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My Firefox window of “stuff I keep meaning to post about” has 67 tabs open right now, some dating back to August. So consider this a bonus news day/info purge:
GlobalComment’s sickening report on the Magdalene slaves is very distressing indeed. Wayward (or not even so wayward) Irish girls were enslaved by the Catholic Church to work without pay in laundries as recently as 1994, and the Irish government refuses to apologize. Last week Ireland’s Minister of Education issued a brief statement, referring to the girls who worked in the laundries as “employees.” The “employees” are understandably upset.
Portland mayor Sam Adams is safe from a recall stemming from his alleged affair with an intern. But now there’s maybe another recall, although probably not. Let it go, people. Let it go. (I am glad to have learned the phrase “shit or shinola” from the article, though.)
Manhunt bought DList. I think that’s probably good, ultimately, since Manhunt has way bigger ad sales and could probably keep the site running a little more smoothly. On the other hand, it would be disappointing if DList became less art-faggy and especially if the music parts of the site were taken down; I’ve actually discovered a bunch of cool new bands by surfing pictures of hipster boys. But if it just turns into a cruising site I’ll be kinda annoyed. (more…)
