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Rebellion…Yesterday

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Thanks to Mike Gogulski.

      

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He should be better soon -- now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll.
When Soldiers Are Quartered, War is ImminentJanuary 5

Recently, it’s been announced that the U.S. Military expects to have at least 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011, which according to Anna Christensen of the ACLU, may be “the first example of a series of expansions in presidential and military authority.”

I had no intention of commenting on that trend, until I noticed that someone found my blog with the following queries, which dovetail nicely with the expansion of military powers:


My post, Provide No Quarter is the #1 and #3 result, respectively, for those queries.

First, some background: Quartering is generally defined as providing basic needs including but not limited to food and shelter, in-kind.



PolyamoryJanuary 3

“Perhaps our greatest acts of violence are reserved not for those experiences that are most foreign to us but for the ones that are closest to the truth about ourselves.” - Jonathan Mooney

In this article I’ll candidly share my thoughts about polyamory, monogamy, marriage, and about intimate relationships in general.

Hurt

One issue that seems to be a hang-up for a lot of people is the possibility of getting hurt. Monogamous relationships can lead to plenty of hurt when they go bad, and it seems reasonable to assume that polyamory could multiply this hurt even more, if only because more hearts are involved.

One reason people fear getting hurt is that they’ve had some bad experiences in the past and haven’t fully recovered yet. Another problem is that people have an undue fear of hurting others because they’ve caused some pain in the past, and they’re still harboring a lot of guilt and regret.

What does it take to let go of that fear and pain and to summon the courage to take new risks in your relationships, in the hopes of experiencing ever greater levels of joy?

Basically, you just have to get back in the arena and do the best you can… without worrying so much about getting hurt. Over time your calibration will improve. You’ll get better at avoiding broken hearts, and you’ll learn to create joy more consistently. Unfortunately, you have to mov