Saturday, August 14, 2010

Govt Agency storing body-scan images

via Huffpost:


Despite all the ink & bandwidth devoted to promises of it being "not physically possible" to store bodyscan images (in use at various airports & courthouses), the U.S. Marshall's Service has been saving them. Tens of thousands of them. Surreptitiously.


But it's OK, since they're not PHYSICAL. What is this, the Dark Ages? They're digital, of course.

Right Wing Nutjob, now with Rifle & Bulletproof Vest!

via Salon:


Yet another crazy man, stopped by Oakland PD prior to going on a shooting spree. Joy.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Disturbed Individuals with Weapons (and no training)

via Wired:


Collection of costumed vigilantes. Not in the funnybooks, in New York. "Stun-knuckles" and throwing stars are referenced. And these people might be serious.

Freakangels are go.

via Slate:


Scientists' predictions for rising sea levels by 2100 - including losing roughly 2/3 of Asia's rice-farms.

Police on BP payroll. Literally.

via Salon:


Louisiana police enforcing BP's no-photo/no reporters policy. On public land. Search & seizures, confiscation of film, etc. No legal, well, anything to justify this behavior. But BP's paying for their overtime. Privatized police, here we come.

India's "Pink" Gang

via Slate: Reporting on India's all-women vigilante gangs, protectors of those domestically abused. More research needed.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Synthetic biology-a-go-go

via UK Times: First fully man-made and functional cell is here.