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Dan Hartung points out that Wikipedia’s deal with Yahoo does not end their relationship with Google, as explained on this page where both deals are being discussed.

Slate’s Chris Suellentrop has a lengthy article in New York magazine about Seymour Hersh’s willingness to bend the truth when he’s speaking to audiences. Hersh’s New Yorker articles, which I have linked to often, are not in question. Here’s how Suellentrop describes it: There are two Hershes, really. Seymour M. is the byline. He navigates readers through the byzantine world of America's overlapping national-security bureaucracies, and his stories form what Hersh has taken to calling an "alternative history" of the Bush administration since September 11, 2001. Then there's Sy. He's the public speaker, the pundit. On the podium, Sy is willing to tell a story that's not quite right, in order to convey a Larger Truth. "Sometimes I change events, dates, and places in a certain way to protect people," Hersh told me. "I can't fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say." Bottom line: when you read something from a Hersh speech that sounds unbelievable, maybe you shouldn’t believe it. I’ve read many items on weblogs discussing things Hersh has said, but refused to link to them because I couldn’t confirm them anywhere. ...

Phillip Carter has an article up about last week’s Wall Street Journal article that discussed how the US defined and punished torture in the aftermath of World War II when the torturers in question were Japanese soldiers and politicians.

A reader passed on a link to another warning about the Firefox tweaks that I posted the other day.

Dave Shea has an interesting post on how use of Google Maps can make it easier to keep an eye on the environment. Timestamps on the satellite photos would make things even better. This reminds me of the California Coastal Records Project, which aims to photograph every inch of the California coast in order to document change over time (and make sure developers aren’t trying to get away with things that they shouldn’t). ...

Joi Ito (an ICANN board member) says that the .travel scandal I mentioned on Tuesday is just a rumor, but he’s looking into it. Be sure to read the comments, Edward Hasbrouk, the guy who broke the story, responds.

Mike Chambers has written a library to provide view source functionality for Flash movies.

Back on February 11, Wikipedia reported that they were in negotiations with Google to host the site. Yesterday, Wikipedia announced that they are going to be hosted by Yahoo. Wonder what happened in the interim?

Jeanne d’Arc has a piece on torture, then and now. Or is it us and them?

I forgot to mention that the local paper, which I plan on reading every day, has RSS feeds.