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Diary #760

So we’re finally coming down to the end of Grace’s cancer treatment, and that’s a very good thing because it has really beat her up.  She did quite well for the first few weeks, with far fewer side-effects than I expected, and even the lack of teeth gave her less trouble than I imagined it would.  But we were warned it would get much worse in the second half, and boy was that true; on Saturday the 11th her throat started hurting very badly (before it hadn’t been nearly as serious), and she spent most of the next day in bed.  Last week her appetite dropped off to practically nothing, partly because her throat hurts and partly because her taste buds are so damaged from the radiation that nearly everything tastes bad.  The only exceptions seem to be milk/ice cream, chicken soup, and carbonated water (which she says soothes her throat), so I’m making her a lot of root beer floats.  Last Tuesday her chemotherapy was cancelled because her platelet count had dropped below what is considered a safe level; it was not really a big surprise, because the oncologist told her at our initial meeting that might happen, and that it wasn’t cause for alarm.  Today is her last scheduled chemo session, but of course it might also be called off if her body hasn’t yet bounced back.  And one way or another, her last radiation treatment will be on the 30th.  Then it’s more tests to see if the treatments were successful; I certainly hope so, because it’s going to take her time to recover from all this and get back to the point where she has to mind she doesn’t eat too much rather than too little.

Coronation

Since the mad emperor is being re-crowned today, he commissioned a new official portrait which looks like this.  He seems to believe it makes him look “tough” and “stern”, as evidenced by the creepy Freudian homoeroticism which suffuses his lackeys’ praise for the picture.  Now, I’m not going to opine on what that asymmetric squint may betoken about his brain function; instead I’m going to share a number of pictures that I feel more accurately capture Trump’s real personality, rather than the image he wants to project.

 

For example, there’s this one,which displays both his weird proportions and his goofy awkwardness, and shows his mouth in its typical position: wide open and emitting a stream of noxious hot air.  That vaguely-obscene flytrap is even more horrifyingly agape in the shot below, which also showcases his impeccable sartorial taste and the way his henchmen worship him; it’s followed by another shot in which he appears to be enjoying some unlucky insect which wandered in, and also really illustrates the healthy color and virile countenance of which his followers are so enamored.  The third arrangement is a juxtaposition which, I think, effectively illustrates his unmistakable animal magnetism.

Then there’s this GIF, which I think truly captures his self-control, organizational skills, and vision for the US. And obviously, no collection of Trump pictures could be complete without one in which he appears with the people who helped put him on the throne with their “Pied Piper strategy“.

Links #759

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys.  –  Peter Yarrow

I really couldn’t have chosen a better song for this memorial.  The links above it were provided by Mike Stabile; Tim Cushing; IncarcerNation; Franklin Harris and Carol Fenton; Jesse Walker; and IncarcerNation again, in that order.

From the Archives

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In the News (#1505)

We’re going to take every single John, charge them with sex trafficking, and put them in prison for five years?  –  Patrick Noonan

I’m Sure You Feel Safer Now

And doubly sure Mr. Rodriguez does:

Houston [cop] Ricardo Corral [has been found] not legally liable for crashing his p[igmobile] into an…[innocent bystander’s car because] he was in hot pursuit of someone apparently considered a dangerous villain: an adult man who sought to pay a consenting adult woman for sex…[The victim,] Ruben Rodriguez…sued, [because] both he and his passenger suffered injuries for which Corral should be held liable.  [But] the Texas Supreme Court has dismissed the case, saying Corral is protected by [the magic spell of] “official immunity”…Because of this, and because bad driving is part of police chases, he is not legally liable for the accident he caused [because an adult man was] offering to pay a…[sow cosplay]ing as an adult sex worker.  Police put in danger the lives of countless people in order to arrest someone for trying to have consensual but non-state-sanctioned sex…

If Men Were Angels

The main difference between cops and “church leaders” appears to be that the latter aren’t typically armed:

A church leader in…Florida has been arrested…[for] possession of child pornography after…Microsoft [reported it]…being uploaded…by a Bing Image Search user…Frank Gough II…was [raid]ed on Thursday, January 9…and [cops stole] multiple computer storage devices found…to hold more than 100 files of child porn…[some] of…[kids as young as] three..

