Kathryn Brightbill

This cartoon speaks truth. wilwheaton: (via Daily Kos: A PSA for Zimmerman apologists)

I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but I can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened. A faith that just accepts is a child’s faith and all right […]

Absolutely stunning photos. discoverynews: Space Station Astronauts Log One Million Photos The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station have logged one million photos — here’s a small selection of our favorites. more photos here Photo 1: After installing new windows for the ISS — the cupola pictured left — shuttle Endeavour undocked and […]

doodlepoop: Sometimes in America, if you’re not a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Straight Male, you deserve all the human rights violations you experience. EDIT: So you know, one of my goals in this comic was to bring to the forefront an issue a lot of White Americans are ignoring. Get involved ASAP. Also, read this is […]

I don’t know the original source of this, I stole it from reddit. I think it speaks to the broader frustration that I have with much of the pro-life movement, and that is the apparent lack of concern that so many people show once a child is born. I think that as part of a […]

Only write what you know is very good advice. I do my best to stick to it. I wrote about gods and dreams and America because I knew about them. And I wrote about what it’s like to wander into Faerie because I knew about that. I wrote about living underneath London because I knew […]

Weird Al suing Sony for $5 million

Weird Al suing Sony for $5 million More proof that even though the recording industry says they’re protecting artists when they go after piracy, they don’t care about artists. If you’re an artist and they can screw you over, they will. Also, I’m fairly sure that at this point, Sony needs Weird Al more than […]

This does not compute

One recurring theme in the fight against providing coverage for birth control, is the idea that sex is for recreation and insurance should not cover someone’s recreational activities. Now, theoretically, I can understand the logic behind that even though I think that it’s a bad argument for a myriad of public policy reasons, not the […]

Okay, so this Scumbag Scalia meme isn’t an entirely accurate representation of Scalia’s tl;dr on the healthcare law or of his lengthy opinions, but it is an accurate representation of how I feel about having to read his lengthy dissents. And truthiness is what matters, right?

How Motorola used one of Linus Torvalds’ old Usenet posts to prove prior art in a patent fight

This is ridiculously nerdy on so many levels, but also really fascinating. Basically, Microsoft has been going after Android manufacturers using a patent they have on storing long file names in file systems that are designed for short file names. But, because the Internet never forgets, Motorola found a Usenet post that Linus Torvalds, creator […]