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Parsing the Bechdel Rule, and Writing a Few of Our Own — NPR has two additional suggestions. … [Read more...] about Parsing the Bechdel Rule, and Writing a Few of Our Own

Via several places, the news that Minneapolis police are preemptively raiding suspected peace protesters' homes with semi-automatic weapons drawn, without warrants. More here. … [Read more...] about Minneapolis police preemptively raiding suspected peace protesters’ homes

Jo Walton has a lovely review of Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series (yes, the whole thing) up at Tor.com. If you haven't read the books, check out the review! … [Read more...] about the Vlad Taltos series

Dark Chocolate and Cherry Brownies — OM NOM. … [Read more...] about Dark Chocolate and Cherry Brownies

Ubiquity — new plugin for Firefox. My God, this is how the web should be! Watch the video. … [Read more...] about Ubiquity

Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test (via Beth) … [Read more...] about Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test

Blockbuster CEO Doesn't Understand the Fascination With Netflix — 'Equally bewildering to Mr. Keyes is the emphasis on catalog size. Why would anyone want to watch anything other than new releases, he wonders. "I don't care how many movies are available to me. As my … [Read more...] about Blockbuster’s CEO is a total moron.

A culture of rat neurons in a cabinet communicates with a robot via Bluetooth and learns to steer it around obstacles. In the immortal words of Keanu… whoa. … [Read more...] about Rat-brained robots

Lenovo's ad with the two guys in the airport is absolutely hysterical. (For all the people here not watching NBC's Olympic coverage.) … [Read more...] about Lenovo ad

Writing a novel, a love story — so very true. I think you all know which stage I'm in…. … [Read more...] about Writing a novel, a love story