Link Loving 03.02.11

• Jules Evans finds the meaning of life. According to the Con/Dem government.
• Clive Thompson reports on the amateur mathematicians trying to break the ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ code.
• Surprisingly beautiful short story recorded for you to listen to when in the bath. h/t Hanna Thomas.
• HuffPo on the depressing capitulation by organics corporations to Monsanto.
• An amazing account of how Egypt’s traditional pro-democracy leaders are falling into line behind a new generation of young people.
• David Roberts at Grist.org tries to explain why clean energy (hooray!) is not the same as climate change.
• A warning for digital campaigners – a new report shows that Congress staffers are not interested in blast emails.
• Canadian left-of-center may dominate social media, but the terrifying Mr Harper rules supreme on Google.
• Adam Ramsay on how the Treasury is blocking the proposed joys of a green investment bank. And not letting it be a bank. Which sort of defeats the point.