Nailed it.
Originally shared by Daniel Keys Moran
Idiot on another page posted: "Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party are, will continue to be and always have been, completely sold out."
Me: Completely sold out compared to what? Some platonic ideal that's never existed in the history of the world? The Democratic Party is:
1. Pro-gay rights & gay marriage
2. Pro-choice. Pro-woman.
3. Obamacare
4. Against global warming -- hell, recognizes that global warming is real.
5. Pro-union
6. Pro-minimum wage increase
7. Pro-balanced budget
8. Pro-taxing the rich
9. Pro infrastructure.
10. Pro "Black Lives Matter"
11. Pro clean energy & renewables
12. Pro science
13. Pro banking legislation
14. Pro immigrant
15. Pro-disabled people
16. Pro campaign finance reform -- do you know who "Citizen's United" was ABOUT? Hillary Clinton, kids.
17. Free college for working class kids
18. Anti-fucking-NRA
19. Pro-veteran
20. Pro all the many many people-who-aren't-rich-white-and-straight-and-male.
SOLD OUT. Jesus, you stupid people.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Thursday, September 22, 2016
A good blend of entertainment and knowledge :-)
A good blend of entertainment and knowledge :-)
Originally shared by Marcel Gagne
Someone asked me recently about Google's Fuchsia, which this video is not about by the way. He asked what was more important to me, that a device run Linux or that the product be open source and open standards. I stood on the side of open source and open standards. On that note, welcome to the Sacrilege episode of Cooking With Linux. Pull up a chair, enjoy some wine, and enjoy this treat from my open source kitchen.
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=rgVEcy3FY7M&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbAo2wnUqVBE%26feature%3Dshare
Originally shared by Marcel Gagne
Someone asked me recently about Google's Fuchsia, which this video is not about by the way. He asked what was more important to me, that a device run Linux or that the product be open source and open standards. I stood on the side of open source and open standards. On that note, welcome to the Sacrilege episode of Cooking With Linux. Pull up a chair, enjoy some wine, and enjoy this treat from my open source kitchen.
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=rgVEcy3FY7M&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbAo2wnUqVBE%26feature%3Dshare
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Originally shared by Buddhini Samarasinghe
Originally shared by Buddhini Samarasinghe
Me too
My head is reeling from the information overload over the past 24 hours. By now many of you would have seen the linked article, calling out an abuser in our community. I'm writing this to say, I believe the authors, I believe the other victims who have come forward, because he did this to me too. I blocked him about 3 years ago and I thought it was just me he did this to but I am heartbroken to see that there are others he similarly abused. It's terrifying to read that article and see the same thing he did to me done to others. I can't even begin to explain what that it feels like.
Scott and I worked a lot on Google Hangouts back in 2012/2013. He was a really good friend at first, and as we got close he talked a lot about his problems. I felt really sorry for him. Now I realise how I was manipulated, I feel sick. I even invited this guy to my wedding - ugh.
Towards the end of 2013, as I was unemployed and living off savings while waiting for immigration paperwork to join my husband in the UK, Scott told me how he can't pay rent and how he doesn't have any money for food. I offered to lend him some money but he refused, but kept talking about how worried he is. Eventually he said yes and I lent him $1500 from my savings. A few weeks later he needed more money for something else (textbooks I think) so I again lent him another $1500. He said he would pay me back in a month or so when his student loans came in.
Meanwhile because I was so bored waiting in Sri Lanka for my immigration paperwork, I started writing more and more science posts. Scott invited me to partner on his website Know the Cosmos and I happily agreed, expecting us to be equal partners. But it turns out I ended up doing the bulk of the writing for free while he didn't really contribute much. It stopped feeling like a partnership and we fought a lot. Eventually I successfully pitched my Hallmarks of Cancer series to Scientific American and he was livid. That's when the emotional abuse really started. Constant arguments and put downs. He would say things like how naive and stupid I was for giving away my writing for free to Scientific American, how this is not the way to do it etc. It's partly why I wrote this post (https://goo.gl/jJwu7q) to address him and anyone else who questioned my decision to write it for free.