To Molest and Rape

Just another rapist cop following his bliss:

A [typical and representative Pennsylvania vice cop named]…Jason Krasley…[has been] arrested…[for aggravated] rape and involuntary sexual servitude for crimes [he] committed…between 2011 and 2015…[his accomplice, fellow vice cop] Kevin Weaver…also was charged with the same crimes [but] was rewarded with a paid vacation]…in 2021 [Krasley] went to work for the SafeSport Center, which fired him in November shortly after learning he was charged in a separate case for…stealing $5,500 from a drug bust…The new arrest [demonstrates that]…a [“]robust vetting process[” is anything but that when the subject is a cop.  Safesport]…was established in 2017 to deal with sex-abuse cases in Olympic sports [at all]…level[s, but…since its “]investigation team[” is recruited from cop shops, they predictably cover for each other]…Krasley [also] faces [charges for]…kidnapping…[anal rape] and intimidation of a witness…

See No Evil (#668)

The sick American mind at work again, seeing sex where it isn’t:

Four pieces of art were removed from the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth…after [politicians beshat themselves while vomiting the words “]child pornography[” in chorus with]…The Dallas [Yellow P]ress…the [non-sexual photos] are part of an exhibition called “Diaries of Home”…by Virginia-born photographer Sally Mann…[only] a handful [of the 21 photos] featured her naked children…[they were taken] more than 30 years [ago and have been exhibited]…across the country and around the world…the [current brouhaha was intentionally stirred up by The Yellow P]ress, which is owned by billionaire Monty Bennett, a…Republican mega donor.  The…website…[also] published [disgusting] comments…[from] Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare[, who apparently found the images sexy]…

End Demand (#1165)

Massachusetts Puritans are still trying to destroy men’s lives for daring to want consensual sex with adult women:

case that came before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week involves a[n entrapment scheme] conducted by Massachusetts state cops in 2021.  The [cops, fantasy role-play]ing as adult sex workers, posted [fraudulent] ads online and arrested people who responded…the[n]…indicted th[em]…on sex trafficking charges…punishable by at least 5 years in prison (without eligibility for probation, parole, or work release) and a possible 20 years, plus a potential fine of up to $25,000.  The five defendants in [Commonwealth v.] Garafalo…pushed back against the charges, filing a motion to dismiss them in 2022.  State Judge Maynard Kirpalani agreed…[saying,] “the woman in the advertisements was a fictitious individual created by law enforcement, and there was…evidence that any of the Defendants knowingly enabled or caused…another person to engage in commercial sexual activity.”  The state appealed [and lost]…so [it] appealed again…

A Broker in Pillage (#1170)

It’s high time courts stopped letting cops get away with literal armed robbery:

…a [Nevada] judge has ruled that [cops] cannot [abuse] a federal program to circumvent state laws designed to protect property owners.  The ruling effectively closes what the Nevada Highway Patrol…argued was a legal loophole, allowing [cops] to s[teal] property…and [give] it [to the feds, who then refund] 80% of [it to the criminal cops]…The case stemmed from the 2021 [robbery] of retired Marine Stephen Lara’s life savings…[because cops claimed] Lara was following a semi-truck too closely…Lara fought for [year]s to reclaim his money…[until] the court [finally]…concluded that Nevada’s civil forfeiture laws are mandatory, leaving no room for federal workarounds…IJ Attorney Brian Morris [said] “This decision is a wake-up call to other states that have allowed police to skirt their laws by pretending that the federal government’s ‘equitable sharing program’ is a legal loophole”…

Virtual Imperialism (#1306)

