On Friday, Facebook will start using your photos in ads that will appear on the profile page of your contacts. It’s legal and is mentioned in the fine print when you create your account. If you want to prevent this from happening, do the following: Settings, Privacy Settings, News Feed and Wall. Then Facebook Ads, [...]

From Jack of Kent – Paul Clarke: an anatomy of injustice.
Jack of Kent does something very interesting in this lucid explanation of the situation. He shows that it is possible to agree with the initial reaction of the masses, even so the masses are so uninformed that their opinions are of little to no value. [...]

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A tip of the hat to Bloggerheads and Rather Good.
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Avast, me hearties! ’tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Sail your ship round to talklikeapirate.com.
Yaaar!
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There’s an amusing fellow on YouTube called Lee Doren. He’s of the flavour of politics that sees Barack Obama as a socialist and/or fascist. His channel on YouTube is called ‘How the World Works’ – a singularly inappropriate title.
I have a webcam for Skype calls, so I thought I’d use it to make a response [...]

In a public service information film from 1948, Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him.

By Halas & Batchelor from the fascinating collection of British Government Public Information Films at archive.org.

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