- reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books: I gave in. Comments on all old entires are now open again, but you have to prove you’re human. The spammers haven’t yet won, but we’ve all lost a little bit.
- Paul / Kucinich ‘08: Ron Paul acknowledges the similarity of his and Dennis Kucinich’s positions in an appearance on C-Span, when a caller asks if he would consider Kucinich as a running mate [@6:40 mark]. Now *that* would put a bullet in this two-party bullshit.
- Dumbledore Pride! Get your t-shirts here: Oh yes.
- BBC NEWS | JK Rowling outs Dumbledore as gay: "The audience gasped, then applauded. ‘I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy,’ she said. ‘Oh, my god,’ [she] concluded with a laugh, ‘the fan fiction.’" Um, duh? I am genuinely shocked that this wasn’t more widely known, or at
- This isn’t "cute," it’s deeply annoying: The Hype Machine has disabled their service until 10,000 concurrent viewers load hypem.com in their browsers, at which point they will launch their new version. How the fuck did anybody ever think that was a good idea? It’s just… dumb.

