What about the children?

"A council has admitted spying on a family using laws to track criminals and terrorists to find out if they were really living in a school catchment." More here.

Really, it's difficult to know where to start. Perhaps I'll try something more substantive later when my teeth have stopped grinding. I mean, what went on in the meeting where they concluded this was a Really Good Idea?

Various ficathons

Tomorrow is the last day for sign-ups and prompts for the majoritython: "To celebrate the possibility that (at long, long last) either a woman or a person of color will be the next American president by producing fanworks about people of color and women in positions of political power."

Also, alara_r is considering running a ficathon or challenge focusing on "mature women characters in fanfic" (roughly, women over 40), and is looking for expressions of interest. If you think you'd be interested go over and give it a look.