Category: News
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Welcome to the World…
Iris Frankie Brewin, born 27th Feb. 7lb 8oz. At home. All well. Could be quiet around this blog. It sure isn’t at home 😉
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The Truth Isn’t Sexy | Act Now
There’s been a lot of talk around the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, and rightly so. But, right now, there are more people caught up in the international trafficking of sex slaves than were ever involved in that slave trade. It’s happening right now. Young girls duped into thinking they’re getting a…
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The Trouble with Black Boys | Where is Stage 4 Pentecostalism?
Tragically, last night a 3rd boy was shot dead in South London, the latest victim of a possibly-connected spate of black on black youth killings. The police have responded by saying they are going to have armed patrols on the streets now. Like that’s going to work. Two of the boys were shot in their…
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Global Re-boot | Deep Ecology
The Norwegian government today released the final plans today for the ‘doomsday vault’ that will eventually hold seeds from all known varieties of crops in safe storage in case of ‘nuclear war, asteroid strike or environmental catastrophe’. They’re building it on a remote island near the North Pole. In the event of a burn up…
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Slow Down Week…
… is next week. Or whenever you feel like it, right? Technorati: Adbusters | Slow Down
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Love Thy Neighbour… Wirelessly and for free | iPhones and Social Networking II
Following the previous post about some of the deeper issues behind social networking, and with the much hyped release of Apple’s iPhone, I was struck by this piece on Channel 4 news about free mobile calls on wireless. (It reminded me too about a Wired piece on open-source mobile phones, which is great) It seems…