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Patty continues to chug along with her comps. I continue to sleep off Dragon*Con. We have dates for when her parents are visiting before she heads to Cardiff, and things are coming together. I'm really looking forward (although her moreso, surely) to the comps getting finished so we can reconnect in some way other than propping each other up in the face of chaos.

I am continuing to make progress with my Dragon*Con recaps, but I did a lot of panels, so it's going to take a while.

Last night I went to Eataly. It's pretty cool. It reminded me not just of European food halls and not just of the smells of Italy, but also (because it's on my mind and has a huge Italian population and great Italian food), Sydney. I got a few goodies to bring home.

bifemmefatale's daughter has been found and wants to go home. So that's happening right now. Go team Internet!

Rahm Emmanuel may be the most interesting guy in politics. The narrative may be about to get more interesting, as he considers running for mayor of Chicago.

Anyone catch Meghan McCain on Rachel Maddow last night? Credit where credit is due, because she's a reminder that Republicans aren't the enemy; extremism is. Which is to say (because this has been weighing on me lately), if I've been a douche to my Republican friends lately, I'm sorry. I should not assume that the current extreme views tearing your party apart speak for you.

Apparently, Google Instant doesn't think lesbians or bisexuals exist or that the terms are too incendiary to provide immediate results. I suspect it's because of how much porn for straight, cisgendered men those terms are likely to bring up, and woah, not safe for work. But, this is not okay. via ladyofthelog in comments. And yeah, I tested it myself; these terms do not return Google Instant results.

Meanwhile the fake GallifreyOne attendee is at it again.

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Re: heads up!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Just tested it. Confirmed. I suspect it's because of the HUGE amount of porn targets at straight men that turns up, but it's evil. Linking.

Re: heads up!

[effervescent.livejournal.com]

There's a discussion going on in ontd_f about it...

It seems to be filtering to ones that can be used as part of other terms - gaylord, cockroach, breaststroke - but 'breast' can be searched. Penis can't, it returns the same result as 'lesbian' or 'bisexual'. Vagina is also filtered.

If you type in 'lesbian rig' it brings up lesbian rights results. So it seems like this must mean that even the mightiest search engine can't escape the porn. *shakes head* I still don't like it, if anyone can make the filters better it would *have* to be them.

Re: heads up!

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

It took me a little bit to figure this out, because 99% of the time I use the google toolbar (open up a new tab, drop the search term in, hit return & go). But yes, if you are on a google search page and use their input box, is see it. Oh #googlefail #facepalm etc...