There's some speculation that it might be an external hack as opposed to an internal policy. I use Amazon all the time, so I anxiously await further info and hope it doesn't turn out that I have to despise them. Search #amazonfail on Twitter for lots of info.
[Edited to add this NPR story, noted by LISNews]
Also, it's National Library Week. Shelf Check has more.
The New York Times' Well blog posts about a story of a dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacterium. What have we been saying about overuse of antibacterials? Cut it out!--that's what we've been saying. But no one listens to us.
Bad Science has posted a chapter that was left out of the author's recent book (on bad science) due to legal action at the time. Now available at no charge! It's about AIDS treatments, scientific and non-, and how they combine with politics, history, ideology and horrific HIV infection numbers in African countries.
Somber and worth reading. I must read the whole book one of these days.
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