A Funkaoshi Production

The press made him famous for not fitting a stereotype they’d created — he then used that fame to get away with being a sociopath.

My internet friend—and sometimes pornstar—Zak Smith writes about James Deen, lazy journalism, rape, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

15 minutes and it’s god damn fantastic.

I worked with a girl during co-op who did something slightly different, using her Chinese name instead of her English name, because she would get more responses when people thought she was a man.

I remember “famous” Hayden in the 90s. This is a really interesting look at someone who pulled back from the spotlight is happier for it.

He was lucky, early on, he believes, “to know what it felt like to be successful in the way that other people might view success.” And he didn’t love it.

Another migrant has died in the custody of the Canadian Border Services Agency. I would tell you his name, his age, his country of origin, and the circumstances of his death, but CBSA refuses to share any of this information. Apparently, the power to detain migrants indefinitely, often in maximum security jails, is not enough for our border officials. They insist on erasing the humanity of the migrants they detain, even in death.

This is the sort of inhumane stupidness I expect from Australia or the US, not from Canada.

They’ll go after broke ass people for a few hundred dollars, but these guys get a break?

On one side, you have a group of testy male justices needling a female lawyer for Texas clinics about whether it was even appropriate for them to hear this appeal. On the other, you’ve got four absolutely smoking hot feminists pounding on Texas’ solicitor general for passing abortion regulations that have no plausible health purpose and also seem pretty stupid.

Everything happening now seems like the natural progression of what the Republican party has been like since Bush took office.

No one needs a gun.

Vice’s new documentary series begins with a look at the Bloods controlled part of Compton.

So good.

I love Bossa Nova and I have also never heard this song. What? Also, Bossa Nova is the fucking best.

I had underestimated how far you could get as a presidential candidate by being a full on white supremacist in the US. (Which was stupid on my part, of course.)

For those of you who can’t drink milk, check out this expensive super-milk from OZ.

Shot at the Real Jerk in Toronto.

This is the first part of a five (maybe six?) part series about the death of my father that I started five years ago, shortly after it happened. It’s heavy! I won’t feel bad if you avoid reading it. But, the reason I share it here is that it might be helpful for those of you who have not gone through the death of a parent. It will probably happen to you at some point! It will not be exactly like my experience, but there may be similarities.

I feel like the Angry Robot goes through cycles where he does proper-ass blogging, and they are always good.

I backed this book back in 2012. It was part of this crazy scheme to publish a bunch of D&D modules. What makes it interesting? It’s written by Dave Brockie, who was also known as Oderus Urungus from the band GWAR. What? It’s pretty crazy—juvenile and inappropriate. The art is by Jeremy Duncan and Brockie himself, and it’s also crazy.

Need to 3D print one for my house.

No Man’s Sky sounds so fascinating. I can’t wait for it to come out.

Moses didn’t want poor people, particularly poor people of color, to use Jones Beach, so they had legislation passed forbidding the use of buses on parkways. Then he had this quote, and I can still hear him saying it to me. “Legislation can always be changed. It’s very hard to tear down a bridge once it’s up.” So he built 180 or 170 bridges too low for buses.

This is probably one of the most fascinating things i’ve read in ages.