How Protect IP and SOPA Will Break the Internet
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! – http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, [...]
Neil deGrasse Tyson On Tomorrow’s Dreams
I’m very much with Dr. Tyson on this one. I’ve felt for quite a while that our politicians don’t care about much more than maintaining their own positions in government and garnering more power (and larger salaries) for themselves. They’ve done this at the expense of science and exploration. It would be nice to see [...]
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
It’d be funnier if weren’t so true. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
Fools Gold: Inside the Glenn Beck Goldline Scheme | The Big Picture
Fools Gold: Inside the Glenn Beck Goldline Scheme | The Big Picture. Glenn Beck’s a slimy little weasel. Here’s another reason why.
The world is subtle… and that’s why it’s beautiful | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
The world is subtle… and that’s why it’s beautiful | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
The Curfew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi6DJpJE1f8&feature=player_embedded (via BoingBoing)
No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Re-reloaded) » Guilty
No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Re-reloaded) » Guilty. This is… unfortunate. For what it’s worth, I tend to side with Dr. Watts. I’ve always had a problem with the customs process for crossing between the US and Canada. It’s been my experience that the guards there tend to be somewhat over-reactive about relative [...]
GRANHOLM Fail – Michigan Meatout Day
GRANHOLM – Michigan Meatout Day. Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm has just made a preposterous declaration – she has declared that this Saturday, March 20, 2010, is Michigan Meatout Day, in which she urges Michigan citizens to eat no meat. Her rationale? A vegan diet is healthier, cheaper, and safer. Here’s the problem: her declaration is [...]
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state | Technology | guardian.co.uk
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state | Technology | guardian.co.uk. Apparently the IIPA is looking to make open source software illegal—or at least extremely difficult to use. They seem to dislike the fact that OSS cuts into their bottom line, so rather than let the market make its own decisions, [...]
