Trash Talk: Somewhere Around Barstow
It’s still not the regular season for pro football in the U.S., which means we’re looking at everything else. This is an open thread.
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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Angry Mom: Oh, Honey — If Anybody’s ‘Out of Touch’, It’s You
/38 Comments/in Culture, Economics/by RayneA walking collection of cliched wealth expressions — including her sugar daddy spouse — Mrs. Mnuchin isn’t kind and certainly not smart.
Three Things: Eclipsed, Killer Robots, Back to the Salt Mines [UPDATED]
/22 Comments/in Culture, Science/by RayneEclipse stuff with killer robots and salt mines to come. This is an open thread.
Trash Talk: The Trashiest Trash Until Next Trash
/13 Comments/in Culture, Trash Talk/by RayneI don’t feel like doing much of anything except lounge in a chaise beneath a sprinkler. But I stayed at the keyboard long enough to post some sports news including a few sports-related fuck yous. This is an open thread.
Trash Talk: Watch This Space
/16 Comments/in Trash Talk/by RayneFor those of you not off camping or hiking or otherwise enjoying late summer outdoors, I’m slapping up a Trash Talk post to catch whatever you folks have to say about sports.
The Nine-Minute Gap [UPDATE-2]
/21 Comments/in Trump Administration/by RayneConsider yourself warned: this won’t be a very long post. It’s about three particular tweets. NOTE THE UPDATES AT BOTTOM.
Three Things: Non-Nuclear Proliferation
/3 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity, Economics, Infrastructure/by RayneWe’ll still have to deal with broken economy, more Legionnaires disease cases, and Disney’s recalcitrance on protecting kids if the planet isn’t blown up over a stupid tweet or two. This is an open thread.
Three Things: Mas Gas, Las Vegas and Sass
/19 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity, Energy Policy, Foreign Policy/by RayneGasoline prices may go up soon; the infosecurity specialist who broke WannaCry was taken into U.S. custody; WIRED needs a kick. This is an open thread.
Three Things: Bad, Worse, and Just Deal Already
/27 Comments/in Contractors, Culture, Energy Policy, Football, Mueller Probe, Trump Administration/by RayneNot so artistic deal on air craft; sketchy deal handing radioactive materials on our dime; and just freaking cut a deal already. This is an open thread.
Sowing Confusion about Fusion
/21 Comments/in Trump Administration/by RayneFusion GPS is now best known for the dossier it ordered from a former MI6 intelligence officer Christopher Steele. What Fusion is and does is a matter some want to confuse.