RSS & freedom of the press
Jeff Jarvis: Hoder, the pioneering Iranian blogger, has an interesting idea: using RSS with peer-to-peer distribution to get around government censorship. One of his comments points out that this is what Freenet is intended to do. The difference, I imagine, is that using RSS allows any weblog to be published or read as is, around censors. [Der Schockwellenreiter] 
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Karl Marx: Capital in Lithographs [Der Schockwellenreiter] 
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Branch Out
ecotonoha [medium high bandwidth flash link] [via Abstract Dynamics]... [Ross Mayfield's Weblog] 
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11-Pound Model Plane Vs. The Atlantic, Again
Luap Nanreffeh writes "Last year, Maynard Hill and some retired NASA buddies tried to set a record for flying a model aeroplane across the atlantic ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland). Their plan, using GPS, onboard controllers, and a gallon of gas, would have been the first to cross the Atlantic under FAI rules. They didn't have much luck last year, but now they're at it again. The first launch should be tonight." [Slashdot]

Whereupon GreenCrackBaby (203293) on Wednesday August 06, @05:30PM (#6628811) (http://slashdot.org/) ...hits it on the head with:

So, how long until drug runners send little planes from Columbia to Florida? This gives me too many ideas...

Unto which missing000 (602285) on Wednesday August 06, @05:41PM (#6628915) (http://denvercopwatch.org/ | Last Journal: Thursday June 26, @10:47AM) ...counters with:

A potential terrorist device? I can see it now. Our next military campaign will be to eradicate model airplane building materials from the rest of the globe.

I don't know about you folks, but thinking along these lines gives me the heebie-fscking-jeebies! 
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Anglican Leaders Warn of Global Schism Over Gay Bishop
Church leaders in Africa and Asia reacted angrily today to the confirmation of their first openly-gay bishop. By Marc Lacey. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Earth to Anglican leaders... earth to anglican leaders....hello... do you copy? 
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Technology and Language
Some thoughts on the impact of technology on language. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: O'Reilly Network Weblogs] 
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