Prosthetic Conscience

Again, some of this has been piling up.

• Gaza medics describe horror of strike which killed 70 - Telegraph
  

  100 members of an extended family were ordered into a building by the IDF, which then shelled the building.

• ISS - Another TVA coal waste spill underscores need for federal action
  

  Coal waste: much worse than anyone previously thought, apparently.

• ZNet - Tel Aviv Reflections
  Israeli philosopher Adi Ophir on the nature of the assault in Gaza.
• Micro Persuasion: Why Text Remains King of the Web
  
• LENIN’S TOMB: Resisting the recession
  

  Pretty UK-centric, but some features are relevant to the US.

• Let’s Get Get Those Freight Trucks Off the Road and Put America Back on Tracks | Environment | AlterNet
  

  Back to the future.

• Nancy Kanwisher: Reigniting Violence: How Do Ceasefires End?
  

  Stats show Israel is more likely than Hamas to resume violence after a period of relative peace.

• 2009-2010 Bill 56: Profanity - South Carolina Legislature Online
  

  SC Legislature seeks to outlaw profanity in verbal or written form in any public place or forum.

  > “Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.” - Bertrand Russell

• Face Facts: Outsourcing Sucks
  
• Homage to Icarus » Blog Archive » Ubuntu Ruined My Life
  

  GNU systems are already easier to use and more capable than mainstream systems. But ISPs, universities, and employers undermine that advantage by imposing arbitrary requirements on how you must do things rather than practical requirements on what you must do.

• Redirect linux console beep to the sound card « Autopragmatic
  

  Nice to see someone is using something I’ve written.

• The Trouble with Those %u201CShovel-Ready%u201D Projects