I feel like I'm all grown up now

I just had to delete my first spam post from the comments section of a post.

CONTENT BLOCKED UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY H.R. 3261 & S.968

 

No V&V Vednesday entry, or any other postings today, in protest of the really, really stupid Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bills currently under consideration in Congress.  Both bills would fail to stop actual online piracy, but could instead be used to block legitimate web sites sans any form of notice or a trial.

Alien Shores could easily be taken down under such proposed laws, for either the Music Monday or Photodump Friday posts, or just the pictures that posted occasionally to accompany other posts.  Please take a few minutes here to learn more about this dangerous legislation, and how to contact your local senator to let them know that this is NOT what you want.

Boycott Outlaw Press

It seems that James Shipman is continuing his thieving ways, blatantly ripping off the work of others for his Outlaw Press publications.  I confess that I'm not certain how much good it will do, but Paul Ingrassia over at the Troll Hammer Press blog is trying to organize a boycott, hoping to hit Shipman where it will hurt the most (the wallet).

"The Write Agenda"

A brief post to let you know about a group calling itself "The Write Agenda", which are essentially a bunch of literary scammers.   Fortunately, Writer Beware is shining a spotlight on said scammers, documenting their various misdeeds here.



(Yes, I know I haven't posted much recently.  Yes, I need to get back on the stick.  Shut up already.)

Jim Shipman is back... unfortunately

I may not have a lot of contact with T&T fandom these days, but I still have enough goodwill toward the T&T crowd that what Jim Shipman is still up to pisses me off.  And I'm not the the only one whom it annoys.