The BBC reporter conducting the interview found here ought to be fired. During the student protests here, Jody McIntyre, a student with cerebral palsy, was dragged from his wheelchair.

Here, a BBC reporter interviews Mr. McIntyre, apparently trying to blame him for being beat up by police. McIntyre is intelligent, rational and composed throughout. Well worth watching.

(Found here.)

The Supreme Court of Canada is deciding whether or not linking to libellous material is, in itself, libel. If it turns out that this is the case, the Internet will essentially become illegal in Canada.

So those airport scanners that see through your clothing and possibly give you cancer? They don’t find hidden explosives.

Have you built a time machine?

Have you been sitting putting off using it, for fear of the grandfather paradox?

Fear no more! Grandfather paradox-free time travel is now available!

(Math from Tenso Graphics.)

There are plenty of people in the world who cannot read Chinese (or Japanese). Yet a significant portion of these people insist on getting tattooed with Chinese (or Japanese) characters. Here are their stories.

London is amazingly unfriendly to the disabled. It has many old buildings which are (unsurprisingly) inaccessible. Most of the tube stations require that patrons traverse stairs, nevermind the conundrum of minding the gap while in a wheelchair. Apparently the brains behind the 2012 Olympics are extending this inaccessibility to the internet, as well.