Defend Red & Black Cafe. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2010-06-04). My friend William Gillis writes to me: For over a decade I've frequented The Red & Black Cafe in Portland – an IWW, explicitly anarchist, worker-owned coop – and over the years they've faced all the sort of police harassment and surveillance you'd expect for a venue catering to radical… (Linked Saturday 2010-06-05.)

My central air is finally fixed! Praise Jeebus! drunkenatheist, Drunkenatheist (2010-06-05). After a month and a half of fighting with our landlord (and sending off frantic emails to our realtor), the HVAC crew came out and cleaned our compression doo-dad.  Now, I think it might be possible to cut glass with my nipples. (I'll refrain from letting loose with a "hallelujah"… (Linked Sunday 2010-06-06.)

Rand Paul Petition. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2010-06-06). If you're interested in signing a petition asking Rand Paul to support Red & Black Café's right to bar cops from their premises, click here. (I don't know how thrilled the Café would be with Paul's support – but I doubt they're at much risk of getting it ....) (Linked Sunday 2010-06-06.)