LMAO

Local councils in the UK use CCTVs to spy on dog owners, cute butts

The Guardian's Marina Hyde discusses the rampant abuse of CCTV spy-cameras placed by local governments -- the junior G-Men who use cameras to follow women with cute butts around town.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/28/local-councils-in-th.html

We're going through Boingboing for this one. Thanks to Cory Doctorow!

Strange Horizons can use any change you can spare --

It says the drive ended June 30, but they are still driving because they need operating expenses! (In their case, money to pay artists and writers). You might take a look and see if they're doing something they like. If so, bookmark and drop a few dollars in the till.

"2008 Fund Drive

Since its founding in September 2000, Strange Horizons has brought you some of the most exciting and vibrant voices in the genre of speculative fiction. We believe speculative fiction is an important literary genre, and we take pride in our work. (We also take pride in being the first professional sale for many of our fabulous and innovative contributors!) We are passionate about publishing cutting edge speculative fiction and art, and hope to be contributing to the genre for many years to come.

To that end, we depend on your help to keep our magazine going. All of our staff members contribute their time and energy for free, but our authors and artists do get paid. We are committed to paying professional rates for high-quality fiction, poetry, art, and nonfiction. In this fund drive, we're hoping to raise $6000, which is about one-third of our annual budget. We are hoping that you, Dear Reader, will help us reach that goal."

http://www.strangehorizons.com/fund_drives/200806/main.shtml

I got there via Boing Boing.