Day September 27, 2006

MacBook random shutdowns

Some MacBooks have a bizarre problem where they shut down and reboot at random. It happens enough that there’s a blog about it. My tech blog has details.

Building a movement

600 marched in DC on Saturday in support of the Cuban Five. The Five were unjustly imprisoned here because they infiltrated right-wing Cuban exile groups in Miami, groups whose members have bragged about committing serious violence, including murder, in Cuba.…

Riverbend

Reader Tana comments on our post, Where’s Riverbend? I am becoming increasingly concerned for Riverbend. I check her blog everyday, sometimes multiple times in a day, looking for reassurance that she is O.K. She is looked on by many as…

Ecoterrorism

In an incident of environmental racism on a global scale, at least 400 tons of extremely toxic waste was dumped from a Dutch-owned ship at 11 open air sites in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The noxious fumes from the “slops” have…