From the category archives:
Because I don’t want to risk losing anyone by making you read this, the short version is: go here and sign up. Now the long version:
Many of you (if I can characterize the number of people who read this blog as “many”) have probably heard of the ONE Campaign before. But just in case you don’t know much about it, ONE is, in its own words, a “campaign to make poverty history”.
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There is a fight going on right now in Washington over Net Neutrality. Basically, Net Neutrality is the principle that all people should have equal access and use of the internet. Unfortunately, internet providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T want to control what is on the internet by preferentially treating sites which pay them a [...]
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I came across this post titled “Green by Decree” on inkycircus today. The post mentions that Australia is about to ban incandescent light bulbs in favor of more energy efficient ones (kudos!), and also how in Ireland you have to pay extra for plastic bags in shops (paper is free).
This reminded me of recently reading somewhere that plastic bags were actually more environmentally friendly [...]
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This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.