Because it serves us well to stop and remember…

• SOPA and PIPA: It Isn't Over

  First, we want to link to a video from Cory Doctorow, a writer, and someone whose career and income are tied to intellectual property rights, and the ‘net: This isn’t a fight against government, is … Continue reading → Read More

• EFF on FaceBook's Eroding Privacy—And Rights Grab
• Slacktivist on Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins' Tribulation Force

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• The Tower Restored

  

  Pisa’s famous leaning tower was reopened in 2001, but now the historic turret has been deemed stable, and its gradual tilt seems to be semi-permanently arrested for the first time since its construction more than … Continue reading → Read More

• Byron and Shelley Excoriated from the Grave
• Knowledge and Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Digital Cuneiform

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• Amazing Yellowstone

  Okay. I must confess, I’m a fan of apocalyptic-science, even though I realize that terms like “Super-volcano” are scientifically meaningless. But how cool is this? Once thought to be the dead remains of an extinct … Continue reading → Read More

• Scientists Discover Brain's Moral Compass . . . and It Responds to Magnets
• We Are All African

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