I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine. —Kurt Vonnegut As we reflect on the heartbreaking, inspirational images of first responders this tenth anniversar…| The New Inquiry
are you going to be a firefighter? an arsonist? or maybe a fire marshal???| KRRD
My yesterday went more smoothly once I decided not to ignore my pile of RSS and newsletter subscriptions, but to triage and post interesting things all in one go, and then move on with my day. So, here’s what the morning brings. Evangeline Lilly is...| Bix dot Blog
Last week, shortly after I noted that the hits kept coming, and that I did not need any more weight, I mentioned on my statuslog that I was exempting the coming week (the one ending right now) from anything difficult, because just the everyday had sent me hurtling into autistic burnout (and certainly this nonsense didn’t help), and the following week was going to present something of a minefield. Alas, the Notice of Infraction from county animal services because I hadn’t renewed Meru’s ...| Bix dot Blog
In an addendum to my post about Bluesky CEO Jay Graber’s pathetic and unfeeling attitude toward the hurt felt by trans users from the continued presence on the site of Jesse Singal, and the unforced error of micro.blog founder Manton Reece’s praise of Graber and...| Bix dot Blog
There is a sequence near the very end of the official “making of” featurette in the Superman digital release which shows David Corenswet interrupting the filming of his climactic confrontation with Lex Luthor because he’s not understanding why director James Gunn wants him to play...| Bix dot Blog
