Crossposted - recs and links
Looks like the user tags will switch to whatever journaling system you're posting in, which is good if people have the same user names on different platforms, but could cause confusion. I don't have time to check all these - all user and community names only confirmed as correct for lj. (Also, will get some icons uploaded this weekend.)

From the happiness_projt: 9 simple and easy tips to take stress out of your day, also on the benefits of over-the-counter medicine (I tend to forget this one as well)

Via rusty76, lost words of the English language and 147 Tiny Tips to Live Healthier, Happier, Greener and Better

mecurtin links to and discusses a disturbing article about "sundown towns" (towns where black people are expected to leave by sundown, meaning they can work there, but not live there).

jonquil puts into words something I've been struggling to say through the last few rounds of sexism and racism debates: It's not who you are, it's what you do - The constant defense of "But I'm not a racist/sexist" is irrelevant. People who are not consciously and actively racist or sexist can still contribute to discrimination and bias against people of color or women. All the focus on whether or not someone is a racist or a sexist detracts from the real point at hand, which is whether her/his words or deeds had racist or sexist results.

It's International Blog Against Racism Week - related posts are being gathered in an IBAR del.icio.us account - I highly recommend reading all of these.

isabeau on being in a wheelchair

Posts about LJ's customer service/TOS issues and possible Fannish Migration

astolat discusses journaling alternatives and the pros and cons of various solutions

rahirah on lj's latest hijinks

Great post from penknife on friends-locking, risk reduction, and shame

lavendertook considers the sexist implications of the way lj has enforced its changes to the TOS

shusu addresses some of the reasons people have given for staying on lj

antennapedia posts a journal migration tool

stephendann's open letter to lj

femmequixotic's open letter to lj

amanuensis1 cleverly compares the current situation to Watership Down

synecdochic on being heard in the right places

In fandom_flies, atrata posted a wish list of features for a new fannish journaling site (compiled from suggestions by community members)

href="http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2007/08/a-key-to-happin.html">on the benefits of over-the-counter medicine</a> (I tend to forget this one as well)

Via rusty76, lost words of the English language and 147 Tiny Tips to Live Healthier, Happier, Greener and Better

mecurtin links to and discusses a disturbing article about "sundown towns" (towns where black people are expected to leave by sundown, meaning they can work there, but not live there).

jonquil puts into words something I've been struggling to say through the last few rounds of sexism and racism debates: It's not who you are, it's what you do - The constant defense of "But I'm not a racist/sexist" is irrelevant. People who are not consciously and actively racist or sexist can still contribute to discrimination and bias against people of color or women. All the focus on whether or not someone is a racist or a sexist detracts from the real point at hand, which is whether her/his words or deeds had racist or sexist results.

It's International Blog Against Racism Week - related posts are being gathered in an IBAR del.icio.us account - I highly recommend reading all of these.

isabeau on being in a wheelchair

Posts about LJ's customer service/TOS issues and possible Fannish Migration

astolat discusses journaling alternatives and the pros and cons of various solutions

rahirah on lj's latest hijinks

Great post from penknife on friends-locking, risk reduction, and shame

lavendertook considers the sexist implications of the way lj has enforced its changes to the TOS

shusu addresses some of the reasons people have given for staying on lj

antennapedia posts a journal migration tool

stephendann's open letter to lj

femmequixotic's open letter to lj

amanuensis1 cleverly compares the current situation to Watership Down

synecdochic on being heard in the right places

In fandom_flies, atrata posted a wish list of features for a new fannish journaling site (compiled from suggestions by community members)

The customer service thing is huge for me - I think lj has shown blatant disregard for its customer base and I don't want to do business with a company that can't offer decent customer service.

Also, I dislike uncertainty, and vague, constantly changing rules. I'm willing to abide by whatever rules lj chooses to set up, so long as they explain those rules clearly and don't keep changing them and acting on those changes without warning. fBut at this point I have no faith that they won't decide to interpret their deliberately vague TOS a different way tomorrow and delete another category of journals that had previously seemed perfectly fine (remember the debacle of using breastfeeding icons as default icons? who could have predicted that?).

I don't think lj is engaged in a witch-hunt or deliberately targetting fannish journals, but I don't think that *anyone* at lj has a clear idea of what is permissible under the TOS. In any situation the way the rules are enforced will be entirely based on one employee's (or a small group of employees') opinions of the law and lj's rules. And it appears that warnings may or may not be given and appeals may or may not be possible. In other words, they can decide that something you posted violates the rules at any time and without warning delete your journal. I'm. . .not ok with that.