Interesting Links for 17-3-2011

[andrewducker]

• Tories considering breaking the coalition if AV wins the referendum...
  (tags: conservatives av uk government)
• Pepsi unveils new plastic bottle made from plants rather than petrol
  (tags: sustainability pepsi plastic)
• EU considers walking away from US data agreement - US not honouring it
  (tags: privacy usa europe EpicFail)
• Some scientists talk about the worst case scenario at Fukushima.
  (tags: earthquake japan nuclear tsunami)
• Quiz: Science fact or fiction? (I got 7/8)
  (tags: scifi science bbc quiz)
• Janne In Osaka: On Radiation - people are panicking ignorantly...
  (tags: Radiation nuclear japan fukushima)
• Charlie Sheen - an explanation (only makes sense if you've seen BSG)
  (tags: CharlieSheen bsg funny)
• Deaths per TWh by energy sources
  (tags: energy visualization statistics nuclear)
• Ireland and Doctor Who (Éire agus an Dochtúir Cé)
  (tags: DrWho ireland)
• Strange Horizons Reviews: Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die
  I'm about four stories in so far. It is good (so far).
  (tags: writing scifi reviews)
• The best description ever of how Magic: The Gathering is played (halfway down the page)
  (tags: magic game)
• Grown Adult Actually Expects To Be Happy
  (tags: philosophy funny psychology)
• Clever Israeli PSAs for parents of gay teens
  (tags: lgbt parenting)
• Egyptian military torturing protestors
  (tags: egypt military torture protests humanrights revolution women)
• Proclaiming the Alternative Vote in Leith (how I spent Sunday)
  (tags: av voting uk)
• God Hates Japan
  (tags: Japan atheism funny)
• DC Comics exec says that off-again Sandman TV series is back on again | Blastr
  (tags: comics sandman neilgaiman)
• 300,000 new jobs in the UK - mostly for the over 50s and men.
  (tags: jobs uk wtf)
• Iowa Woman Jailed for Thinking about an Abortion
  (tags: abortion law usa)

Comments

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

yup, that's exactly how I read it.
Though knowing nothing about Charlie Sheen makes the whole recent furror on the interwebs utterly bemusing

I'm guessing he's just said loads of weird stuff, and for some reasons people keep repeating it.

[andrewducker]

Actor -> Mental problems -> drugs -> repeated breakdowns -> recent total meltdown.

Not a lot else to know :->