18 ’Av 5768: Potato Day/Root Beer Float Day/National Aviation Day

Greetings.

Worthy cause of the day: “Reduce America's Foreign-Owned Debt”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Israel Releases Convicts (1987)”
  
• “Sailing Into a Publicity Stunt”
  
• “Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy?” and “How Loss of Privacy May Mean Loss of Security”
  
• “Nuclear Ambitions: Amateur Scientists Get a Reaction From Fusion” (I had no idea anyone was doing this.)
  
• “Using a Poison to Turn Sunlight into Food”
  
• This Modern World 2008-08-19
  
• “Planning to E-Vote? Read This First”
  
• “Invisible Fathers at the Olympic Games”
  
• “Huge Comet Discovered”
  
• “Confused sea turtles march into restaurant”

Today’s weird thing, submitted by Emily, is The Wolfram Demonstrations Project. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron