"... the Cyborger will tell you what your name would mean if you happened to be a shallow imitation of humanity with a dark purpose..."

Sing it with me now: guitar chords and lyrics to the D-M-C-A Song! A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four...

Amend the MASSACHUSETTS state constitution to ban same-sex marriage?? This is the so-called "Protection of Marriage Bill", H3375. The chief sponsor is State Representative John H. Rogers -- a DEMOCRAT! Write to Governor Jane Swift and Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham to let them know what you think. To find your MA state senator and state representative by city/town/precinct, look here.

EFF Rejoins "Free Dmitry Sklyarov" Protests

Tired: DRUDGE REPORT -- Wired: DRUDGE RETORT

This just in: Tuberculosis bacteria join UN, by Joan Slonczewski -- (bio)film at 11!

Tired: searching the Web for your name -- Wired: searching the Web for your weblog's name.

Looking for the latest thing in euro-techo-tribalism? It's mitochondiral ethnicity! Find your place in the matriline clade! And men: compare your Y-chromosome to those of others to see how you measure up. Send in your DNA samples today!

Mark your calendar for K-CAP 2001 -- First International Conference on Knowledge Capture, Oct. 21-23, 2001, Victoria, B.C., Canada

AP: Democrats call for Supreme Court justices to be investigated

Reuters: Oregon Democratic Party Backs Supreme Court Impeachment

Obit: Ambassador Merlyn Merlin II of Alpha Draconis, representative of the Embassy of the Avalon Saucerians and staunch supporter of the Extraterrestrial Highway, is dead at 52.

Must see: Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.

Excellent (if not entirely favorable) reviews of "Stevely Kuberg"'s A.I., by Tim Appelo and Lucius Shepard.

Tired: Viagra -- Wired: tongkat ali. Just don't mix it with bromocriptine and CV205-502 unless you've got a really good lawyer.

Indiana politicians seek ban on 'gay Christ' play

Pheromones can banish premenstrual syndrome

Was the Oracle at Delphi high on ethylene?

FBI Arrests Programmer in Las Vegas for eBook Software (July 17, 2001)

You can contribute to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) via PayPal. Use their email address: rawa@rawa.org

A Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage?

From Workers World News Service: "Palestinian activist Amer Jubran was arrested June 10 while leading a protest against a celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the Israeli state. On July 16 Amer will appear in court in Brookline, Mass. The Committee to Defend Amer Jubran and Palestinian Free Speech Rights urges supporters to demonstrate at the court at 360 Washington St. in Brookline at 9 a.m. The campaign also is soliciting letters of support. Sample letters and an online petition to the district attorney demanding the frame-up charges be dropped can be found at www.iacboston.org/amerjubran."

B.I. : Bovine Intelligence

Reuters: French Gnomes Helped on Way to Spiritual Freedom

You can now contribute to Aimster via PayPal!

Urinal lotta trouble!

Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-1999, from the Americal Library Association

A Corporate Campaign to Silence Critics, by Molly Ivins

Maas Biolabs GmbH -- "small, fast, ruthless -- All Edge"

Dreaming of FIVE-DIMENSIONAL (CYBER) WARFIGHTING [pdf] at the UNITED STATES ARMY WAR COLLEGE