Food

Vandana Shiva on Monsanto

Appropriating Ethics...

And an interesting debate here on the ethics of appropriation.

Inversion

"Poetry is not politically efficacious in countries where it is not valued as a cultural necessity by the general populace." --Jennifer Moxley

Poets are not poetically efficacious when they do not value their country's general populace, and do not take them as a necessity other cultures than their own.

Creative Commons

Interesting debate on commons licensing happening here.

David Segal for Congress!

David Segal has proved himself far and away the most exciting candidate in my homestate's Democratic primary (Rhode Island).

Nobody's Puppet from Nobody's Puppet on Vimeo.

Follow the comment thread at dailykos, and read David's statement, here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/8/7/15351/08590?new=true

And learn more about how to get involved with the campaign here:

http://votesegal.com/