Chernobyl anniversary

20 years on, and there are still Welsh hill farms that have to test their sheep for contamination. Moral: some nuclear power plants really do have to be designed as if Homer Simpson is the safety officer, "a bit dodgy but works if handled carefully" isn't good enough.
(Of course lots of people closer had much worse effects, even if not as bad as Greenpeace would like for scaremongering purposes.)

Safety Elephant

I was annoyed by hearing Charles Clarke on the radio attempting to defend the governments record on civil liberties, mostly by lying about it.
Chris Lightfoot on the subject.

(I can't remember whether I've ranted about the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, or just been depressed by it and left writing about it to people who do a better job. But if you haven't heard of it, see http://www.saveparliament.org.uk/)

Livejournal account

My paid livejournal account ran out just after the Sponsored level was announced, so I thought I'd see how intrusive the ads were before paying again.