If you Google “dog selfie,” you’ll get images of what are clearly human-orchestrated photos that make it appear that a dog took a selfie. Here is the genuine article: No thumbs required. And like most genuine selfies, it doesn’t present the photographer in the most flattering light. Speaking of dogs, the movie “Up” got dogs …
Open Threads
Music Open Thread
Looks like it’s just you and me, kiddies (and I have a horrible cough, so I’m not sure how much fun I am going to be). Music then…. ETA from commenter BD of MN:
Open Thread
In December 2013, in a 6-1 vote, the City Council of Shreveport, Louisiana passed a non-discrimination ordinance which covered LGBT people. The one vote against was a councilman by the name of Ron Webb. Webb recently introduced a motion to repeal the non-discrimination ordinance. Transwoman Pamela Raintree turned up to the City Council meeting where …
Sports (or Whatever) Open Thread
I know there’s some football games tonight, but you’re gonna have to fill in the details yourselves.
What Else Is Wrong With Bill Keller’s Cancer-Shaming
By now, just about everyone has weighed in on the Kellerdammerung, the his and hers columns striving to cancer-shame of Lisa Bonchek Adams — criticism for the sin of not doing cancer the “right way.” Beyond what’s been written on our home turf, I’d point you to this and this and this and this and …
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Long Read: “60 Words And A War Without End”
Gregory D. Johnsen, in Buzzfeed, on “The Untold Story Of The Most Dangerous Sentence In U.S. History”: … At the heart of the AUMF is a single 60-word sentence, which has formed the legal foundation for nearly every counterterrorism operation the U.S. has conducted since Sept. 11, from Guantanamo Bay and drone strikes to secret …
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Mid day open thread
The weather is here and I wish you were beautiful! No, really, it’s a beautiful day, and the start of a three day weekend for me and Soonerwife. The OKC Home and Garden show is going on this weekend, and of course the Broncos are playing in the AFC championship tomorrow. Here in Oklahoma, meanwhile: