I have been listening to the BBC World Service ever since I was a little boy. They have the best news, but also some of the best feature programmes around. "Outlook," is one of the best. It is up there with, "From Our Own Correspondent," and the science show/s they air here at around 5:am Chicago-time, early Sundays, (that would be around 10 or 11: ( Read more... )

For a good while, I have been sure that OCTOPI are sentient beings, probably beyond the abilities of dogs and cats. Yes, their bodies are slime, but they have eight arms and various perspectives, and so their brains are multifarious. Indeed, I have been waiting for more study to come out confirming this, and here it is. Found via NPR/BBC, ("The ( Read more... )

Building up steam. Yesterday turned out to be a pretty bad CFS day. So - mini-post. About animals. This week, NPR's, "Wait, wait! Don't Tell Me," is a collage of various excerpt from past shows, all to do with animals. One of the guests was Kevin Fitzgerald, formerly a bouncer for the Rolling Stones, who is now a veterinarian living in ( Read more... )

On animals, economic slavery, and fundamentalist donkey farts ...

( ''THIS IS NOT A COUP'' )

MEAT IS MURDER, Part ??? - ( Science, Death, &: AM I NOT AN ANIMAL!! )

"Service is the rent we pay ( Read more... )