Mental Spew

Biodefense Labs, Bad for Our Health: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/better-late-tha.html

Blog - Learning to think about the future: http://trinifar.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/learning-to-think-about-the-future/

Blog - Taking a too honest look at the climate challenge: http://blogs.earthsky.org/lindsaypatterson/climate/0402138/taking-a-too-honest-look-at-the-climate-challenge/ My opinion is, if we clean up the planet based on an assumption that technology won't change, then when the cleaner technology does become widely accessible, it will simply help a process that has already started, with people whose attitudes already have changed on the reality of global warming and the destruction of the environment. Another link that I like better from this blog is the Ethical Food Fantasy http://blogs.earthsky.org/lindsaypatterson/science/0617155/an-ethical-food-fantasy/

A couple links from EarthSky.org:
http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/50742/human-activities-found-to-increase-urban-haze
http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52335/car-exhaust-linked-to-heart-disease-says-expert

And along the same lines, from Reuters - Beijing Pollution may trigger heart attacks, strokes: http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/entertainment?type=entertainmentNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B7uKSLYIvxu3zDSUkrYJp2Xj&src=blogBurst_entertainmentNews&bbPostId=Cz1f258jRerSxB7uaim0C4wkPB5J2ZVjoPu66BEtnA3bsJcD5&bbParentWidgetId=B7uKSLYIvxu3zDSUkrYJp2Xj

So it's official, we are killing ourselves with smog.

Now, a departure into lighter fare - Wired's How to Get Internet Famous, just take a page from Julia Allison's book, er, blog rather: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/16-08/howto_allison

Lastly, the obligatory Camarilla related link - how cool is this idea? http://camarillaglobalnews.wordpress.com/ Global IC news for the Camarilla. Found out about this from the Cam community LJ, which I would argue is a far better and sorely underappreaciated resource than any mailing list or website.