Internet Readalong
Mar. 25th, 2010 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
effex* Oh man, I do not even know where to start with all the commentary on the US Health Care bill - maybe I'll have something up next week after I've had a chance to catch up over the weekend. In the meantime, the Washington Post has a pretty basic overview of the bill itself.
* Yesterday was Ada Lovelace Day! The Finding Ada website has a massive roundup of posts. The OTW has another, smaller one.
* An Open Letter to Conservatives has the most comprehensive roundup of Republican Party Fail I've seen yet.
* On Fugitivus - A Few Things To Stop Doing When You Find a Feminist Blog: Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes women acquire free drinks at bars?” is like walking into graduate school during Philosophy finals and saying, “Have you considered that the color blue that I see may not be the color blue that you see?
* A trio of posts -bookshop wrote Bad Romance (or, YA & Rape Culture), hush hush, the designated love interest and gender relations in YA and why ya romance needs to change are excellent responses.
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dark_agenda is holding a Dark DrabbleFest and a Remix 2010 Challenge!
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dw_biz has a brainstorming post on how to restock the DW warchest.
* TEMERAIRE NEEDS YOUR VOTES! He's up against some dude named Jaime Lannister in the Suvudu Cage Match quarter finals and is tragically trailing behind. Naomi Novik details how the match should go here. Now with art!
* The OTW's take on current Viacom vs Google shenanigans.
* A really amazing music post is up at ABW: Black Woman Rockers. Even more links in the comments!
* 185-Person “Virtual Choir” Assembled Via YouTube. AMAZING.
* Found: 90% of the distant Universe
* More We Are Living In The Fucking Future - a photo of nanobots fightingcrime cancer.
* Chis Evans has been cast as Captain America. Which is... interesting. The important questions - 1) will I be able to watch him and not see Johnny Storm and 2) can I picture him making out with RDJ (this is basically what it comes down to).
* Disney Steampunk pins. I kinda want a Daisy.
* The Scott Pilgrim vs The World trailer is up!!!
* Yesterday was Ada Lovelace Day! The Finding Ada website has a massive roundup of posts. The OTW has another, smaller one.
* An Open Letter to Conservatives has the most comprehensive roundup of Republican Party Fail I've seen yet.
* On Fugitivus - A Few Things To Stop Doing When You Find a Feminist Blog: Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes women acquire free drinks at bars?” is like walking into graduate school during Philosophy finals and saying, “Have you considered that the color blue that I see may not be the color blue that you see?
* A trio of posts -
bookshop wrote Bad Romance (or, YA & Rape Culture), hush hush, the designated love interest and gender relations in YA and why ya romance needs to change are excellent responses.*
dark_agenda is holding a Dark DrabbleFest and a Remix 2010 Challenge!*
dw_biz has a brainstorming post on how to restock the DW warchest.* TEMERAIRE NEEDS YOUR VOTES! He's up against some dude named Jaime Lannister in the Suvudu Cage Match quarter finals and is tragically trailing behind. Naomi Novik details how the match should go here. Now with art!
* The OTW's take on current Viacom vs Google shenanigans.
* A really amazing music post is up at ABW: Black Woman Rockers. Even more links in the comments!
* 185-Person “Virtual Choir” Assembled Via YouTube. AMAZING.
* Found: 90% of the distant Universe
* More We Are Living In The Fucking Future - a photo of nanobots fighting
* Chis Evans has been cast as Captain America. Which is... interesting. The important questions - 1) will I be able to watch him and not see Johnny Storm and 2) can I picture him making out with RDJ (this is basically what it comes down to).
* Disney Steampunk pins. I kinda want a Daisy.
* The Scott Pilgrim vs The World trailer is up!!!
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Date: 2010-03-25 07:45 pm (UTC)Greg Bear is doubtless grinning. (This is Blood Music made RL.)
Glad someone else is articulating what about Twilight and its sequelae really ooked me out.
Enh w/r/t Chris Evans as Cap. I would've thought he was too young for the role - or maybe I'm just going on his Johnny Storm. He might work well with RDJ, but I remain to be convinced. (Someone in "Band of Brothers" fandom suggested Neal McDonough might've been a good choice for Cap once upon a time.)
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Date: 2010-03-25 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-25 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-26 01:48 am (UTC)Which Chris Evans is also in, hahaha. I mean, I'll probably see Johnny at least a little. I've watched the first F4 movie way too many times for that *not* to happen. But maybe by the end I will also see Cap.
As for 2) - that should not be too hard to imagine. Surely there'll be fic soon. *peers at the interwebz*
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Date: 2010-03-26 01:59 am (UTC)I expect you are correct.
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Date: 2010-03-26 02:07 am (UTC)