caring for ourselves and others during times of dread.
...no one is entitled to another person’s energy, attention, or joy3. Not random sea lions on the internet, nor politicians, pundits and priests. My term for people who demand my energy without my consent is spoon bandits; I’m as fond of them as I am of any brigand or pickpocket. There are people whose requests for my attention I will entertain; there are also requests that are entertaining enough that I’ll listen on those merits alone. But my energy is mine.
H/T Brother Steve
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A young college student from Oregon decided to create an art project centering on how our President-Elect views women. These are his own words. They're not taken out of context, they're not "false" or "inaccurate" - he actually said these things, it's a documented fact.

This is one of the reasons I will never, ever understand how a woman - or anyone who ever cared about a woman - could vote for this reprobate. That's our President, ladies and gentlemen. Nice job, America.
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Harry Potter loving scientists discover a new spider species that looks like the Sorting Hat. So they named it Eriovixia gryffindori. Sometimes the world is a pretty neat place.

H/T Brother Nathan
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NPR brings us a "who's who" in the future Trump administration. Jesus wept.
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A thoughtful piece on how to criticize conservative women without being a sexist douchcanoe. Litmus test: If what you're about to say is a misogynist, disgusting, sexually charged comment when it's made against a liberal woman, then guess what? It's STILL a misogynist, disgusting, sexually charged comment when you're talking about KellyAnne Conway, or Melania Trump, or Anne Coulter.

I can't believe I'm sticking up for KellyAnne Conway, Melania Trump and Anne Coulter. Thanks, fellow liberals, for bringing me to the Bizarro World Cliffs of Insanity and leaving me there. Thanks A LOT.
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Zen Pencils on Marie Curie's joy and happiness in pursuing her scientific endeavors with her beloved at her side. A life well-lived.
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Climate scientist working for the Federal government are frantically copying their data, research, and findings from an upcoming hostile Trump administration. The fact that these scientists are so genuinely concerned that they're resorting to "guerrilla archiving" says a little something about how science and facts are viewed in this country these days. Angels and Ministers of Grace, defend us.

1 comments:

Nathan said...

Melania Trump doesn't register on my radar, KellyAnne Conway is a delusional lickspittle and Anne Coulter is beneath contempt.