Tweeting Cats During the Brussels Lockdown

This is spectacular! Well played, Belgium. Very well played.

Remixes of Terrorism Paranoia Signs

Courtesy Justin, here are the entries in BoingBoing's challenge to mock the UK's new signs encouraging people to be paranoid about terrorism. Some of these signs are pretty funny!

(The only sign missing is one that says that long-haired, freaky people need not apply...)

Update on invasion of privacy

Courtesy Justin, here is some information on some very scary US Customs policies.

Comment: Way to go, guys! Friends, I think we're in the process of witnessing the slow, painful fall of an empire. (In fact, I can very easily picture President Bush in the White House playing a fiddle.)

Sigh... I guess I ought to get my laptop back first before I worry about it being seized unfairly at the border. Though apparently, it's anything that can be seized for no reason whatsoever. Maybe I ought to be more careful about my "unpatriotic science"?