Random links
- Fatwa: Women who swim in the sea commit adultery, should be punished
- The root of the problem: "'When a woman goes swimming, as the word for sea is masculine ...'" Aren't you glad that English doesn't genderize such things?
- Father with no rights: Mother stops him seeing daughter for 12 YEARS - despite 82 court orders demanding she back down
- "Incredibly, the family courts have made 82 orders that he be allowed to see the girl, known only as M. But none was enforced by a system which senior judges agreed had ‘failed the whole family’. ... The father – who, unlike the child’s mother, cannot claim legal aid – estimates he has spent more than £100,000 in legal costs trying to see his daughter."
- Jane Austen MMO gets funding, promises 18th century delights
- "Ever, Jane, the game that aims to let players live in “the virtual world of Jane Austen,” is a go after hitting its funding this week. The Kickstarter project netted roughly $10,000 more than its $100,000 goal, and will take its current prototype into a completed game."
- The Desolation of Smog
- "60 years ago, London was even more polluted than Beijing is today." Something to think about in the context of stories talking about pollution in China.