Trash Talk: The Trashiest Talk Ever Trashed
Uh, it’s TRASH talk, which is talk about trash. Not all trash is exclusively about sports. This week’s trash brought to you by the Taylor Swift effect.
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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
Trash Talk: Won’t Somebody Think of the Children Edition
/114 Comments/in Culture, Football, Republicans, Trash Talk/by RayneDisgusting: how unprepared MSU was to handle a high-profile sexual harassment complaint, and how the GOP blows off revolting behavior by its own. Won’t somebody think of the children?
Trump to Be Arraigned at 7:30 P.M. Thursday Eve [UPDATE-1]
/220 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by RayneThis is an open thread. Bring all your off-topic idle chatter here while you wait for the anticipated arraignment photo and rant-y perp speech to follow.
Putin Doesn’t Cook
/80 Comments/in Foreign Policy, Russo-Ukrainian War/by RaynePutin may have burned his chef by way of Russian air defense missiles.
What Is The Sound of a Dead Bird Xitting?
/79 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election, Culture, Elections, Internet infrastructure, January 6 Insurrection/by RayneThis post contains observed and speculative material following the reported loss of content circa 2011-2014 at the former bird app. What the hell is going on at Xitter?
Indictments Ahead: Waiting on Fulton County GA [UPDATE-2]
/82 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election/by RayneDedicated post ahead of the anticipated announcement of indictments by Fulton County, Georgia district attorney’s office.
Trash Talk: Prepping for Tailgate Season
/117 Comments/in Culture, Trash Talk/by RayneWe’re two weeks out from the first NCAA Football games — with them comes tailgate party season. This is an open thread.
The Smell of Flop Sweat and Circus Peanuts
/124 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Congress, Republicans/by RayneSo utterly predictable which clown would be in the center arena of the GOP-led House big top yesterday. This is an open thread.
Hanging by Meta’s Threads
/67 Comments/in Domestic Policy, Internet infrastructure, Media/by RayneYou may have heard the buzz about Meta’s new microblogging platform, Threads. How will Threads eventually interact with the open source federated universe including Mastodon?
Repairing the Faults in this Nation’s Foundation
/62 Comments/in Culture/by RayneLast year and this year, however, critical faults in the founders’ efforts to create a more perfect union have been revealed, and in a particularly ugly way.