Phishing’s No Phun; Here’s How To Resist The Bait
You may have heard about the big Google-Docs impersonating phishing scam this week, and there are a lot more out there. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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25 Queer Engineer Approved Ways To Pass The Time On A Plane
“Calculate how many ‘free’ airline snacks you would need to eat to break even on the cost of your plane ticket.”
Drawn to Comics: 15-Year-Old Maggie Thrash Interviews Herself in This Brand New Exclusive “Honor Girl” Excerpt
“After that summer, all I wanted was reassurance — not from other people necessarily, but from myself. I would have loved to talk to my adult self and ask her a million questions: Am I ok? Do I make it out of my teens alive? Who do I turn out to be, in the end?”
8 More Women Gamers on YouTube and Twitch
Because you can never have a stable of too many awesome folks making video game videos without the heaping dose of toxic masculinity.
“Ladykiller in a Bind” Is the Surprise Love Story I Didn’t Know I Needed
Think of the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie Motocrossed without the bikes and plus a whole lot of kink.
Drawn to Comics: Support Strong Female Protagonist’s Kickstarter, Read the Best Superhero Comic On the Internet
Your chance to support a project that will go down in comics history one day as one of the finest comics of any type of its age!
11 Women Gamers Who Let You Watch Along on YouTube and Twitch
You never have to watch a cis white dude play video games again.
Relevant To Your Interests: All Hail Lumpy Space Princess
Lumpy Space Princess makes me happy. That’s all.
Gayme Night: Gather Your Party, Let’s Play Dungeons and Dragons
So you’re Dungeons-and-Dragons-curious but you’ve never given it a try? Here’s how to get started DMing your very own Gayme.
The Science March Is this Week; Let’s Unite to End Run Trump’s Awful Budget
President Trump doesn’t set the budget; Congress does. And all 435 seats in the House and 34 out of 100 seats in the Senate will be up for midterm elections next year.
Drawn to Comics: Shan Murphy Draws Birds and Reminds Us to Be Hopeful
Times are tough and life is rough, and it’s hard to feel good about things. But if we remember to read comics like the ones Murphy makes and we remember to treat ourselves kindly and treat those we love the same way, we’re gonna be okay.
TV On Your Tech: Every Which Way to Watch TV Without Cable, Compared
Between network shows, streaming-service originals, and your favorite sports, it’s tough to find a TV option that lets you watch everything you care about — especially if you don’t want to pay a huge cable bill or own a TV. Here are your options, broken down by cost, offerings and LGBT content!
“Night in the Woods”: Come for the Spooky Friendship, Stay for the Story
It’s nothing more than a story, which I don’t think I have to tell you is potentially the biggest best thing there is. Play it. Spooky friendship. Just play it.
Drawn to Comics: Marguerite Bennett Talks Batwoman, Representation and the Importance of Fallible Queer Heroes
I talked with Bennett about what it’s like being the first woman and the first openly queer woman to write a Batwoman solo title, what she hopes to bring to it, and what she hopes queer readers will get from the series.
Backup Your Queer Tech To The Cloud
You should backup your computer. Here are four cloud services that’ll help you do just that.
Drawn to Comics: Chicana Bisexual Maddi Gonzalez Makes Beautiful Comics About Mental Illness and Life
Maddi is doing some really brilliant art right now — she’s having a ton of fun and loosening up her style at the same time as she’s refining it and finding her real voice.
10 Tap Games for iPhone, Rated By Their Inevitably Fleeting Relief of My Low-Grade Depression
A brief journey through the clicker games that have, if only briefly, buoyed me through ennui, ranked very subjectively by how effectively they distracted me from the always-looming malaise that dogs my every step!
“Mass Effect: Andromeda” Is A Decent Game With Good Hot Nerds For Banging
“We take the role of Ryder, who is a far cry from Commander Shepard. She’s young and untried, great at sudoku but bad at flirting. She’s awkward and not entirely ready for command. She never quite carries that mantle of authority we got used to with Shepard, but when she earns the respect of her crew it feels genuine and nice. I like her. She’s a good hot nerd.”
Republican-Led Congress Just Gave Away Your Data, Here’s What You Can Do
The short answer: VPNs won’t save us, but it’s better than nothing.
Relevant To Your Interests: Cook Nerdy With Me
Nothing says second breakfast like some Death Star waffles.
Drawn to Comics: “Go With The Flow,” the Perfect Comic For Every Kid Getting Their First Period
“We really wanted to make talking about periods an enjoyable experience. Fun characters in realistic situations with cute illustrations seems like the perfect way to show some likable role models talking about their bodily functions in a positive way.”