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moominmuppetBlarg. Nasty migraine today. Took lots of meds and made it to work, but may not make it the whole shift. Otherwise life is going pretty well. Yesterday Chad and I escorted at the clinics, then had a very relaxed movie-watching sort of day at home together. I didn't end up having to work an overtime shift, which was excellent given how wiped I was after escorting. Side effects from the new med are still messing with me.
Still working hard on the Kenyon outsourcing issue; we got HuffPo coverage!
Kenyon College Outsourcing Plan Sparks Outcry From Students, Faculty
BoingBoing: The only good abortion is my abortion -- excellent piece.
a Mother to one: support for women and their choices
Support & Information for mothers who have faced Selective Reduction (Multi-fetal Reduction) and abortion. -- A friend of mine runs this site, and it's a topic that's rarely addressed.
RHRealityCheck: On Contraceptive Coverage, the Government Is Right, the Bishops Are Wrong, and This Is Why.
by Rev. Harry Knox, President & CEO, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)
Coitus More Ferarum [NSFW] -- a great article by a friend of mine about sexuality in Game of Thrones.
An assortment of excellent Health at Every Size articles
TheRoot: 19 Black LGBT Movers and Shakers
Tumblr: THIS IS WHAT A SCIENTIST LOOKS LIKE
We are veteran Israeli combat soldiers who served in the occupied territories. Having witnessed and participated in abusive military actions, then realizing how it deteriorates our society’s basic moral code, we believe it is time to expose the everyday reality of both Palestinians and Israeli soldiers. We are doing this for the good of our country and people. These are our stories. Help us Make them heard.
HuffingtonPost: Turtle Sex Fossil Unearthed In Germany Shows Extinct Reptiles Copulating
Alternet: Occupy Homes Wins Crucial Victories for Struggling Homeowners Against Big Banks
Alternet/Salon: Stop Our Sperm, Please! Many Men Demand Male Birth Control - Why Don't We Have Any?
Alternet/SouthernPovertyLawCenter: The Unbelievable Brutality Unleashed on Kids in For-Profit Prisons
Alternet: 'The People Need Robin Hood': Nurses Union Leads Nationwide Campaign to Force Wall Street to Pay Its Fair Share
Care2: Judge: OWS Protesters Wrongfully Arrested On Brooklyn Bridge
Alternet: Do You Look Like a Prostitute? (Whatever That Means): It Might Mean No Taxi Cabs
Throughout history, laws that are supposed to "protect" women have pushed prostitutes to the margins of cities and the social order itself.
Alternet/Nation: How the NYPD's Vast Spy Network Brought "Pre-Emptive War" to America
The New York Police Department has been engaged in a vast domestic spying operation targeting Muslims for surveillance, mapping and infiltration.
MSNBC: Reich responds to conservative 'big lies' about taxes and economic policy
Care2: The “Golden Age” of Bookstores: A Myth?
Care2: Dispatches From The War On Women: Pregnant And Tasered
Care2: Dispatches From The War On Women: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Abortion Bill
Care2: Dispatches From The War On Women: Anti-Choice And The Co-Opting Of Civil Rights
Care2: New BPA Substitute May Be Equally Dangerous
Alternet: Uruguay May Be First Country to Legalize Pot
Why the U.S. Media Barely Covered Brutal Right-Wing Race Riots in Tel Aviv
RetractionWatch: Three more retractions for weight loss surgeon Edward Shang for making up data
Alternet: Legal research on a range of currently illegal drugs indicates they may help cure PTSD, alcoholism and even cluster headaches.
Alternet: Freakonomics Author Steven Levitt: Authoritarian Corporate Shill?
Skepchick: SCIENCE ISN’T SCIENCE IF IT’S ABOUT ABORTION
Skepchick: FOR INSTANT OUTRAGE, JUST ADD SEX
Skepchick: “WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?”: MY EXPERIENCE WITH RELIGION AT THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE
Wellcome Image Awards 2012: Amazing Scenes Of Medical Science Under A Microscope (PHOTOS)
WTF_Nature: The Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor) is a small, common North American beetle. Most of the time it's an iridescent gold, but when it is disturbed, the beetle alters the reflectivity of its exoskeleton and changes color from gold to red, with ladybug-like markings.
CNN: I don't own my child's body
DancesWithFat: Who Appoints the Body Judges?
YahooNews: Easter Island’s statues may have been ‘walked’ to their location
YahooNews: Mass grave of ‘giant wombats’ discovered in Australia
People caught with small amounts of marijuana in New York State are supposed to receive no more than a $100 fine, the equivalent of a traffic ticket. Instead, in New York City, many such people are being accused of child neglect, even if they are never charged with a drug-related violation. And some have even lost custody of their children.
Vatican labels the ordination of women a 'grave crime' to be dealt with in the same way as sex abuse
How Cleveland is changing its part of broken food system
Northeast Ohio residents show strong support for sustainability, survey says
Weighing news for at-risk babies
Consumers Stuck With Murky Sunscreen Labels Another Summer
“I’ve been working the feminist beat for years now, and have seen lots and lots of stories about sexual harassment and rape. I have never once seen the victim go without being called a liar. Not once.”
Octopus Hitches Ride on Dolphin's Genitals
The Afterlife of Cheap Clothes
Where do your Target bargains go when you get tired of them? The Salvation Army. Rag bins. And Africa.
