One of the highlights of a very impressive 4 days at the recent Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Santiago Chile was Nat Bayjay's presentation about Ceasefire Liberia. We Oz bloggers have got it easy.

My video is at Th!nk3: Developing World:  Ceasefire Liberia: Rising African Voices

The Independent is running a front page story on how the oceans (a better indication of the warming of the planet) are warming.

Scientists involved in the study have looked at temperature recordings gathered by flotation devices that take measurements of the top 700m of the ocean. They conclude that this upper layer of ocean has warmed significantly between 1993 and 2008 – the period covered by the study – and that this is slightly faster than earlier estimates used in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The research team, led by John Lyman of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle, found that the temperature data gathered over the study period point to a "robust warming" of the upper ocean, despite uncertainties over some of the data.

The papers editorial takes the discussion further.

Yet the inconvenient truth is that, whatever errors or over-statements individuals may make in this debate, the overwhelming body of climate science still shows that man-made climate change is real. Our report today, of solid and robust research measuring changes in temperature in our planet's great oceans and seas, demonstrates that. The satellite and float technology involved is producing evidence from a wide area. This sets in context minor disputes about the reliability of data from Chinese weather stations and other squabblings. The temperature of our deep waters does not fluctuate in the way that temperatures do on land, where they are subject to the vagaries of weather as well as urban heating.

It is a very inconvenient truth for some. Why wont the oceans listen and stop warming, dagnamit! Why wont they listen?

All over the press this morning is the Jason Akermanis story where he says that gay players should stay in the closet.

"Football clubs are very different environments. Locker room nudity is an everyday part of our lives and unlike any other work place. I believe it would cause discomfort in that environment should someone declare himself gay."

Ah yes, and so gay players should cause themselves discomfort and angst by staying in the closet and hiding their true selves. All to keep players like Akermanis happy.

Sounds to me like someone is a bit like Tony Abbott - he feels "threatened" by gays.

Now with the nudity angle, wasn't that also used as the excuse to not have female football reporters?

The images and stories coming out of Thailand, and especially Bangkok, tonight are very disturbing. As many on here know, I have spent quite a bit of time in recent years working in BKK, and I am still in contact with work colleagues and friends there.

I hope that the situation is resolved and that all are safe.