Just a little thinking out loud about thinking ( Read more... )

Only British citizens or residents are eligible to sign, but if I was eligible, I would be signing the petition for an apology for the prosecution of Alan Turing. Alan Turing was the single greatest pioneer of my field, Computer Science, and someone had a huge part to play in creating the modern computing world. The artificial intelligence world ( Read more... )

Today I learnt about Mozarts Arse Licking Canon, the lyrics of which are just as you'd expect. There is apparently academic controversy about Mozarts involvement in the related Lick my arse nice and clean Canon, did he write the music or just the lyrics? The lyrics to that one are even filthier than you might expect ( Read more... )

Did you know that the evil racist Nazis were beaten by the heroic efforts of white people?
I suppose there must be people for whom learning history doesn't lead to galloping cynicism, but I'm not sure how.