Delicious LiveJournal Links for 2-2-2011
No Sleep 'Til Brooklands: A True Story Of Daily Mail Lies (guest post)
If you know anyone who actually reads the Daily Mail, get them to read this.
(tags: news)
Expelled after interviewing Saharawi on EU fisheries
"They explained that we, as foreigners, are not allowed to speak with the local population. The more we asked about why that is not allowed, the angrier the police got."
(tags: westernsahara)
Free ebook: The Best of Edmond Hamilton edited by Leigh Brackett - Grasping for the Wind
I was rather impressed by the work of both Hamilton and Brackett when I sampled them recently in the Hartwell / Cramer _Space Opera Renaissance_ anthology. Now we have a chance to read the best of Hamilton for free, I shall gladly take it.
(tags: sf)
Iylliana - I hate my phone - a rant
Don't call Angela, and she won't call you.
(tags: life phone)
Complicating the transition in U.S.-Egyptian relations by Daniel Levy | The Middle East Channel
Brilliant piece by Levy, who was on Cambridge University Students Union's executive committee with me many years ago.
(tags: middleeast usa)
All Icelandic literature to go online? | Internet Archive Blogs
"The total literature of Iceland is under 50,000 books, which is easily scannable in 2 years by 12 people". This proposal is being put forward by the wonderfully named Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson. With a capital Þ.
(tags: books internet iceland)
The Lipstick Chronicles: The Least Among Us
What happened to Melissa Mia Hall.
(tags: ushealth)