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Parade Day itself might be a bit silly, for on that day one can parade without a theme, purpose or masthead explaining the exercise. Until they ban it of course, upon which there is now a purpose!

“Maxwell’s demon”, an omniscient being that can separate a gas into hot and cold by watching the speed of the individual molecules.

Now sure to be armèd with stretched, blurred, or even inverted arrows of time. 😛
This leads to some more interesting reading from When AI Thinks for Us:

Ethical questions begin to resemble technical problems with downloadable solutions

Looks like – no internet, no ethics. 😛
While looking down the barrel of a diesel shortage over here, some eyes turn to Restoration Agriculture. There are options for biodiesel with plenty of canola and safflower production – just a question of firing some old refineries. Costly though.