Disposables

My links of the day:

Stealing a nation – A new documentary by John Pilger, to be screened next Wednesday, reveals how in the 1960s Britain secretly and brutally expelled the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean – so that the US could build a military base there. Good times.

He is the conservative bastion of the US supreme court, a favourite of President Bush, and a hunting partner of the vice-president. He has argued vociferously against abortion rights, and in favour of anti-sodomy laws. He also thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies.

This was an interesting project. A guy handed out 32 disposable cameras to some kids in the Rocinha favela in Brazil. Some interesting photos, this one is just too funny.

Evolution, DNA, and God

Your links of the day:

Keats’ project asks some serious scientific questions — and no small number of religious ones: If evolutionary theory is accurate, then God’s genetic makeup should most resemble Earth’s first life forms. Or, if creationists are right, then God’s DNA is more like the life forms he created in his own image. Finding God’s DNA.

Another good article at Wired: The Crusade Against Evolution

Yet more DNA news: Evidence that people have been promiscuous for a long time

And, just because I find O’Reilly to be a pompus jackass:
The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly kept referring to “The Daily Show” audience as “stoned slackers.” So they did a little research. And guess whose audience is more educated?

Gookin Ave

I went to the Adams Ave street fair this weekend with Anna. It was good, as usual. It was interesting to run into Bill Gookin. He is exactly like you would expect – a very friendly, geeky guy, obsessed with his Gookinaid. Have to say, I love Gookinaid, the stuff is great for activities and the desert. We bought a tub of it for Burning Man from REI and it worked out great.

Fame can suck

Erica Durance. Erica and I went to the same school, she was a year younger. I knew her, but she was not a close friend or anything – the school was small enough that everyone sort of knew each other.

Today some wacko sent me an email from classmates.com asking about her year book photo. I don’t own a tv, but apparently she plays Lois Lane on Smallville, and is becoming quite popular.

All I could think of was ‘that’s got to suck’. Suddenly everyone is digging through your past.