Anything that involves thinking just isn’t on the agenda just now. But I can still do the linky.
c/o Span: Maia writes a great piece about why the lockout of hospital cleaners by their contractor matters. Sample: “Theoretically businesses, and government organisations, contract out services. They contract a company to clean, or to perform a certain task. But in reality they’re contracting out employment…”
Logo is by Binary Heart.
Salon has a piece on the Harry Potter phenomenon you weren’t aware of: Wizard Rock, a burgeoning underground scene of Harry-Potter themed bands. They are all on MySpace with their songs “I’m A Voldemort Fangirl” and “Which witch is which?” and so forth. (Also: one of my LJ friends has become convinced that the 7th Potter book has been leaked, and has apparently given up the internet entirely in order to preserve her reading experience.)
The AV Club reviews computer game ‘Peacemaker’ in which the player tries to find a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict. Apparently the game is winnable.
And from Svend, some crazy Japanese crazy stuff.