For your interest:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/rights&id=483?dc=598,487034,1

Powers of Empathy-By Wyatt Mason (Harper's Magazine)
“It’s beyond my skills as a writer to capture that day,” begins a sentence that stopped me this weekend and made me break into a very earnest smile. And then there’s the sentence that preceded it:

And then, on September 11, 2001, the world fractured. It’s beyond my skill as a writer to ( Read more... )

Mark your calendars chappies. For the Internets we must march!

http://nocensorship.info/main/

For anyone who's finished Fallout 3 and is looking to spice it up a little or get a more refined experience on the second play through; here's one of the many lists of 'recommended mods' that are touted to improve your overall game experience ( Read more... )

In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

For anyone who's appreciation for Galaxy News Radio extends beyond the Capital Wasteland, this intarwebs radio station plays a fair bit of music from around that era (I mean the 2170's of course):
http://www.kcea.org/~kceaplaylist/ourmusic.html

Can't fault their transparency:
http://www.internode.on.net/customer-service/

I don't know why, but that amused me quite a lot.

Moar

Dr Matthew Morell (and the ScienceAlert readership) raise some interesting (imho) points on GM food:
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20080109-17883-2.html

Kind of an interesting read imho:
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008114825/talking-turkey-ten-myths-conservative-believe-about-progressives