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Medieval Latin/English style manuals issue joint statement requesting removal of Anno Domini/In the Year of Our Lord...

Medieval Latin/English style manuals issue joint statement requesting removal of Anno Domini/In the Year of Our Lord designation from 2017. Because no gods can be found who wish to take responsibility for this one.

AI not quite capable of writing classic Beat literature yet...

AI not quite capable of writing classic Beat literature yet... http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/jack-kerouacs-on-the-road-turned-into-google-driving-directions.html

A new vegan restaurant opened in our neighborhood, about a block away.

A new vegan restaurant opened in our neighborhood, about a block away. Walking over to get bagels this morning, I looked at the menu in the window. It was all barbecued "chikken" and pulled "porck" and "beeaf" brisket. I don't always eat vegan, but, when I do, I prefer vegan options that aren't so closeted. It's cool; let your vegan flag fly! Don't pretend you just misspelled the meat dish and go a little easier on the quotation marks.

Worth reading: "For the time being, this is the vernacular critique of whiteness that we’ve always needed, and its...

Worth reading: "For the time being, this is the vernacular critique of whiteness that we’ve always needed, and its been right before our eyes all along. The term douchebag, again used as we already use it, has the power to name white ruling class power and white sexist privilege as noxious, selfish, toxic, foolish and above all, dangerous. Since the coming of colorblindness as the official ideology of neoliberal racism, we have needed a precise term with which to recognize and ridicule white privilege when we see it. So we should sharpen our critical swords and wield this insult with a new rapier like awareness, and thereby give the racists, the conservatives, and the 1% something they are always imagining anyways: reverse discrimination." https://medium.com/the-secret-history-of-america/douchebag-the-white-racial-slur-weve-all-been-waiting-for-a2323002f85d