After much waiting, here is the third post in my Antarctic series, Gluten Free Antarctica idlewords.com/2018/12/gluten…

“If you want to put an always-on microphone in my home, then protect me at the border.” idlewords.com/2017/02/social…

When Czechoslovakia defeated the entire Red Army, seized the Trans-Siberian railway, and took all the Russian gold. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslo…

If you speak Spanish and are interested in traveling down to Mexico City on March 26 for a MexSolidarity meetup, please email me (see bio)

Streams crossing… x.com/DMVBlackLives/…

The revolutionary committee also made a wax replica of the mango, and displayed this as a centrepiece in the factory en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedon…

I hate the death penalty, but I’m frankly baffled at all the difficulty around implementing it. What’s wrong with a big tank of nitrogen?

Feeling creeped out after getting my Polish passport application approved in under 10 mins at LA consulate. What is happening to my country?

My bag went missing in a Chicago bar in January. Just got email from their IT guy who booted laptop to find my identity. So many questions

For starters, the bag contained two passports. You don’t need full IT forensics to figure out whose bag it was. Second, a bar has an IT guy?

Third, how do you wait 4 months to figure out who a bag in your lost and found belongs to, when it has two passports and a $2k laptop?

Fourth, why not connect the dots between the bag in your lost and found, and the guy frantically calling/visiting your bar 3 days in a row?

Here’s some code I wrote to generate Maciej Ceglowski -inspired HTML from keynote w/ presenter notes github.com/mcfunley/bette…

When your dating strategy requires the apocalypse so you can make your move.

We’re organizing a post-Harvey TS event in Houston next month. If you’re interested, sign up for the mailing list! eepurl.com/c8ICAH

Saudis claim tightening of blockade needed to stem weapons shipments to Houthis. Yet only humanitarian aid now blocked. Interests of war economy beneficiaries clearly take priority over both concerns of alleged weapons shipments and, far worse, over lives of millions of Yemenis.

Want insights on #Yemen humanitarian crisis? Iona Craig أيونا كريچ's footage here: channel4.com/news/seven-mil… and an interview here: channel4.com/news/iona-crai… Must watch stuff