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The world doesn’t need another social network, it needs a thousand networks that let you own your data and interconnect using open standards. We invest countless hours giving our data to networks like MySpace, essentially sharecropping on their land for the privilege of being able to connect to our friends. It’s our friends, our time, our connections, our data — it should be our software.
— Matt Mullenweg – Wordpress founder
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The Story of Stuff
Ever got the feeling things are not the way they are by accident?
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Tagged conspiracy, greed, over consumption, unsustainable growth
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Fighting climate change with nuclear power
Here’s a satirical look at Britain’s nuclear power plans…
Home – where we live
Just in case you missed it on World Environment Day…
The state of Police
Oh. My. God.
I am still reeling at this. It would be bad enough if a protester was assaulted by police, but this was an innocent man who worked in the area being callously attacked by one of our boys in … Continue reading
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
I often have ideas, that I mull over and never get around to doing anything about (man cannot live on ideas alone!), but in this case I … Continue reading
Number10 petition
This is a both a tongue-in-cheek petition and a test of the petition script I am using. But I figured some people might actually want to sign it – especially if they have tried to set up a petition on … Continue reading