News Eugene Fischer | 12 Jan 2011
So it seems clear at this point that the fires of Jared Loughner’s insanity were not directly stoked by the language of violence that the Tea Party uses to excite its base. (Its use of such language is still wrong, and should still be decried, but it has yet to motivate an actual instance of [...]
News Eugene Fischer | 09 Jan 2011
18 people were shot, 6 killed. The dead: John Roll, 63, a conservative federal judge. Dorothy Morris, 76. Dorwin Stoddard, 76. Phyllis Schneck, 79. Gabrielle Zimmerman, 30. Christina Greene, 9 years old and, in a meaningless but poignant bit of coincidence, born on 9/11. Gabrielle Giffords is still in critical condition, but considered to have [...]
News Eugene Fischer | 08 Jan 2011
US Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot today during a public event outside of a grocery store in Tucson. As many as nine other people were also critically wounded. At the time of this writing it is reported that she is still alive and in surgery. The gunman is alive and in police custody. No further [...]
Blog Eugene Fischer | 07 Jan 2011
Time to thin out my browser window. I keep meaning to find time to watch Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s presentation on OpenLeaks, his proposed Wikileaks offshoot project. Franklin Veaux (who writes a lot about polyamory and BDSM at his site) has made a fascinating map of nonmonogamy. I found this via Dr. Marty Klein’s excellent blog, Sexual Intelligence. [...]
Video Eugene Fischer | 07 Jan 2011
Years after I first saw it, this is probably still my favorite TED talk.
Blog &Tech Eugene Fischer | 05 Jan 2011
That last picture I posted was a little graphic. I wouldn’t want anyone to get the idea that my new computer is strictly an opportunistic predator. I assure you, it can be socialized. Here we see it enjoying a glass of gewürztraminer and the composition of some new fiction. You see? That one little evisceration [...]