Things just reached a point where we could no longer work together. I remember the last Google Hangout we did together where just before we were supposed to go on air, he yelled at me about something I had done wrong. I was on the verge of tears that whole time, it was awful. But by that time I had moved back to the UK and thanks to a stronger support network around me, I was able to remove him from my life. Before that I sent him several emails asking for my loan back, but he never replied. I gave him a week and then I blocked him on all social media, considering the $3,000 as the price I had to pay to have him out of my life.
I am horrified that there are so many other victims. Chad Haney has a post here (https://goo.gl/UqISLJ) listing some of the others who have come forward. Please share this out, and please warn others. I had no idea he kept doing this after me, and I wish I had said something sooner rather than waiting until now.
I'm going to leave comments open while I am around but lock comments when I am away because I don't want derails from Scott-apologists.
H/T to Pamela L. Gay and Rugger Ducky for bringing this to my attention.
https://medium.com/@SLabusehelp/scott-lewis-what-lies-beneath-77648aa65ec4
Me too
My head is reeling from the information overload over the past 24 hours. By now many of you would have seen the linked article, calling out an abuser in our community. I'm writing this to say, I believe the authors, I believe the other victims who have come forward, because he did this to me too. I blocked him about 3 years ago and I thought it was just me he did this to but I am heartbroken to see that there are others he similarly abused. It's terrifying to read that article and see the same thing he did to me done to others. I can't even begin to explain what that it feels like.
Scott and I worked a lot on Google Hangouts back in 2012/2013. He was a really good friend at first, and as we got close he talked a lot about his problems. I felt really sorry for him. Now I realise how I was manipulated, I feel sick. I even invited this guy to my wedding - ugh.
Towards the end of 2013, as I was unemployed and living off savings while waiting for immigration paperwork to join my husband in the UK, Scott told me how he can't pay rent and how he doesn't have any money for food. I offered to lend him some money but he refused, but kept talking about how worried he is. Eventually he said yes and I lent him $1500 from my savings. A few weeks later he needed more money for something else (textbooks I think) so I again lent him another $1500. He said he would pay me back in a month or so when his student loans came in.
Meanwhile because I was so bored waiting in Sri Lanka for my immigration paperwork, I started writing more and more science posts. Scott invited me to partner on his website Know the Cosmos and I happily agreed, expecting us to be equal partners. But it turns out I ended up doing the bulk of the writing for free while he didn't really contribute much. It stopped feeling like a partnership and we fought a lot. Eventually I successfully pitched my Hallmarks of Cancer series to Scientific American and he was livid. That's when the emotional abuse really started. Constant arguments and put downs. He would say things like how naive and stupid I was for giving away my writing for free to Scientific American, how this is not the way to do it etc. It's partly why I wrote this post (https://goo.gl/jJwu7q) to address him and anyone else who questioned my decision to write it for free.
Things just reached a point where we could no longer work together. I remember the last Google Hangout we did together where just before we were supposed to go on air, he yelled at me about something I had done wrong. I was on the verge of tears that whole time, it was awful. But by that time I had moved back to the UK and thanks to a stronger support network around me, I was able to remove him from my life. Before that I sent him several emails asking for my loan back, but he never replied. I gave him a week and then I blocked him on all social media, considering the $3,000 as the price I had to pay to have him out of my life.
I am horrified that there are so many other victims. Chad Haney has a post here (https://goo.gl/UqISLJ) listing some of the others who have come forward. Please share this out, and please warn others. I had no idea he kept doing this after me, and I wish I had said something sooner rather than waiting until now.
I'm going to leave comments open while I am around but lock comments when I am away because I don't want derails from Scott-apologists.
H/T to Pamela L. Gay and Rugger Ducky for bringing this to my attention.
https://medium.com/@SLabusehelp/scott-lewis-what-lies-beneath-77648aa65ec4
Monday, September 19, 2016
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