March 2012
5 posts
Garbage blamed as 145 bears shot in Alberta's... →
I’m not sure how you can blame garbage for shooting 145(!!!) bears. It’s just a guess, but I bet humans shot those bears … probably with guns.
The Copyright Mafia →
According to this piece by The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde, the “Copyright Mafia” doesn’t really care about individuals sharing files online, cause there’s not a lot of money there. They would rather find a way to make Internet Service Providers liable for illegal file-sharing and sue them instead.
A Responsible Citizen Not Only Shares Culture, But... →
February 2012
63 posts
“Oscar voters are nearly 94% white and 77% male and have a median age of 62.”
– Los Angeles Times: Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male (via Daring Fireball)
First Photos of China's 298-Million-Year-Old... →
300-Million-Year Old Forest Discovered, Preserved... →
How to Fix Canada's Online Surveillance Bill: A 12... →
Best Book Ever
Space Cat on Mushrooms:
I bet that cat has some trippy things.
The hidden gag order in Bill C-30 (aka the lawful... →
(via Michael Geist)
Federal mining agency can't find work →
Greg Weston’s on a roll:
A federal agency created by the Conservative government to mediate complaints about Canadian mining operations abroad has spent more than $1.1 million in the past two years, but has yet to mediate anything.
By Tracking Your Purchases, Target Knows When... →
They Finally Got Bebop
Rocksteady is gonna be next:
Google Circumvents Safari Privacy Protections -... →
A Decade of Open Access (And the Challenges Ahead) →
Report Says Canada - EU Trade Deal Could Cost... →
RIDE's top cop suspended for alleged intoxication →
How a Dog's Brain Works
(via Prose Before Hos)
Why Do People Suck At Trivial Pursuit?
pbh3:
Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery →
Fascinating article in the New York Times (via Daring Fireball)
How The Zebra Actually Got Its Stripes →
Jamie Condliffe:
horseflies are attracted to horizontally polarized light: they detect water through horizontal polarization. Zebra stripes, however, disrupt polarized light, making the animals look unattractive to the insects.
Government Docs Confirm the Case Against... →
Don’t Let the U.S. Pressure Canada into Repeating... →
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a U.S. not-for-profit that champions the public interest in the critical battles that affect digital rights. Also see their excellent article: Canada’s C-11 Bill and the Hazards of Digital Locks Provisions
Ear cropping of dogs banned in Manitoba - Manitoba →
Latvia Freezes ACTA Ratification, Germany Won't... →
New bill would make open access to federal... →
Privacy group demands FTC force Google to roll... →
Internet providers not subject to Broadcasting Act →
Canadian Government Has Consulted on Copyright but... →
Whale poop reveals ships cause stress →
So much we can learn from feces.
Czech Republic, Slovakia Suspend ACTA Ratification →
Anonymous May Have Completely Destroyed This... →
Top five regrets of the dying →
25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore →
Brilliant! (via Fresh Signals)
New York City's Energy Consumption Mapped Out,... →