links for 2009-09-24

"A harvest of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver so beautiful it brought tears to the eyes of one expert, has poured out of a Staffordshire field - the largest hoard of gold from the period ever found". I find myself inordinately excited about this.

Well, you are reading at least one of them...very good and useful list, with an OPML file available to import into your feed reader of choice

"The Daily Mail and the London Evening Standard have paid ‘substantial’ damages and apologised to Metropolitan police commander Ali Dizaei after falsely claiming he was a bigamist...The Black Police Association, of which Dizaei was president until last month, issued a statement yesterday, reported by the Guardian this morning, saying the false accusation had caused Commander Dizaei and his family ‘considerable distress and embarrassment.’

Several interesting points here. 1. I see there is a 'red button' option to take part. 2. Whatever reason they've given, I assume the exclusion of BBC Three when channels one, two and four are getting the once-over is to avoid the entire exercise being about people complaining that BBC Three is rubbish and 3. It is a shame the certificate on the consultation page is configured in such a way that my Mac/Firefox combo marks it as "Untrusted"

"The internet is neither neutral nor inherently liberating. It operates in the context of existing social conventions and power structures. Its impact is real but often subtle and unexpected".