/checks Seattle weather

If voting puts you in danger or someone takes away your right to either register or vote at the polls, then yeah — you have suffered an injustice and we should work to punish those who engage in supression.

An “accident” is legally distinct from “negligence.”

His once-working transition email account at .gov is now bouncing back messages. For what it’s worth.

“a bunch of cry babies who should just get over it because they lost.”

My fear is 100% irrational. I know the stats and understand the physics. I still drive 99.9% of the time.

I just posted a negative reaction to the phrase “pet parent” today on Facebook. I was expecting some controversy, but so far nothing. One person pointed out the linked article, which I hadn’t seen — but it does a pretty good job with a thoroughly thankless task.

That’s possibly the only great thing about prequels -- he doesn’t need to have that smooth sensuality yet. He’s in the process of learning how to be that character.

Public statements? I’d settle for them making accurate private statements.

The most ironic thing about that is that consent is a fundamental aspect of S&M.

In a couple of cases, maybe. But for the majority? I really don’t think so. It’s a mix of misogyny, lack of empathy and not taking two seconds to just think about it.

Victims are treated that way in part because people don’t understand the concept of consent. You can read any of the justifications of what was on that tape to see that’s true. Hell, there are probably victims who don’t think of themselves as “proper victims” because of misunderstandings related to consent.

So clearly that the word “pescaterian” doesn’t appear anywhere in this summary or the actual article.

I’m so sorry. And hoping that you’ve subsequently found yourself with a better class of friends.

I’m equally as confused as how you got that from what I wrote.

We’re all, on some level, totally awful and just a multimillion-dollar house and a beautiful blue coat away from accidentally blowing up our lives on a whim like Frances.

If fish is an acceptable addition, then I have to wonder why bacon isn’t mentioned.

We need to have a serious conversation about consent in this country, because too many people just don’t get it. And that is completely inexcusable.

David Cross has a bit in his stand-up performance (on Netflix now) where he says he wants to gather all the religious leaders and lock them in a room for five days. He thinks they’ll start to shed an emphasis on things that divide them when they realize how much they have in common. Like child rape.

There was an NPR story about this earlier in the week (someone linked to it way upstream... here it is). It was a cry for help by the department for more resources to deal with stuff like this.