- Yesterday was unseasonably warm. 91 degrees. But I live near the University of Minnesota. When the weather gets warm, it's nice to watch the gals walking around or sunning themselves. The major problem is that now that it's windows-open-sleeping-weather, the drunks quit yelling
Woo!
just a few minutes before the birds start chirping. - It's 82 in Dallas, and a reader from there would like to submit a fun time consuming shockwave snow sledding game: Snow Sledding in April. Did I mention it was 91 in Minneapolis yesterday? Oof. [Lance in Dallas]
- Commission adopts new boundaries for Minneapolis wards. There's a lot of people unhappy with the new ward boundaries. I think I'm one of 'em.
- Renegade View on Child Sex Causes a Storm. And removes Tim Pawlenty from consideration as someone I could vote for in the November election for governor of MN.
- Google Boxes are BAD BAD BAD because they artificially inflate the rankings of the search results. [librarian]
- There's a relatively new posting to the IMC with some Media Criticism of scant Critical Mass Coverage. I don't have much to add, since it's damning enough as is. [some guy]
- Down in Costa Rica, Movimiento Libertario has gained a half-dozen seats in parliament. It's nice to see a libertarian party making progress somewhere.
- The Badger's Radio Weblog talks about Irish politics, from a Republican point of view. [librarian]
- More news from Ireland: The IRA reported a substantial disposal of weapons - The Nationalist SDLP called for Loyalists to make a move as well. The Progressive Unionist Party says Loyalists aren't ready to disarm. [Jim]
- International court established: Nations ratify treaty despite U.S. opposition. [google news]