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Want to get involved in Beltane Fire Festival?
A message on behalf of Nightwatch;
We are currently looking for Stewards and Torchbearers for the procession at Beltane…
Stewards are the guardians and storytellers of the procession in Beltane. We help to keep the spectators away from the performers so that the performance can run smoothly. As the only performers allowed to speak to the spectators ( Read more... ) -
Labour, Tories, Co-operatives and Mutualism
Hah, this is interesting. Not only has Labour come out in favour of mutualism, but the Tories have more recently announced their radicalism by supporting the idea of mutuals and co-ops in the public sector.
The cynic in me says that both parties are doing it to shed responsibility, but the reformist in me says that this kind of libertarian ( Read more... ) -
Killing civilians in computer games
Around three weeks ago this story appeared on geek/gamer news sites;
“Leaked Modern Warfare 2 Footage Shocks - Game play from the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which appears to cast players in the role of a terrorist, has caused a maelstrom on the Internet.”
I didn’t bother looking into it at the time because killing innocents in games ( Read more... ) -
On the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement treaty
“Here’s a 20-minute, must-see lecture on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - the secret copyright treaty currently being negotiated, which stands to fatally wound all user-generated content sites from mailing lists to YouTube; which stands to criminalize kids for noncommercial file-sharing; which stands to put your internet connection in ( Read more... ) -
High on science
After a few ciders during a viewing of the hour long ‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009 on the curiosities of cosmology at a Richard Dawking Foundation event, I return to the the glorious creations of John Boswell (aka melodysheep on YouTube), who edited, vocoded and accompanied various video clips on the science of everything, ( Read more... ) -
Some press regarding Samhuinn
A few brief notes.
Disclaimer: My views are not that of Beltane Fire Society, thank you!
Google News search gives;
Beltane good way to mark the coming of winter days
Sacrificing clarity for an awful pun with the headline there. Some unfortunately incorrect statements which handily come in order of ‘wut?’; “stilt-walkers dressed as crows and wolves ( Read more... ) -
Geek discussion easy reply checklist meme
For my reference and those interested;
- Why Your Antispam Idea Won’t Work
- Why Your Saving Journalism Idea Won’t Work
- Why Your Slashdot Comment Won’t Work
And an older USENET POSTING objection form letter.
Anyone have any more?
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Finally
I can now forgive They Might Be Giants for their earlier misleading comments.
Crossposted from my blog.