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IMHO, one of the best press images of the year here. The photographer did brilliantly to capture with such precision the pivotal moment, but considering it was staged by Codepink I suspect he knew it was coming.

Nine-day photojournal

There's a small meme going around (I think started by sneerpout) in which people ask for a photograph of any aspect of someone's life (see here and here for examples).

I'm already working on a small series of images about ordinary life here in England, which I will get round to posting eventually. But instead, as tonight I'm heading to Thailand then down under to Sydney again, leave a comment asking for a photo of a particular aspect of my life over the next nine days. It can be of anything, but please don't ask me to go out of the way to take a particular photo of a particular place, as this is just about life. I'll post whenever I have access to the internet.

Life imitates SF

Almost Brian Aldiss's short story 'Shards': Rat brain cells in a dish fly a virtual fighter plane. (via Damien Broderick). SF fan Rich Horton, whose day-job is to write guided missile software, also points out there may once have been an experimental 1950s project to guide missiles using homing pigeons.

Earth's first extraterrestrially-conceived organism: a cockroach called Hope.

Today Show: Childless career women are "fembots" with no soul (video). Best collection of links here.   (via supergee)

Exploding toasters blamed on extraterrestrials. Seriously.