I don’t want to mention the name of the victim —because it’s still a sensitive subject in the area and there’s bound to be someone who has the name in a Google Alert and they will totally turn this into something about them— but yes, this was that case on Investigation Discovery.

I understand what you’re getting at, the question was rhetorical.

She was 13 and police mention she was on a “teen dating site.” It’s not explicit, but it seems the police are suggesting the guy met her on there.

Thank you for bringing up some much needed perspective about the internet, re: the big chasm between complaints about “the ESJAYDUBAYUS” vs. the pervasive abuse of all manner of forums by all manner of predatory types.

...which is entirely in line with the idea of “honor” as having any sort of bearing on the justice system. And really, police are the big problem here. They could very easily tell the press that if they want any access, they have to help victims equally.

I don’t think that’s restricted to sexual predators. People are just darker and weirder than anyone wants to think. That’s true of victims, too; without engaging in any sort of victim-blaming, how often are investigations thwarted because it’s hard to admit basic material facts about the victim that nobody wants to…

The likely explanation is that the cop is probably claiming workman’s comp —if not to cover the cost of counseling, then at least to cover himself while the incident is under review.

Roughly the same trajectory over here. And I suspect it’s a widely shared narrative.

Makes me wonder if the Telnet version of Star Wars is still alive?

Would it be useful here to point out here that Julie Delpy once starred in a bizarre Ayn Rand biopic?

Uh.... Werk? Bot?

Uh, yeah really great app. You know what I’d like to know? How everybody around here feels that Uber is cutting its drivers’ share of the fare so far downward, that in some markets that they actually can’t afford their own expenses.

As a part of a larger institution, the Oscars has a weird dual role. Explicitly, it’s there to honor the best of what the studios have to offer. Implicitly, it’s there to make sure that what the studios offer is honored. So if you were to draw a scatterplot, the sweet spot of honorees is where you have technically…

When you mention the sycophant bubble Dov lived in, that just hits the nail on the head. The really fucked thing is he is really convinced he is that seductive, because he has a very well rehearsed script for getting people into that bubble.

The correct reply to this is, “No dude, all of us who saw the Starfleet logo are. so. alone...”

Was it Connie, Paris, or Nikki?

Sure it’s hard when you’re talking about the middle 50% of the population in income, access to healthcare, housing, etc. But then the informal law of small numbers comes in: in every model based on a spectrum, there’s a small number of people at either end where the model breaks down. In this case, you’re talking…

There’s one more factor: imprisonment and/or confinement rate. Go to the Tombs in Manhattan, and the first thing you see are big signs telling you to cover your cough so you do not spread TB. I’m pretty sure it’s the same at jails, prisons, mental health facilities and group homes. Any place poor people are…

This was certifiably not an anarchist, but a part of the Socialist Party in the UK —which isn’t banned or proscribed in any way.

After reading these tweets, I had to put this on. #NotAllJoeWalshes