The US government agencies certainly don't want Wikileaks up and running.

The BBC has comment here.

I'm not aware of a domain name being censored from DNS before, but wikileaks.org does not work at the moment.  Is this censorship unprecedented?

A google search on "wikileaks website" produced 213.251.145.96 as the top result. This seems to work fine, ( Read more... )

Philip Dick's book is being read on BBC Radio 7 this week:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/

Also Aldus Huxley's Brave New World.

About a microcosm of relationships and a lack of relationships, about growing older and past lives within lives.

The world of work is introduced and set aside.

The network of relationships plays forward through the seasons of the year.

Lesley Manville's performance as Mary is key. Mary's silences say the most. Her needs are least met and yet she is ( Read more... )

I'm so impressed by the people & the stories in thisproject. Many stories have moved me to tears.

I found some UK stories:
Kitty is bisexual. (no subtitles).  Her other Youtube videos are musical.
Jon is gay. (No subtitles)
Stiofán is gay (No subtitles) and from Ireland, but in Edinburgh.

Obama (subtitles!) is president of the USA. Maybe we can swap him ( Read more... )

I think there is a lot of sense behind these. I wonder if the destructive ones might be indicators of depression?  Destructive & constructive assumptions in a relationship as listed by Franklin Veaux:

"Destructive assumptions to make in a relationship

- My partner doesn't REALLY love me--not really.

- Given the choice, if someone 'better' comes along ( Read more... )

I'm rather dubious about Dan Savage's views on bisexuals & polyamory, but his It Gets Better project has thrown up some wonderfully moving an honest accounts on YouTube of what it is like growing up gay or bisexual in the USA and in particular in high school. I haven't found any UK based accounts. There are some truly beautiful people in these ( Read more... )

There was an article about Kat Banyard in the G2 today. This quote rang a big gong for me:

If you believe in the inherent dignity of people,
in justice and human rights,
then feminism is for you.

From the article Why Kat Banyard is the UK's most influential young feminist

I accessed the Clusty (now re-launched as Yippy) search engine ( Read more... )

Maybe nations based on a religion or tribe just don't work? I think of the UK as a secular state even though the state is tied up with christian trappings. (Who cares about selecting bishops anyway? And why the hell not select women or gays or gay women for god's sakes? Come on!)

The UK should be convivial for we agnostics or Muslims or Hindus or ( Read more... )

I chose my default engine Clusty because it seemed to offer a bit more on the privacy front and worked quite well on searches.

Now I find it has sold out to Yippy. Ostensibly this is aimed at youngsters and so it has an "adult filter".

Youngsters who support Scunthorpe United may do well to avoid it though. A search for this football team produces: " ( Read more... )