- More on the TSA nonsense: Their groping breaks urostomy bags and requires the removal of prosthetic breasts — both of which leave cancer survivors in a bit of pickle. Of dehumanisation. But not to worry, they still confiscate nail clippers! From soldiers who carry machine guns on the plane. Also one man got through without a scan or a grope. Finally as Amanda Marcotte and Andrea James point out, the reason this has sparked such outrage is that this is the first time that middle-class white people are subjected to the same kinds of erosions of liberties that minority groups have had to deal with for years.
- Great article on what copyright SHOULD be by Cory Doctorow.
- Wonderful: professional photographer cheers up his depressed grandmother by doing a photoshoot of her as a superhero.
- Amazing article by an anonymous writer who helps students cheat. He’s ghost written everything from essays to full PhDs and you will not believe how illiterate and desperate some of his clients are.
- A website by the biggest maths/physics-crank I’ve ever seen. This is a must-see because every mathematician and scientist in history has been drastically wrong and/or cheating and finally Miles Mathis has figured out the real deal!
- a very interesting map.
- Lucky dip (SFW) comic
- A hilarious short history of the USSR in Lego animation
- Via Ed Brayton, UN no longer has a problem with executing LGBT people. “The UN resolution urges countries to protect the right to life of all people, calling on them to investigate killings based on discriminatory grounds. Sexual orientation was previously listed as one of these forms of discrimination, alongside ethnicity, religious belief and linguistic minorities…But now sexual orientation has been taken out of the list. The amendment was supported by Benin in Africa on behalf of the African Group in the UN General Assembly. It passed on a narrow vote of 79 for, 70 against , 17 abstentions and 26 absent.
- Speaking of which, an infographic about the stoning procedure as practiced in Iran today.
Friday Links (3-Dec-10)
December 3rd, 2010
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