Originally posted by lunarising at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Please repost this? I have never begged for one of my posts to be boosted. I am just so worried for my friends and want you to know ( Read more... )

I've just signed an urgent petition at Avaaz.org to protect whales. Read more below, or click this link to join me in signing:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/whales_under_threat_14/98.php?CLICKTF

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Dear friends,

The International Whaling Commission has ( Read more... )

I just did my little bit to help Barack Obama get another vote: I am one of two witnesses on the absentee ballot of an American coworker. :)

It's a rather amusing thing though - you only put your signature and address on the ballot. How they want to decipher the name from the signature or check that the witness really is who they claim, I don't

I just saw a brief report on TV about a man called Dan Kish, who has developed his own version of echolocation to overcome his blindness - with amazing results. Check out the following Youtube clip, and if you'd like to learn more, go look at the website of World Access for the Blind, his non-profit organization.

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I think this particular icon is ( Read more... )

Harry Knowles from Ain't It Cool News got a few exclusive glimpses of J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek film! The full report is here, containing some minor spoilers but it's random tidbits out of context which can't spoil the plot, IMHO. But I just had to quote what he said about Karl Urban, who of course plays McCoy:

But then there’s McCoy - when you ( Read more... )

Dear flist ( Read more... )

Thanks to jdsmylover for the heads up - I checked Myspace earlier today but this wasn't up yet.

From Daniel Dae Kim's Myspace:

STAY STRONG ( Read more... )

I cannot believe these idiots just don't f***ing get it that we have to f***ing act NOW! *growl ( Read more... )

Well now here's your chance - particularly (but not exclusively) for the Pervy Hobbit Fanciers among us ( Read more... )

The latest Swiss anti AIDS campaign uses the slogan "If your past interferes with your relationship: check-your-lovelife.ch" (the three pictures used in the campaign show people in a current relationships who are surrounded by previous sexual partners, indicating that you always bring your sexual history into each new relationship), and I'm quite ( Read more... )