Watch Bridget Kriner read her award-winning close-as-my-heartbeat poem about abortion, "Women vs Ernie". (B actually reading starts at 5:53) (description copied from Katie's post about it) Ernie is one of our most obnoxious protesters outside the clinic.
10 of the Deadliest Proteins on Earth
Still working hard on the Kenyon outsourcing issue; we got HuffPo coverage!
Kenyon College Outsourcing Plan Sparks Outcry From Students, Faculty
BoingBoing: The only good abortion is my abortion -- excellent piece.
a Mother to one: support for women and their choices
Support & Information for mothers who have faced Selective Reduction (Multi-fetal Reduction) and abortion. -- A friend of mine runs this site, and it's a topic that's rarely addressed.
RHRealityCheck: On Contraceptive Coverage, the Government Is Right, the Bishops Are Wrong, and This Is Why.
by Rev. Harry Knox, President & CEO, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)
Coitus More Ferarum [NSFW] -- a great article by a friend of mine about sexuality in Game of Thrones.
An assortment of excellent Health at Every Size articles
TheRoot: 19 Black LGBT Movers and Shakers
Tumblr: THIS IS WHAT A SCIENTIST LOOKS LIKE
We are veteran Israeli combat soldiers who served in the occupied territories. Having witnessed and participated in abusive military actions, then realizing how it deteriorates our society’s basic moral code, we believe it is time to expose the everyday reality of both Palestinians and Israeli soldiers. We are doing this for the good of our country and people. These are our stories. Help us Make them heard.
HuffingtonPost: Turtle Sex Fossil Unearthed In Germany Shows Extinct Reptiles Copulating
Alternet: Occupy Homes Wins Crucial Victories for Struggling Homeowners Against Big Banks
Alternet/Salon: Stop Our Sperm, Please! Many Men Demand Male Birth Control - Why Don't We Have Any?
Alternet/SouthernPovertyLawCenter: The Unbelievable Brutality Unleashed on Kids in For-Profit Prisons
Alternet: 'The People Need Robin Hood': Nurses Union Leads Nationwide Campaign to Force Wall Street to Pay Its Fair Share
Care2: Judge: OWS Protesters Wrongfully Arrested On Brooklyn Bridge
Alternet: Do You Look Like a Prostitute? (Whatever That Means): It Might Mean No Taxi Cabs
Throughout history, laws that are supposed to "protect" women have pushed prostitutes to the margins of cities and the social order itself.
Alternet/Nation: How the NYPD's Vast Spy Network Brought "Pre-Emptive War" to America
The New York Police Department has been engaged in a vast domestic spying operation targeting Muslims for surveillance, mapping and infiltration.
MSNBC: Reich responds to conservative 'big lies' about taxes and economic policy
Care2: The “Golden Age” of Bookstores: A Myth?
Care2: Dispatches From The War On Women: Pregnant And Tasered
Care2: Dispatches From The War On Women: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Abortion Bill
Care2: Dispatches From The War On Women: Anti-Choice And The Co-Opting Of Civil Rights
Care2: New BPA Substitute May Be Equally Dangerous
Alternet: Uruguay May Be First Country to Legalize Pot
Why the U.S. Media Barely Covered Brutal Right-Wing Race Riots in Tel Aviv
RetractionWatch: Three more retractions for weight loss surgeon Edward Shang for making up data
Alternet: Legal research on a range of currently illegal drugs indicates they may help cure PTSD, alcoholism and even cluster headaches.
Alternet: Freakonomics Author Steven Levitt: Authoritarian Corporate Shill?
Skepchick: SCIENCE ISN’T SCIENCE IF IT’S ABOUT ABORTION
Skepchick: FOR INSTANT OUTRAGE, JUST ADD SEX
Skepchick: “WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?”: MY EXPERIENCE WITH RELIGION AT THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE
Wellcome Image Awards 2012: Amazing Scenes Of Medical Science Under A Microscope (PHOTOS)
WTF_Nature: The Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor) is a small, common North American beetle. Most of the time it's an iridescent gold, but when it is disturbed, the beetle alters the reflectivity of its exoskeleton and changes color from gold to red, with ladybug-like markings.
CNN: I don't own my child's body
DancesWithFat: Who Appoints the Body Judges?
YahooNews: Easter Island’s statues may have been ‘walked’ to their location
YahooNews: Mass grave of ‘giant wombats’ discovered in Australia
People caught with small amounts of marijuana in New York State are supposed to receive no more than a $100 fine, the equivalent of a traffic ticket. Instead, in New York City, many such people are being accused of child neglect, even if they are never charged with a drug-related violation. And some have even lost custody of their children.
Vatican labels the ordination of women a 'grave crime' to be dealt with in the same way as sex abuse
How Cleveland is changing its part of broken food system
Northeast Ohio residents show strong support for sustainability, survey says
Weighing news for at-risk babies
Consumers Stuck With Murky Sunscreen Labels Another Summer
“I’ve been working the feminist beat for years now, and have seen lots and lots of stories about sexual harassment and rape. I have never once seen the victim go without being called a liar. Not once.”
Octopus Hitches Ride on Dolphin's Genitals
The Afterlife of Cheap Clothes
Where do your Target bargains go when you get tired of them? The Salvation Army. Rag bins. And Africa.
Watch Bridget Kriner read her award-winning close-as-my-heartbeat poem about abortion, "Women vs Ernie". (B actually reading starts at 5:53) (description copied from Katie's post about it) Ernie is one of our most obnoxious protesters outside the clinic.
10 of the Deadliest Proteins on Earth
