How long is it reasonable to wait for a reply from a journalist? In an email age, and when an inky wretch has a corporate @ddress, is half a week long enough?

Three days ago I wrote to one such, who had taken up the pen against Terminator technology (new readers, see here and here.) She had said:

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BBC News is saying that a new UK report is calling for all new farming practices to be assessed for their environmental impact. At the moment, only genetic modification requires this sort of assessment. [Reuters UK] has a slightly different perspective.

I haven’t read the report, obviously, but...

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What a pleasant surprise! While it is perfectly possible to derive teeny gobs of undiluted pleasure from an [Egorati]¹ search, how much nicer to be exploring something of genuine interest and come across a cross reference. I wandered over from the most recent Tangled Bank to Dan Jones’ Proper St...

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For times when you wish to use your REALdoll in the “face down” positions, it is highly recommended that you remove her face. This will absolutely save on wear and tear AND eyelashes!

Harper’s, God Bless ’em.

I’m not generally up to date on all the political blogging that’s going on out there. Much of it is very good, some pretty petty, and in aggregate, for an ex-pat with no place to vote -- what do you do when politics is reduced to “fascist is better than queer”? -- not all that relevant.¹

Occasi...

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