Tex Velvet strikes again!
Honestly, I’m loving this guy—videos are really well made, and the whole concept is pretty funny.
Fantastic talk urging more simplicity in programming. It’s from PyCon and so of course the examples are about Python code, but the ideas are far more general.
Good article on the recent goofiness around religious groups’ outrage over Dan Savage accurately quoting the bible.
The American right is undertaking a huge project of trying to put right-wing politics beyond criticism by shouting “religious bigotry” any time someone gets in the way of their political agenda.
I hope you have heard about the “real” superheroes movement going on in various cities. One of the big ones is in Seattle, going by Phoenix Jones.
And now he has a nemesis.
This may be the best thing ever.
Fascinating interview with the architect/designer Michael Graves about his new work.
So the next day when my surgeon came by, I asked him to get in a wheelchair and come to my room. I strapped him into the chair, and he couldn’t reach anything. I asked, “Who designed this?” And he said, “Experts.” I said, “Am I the first one to tell you this?” He didn’t answer me.
So. Amendment 1. Nasty stuff.
Setting aside that the intent of this bill is one of simple bigotry, the impact of this bill goes far beyond gay North Carolinians. Even those opposed to gay marriage have a lot of reasons to vote against Amendment 1.
