Teacher faces flogging for allowing a teddy bear to be given world's most common male name.

The public seems to respond with stronger sympathy for dogs than humans, so...

The Top Seven Most Hated Substances in the US (hated by the federal government, that is). Contains some you might not have thought of.

Wondering what's up with LJ's obscenity policies? Me too. They seem to be trying to avoid legal problems with child pornography, but I don't think they're doing a very good job of it.

LJ announcement about their picture policy. They say they're going to treat non-photographic images differently from photos, but it's still quite unclear to me ( Read more... )

Petition to posthumously pardon Alan Turing for his prosecution for homosexuality (which was followed by drug treatments leading to his suicide). Must be a British citizen or expat to sign. I knew that would come in handy someday.

10 uses for psychology in everyday life.

meowse, per our conversation a while back, note the research on what makes a smile look attractive, genuine, & flirtatious--here identified as slow onset & head tilt. Also note that I'm probably reducing my cholesterol levels by announcing that I am slowly smiling at you with my head tilted.

10 reasons gay ( Read more... )

Link from ivolucien on AT&T's cooperation in the bugging of the Internet:
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/05/kleininterview

Regarding polyamory and child custody caseshttp://valerie-white.livejournal.com/2016.html contains an appeal from the Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund on exactly HOW you might contribute (Tax Deductibly!) to said cause. http ( Read more... )

Current custody case of a poly family's custody woes--the father of one of their children, previously uninterested in the child, suddenly wants custody and is using polyamory as the basis of his challenge. They welcome donations to their legal fund.

For those who haven't seen the paper today, 5-4 decision against gay marriage.

BAH.

San Diego cross case tests law on public religious displaysMy hometown of Eugene, Oregon had a large lighted cross on public land, high on one of two buttes, where it could be seen from much of town like some kind of illuminated "the rest of you don't count" sign for us non-Christians. It was there for many decades, much longer than the San Diego ( Read more... )