Tact filters. Some words-in-a-line that have educated me (a little) about just how much Hard Work (TM) it is to keep a site such as Monkeyfilter chugging along. The linked post is the shortest so if you want to read one, well, it's the shortest. more inside

Aussie PM John Howard comprehensively destroyed in the Australian elections - sweetest of all, a further personal message sent to the Bush-supporting anti-gay Howard by voters is the likelihood of his losing his own seat, which he has held since 1974. A sitting Australian PM has not been unseated this way since 1929. The new PM is Kevin Rudd, who some would say is just a younger, left-leaning version of John Howard who enjoys recycling, and the first Kevin to be Prime Minister of ... anywhere, I think. more inside

The World Beach Project invites you to make patterns on the beach with stones and send photographs which will feature in a gallery and worldwide map. Devised by Sue Lawty and operated by the V&A. more inside