Project Censored have just issued their newest Top 25 of Censored Stories, full reviews of each story are available at Project Censored.

The title 'censored' is misleading, because these stories have indeed been covered in most media outlets - in truth, the stories aren't censored, but 'seriously underreported'. That much is hard to deny considering some of the headlines:

1. Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
2. Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
3. Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
4. Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
5. High-Tech Genocide in Congo
6. Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
7. US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
9. The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
10. Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians
11. Dangers of Genetically Modified Food Confirmed
12. Pentagon Plans to Build New Landmines
13. New Evidence Establishes Dangers of Roundup
14. Homeland Security Contracts KBR to Build Detention Centers in the US
15. Chemical Industry is EPA’s Primary Research Partner
16. Ecuador and Mexico Defy US on International Criminal Court
17. Iraq Invasion Promotes OPEC Agenda
18. Physicist Challenges Official 9-11 Story
19. Destruction of Rainforests Worst Ever
20. Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem
21. Gold Mining Threatens Ancient Andean Glaciers
22. Billions in Homeland Security Spending Undisclosed
23. US Oil Targets Kyoto in Europe
24. Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent Last Year
25. US Military in Paraguay Threatens Region

This kind of thing is why it's important to read a wide variety of news sources - Slashdot covers the technical stuff in great detail, which means that number one on the list wouldn't pass you by. They also have a pretty strong line in digital rights, so eight, twenty-two and twenty-four are also highly likely category of stories to be covered. Plus, science in general - so number eighteen.

Truthout deals with politics, and most of the rest of the stories here will have been covered. Truthout is more a portal towards newspapers than a news source itself, but it draws that information from newspapers all across the spectrum. Story twenty was covered quite strongly in the Independant earlier this year for example, and although it passed most of the mainstream by, if you are an Independant reader (which I am), then you knew about this. Truthout archives stories across all of these papers in a very useful way.

I guess my point is this - don't rely on any one source for your news. You'll just be shocked when you find out what it is you're missing out on.

Drakkos.

Like to see big numbers by your name? Want to help Google put together meaningful search keys for image data? Then hop along to Google's Image Labeller and give this game a try.

It works like this - you are paired with a random partner on the service. During a 90 second window, you are presented with an image and asked to provide a description of it. Your partner is shown the same image. Only when the two of you suggest the same tag for the image do you get some points and then progress onto the next image. You can pass at any time, providing your partner also wants to pass.

It's strangely addictive, but alas the images are very small - perhaps a later iteration will fix that problem, but have a look anyway and see what you think.