[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Catholic Church Supports the Death of Pregnant Women (Alas, a blog)
- I generally respect people of different faiths, even those I disagree with. I have no monopoly on religious truth. And I know many Catholics who are good and decent people. But the church hierarchy is, at this point, repellent. They have reached the point where [they believe] it’s literally better to let a woman die than to allow her to have an abortion. And anyone in the church who disagrees is excommunicated. Meanwhile, priests who molest children are reassigned, because — well, what’s a little molestation between friends?
- ReclaimPrivacy Bookmarklet Rates Your Facebook Exposure Levels [Facebook]
- Facebook's privacy settings are notoriously complex, and the results of changes hard to see instantly. ReclaimPrivacy.org has a handy bookmarklet that shows which potentially insecure and privacy-invading settings are enabled on your Facebook account when you click it.
- Forget Cookies: Over 8 in 10 Browsers Have a Unique Fingerprint [Privacy]
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (they're the good folks on the digital frontier fighting for our digital rights) conducted a study of the uniquely identifiable information your browser regularly sends out in the open and found that "an overwhelming majority of web browsers have unique signatures — creating identifiable "fingerprints" that could be used to track you as you surf the Internet." That information includes things like operating system, browser, and common plug-ins, and you can test your own browser here.
- Illustrated Guide Explains Your Mind's Decision Biases [Mind Hacks]
- You make decisions every day based on false assumptions about other people, immediate pay-offs, your memory versus imagination, and familiarity versus fondness, just to name a few. Want to learn more about your mind's crazy decision engine? This illustrated guide can help.
[Chart porn + powerpoint hell. -L]
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