Religious zeal – or what's worse
Politics: An interview with Hanif Kureishi about what has happened to the world since the fatwa against Salman Rushdie‘s The Satanic Verses. It’s very interesting… Læs mere »Religious zeal – or what's worse
global warming
All about being organised & turning the lights out
New glasses this morning. Ah, revelation! My 15″ Mac-baby now looks like it’s 17″. Nice. Have been constructing a Netvibes site for a paper I’m… Læs mere »All about being organised & turning the lights out
The perfect is often the enemy of the good
The above is a quote from this long, thorough and extremely well researched article on Mother Jones about the world’s food crisis and what to… Læs mere »The perfect is often the enemy of the good
Powerless
At 9 o’clock this morning the power went. Not just in our flat, but in the entire neighbourhood. And it stayed off long enough (around… Læs mere »Powerless
So so sad and so so frightening
Just read in yesterday’s Times about the plight of the (bumble)bee. I’ve read about the trouble of the bee population diminishing rapidly before, but this… Læs mere »So so sad and so so frightening
Here's another couple of reasons why you should vote for Mr. Obama if you're an American
Christopher Hitchens with whom I agree on very little, but who’s intelligence I most certainly admire, has this column on Slate. The below quote is… Læs mere »Here's another couple of reasons why you should vote for Mr. Obama if you're an American
More trees
From a father at my son’s school I heard that India does not export timber, it imports timber. This was apparently decided some decades ago,… Læs mere »More trees
Links
Now, what kind of idiot does a thing like this? Thank you to Capac for the pointer. I’m always going on about TED (Technology Entertainment… Læs mere »Links
Samsø via The New Yorker…
A reporter from The New Yorker went to Samsø recently to learn about the island’s status as “Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island” and how they’ve actually… Læs mere »Samsø via The New Yorker…
350!!!!!!
Global warming… Copenhagen 2009… Waterlevels rising… The answer, apparently, is 350! OK, so what’s it all about? I didn’t know that that number had any… Læs mere »350!!!!!!
