The details of your abortion online? – Broadsheet – Salon.com
SALON – Feminists for Choice alerts us to a new Oklahoma law (yes, law, not "proposed legislation" or "some kind of sick joke") set to go into effect Nov. 1 that would collect detailed data about each abortion performed — and post it all on a [...]
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links for 2009-10-10
Posted in T.ast.y on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lunchtime foibles with SB and CM
Posted in T.ast.y, tagged arugula, chevre, delicious, lunch, white ale on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When CerealMom and I used to work together, we would make and share lunch almost every single day. Now that she’s freelancing, we’ve reunited on the backporch of my workplace. Today’s lunch was delicious–and all thanks to my weekly produce box from New Leaf. In fact, our salad was so quick-to-make, simple and tasty, I [...]
links for 2008-04-30
Posted in T.ast.y on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah van Gelder: How to Come Out of the Food Crisis
A thoughtful roundup of the burgeoning food crisis. I especially like van Gelder’s twist on the Shock Doctrine:
“Instead, we need to take a page from Naomi Klein’s new book, The Shock Doctrine. Her book shows that disasters–natural and human made–often
(tags: access catfood food)
Baker Creek [...]
links for 2008-04-29
Posted in T.ast.y on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hospitals to Patients: Pay Us Now, or We Won’t Treat You
This is absolutely appalling: “Hospitals are seeking cash upfront to reduce bad debt they’re experiencing amid a surge in patients who don’t pay their bills.”
(tags: zombiesex gross fuckyouhealthcare)
links for 2008-04-18
Posted in T.ast.y on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We Tell Stories
This is a really, really cool project, in which authors experiment with using the web to tell fictions, utilizing existing tools and interfaces to help create place and atmosphere.
(tags: GEEKout)
links for 2008-04-17
Posted in T.ast.y on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mortified: The Mortified Shoebox Show
Embarrassing leftovers from your teenage years, reheated. “This your Isuzu in the race today?”
(tags: awkwardphase)
links for 2008-04-16
Posted in T.ast.y on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pamela Anderson, one woman brand, reads Unmarketable by Anne Elizabeth Moore
I’m so into the cognitive dissonance of these images. But, you know, I’m not surprised. I may be one of the few people that actually read Pam’s ghostwritten “novel” cover-to-cover, and she isn’t as stupid as we all think. [EDIT!! THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT [...]
links for 2008-04-15
Posted in T.ast.y on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Men Explain Things to Me
I love, love, love Rebecca Solnit.
(tags: GrammasHandbag)
Why don’t you die, Evite?
I also really like Virginia Heffernan. Props to PDC for the link.
(tags: GrammasHandbag)
Over Last Year, Dailies Shrank Their Newsrooms By Biggest Margin In Three Decades
Don’t know if we need to really read beyond the headline, but this is damned depressing.
(tags: media)
Why [...]
links for 2008-04-12
Posted in T.ast.y on April 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sex on Meth
The tagline for this PSA implies that, were this young woman NOT on meth, she could charge a LOT more.
(tags: kleptomania,)
Is McCain a Cylon?
(tags: GEEKout)
links for 2008-04-11
Posted in T.ast.y on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A world without trucks
While the premise seems very retro-futurist, I’m really, really into the idea of underground tubes that bring you your commercial goods.
(tags: IBMchic)
