LeVar Burton's Bring Back Reading Rainbow Kickstarter is a thing you should know about.

Wind energy! Tech breakthrough with new turbine design: the Wind Lens! It looks cool. :3

U.S. broadens legal definition of rape to include more than just violent vaginal penetration by a man's penis while the woman fights. There are so many more kinds, including situations where a person is unable to give consent. I am glad they got on the ball ( Read more... )

Today -- November 16, 2011 -- the US Congress is holding hearings about a possible American Internet censorship system. If this bill is passed, it will not only affect every 'net user and service provider in the states, it will set a terrible precedent for the rest of the world as well. Find out more here(And if anyone can tell me how to get that ( Read more... )

Favourite Star Trek fanart of the morning: NEEEEEEEERDS! XD

Because sometimes TNG was so funny. XD

(eta: Because the devArt account this was from has been purged, I've uploaded the picture to my scrapbook and linked to that instead.)

Nepal has added a category for transgendered people to their census. I think.

Your present: two very well known Jewish actors, back in their prime... as ladies.

I think I just fell for Bill Shatner all over again.

Link-bump!

Over on Jeff's Gameblog, he's posted a new entry called Rules for that ol' Kirk charm, which are from a gaming magazine.

My favourite part is the way that the fact that Kirk is unlucky in love and thus his normal Luck bonus does not apply is repeated twice in the rules. XD

~<3

...a nice little entry about Tim Horton's and why it's a cornerstone of modern Canadian society (and therefore it's not surprising when Americans claim not to get it): It's a Canuck Thing.

So, you've probably heard of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and are aware that they are named after four master painters.

I urge you to check out the Ninja Masters! XD

I think you will appreciate the last panel of this webcomic.