Tag Archives: blogging

Email Of The Day

Just in from a reader: “I have often thought that your website, rather than ‘making us aware’ of the crazy voices on the right, actually enables and helps them by giving them the attention. this NY Times article says exactly what I mean.” Here’s an excerpt from the reader’s link: The real problem is that liberals, both on an institutional …

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Next Week: Netroots Nation 2012

Most of next week I’ll be in Providence for this year’s edition of Netroots Nation, the largest annual gathering of progressive bloggers, pundits, and “legacy” media. (Plus many of the most prominent Democratic politicians.) The LGBT contingent arrives early for an all-day conference on Wednesday, where web activism kingpin Mike Rogers has laid out a daunting schedule of panels and …

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JMG Blog Year Nine Begins

Today is the eighth blogiversary of this here website thingy. As is tradition for today, here is my very first post. April 29th, 2004 I was born and raised in rural North Carolina. My fondest childhood memory is of playing in the dense, acrid, poison fog that was belched out by the county mosquito control truck during its daily dusk-time …

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WordPress Dominates Top 100 Blogs

Pingdom has surveyed the platforms used by Technorati’s Top 100 blogs and finds that WordPress dominates the field. That’s surely of little consequence to most of you, but it’s mildly interesting news to me, particularly coming on a morning during which Blogger was down for several hours. Dammit. Computer World reports: WordPress’ popularity, at least among these highly trafficked sites, …

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New Blog: Beards FTW

Enjoy.

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NEW BLOG: When I Came Out

“Submit your own story. Stories should be 5 sentences or less and begin with When I came out..” (Tipped by JMG reader Lauren)

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GLAAD’s 2012 Media Award Nominations

Here’s the full list of nominees. RELATED: Below are this year’s Outstanding Blog nominees. As I won last year, I didn’t submit JMG for this year’s awards. (Although I was sorely tempted to, just to piss off the homocons.) Congrats to all the nominees!

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Blog Post Of The Week

And the winner is Wonkette’s Ken Layne.

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New Year’s Resolution

The JMG unread email pile continues to overflow and once again I’ve resolved to try and whittle that down in the new year. But the real purpose of this post is so I don’t look so assholish when I don’t respond to your very thoughtful and always brilliant messages. Please keep the tips coming, even if you don’t hear back …

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Fidel Castro’s Niece Is Blogging

The champion of Cuba’s nascent LGBT rights movement, Mariela Castro, has launched a blog. The niece of Fidel Castro and daughter of President Raul Castro, Mariela has been the public figurehead of a series of advances over the last few years. You can also follow Mariela Castro on Twitter. (Tipped by JMG reader Adam.)

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Today In Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Just in via email. Dear Joe, Would you like to spread the message about how it’s cool to be gay under God even for wider audience than your site? Bublaa, a new topic-based social network, is running a competition with a grand total of $10,000 in prize money. You compete by creating a new community, a bubble, around your topic …

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NEW YORK CITY: JMG Wins Village Voice 2011 Web Award For “Best Politics Blog”

Tonight my loyal companion Dr. Jeff accompanied me to some new hipster nightclub on the Lower East Side where this here website thingy was feted as the 2011 Village Voice Best Politics Blog! Squee! Just like last year! Re-squee! Like last time, I wasn’t told who the other blogs in my category were. So I can’t congratulate anybody just for …

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“I’m Christian, Unless You’re Gay”

I don’t do a lot of blind linking on this here website thingy, but go read this. Then read the follow-up. (Tipped by JMG reader Lauren.)

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A Nice Mention From CBS

JMG reader Frank just tipped me to the above. Vote JMG if you want, but definitely check out the other blogs. My personal favorite is at the top, there’s a few more at the link.

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New Blog: Terrible Taxidermy

More horrifying/hilarious examples are here.

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Photo Blog: Kids At Hate Rallies

More photos. (Tipped by JMG reader Jeffrey)

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The End Of PageOneQ

Mike Rogers has folded long-running LGBT news aggregator PageOneQ. We’ll miss it as a reliable source for JMG items. Hit the link for the back story and what Rogers has coming.

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March With Us This Sunday!

The NYC Digital Activists will march in NYC Pride for the third year this Sunday. If you would like to march with our group, we step off at 1PM, on 37th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison. Find Section 11, Group 13. All are welcome! Look for our banner. And join us!

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Pam’s House Blend Joins Firedoglake

At today’s Morning News Dump with Lizz Winstead, Pam Spaulding made the big announcement that she’ll be folding Pam’s House Blend into a subblog on Firedoglake. FDL founder Jane Hamsher: Pam’s House Blend has long been one of the most compelling and influential sites in the blogosphere. Founder Pam Spaulding has used the platform not only to speak out herself …

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The Daily Kos Lounge

At the moment I’m blogging from a big comfy floral sofa in the Daily Kos Lounge, an oasis of recliners, couches, and power strips (yay!) that runs down the center of the main hall of the Minneapolis Convention Center. That’s my ‘puter in the foreground and Good As You’s Jeremy Hooper is across from me. I have no idea what …

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