1. What? DARWIN is evolving!

    I just gotta say… This is pretty intelligent design.

    Darwin inspects a Pokéball

    And it’s on a t-shirt!

    Via Blag Hag.

  2. UK stop and search powers are illegal

    The Guardian reports:

    The Strasbourg court ruled it was unlawful for police to use the powers, under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, to stop and search people without needing any grounds for suspicion.

    The widely-drawn ruling said that not only the use of the counter-terror powers, but also the way they were authorised, were “neither sufficiently circumscribed, nor subject to adequate legal safeguards against abuse”.

    Vindicated!

  3. Ed Brayton's new podcast

    I was delighted yesterday to discover that Ed Brayton, who used to host one of my all-time favourite political podcasts, Declaring Independence Radio, has recently started hosting a new show: Culture Wars Radio.

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