On Aug. 13, at the Netroots Nation conference for progressive bloggers, journalists, and activists, I was part of a panel called “A Warming Web: The Blogosphere and Climate Change.” Also present:

You may be thinking, why would I sit for over an hour and watch a conference panel online when I could be … doing pretty much anything else? Let’s just say we made it worth your time. I’m not saying Grandia strips to his tightie whities and Grant spanks him, but I’m not saying there’s no spanking. You know how these panels get.

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Keep watching, I think it’s right toward the end there. No, a little farther.