Disconcerted, I find myself on the side of Bill Gates. The bizarre US organisation Focus on the Family vow to fight against the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation because they improve healthcare in the Third World, and that just happens to involve birth control as well. FotF claim to belong to those who believe endless population increase is necessary, though one suspects the real reason is that they are opposed to all birth control everywhere because sex should hurt.
Unfortunately, one cannot donate money to the Gates Foundation, but as I've argued before, a good start would be to support the population decrease in the First World.
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- Back in academia after a decade in industry, with a new generation of students.
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- Sådan är kapitalismen…
- As nerdy as it gets
- What is the sound of a fashion statement?
- Making fun of people
- What would we do without rich mad scientists?
- Finished model IV
- Dark Force at the Coop
- Brave researchers!
- Oh, Small Cthulhu!
- State of the art in asteroid defence
- The Imperial Symphonic Orchestra
- Ute och cyklar…
- Flying under the radar
- I'm on a roll
- Repaint, the bend is nigh!
- Another one done
- Nobody loves a whiner
- Advanced Modeller's Syndrome
- Who can you trust?
- ”…ett enda lallande trolldegsträsk.”
- Every day with a Spinal Tap joke is a good day
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Recently read
- Profile Publications 189: The Short Sunderland G Norris. Somehow I feel too little was covered.
- Profile Publications 168: The Avro York D Hannah. They’re so wrinkly!
- Profile Publications 98: The Gloster Gladiator F K Mason. I think the Norwegians got short shrift.
- Profile Publications 85: The R.E.8 J M Bruce. And this was an improvement on the B.E.2…
- Profile Publications 65: The Avro Lancaster I B Goulding & M Garbett. I would have liked colour keys for the profiles.
- Profile Publications 41: The Supermarine Spitfire I & II P J R Moyes. Somehow they managed to cram useful information into these small leaflets.
Places I keep track of
- IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
- Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
- Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
- Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
- Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
- Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
- Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
- Piled Higher and Deeper Mike Slackenerny, that's me. Free food, anyone?
- Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
- Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
- xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.
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