It’s long past time Beijing’s campaign to police Chinese people in the US was shut down:

Chen Jinping…of New York [City has]…pleaded guilty…to conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the [Chinese] government…[by] operating an undeclared [Chinese] police station…in lower Manhattan…[an act which constituted] “a clear affront to American sovereignty”…said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen…

 

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They want to restore the "integrity" of an agency built by J. Edgar Hoover.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-14T18:58:24.002Z

Brussels sprouts are disgusting; they even SMELL disgusting. As do all their siblings.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-15T18:18:53.218Z

Not to mention that being restricted to idiotic, simplistic 18th-century notions of "right" and "left" reduces all political thought and commentary to a second-grade level.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-17T16:31:24.699Z

He also seems ignorant of the fact that Canada is geographically larger than the United States.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T18:22:25.152Z

A truly Ozymandian monument to futility and the hubris of politicians.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-19T17:00:46.680Z

And yet some think I'm a weirdo for refusing to eat uncooked or undercooked food.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-21T03:41:07.764Z

We *really* need mandatory retirement ages for politicians.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-22T04:53:57.294Z

Another timeline cleanse.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-22T18:34:52.255Z

206-year-old Christmas carol annoys rando, and the Atlantic is ON IT

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-25T18:08:12.311Z

Finding "trending topics" in my margin this morning was like finding a big cat turd on the kitchen floor. Luckily, a "sweep this shit away" button was included.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-26T18:07:13.546Z

Because a healthy brain can't help learning?

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-27T18:59:40.901Z

Why don't techies who name their software after mythical people, places, and things bother to think about the implications of the name they choose?

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-30T22:33:12.105Z

"As Attorney General, I will not permit steroidal Oklahoma thugs to face criminal prosecution for conduct adhering the state principle of violence toward all minorities who fail to abase themselves and unquestioningly obey state actors."

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-12-31T16:34:59.336Z

When a headline asks a question, the answer is nearly always “no”.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-03T04:05:11.236Z

THIS RIGHT HERE.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-03T18:22:20.545Z

I sometimes wonder what kind of abuse it takes to reduce a human mind to a collectivist one. In darker moods, I assume it's a disease of the soul itself.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T18:02:54.971Z

In real life, I was 25 from the time I was about 15 until the time I was about 35. Professionally, I was 28 from 33 to 40, then aged about 1 year for every 2 until 2015, when I turned 49.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T05:30:30.070Z

The real reason for this is not "AI", but that most teachers are lazy thinkers who predictably reward certain statements and conclusions which can be tracked and tabulated by machine learning algorithms, rather than rewarding actual thinking ML systems cannot parrot.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T18:51:13.912Z

Very close: the full picture is that a democracy in which there are functionally only two parties is not sustainable.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-07T05:45:48.471Z

Some of us warned y'all about allowing chief executives to govern by monarchical diktat by declaring "emergencies".Y'all were all for it when the executives were on "your" schoolyard team.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-08T18:24:52.542Z

"No civilization—no matter how resilient—is actually permanent."

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T18:12:38.106Z

Reporters: please stop saying a law is "meant to" do such-and-such when it's obvious it was never ACTUALLY intended to do any such thing, but rather to convince the gullible that it was.The phrase you're looking for is, "the law was PRETENDED to do such-and-such".

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-10T18:09:50.321Z

"Looks like your adblocker's on!"Yes, I turned it on a decade ago and left it that way. What next, Captain Obvious? "You're breathing"?

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-14T16:41:16.344Z

He "looked like" a hypocrite for the simple reason that he *is* a hypocrite; it kinda goes with the territory. Republics are like cesspools: the biggest chunks float to the top.

Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-01-15T18:44:02.688Z

 

Human beings are not perfectible, and attempts to threaten and beat vice out of them do vastly more harm than good.  –  “Harm Reduction

The easiest and most subtle means of social control is simply to establish so many complex, broad, vague, mutually contradictory and intrusive laws that every single person is in violation of at least some of them at any given time.
–  “Universal Criminality

There is nothing “shocking”, weird or even terribly unusual about an educated, accomplished woman doing sex work.  –  “Pearls Firmly Clutched

Advertisers are sneaky, unscrupulous creatures, and though their techniques have improved dramatically since the days when hucksters hawked snake oil, wonder soaps, and electric corsets their adherence to factuality has not.
–  “Caveat Emptor

In the News (#1504)

When a police department says there’s nothing to worry about unless you’re a criminal, there definitely is.  –  Will Freeman

If Men Were Angels

This was directly caused by people teaching children unquestioning obedience to “authority”:

…sexual abuse [is a pattern among typical and representative]…members of Trinity Church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho…John “Beau” Summerlin…a founding member and former deacon…has been charged with [molesting teen girls]…between 2012 and 2015…the victim first disclosed the abuse to her mother in 2015 [but] pastor…Stuart Bryan [swept it under the rug]…Summerlin [fled to] Mississippi and [was later arrested there]…Josiah Bryan, son of [the] pastor…[raped] multiple siblings…rep[ea]tedly…between 2005 and 2010…and…was [recently] arrested…in Texas…

I Spy (#1461)

Now that word of automakers’ nonconsensual surveillance of their marks is getting out, here come the excuses:

For researchers…data [from surreptitious auto surveillance] is a “game changer”…Unlike…data sold to the insurance industry [without the victims’ permission], the data that researchers see is [supposedly] anonymized…But…Even if the data is [claimed by busybodies to] be…used for the public good, [consumer advocate Jen] Caltrider [points out the obvious fact that] drivers should know it is being collected and have an easy way to stop it from happening, because…“Anonymized data is never anonymous, especially when location is included…people aren’t used to getting in their car and thinking they need to play with the settings to protect their privacy”…

Panopticon (#1479)

Privacy as we once knew it will soon be a thing of the past:

Some Motorola automated license plate reader surveillance cameras are live-streaming video and car data to the unsecured internet where anyone can watch and scrape them…a privacy advocate then developed a tool that automatically scans the exposed footage for license plates, and dumps that information into a spreadsheet, allowing someone to track the movements of others in real time…these ALPRs are deployed all over the United States by cities and police departments…and…many of them are misconfigured to stream to the open internet rather than a private network…the[ir]…IP addresses can be found using the Internet of [Shit] search engine Censys…So far, roughly 170 unencrypted ALPR streams have been found…

I Spy (#1493)

Why every company wants you to download its “app”, and why you shouldn’t:

Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real-time bidding”…the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of…The ads you see are the winners of milliseconds-long auctions that expose your personal information to thousands of companies a dayBid requests containing more personal data attract higher bids, so websites and apps are financially motivated to harvest as much of your data as possible…As a result, entire businesses have emerged to harvest and sell data from online advertising auctions…RTB is [also] regularly exploited for [illegal, warrantless] government surveillance…For example, the data broker Near Intelligence collected data about more than a billion devices from RTB auctions and sold it to the U.S. Defense Department.  Mobilewalla sold bidstream data to another data broker, Gravy Analytics, whose subsidiary, Venntell, likewise has sold location data to the FBI, ICE, CBP, and other government agenciesPatternz, another surveillance tool built on bidstream data, was advertised to security agencies worldwide as a way to track people’s locations…

Stalkers in Blue (#1495)

Hey, female cops; how’s that collaboration with the police state working out?

