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I sort of love John Edwards (and Stephen Colbert and TCR's writers) even more right this very moment.

And Amy Goodman and independent media. (Seriously. I want to be like her when I grow up.)

And there's all sorts of other stuff I meant to post about, but I'm drawing a total blank right this very second.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction

...is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? (Mahatma Gandhi)

Now I remember what I was going to post about!

1. A million thanks to randomepiphany for the bound copy of The Years Arc. I cried, literally sat at my computer and cried, when I read the final installment online.

2. Another of our papers got accepted today. *sings* Three papers in six months. Even though I only share first author credit on one of them. Still. :D

3. KPFT brought Amy Goodman to town tonight. Station fundraiser/book signing for Standing Up To The Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. I finished reading the book while I waited for the speechifying to start. If you listen to Democracy Now, none of the stories will be unfamiliar, but they're organized and told with reference to historical examples of civil disobedience and peaceful protest. (Fear the crusading librarian.)

4. why_me_why_not will be here in less than 36 hours. :D

5. Net Neutrality, y'all. Did you realize there was a FCC meeting in Palo Alto about it and media-ownership consolidation today? Write to your congressperson and tell them you want the internet to remain free and neutral for all uses, regardless of content or service provider.

6. Last night's Criminal Minds episode, which I'm rewatching now? Spencer Reid for the WIN. Take that talisman, baby boy, you'll need it.