From Rachel Maddow via the UK, footage of a Japanese camera crew that fled the tsunami. I got a little teary at the end (in a good way).

Lots of my friends have weighed in about their auctions!

Dreamwidth thread

LJ thread

An excellent roundup of relief efforts and facts from
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So far, everyone who's weighed in can be found at the thread on my LJ here. Auctions are at LJ and DW.

While of course my friends are all AMAZING and you should bid on them ALL, I want to put in a good word for
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George Takei tweeted these photos from Japan.

A list of manga-ka and voice actors and their known status. Most everyone is okay that I know, though there's a rumor that Akira Torimiya was hurt. (EDIT: He seems to be okay, he posted to the Jump website, and Chrono Nanae seems to be okay ( Read more... )

A nice photoset of the LA protests against the Cof$.

Operation_Mock over on Journalfen also has some choice bits.

Andrew Sullivan has a nice roundup.

What brave people. I'm frightened for them, and depressed that the Bush Administration has lost so much power and influence that any words from the US are probably meaningless.

This should not happen. In any country, much less ours.

Edited to add: AND THEN THERE'S ANTONIN SCALIA.