Link blog: atheism, meme, sam-harris, politics

New Statesman - Faith no more

"Earlier this year, Andrew Zak Williams asked public figures why they believe in God. Now it’s the turn of the atheists – from A C Grayling to P Z Myers – to explain why they don’t "
(tags: atheism richard-dawkins philip-pullman daniel-dennett sam-harris)

Pompous Theist

You've seen Advice Dog and Courage Wolf, now enjoy Pompous Theist. Well observed stuff: I've seen quite a few of these "arguments" in my time.
(tags: atheism meme funny humour theism religion)

“Shut Up, Rich Boy”: The Problem With “Privilege.” | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?

"I’m a feminist writer, but I don’t like to use the word “privilege” in my writing. Here’s why not:"
(tags: feminism privilege)

Why Have Hackers Hit Russia's Most Popular Blogging Service? - TIME

Where LJ has been the past week or so. For once, it's not their fault.
(tags: internet security livejournal politics ddos)

Anonymous comments are now off

I was getting too much spam, so I've turned off anonymous comments. LJ's anti-spam system was correctly flagging a lot of it, but I can't help feel that it should just bin the more obvious stuff (with a rejection message so humans know what happened).

LJ's code base being what it is, this may also disallow logins via OpenID and TwitonMyFaceSpace, I'm not sure.

I'm still planning on moving away from LJ as soon as I get some spare hours to do it in.