Dvorak Diary #1: Airport
On a recent trip to Trivandrum, India, I decided to try learning to touch-type in Dvorak (after decades of hunt-and-peck in QWERTY). Here I share some excerpts of my “Dvorak Diary”. December...
View ArticleIs There A Doctor In The House?
Note: updated below I NEED HELP. I have an orange-sized fibroid in my cervix, among other problems. The local hospital system is dysfunctional and corrupt – doctors don’t communicate with each other,...
View ArticleIntolerance
I was “no-platformed” in my hometown this week, because months ago and in a completely unrelated context I said “if a person has a penis he’s a man.” I stand by that statement; my views on the subject...
View ArticleAnother way the Internet is like the Printing Press
10 years ago, the Free Web was revolutionary, democratizing, and empowering. Many of us correctly compared it to the advent of the printing press, another revolutionary technology that was inextricably...
View Article“Welcome Hell” for Javier
A Hundred Dollar Drawing. The post “Welcome Hell” for Javier appeared first on Nina Paley.
View ArticleThe Internet Is Broken
The Internet is broken,The Freedom Train has stalled.The Netizens are woken,The gardens all are walled.If anyone’s outspoken,They soon will be recalled.The Internet is brokenand I’m sitting here,...
View ArticleThe Human Threat
I’m one of those self-unemployed introverts who is adjusting quite well to our pandemic lockdown. I feel especially peaceful because forced quarantine has temporarily quieted many of the garden-variety...
View Article“Cycling and Gender Intersect in Meaningful Ways.”
Any bets on whether my local bike club will survive beyond this season? Emails lightly edited for brevity, all names anonymized except my own. Sat, Mar 19, 2022 MEMBER A: I was able to renew my...
View ArticleOur Nukey Future
Lately I am informed that nuclear energy is safe, clean, and the only sensible solution to our climate and energy woes. Opposition is ignorant and parochial, because “the technology is better now.”...
View ArticleIndieGoGo cancels Agents of H.A.G.
IndieGoGo just canceled Agents of H.A.G, my first comic book in 30 years, AFTER the campaign successfully ended with 150% of goal. I already ordered books from the printer. Now all the money, all the...
View Article“We at Northeastern University stand for inclusion and diversity.”
Today I was supposed to speak to an animation class via video. College I’d never heard of, teacher I’d never heard of, small thing, figured they knew who I was. Made plans, blocked space in my...
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