There’s been a LOT of academic literature about geospatial technologies being a tool of the state, particularly for suppression or mis-representation. I think we (meaning geography wonks) could do a better job of highlighting how the technology can be used for counter-authoritative purposes and actually be used to… Read more

I took a class with Professor Pogge at Columbia in the late 80's. I was a Barnard student, and he "joked" that all the Barnard students would drop his class within two weeks, the idea being that we were dumber than Columbia students. His teaching sucked. I got my first migraine in that class from stress. Luckily my… Read more

They’re married! Read more

Been stationed there and unfortunately among all the service branches the culture of the Marine Corps tends to be the least, shall we say, progressive? The Commandant of the Marine Corps (Conway) was the most vocal opponent of the repeal of DADT and open integration of gay service members, right now their brass are… Read more

You guys like doing this in the comments of stories like this, and while I appreciate your ideological purity, I don’t legally get to call things rape when no one is, as yet, being charged with rape. The woman involved has said the encounters were consensual — although we can argue about that too, because, my God,… Read more

I didn’t see this right away and I called Dr. Hern’s office to ask how I could donate money directly to the practice. I had a fifteen-minute conversation with Dr. Hern himself. In addition to being a hero, he is a very humble and cool guy. Read more

For those interested in watching live coverage of the trial online, the link is here: Read more

At least we can all agree on this part... Read more

good attempt at Bronte-ism, missed it on one point: your run on sentences aren’t long enough. The entire page needs to be just one entire paragraph with liberal use of commas and semi-colons and a lonely period at the end. Read more

“It was with the Brontë Society, rather conveniently named for both myself and my less talented sisters...” Read more

Everyone, please, a round of applause for Stassa Edwards, who is apparently a medium in addition to her other talents. Read more

DROPPIN IN TO SAY I LOVE U AND MISS U ALL Read more

Please accept this nice gif I found as a pledge of my continued support!

I’m in the middle of a huge joke-fight with my BF about Pastor Tim. Read more

I think I saw the Senator’s new car

He’s so smug and Alice is the definition of a one note harpy character. That scene where she's screaming at Philip and Elizabeth, gripping her pregnant belly, made me want to smack her. Blame your dumb husband for running off to be a white savior in Africa! Read more

I’m having a drink when they finally whack Pastor Tim and his wife whose name escapes me. Amy? Alice? I think it’s Alice.

I’m still not over the murder/execution of Nina. Read more

As someone who has worked on trail crews: This truly is an INSANE amount of stuff that got left behind. It’s to the point where it looks like all of these frat bros got scared by a bear and high-tailed it out of there, leaving their stuff (including their tents and alcohol! That’s really unusual!!) behind. Read more