Genocidal care bears. It’s wrong I tell, wrong.
This
ad made me chuckle.
A prison program
based on beagle power.
Guys, if you don’t like
300 there are
consequences. One reviewer
really hates it.
Sex: apparently the Japanese are doing it
less and less. But
we know more about British sexual fantasies.
Advice on
choosing your first person carefully when writing. The
larger essay it was taken from.
The Pentagon is working
on scanning the brain so as to adjust computer input. Then there’s its
human enhancement program. Talking about what you feel/believe “in your gut” may be
a bit more than a metaphor. While lice are apparently
the fault of gorillas.
Study finds that British drug classifications (which seem pretty standard)
show no connection to the actual harmfulness of various drugs. A
useful ranking of the drugs.
More.
Wondering about
who speaks for the child: When parenthood exists as a creation of the state, the boundaries of state power become difficult to discern.
Remembering a well-known blogger and journalist of
who died recently of lung cancer.
Passengers
foil hijacking.
Defending new media
as good for literary life. A case of an “oops!” at the intersection of
blogging and journalism.
Prospect magazine asked 100 thinkers for their view of
the prospect for the C21st. A
summarised selection with discussion.
A blog
recording the effects of sleep deprivation.
Arguing for the need to be honest about
the difficulties of doing anything about greenhouse emissions. What
can they mean? It is only when we confront the real issue that is driving the whole energy issue that we can hope to prevent the total chaos that is likely to result over the next few decades. And that is far too many people exist on this planet.
Michael Crichton on
complexity and false reporting. (I intended to link to this in
a previous post, but didn’t-now fixed.)
Criticising South Africa
for failing to pressure Mugabe. Links
on the decay of Zimbabwe.