An Ohio [cop] has [su]ed a sheriff’s office [for abduct]ing her young child…and then spreading…explicit images of her from her cellphone…Miranda Brothers…[was harassed starting] on January 1, 2024…using the [excuse that she had supposedly left] the child alone with a registered sex offender…The child was [abducted by cops] and Brothers was charged with child endangerment…the[n cops stole]…her phone and…shared [her nudes] with…the [rest of the herd] and “potentially further”…

Shame, Shame (#1502)

Zuckerberg is out of his mind:

Instagram has begun testing a feature in which [Facebook computers] will automatically generate images of users in various situations and put them into that user’s feed.  One Redditor…told 404 Media that at one point he had uploaded selfies of himself into Instagram’s “Imagine” feature, which is [Facebook’s] image generation feature…“Once you access that feature and upload a selfie to edit, you’ll start seeing these ads pop up with auto-generated images with your likeness”…A [Facebook mouthpiece said] the images are not “ads,” but are a new feature…[Facebook] has begun testing live…“You may see images…created just for you (based on your interests or current trends),” an announcement post from September read…The Reddit post…came on the same weekend that [Facebook’s computer]-generated profiles went viral and were ultimately deleted from the platform.  [Zuckerberg and his henchgeeks have convinced themselves] that people want to be shown more and more [computer]-generated content and [are] finding new ways to [cram] people’s feeds [full of electronic masturbation]…

Cops and Robbers (#1503)

The legacy of To Catch a Predator just keeps on hurting people:

Five…Massachusetts…[students lured] a man to the Assumption University campus in a plot [to attack him] that…was inspired by the television show To Catch a Predator and a fad on TikTok.  The students were part of a [mob] that chased the man from a campus building after he was invited there by a student on the dating app Tinder…[members of the mob fantasized that] the man [was] a sexual predator..[even though] the woman who invited him to the campus, Kelsy Brainard…[truthfully] said on her Tinder profile that she was 18…The [mob]…grabbed him and blocked him from leaving the room…[but] he escaped, and…[fled in] his car…[instigators] Easton Randall…Isabella Trudeau…Joaquin Smith..[Kelsey] Brainard…and Kevin Carroll [have been charged with crimes including kidnapping, conspiracy, and assault]…

 

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Diary #759

Once the holidays were over, the adjuster got back in touch with me; Grace had found a body shop that would do the work (apparently some don’t like working on older cars), so I called them and we triangulated with the claims agent to be sure everything was lined up.  The shop carried rental cars, so unlike last time I was simply able to drop my car off and drive away in a rental.  Now all I need to worry about is if the total costs exceed the book value of my car, because the insurance company won’t go higher than that, so then I’d need to figure out what could be done for what they were willing to pay.  I hope it won’t come to that; its book value is still fairly high, but I have no idea how much body work costs these days (even though the damage is purely cosmetic).  And I’d like to be back in my own car at the earliest possible opportunity; driving this thing feels like trying to walk on numb feet, in that I feel kinda out of touch with the car and the road (I hope that makes sense; I can’t think of better words to describe the feeling).  And all these gizmos beeping at me and fighting me for control make me feel more like a passenger in an amusement ride rather than the driver of an auto.

License to Rape

Police states define the bodies of all citizens as “crime scenes” which can be violated by “authorities” at will:

A suburban New York [cop shop sexually] violated residents…[routinely] making illegal arrests [in order to commit sexual assaults it called] strip and cavity searches…a new…[DoJ] report on…[the] misconduct…in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City, is one of 12 investigations opened by the DOJ into local policing agencies since 2021…No single [sexual assault] prompted the investigation…but the [sexual violation] of two [elderly] women…[was a typical and representative example, excused by rapist cops barfing the word “]drugs[” at]…the women…After an internal investigation found that the [rapist cops] had lied [to justify the assault, they were not charged for their crime but instead merely]…docked a few vacation days…Until at least the fall of 2022, it was the Mount Vernon [rape gang]’s practice to [molest and violate] every person it arrested…[sometimes] also s[exually assaulting] people they did not [even bother to falsely accuse of crimes]…

To Molest and Rape (ROTW #11)

Hey, female cops; how’s that collaboration with the police state working out?

