Right-wing ‘celebrities’ turn outrage into salaries
Frictionless Shopping: Amazon Goes Full Dystopian
No courtesy clerks, no greeters and best of all, no cashiers: Amazon presents AmazonGo, where shopping is “frictionless.” Google defines frictionless shopping as purchases made from a smartphone app, bringing…
Have you Heard? The Leisure Edition
Hey, Vikings! Have you heard about all the delays in hotly anticipated big name video game releases? Final Fantasy VII, Cyberpunk 2077—the stars are no longer aligned for timely releases!…
How to train your puppy: pet play for absolute beginners
People are abuzz about the growing popularity of pet play, a decades-old kink that has moved from bedrooms to social spaces and from sexy power play to social mixers and…
A giant of many feet: sex work and me
“Hey, you wanna go hang out and get some food,” the guy asked, leaning out of his car. I’d been sitting on a stair for quite a while by then,…
Have yourself a very queer-y valentine’s
There’s something poetic about being queer and alone on Valentine’s Day: a mixture of melancholy and pure chance that come together to make sure you’re sitting on your hands all…
Have You Heard? The Sex Edition
I guess it’s no secret by now that I’ve got a pretty sexual past, but honestly that should be the least interesting part of my background. The most interesting part…
Salem Interim Library owned by LGBTQ-unfriendly church
The Salem Public Library was built in 1904 to serve the community by providing equal access to information—however, citizens who pay taxes in Oregon unknowingly support Salem Alliance Church as…
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This week I got a neuroradiology report assessing imagery since my bus accident that confirmed a lot of what I already knew but gave me some bad news. The good…
The Impeachment Trial continues on, and yes, you should be paying attention
Unless someone has been living under a rock for the past two months, Americans are well aware that Donald Trump has become the third president to be impeached. Moving forward,…
Have you Heard?
Have you heard about the move to retire the Type 1 MAX trains? You could be riding on a brand new train in 2021 with softer seats, more room and…