Not only is homosexuality entirely natural, as evidenced by penguins, wolves, seagulls, and more, but so is divorce as evidenced by supposedly ever-faithful swans.

I forgot that BBC does good summaries of situations that are large and I have a hard time wrapping my head around.

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An interview with Billie Piper of Dr. Who.

After a week of heated argument (and "boos") with other countries in Bali, US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky finally agreed to an amended compromise statement. According to the NY Times,

The agreement notes the need for "urgency" in addressing climate change and recognizes that "deep cuts in global ( Read more... )

In Sudan in an Anglican school, a teacher allowed her kindergarten class to name a teddy bear Muhammed. This, apparently, is an insult to Muhammed and perhaps against the whole graven image thing. "The BBC has learned the charge could lead to six months in jail, 40 lashes or a fine. ... The school's director, Robert Boulos, ... told the BBC he ( Read more... )

Any WoW players here encounter this virus? I thought there were a heckofalot of you, and yet I hadn't heard anything about this happening. Was it only "released" in limited areas?

Do these two events in conjunction make anyone else nervous? I'm not the most terrorist-happy person out there, but...

FYI my family isn't in the affected area of NYC.

ETA: As of 4pm, they hadn't determined the source of the smell in NYC. BBC also had an article on it.

On this day 25 years ago, the top article on the BBC was about a mystery outbreak of simultaneous pneumonia and skin cancer in the US. If you aren't already going "ah hah!" then go read the article now.

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Mrrrrr?

Someone care to explain the Turkey v. Armenia conflict in 100 words or less?