My wife doesn’t like it when I say I’m introverted. “You just want to be introverted,” she says. So maybe I do. Maybe I am more comfortable with myself than I am with strangers. I think I just force myself into extroversion when the situation doesn’t allow for the alternative. And I’m okay with that.

Think you can spot an introvert in a crowd? Think again. Although the stereotypical introvert may be the one at the party who’s hanging out alone by the food table fiddling with an iPhone, the “social butterfly” can just as easily have an introverted personality…continue reading (via Erin Riker)

This is starting to get real.

When Edward Snowden emailed journalists and activists in July to invite them to a briefing at the Moscow airport during his long stay there, he used the email account “edsnowden@lavabit.com” according to one of the invitees…continue reading

This is why we live here:

Last week’s jobs report for July showed unemployment dropping from 7.6% to 7.4%, which marks the lowest rate since December 2008. Good times, right? Not exactly. The rate fell in part because more and more Americans have ceased looking for work…continue reading