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This is cool.  It’s a spherical tree house that can sleep up to 4 people and can be placed in the treetops with ropes.  It even has a microwave, sink and a refrigerator.  Thinking that this might be a low cost summer home option?  Unfortunately, the largest one starts at $150,000.

 

Well, this may be the end of the “independent state” of Sealand (aka a WWII gun emplacement).  It apparently caught fire and the sole occupant at the time had to be airlifted away.  The founders of Sealand say that they will rebuild.  I kinda hope they do.

[ Via BoingBoing ]

Scientists say they have discovered part of the skeleton of a dodo, the large, flightless bird which became extinct more than 300 years ago.

This is funny.  This is very funny.

[ Via Fresh Creation ]

It looks like while facing lawsuits claiming that they aided a U.S. government domestic spying program by giving the National Security Agency call records of millions of customers without their permission, AT&T has decided to update their privacy policy to say to customers that it owns their phone records and can hand them over to whoever they wish.  This change come into effect tomorrow.