I look forward to useless comments like this in other stories. "Well, I went to Nigeria and I didn't get kidnapped!"

For a lot of people, Flashpoint and everything following is an Elseworld.

Consider, too, what this piece says about the place each character calls home. For Superman, Krypton's where he came from, and Metropolis is where he lives, but Smallville is home. For Wonder Woman, Man's World is an alien place very different from where she calls home, Themiscyra or Paradise Island or whatever you…

Right? What lead up to this? Is she the only one getting trolled? If so, why was she singled out? I'm getting that feeling I get when I open the book to the middle or start a series in the middle. What came before all this!?

there is clearly more to this story.....

I think vCJD is a bit different, though. I'm not aware of any viable test, and symptomatic manifestation can be delayed (though 34 years is probably unusually long). There is also not treatment for vCJD. The number of people excluded by the rule is also relatively small and does not represent a protected class that…

My parents have a few jumpers and scarves which are made by a local craftwoman (the jumpers) and a local craftsman (the scarfes) in our country (which is Switzerland) using a weaving loom . They are expensive, I guess that they cost about the same as a mid-priced (mass-produced) designer item. They are really…

I wonder what percentage of comments about Rihanna's naked pics were about how she's "desperate for attention" as opposed to Madonna here, who has been doing this shit since before RiRi was a twinkle in her mother's eye (and looks just as good, IMO). And by the way, of course Madonna is trying to get your attention.…

Johnny Rockets (a 50's theme eatery where the servers are supposed to dance during certain songs) used to be in the mall where I grew up. For some reason, my mom, my younger brother and I were there one day, and we had this really great server. We'll call him Tim. Well Tim was great at his job. Friendly without going…

John the Baptist cried out in the wilderness and people went out to listen to him. This guy cried out in the middle of the town square and everyone left. I don't know about you, but I'd say that's a clear hint from God.

This is my spouses story. He's an auditor for the state. He basically audits companies to make sure they pay their L&I taxes. He doesn't audit small mom and pop shops, but usually multimillion dollar a year companies. Needless to say, nobody wants to see him when he shows up to audit them.

"but instead said he wouldn't touch her (acknowledging her stated preference for women)"

I have absolutely zero to add about the content/controversial jokes in her bit (no one wants to hear my white self have an opinion on it), but SNL may have just been the wrong venue for a monologue that controversial. Like the article said, it probably would've gone over better in a comedy club, but to millions of…

Oh, Christ, shut up already. You don't want to believe it? Don't! Apparently you need to take a trip to the damn bank with these people to thinks it's true. As much as you don't have 100% proof these servers got the tips, you have provided no proof they haven't.

You are entitled to freedom of speech, but also the consequences. Just because you're free to say something doesn't mean you need to and it doesn't mean you don't suffer the consequences.

What I found most interesting about your well-selected set of tweets is that most of them aren't Sterling apologists. They start with "Now, let's be clear, fuck that guy, BUT" which suggests that the misunderstanding of 1st Amendment is real, whereas I'd always suspected it was more a matter of convenient…

alt-text on that comic: I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express.

Not discrimination, but the bigotry if on its own? So what? As long as they're not stepping on anyone, what does it matter?

To me this kinda underscores the whole problem with gay cis people using transphobic slurs.

Charlie Stross is the boss.