If I can’t linkdrop it’s not my revolution (Sept 20, 2009)

The OTW and the EFF released two public responses to the U.S. Copyright Office today. They’re related to the DMCA Anticircumvention Hearings earlier this year. This merits a whole post if someone wants to take it on.
If you’re in Seattle, check out these free astrobiology lectures at the University of Washington, noted by Timmi Duchamp on Ambling Along the Aqueduct, the blog for Aqueduct Press.
An awesome open letter to Glenn Beck by Verite Parlante from Whose Shoes Are These Anyway? Verite outlines how Beck is a public figure and that the site in question is clearly a satire.
Scanning Dead Salmon in fMRI Machine Highlights Risk of Red Herrings, from Wired. Always do your multiple comparisons corrections to separate signal from noise!
Holy Discontent, Batman!: Rosepixie reviews a clever vintage equal-pay advertisement featuring Batgirl.
Gail Carmichael blogs about the first girl geek dinner in Ottawa.
Carla Schroder has an editorial on sexism in FOSS over on Linux today, which lists off a bunch of real life stories of issues women have encountered in free/open source software communities. (Unsurprisingly, there’s some incredulity in the comment section.)