Terrorized by ‘War on Terror’ - washingtonpost.com
The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration’s elevation of these three words into a national mantra since the horrific events of 9/11 has had a pernicious impact on American democracy, on America’s psyche and on U.S. standing in the world. Using [...]
I was reading this article about an eye-tracking study done by the Neilson Norman Group and the last example surprised me. This study used eye-tracking technology to record where a user’s eye spent the most time when viewing a web page design. This technology is typically used to gather data used to compare the usability [...]
Gawd I love Mark Morford.
The Rev. Ted Haggard has been “cured” of his meth-lovin’ homosexuality, all from three weeks of intensive therapy by way of a gaggle of ministers who, presumably, beat him with garden hoses and removed a large chunk of his soul with God’s own chainsaw all while tattooing his eyeballs with giant [...]
Male big horn sheep live in what are often called “homosexual societies.” They bond through genital licking and anal intercourse, which often ends in ejaculation. If a male sheep chooses to not have gay sex, it becomes a social outcast. Ironically, scientists call such straight-laced males “effeminate.”
Giraffes have all-male orgies. So do bottlenose dolphins, killer [...]
Check out this article, it’s a little self-helpy but I liked it. It’s about something he calls “Local Max” and getting beyond it, but you’re not gonna know what that is till you read it. So read it. It’s brief.
Seth’s Blog: Understanding Local Max
Thoughts on an excellent article by Mark Morford in the SF Chronicle.
Digital organisms that breed thousands of times faster than common bacteria are beginning to shed light on some of the biggest unanswered questions of evolution.
on and interview with Drew Vidal about the current state of America
For the first time, sociologists have mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school.
Study suggests that sexual preference is biologically determined in animals, and possibly in humans.
Wal-Mart amasses more data about the products it sells and its shoppers’ buying habits than anyone else, so much so that some privacy advocates worry about potential for abuse.
An article from adbusters about the ineffectiveness of current protest strategies.
A gay penguin couple in the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan adopts a child.
Against All Odds
By Adam Hochschild \
tomdispatch.com
January 29, 2004
Strangely, in a city where it seems that on every block a blue-and-white glazed plaque commemorates a famous event or resident, none marks this spot. All you can see today, after you leave the Bank station of the London underground, walk a block or two east, and then [...]
Monogomy and fidelity have long been touchstones of Western culture, but some anthropologists have begun to question those values based on studies of a rain forest tribe in Venezuela.