Are the protesters who are risking their lives at the Dakota Access Pipeline - who are, let’s be clear, overwhelming people of color - privileged, Madeleine?

And yet, somehow, somebody thought this was a good idea.

Professional writers (like me) tend to have some anxiety about the profession because it’s something that everybody thinks they can do. So you get a lot of people kind of policing entry out of that insecurity.

Both Republicans and Democrats have become a complete parody of themselves this election - an unrepentantly racist, nativist, proto-fascist army of gullible mooks who take legitimate reasons for anger and bend them into the most inane and bigoted grievances imaginable, and endlessly snobby corporate limousine liberals…

Of course, there’s far, far more people in the country who see “bro” as a beloved term of endearment than as a dog whistle of disgust for overeducated urbanites who are marinated in the internet, so politically, it might be a good move. Details!

It’s become cool among professional writers to make fun of NaNoWriMo. Don’t listen. Have fun.

refuse to upgrade your headphones

Elfrid Payton seems harsh.

counterpoint: it’s all shitty

Could I play it with my NES-modded-to-USB controller?

I don’t necessarily disagree with you. But it’s absolutely essential to say: the p-value crisis is in all manner of “hard” sciences too. Behavioral genetics, ecology, oncology, medical imaging, even cosmology - it’s a much bigger problem than people who ascribe it to the social sciences let on.

can tell me the time, the weather, and how long it will take to get to work

It’s amazing that, in the year that Gawker Media has spent so much time celebrating itself for its independence, it’s essentially collapsed into being nothing but a Democrat mouthpiece. Every Gawker Media blog is essentially DailyKos now.

Who needs Owlboy?

Always hard to find really warm outerwear that doesn’t look like a 90s-era Xmen costume.

Always hard to find really warm outerwear that doesn’t look like a 90s-era Xmen costume.

I just keep thinking about guys like Colin Kaepernick and Nick Foles, both of whom earned massive plaudits for great play in a limited sample size, and then ended up getting benched. QBs often look great when they’re new to the league and defensive coordinators haven’t gotten the chance to scheme against them. Once…

Oh really? Thanks, I assumed there was no hope without the script extender.

Weird Twitter, I should point out, frequently overlaps with Leftist Twitter

How about patching the horrid default UI?