I saw Avengers: Infinity War over the weekend. For the record, I liked it. It went way over-the-top with special effects scenes, but I thought it held together and told its story well.I don't think I'm giving away any major spoilers by discussing the villain Thanos's evil plan, since it is pretty well known to anyone who's been reading about the movie, but consider this … [Read more...] about Thanos Is Bad At Math
Getting to Know Sex Workers
Maggie McNeill has a standing request that allies and supporters of sex workers do something to express that support whenever Friday the 13th rolls around. I had intended write something two weeks ago about my personal experience learning about sex worker rights, but I ran into technical difficulties before I could finish. This post is adapted from that piece.It's … [Read more...] about Getting to Know Sex Workers
Are Humans Warming the Earth? The Answer May Surprise You!
I don't write a lot about climate change, but every once in a while something catches my eye. Over on Watts Up With That, a post apparently written by Julius Sanks asks the question "Can we puny humans produce enough energy to melt the huge icecap?" Before explaining why he's wrong -- or rather, why that's the wrong question -- I want to take a detour to a another … [Read more...] about Are Humans Warming the Earth? The Answer May Surprise You!
Headway Themes, WTF?
It all began to go wrong when I started writing a post for Maggie's Friday the 13th call for support, about how the sex work community on Twitter was responding to the one-two punch of FOSTA/SESTA and the Backpage raid. The post needed a lot embedded tweets from sex workers, and while I was reviewing the post I noticed something odd: My blog was not displaying the tweets … [Read more...] about Headway Themes, WTF?
The DOJ Performs As Expected on Backpage
On Friday there was a big news splash about the Department of Justice coming down hard on Backpage.com executives for their involvement with child sex trafficking. The Backpage.com site was taken down, and there were reports and rumors of seizures, searches, arrests, and a 93-count indictment. We didn't get to find out much more, because despite all the publicity, the … [Read more...] about The DOJ Performs As Expected on Backpage