It may sound obvious to anyone who knows me, but “hazardous, tricky clean-up of nuclear sites”:http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996199 is for me the single compelling reason to avoid nuclear power as a major energy source. I don’t worry nearly so much about Chernobyl-style accidents as I do about subtle, continuous contamination of an ecosystem due to nuclear byproducts.
Posted by Chris in Environment on July 26th, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Help me here. It is an odd thing to have one of your favorite mythical worlds spun in an unpleasant way. I came across a mind-twisting article on Harry Potter, the capitalist pig. Nevermind that J.K. Rowling is richer than God now; the fantastical world she created was a lift to my spirit every time [...]
Posted by Steve in Literature on July 24th, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Apparently “chimps are subject to contagious yawning”:http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996182 just like humans. _The team played videos of chimps either yawning or exhibiting other open-mouth behaviours such as grinning to six adult chimps and three infants at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University in Japan._ _…They argue that their figure of 33 per cent of adults showing [...]
Posted by Chris in Science on July 21st, 2004 | 2 Comments »
I don’t know how many times I wish I had a tripod along, even for my pocket-sized camera. Now that won’t be a problem, because I can carry a “home-made bottle-cap tripod”:http://www.fiendishthingy.org/tripod/ and pop it on a handy water bottle. To the Ace Hardware, Robin!
Posted by Chris in Fun on July 21st, 2004 | Comments Off
I ordered my copy of “Outfoxed”:http://www.outfoxed.org today, and it’s left me feeling ornery. Here are some political quickies: * “The bin Laden vote”:http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001393 * “Something to make us ill with shame”:http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/20/evidence_for_hershs_.html * “Refreshing humor”:http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/18/daily_show_on_possib.html * “The facts behind the film”:http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/ * “A little something to chew on”:http://www.brothercanyouspareajob.com/
Posted by Chris in Politics on July 20th, 2004 | Comments Off
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