Good news, bad news (recent bits round-up)

• Good news: At last the business world is beginning to adapt to the notion that their employees need to have lives outside the office...
  (via Rebecca's Pocket)
  
  
• Bad news: Proving that sometimes the truth is no consolation, the GAO confirms that the 2004 election was stolen by electronic voting machines.
  (via MyName at dailyKos)
  
  
• Good news: Finally! some of the pharmacists refusing to fill women's prescriptions get punished.
  (via Echidne of the Snakes)
  
  
• Bad news: Federal police appear to believe that they can ask commuters for their ID without any justification other than the route the bus is following. [A creative solution for fighting back is suggested here, but there's no guarantee it would keep you out of court! (via Knotted Knickers)]
  
  
• Potentially good news: Scientists are contemplating the possibility of giving the Internet its own immune system that could respond to virus and worm attacks before widespread damage is done.
  (via Follow Me Here)
  
  
• Mind-blowing: A look at the shape of space-time . . .
  (via Follow Me Here)