NHS Blog Doctor is back and blogging about the Clostridium difficile deaths in Maidstone

Bystander points us at a recent Prison Reform Trust report

[updated to correct the spelling]

Shameless self promotion

Marc Andreessen’s top ten Science Fiction reads of the 00s
… I have a very similar unfinished post on these lines.

Indy Film ‘Four Eyed Monsters’ released on You Tube for free

Natalie Portman: cognitive neuroscientist

German teen unplugs pensioner’s ‘noisy’ life support machine

What happens when British Airways loses your luggage? Pretty much nothing…

Girls just aren’t turned on by man boobs: Yet another waste of NHS money

Liam Byrne: ID Cards to be ‘great British institution’ on a par with the railways in the 19th Century
… good, so totally ruined by political interference and mismanagement then?</sweeping generalization>

Spanish flights check-in warning
… oh goodie, more intrusive security

Lightening: competition to Tesla electric cars
… “700 bhp and does 0-60mph in 4 seconds”

Greenwich & Docklands Free Festival
… I went to this last year and it was great.
… Londonist has a quick preview.

Goodbye Tony Blair: a Bloggerheads Production

DARPA scramjet nudges Mach 10

Fingerprinting and eye scans for children as young as five
… fscking hell.

NHS Blog Doctor: You wouldn’t treat a dog like this

I’ve been put in a twitter mosaic!

City Unslicker’s take on the recent fun on the markets

Sign to support academic freedom in Iraq

NHS Blog Doctor on the Private Eye’s NHS IT report

Iraq Dossier – The Facts
… a first draft of the dossier is apparently to be published tomorrow in the New Statesman.

Alien technology the best hope to ‘save our planet:’ ex-defence boss