true story.

Got a king size bed today.  

Like a motherfuckin adult. 

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BREAKING: Boston appeals court finds the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. Will update this post as we get more.

EDIT: The decision is here, in case you’d like to look.

EDIT 2: The law was deemed unconstitutional in part over the denial of federal benefits. A key couple of paragraphs from the decision:

For 150 years, this desire to maintain tradition would alone have been justification enough for almost any statute. This judicial deference has a distinguished lineage, including such figures as Justice Holmes, the second Justice Harlan, and Judges Learned Hand and Henry Friendly. But Supreme Court decisions in the last fifty years call for closer scrutiny of government action touching upon minority group interests and of federal action in areas of traditional state concern.

To conclude, many Americans believe that marriage is the union of a man and a woman, and most Americans live in states where that is the law today. One virtue of federalism is that it permits this diversity of governance based on local choice, but this applies as well to the states that have chosen to legalize same-sex marriage. Under current Supreme Court authority, Congress’ denial of federal benefits to same-sex couples lawfully married in Massachusetts has not been adequately supported by any permissible federal interest.

Pretty day on the river.

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Because the WSJ is brilliant: This widget allows you to track Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth in real time. Get to tracking, nerds. (Second, non-widgetized try; the WSJ’s widget no likely Tumblr)

Personal opinions about this man and this company aside, watching your wealth fluctuate by billions of dollars on a massive global stage must be one of the strangest experiences possible.  Being Mark Zuckerburg must be very surreal. 

There was a penguin filming a news segment outside my boyfriend’s apartment this morning.

One of the coolest people who ever lived.