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Curious George Michael Drosnin made a fortune selling books that essentially just grepped the Bible for funny patterns. Is there any software - for Mac preferably, but Windows at a push - that enables one to do similarly for English texts? Why, you ask, would I want to do this? Simple. So I can throw Project Gutenberg at it to find rude words hidden in big books.

GOP oversight: Somehow, an oversight at Republican headquarters in West Virginia results in the GOP calling up registered Democrats and attempting to convince these registered voters that they're not allowed to vote this election. Despite the fact that this is an obvious accident, the local authorities over-react by giving the culprit a stern lecture.

The Observer Magazine has a lengthy article about MoFi's favourite bonkers dictator. more inside

Scientists discover a new group of giant apes in central Africa, which could be a new species of primate.

...to protect and advocate for sex-trade workers. A much-needed guild that many labour leaders and sex-trade workers have been working toward for some time. The health care and safety benefits alone are worth it -- best of luck to all who have a direct stake in this.

A guide to snowflakes

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Jacques Derrida dead. Does anybody have the faintest idea what he was on about? Was it all rubbish?