The NYPD’s [biggest costumed pig has] abruptly resigned…after…[it was dis]covered…that he demanded sexual favors from a subordinate in exchange for massive amounts of overtime…Jeffrey Maddrey[, a close friend of rapist Mayor Eric Adams,] stepped down soon after…Quathisha Epps…[reported] that he routinely preyed upon her…in a [deal for her scamming]…roughly $204,000 in overtime…last year…Epps…worked for Maddrey as he moved up in the NYPD from Chief of Housing to Chief of Patrol, but…his sexual demands didn’t start until June 2023 when he landed as Chief of Department…When she started to try to get away from Maddrey recently, Epps was outed on a list…in retaliation…and is being investigated over the excessive overtime…Maddrey [previously preyed upon another sow named]…Tabitha Foster [who] filed an unsuccessful 2016 civil suit…

Do As I Say, Not As I Do (#1476)

It’s too bad cops don’t spend all of their time fantasy role-playing with each other:

A [California screw named]…Anthony Michael Russo…died by suicide at his home…[after he propositioned and sent porn to another cop fantasy role-playing]…as a 15-year-old [on the internet.  His boss then made a big show of crocodile tears over the predictable result of his entrapment scheme]…

To Molest and Rape (#1479)

Cops should not be allowed anywhere near legal minors:

A [typical and representative]…Wyoming [cop] is facing two felony sex charges [for] sexually abus[ing] multiple children [as young as 6].  Myron Chatwin could face up to 40 years in prison and $20,000 in fines if convicted…

And yes, that includes their bosses:

The people of Maypearl [Texas] trusted Police Chief Kevin Coffey.  Few were aware that Maypearl was the eighth [cop shop] that Coffey had worked at in 11 years.  Fewer knew that there was a trail of accusations and secrets in his past.  And none could have predicted the destruction he would wreak in their town.  The kids would eventually call him The Creeper.  The adults would denounce him as a monster.  The prosecutors who put him away for child sexual abuse would describe him as a master manipulator “who groomed the community”…

To Molest and Rape (ROTW #15)

When will the mainstream media admit that pigs in schools are a menace?

A [typical and representative] Scranton [Pennsylvania cop named]…Stephen Carroll sexually assaulted multiple students while he was [paid to lurk in schools in order to spy on, harass, and intimidate students]…four of [his victims] were underage…[and] Carroll…drugg[ed] some of the[m in order to rape them more easily]…

No Escape (#1498)

Much, much more of this, please:

The US Bureau of Prisons (BoP) has agreed to pay $115m to more than 100 [victims] of [serial rape by screws and other staff]…at FCI Dublin…[AKA] the “rape club”…Victims who came forward to report the abuse have been fighting for years for protections and accountability.  Seven former Dublin employees, including the warden…and…chaplain, have been criminally convicted of sexual crimes, and more than 20 other employees were [rewarded with paid vacations]…The settlement appears to be the largest single payout in BoP history…and…includes a proposed consent decree…[which] covers nearly 500 class members who are…now [cag]ed in other prisons.  The consent decree stipulates that the the bureau will be subject to continued outside monitoring and will…limit the use of solitary confinement…and release eligible plaintiffs to home confinement and community programs “as soon as practicable”.  Survivors of the Dublin [atrocities] shipped to other prisons [like cattle] have reported continued…retaliation and…[denial of] access [to] trauma recovery services…some of the victims were targeted because they were not US citizens and…face ongoing deportation risks…

 

I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one.  Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful.  But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer.  So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets.  Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements.  Thanks so much!

Links #758

Aren’t you ashamed when you look in the mirror?  –  Maja R

This video is the only proper sendoff for Sam Moore.  The links above it were provided by Marc Randazza; Dan Savage and Scott Greenfield; Jesse Walker; IncarcerNation; Nun Ya; Phoenix Calida; and T. Greg Doucette, in that order.

From the Archives

I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one.  Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful.  But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer.  So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets.  Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements.  Thanks so much!