The Guardian's blog has good, ongoing coverage. Link (Thanks, Flora).

Other collaborative blogs covering the event include Londonist, and the London Metblog.

Here is a highly informative Wikipedia "current event" page, which includes links to news sources, blogs, a timeline of events, and translation of the claim for responsibility posted on the Jihadist website Al-Qal'ah: Link.

News networks in the UK are soliciting text messages and cameraphone images, videos from viewers. CNN just aired the first footage they obtained from inside a struck tube carriage; the video was shot on an eyewitness' cameraphone.

Big shout-out to all the Boing Boing readers in London. Peace, guys. Hope each of you are okay, too.

Image: phonecam snapshot of passengers trapped in the London underground system. Alfie from moblog.co.uk says, "This image taken by Keith Tagg Adam Stacey. He was on the northern line just past Kings Cross. Train suddenly stopped and filled with smoke. People in carriage smashed tube windows to get out and then were evacuated along the train tunnel. He's suffering from smoke inhalation but fine otherwise."

Update, 1040AM, L.A.:

Image: Detail of a Google Maps satellite image of the affected area, annotated by an internetizen.

Sex writer / blogger / podcaster / author Violet Blue is in London today, and says, "Here's a great blog, should have interesting posts about it: Random Acts of Reality. [Ed note: blog is described by its author as, "based in London, England, written by an E.M.T working for the London Ambulance Service."]. And here's my account: Link."

Sean Bonner is one of many folks involved in region-specific group blogs for London who are checking for the safety of their blog participants. Sean says, "Vikky [of metblogs] just posted a head count of the people in London who are still unaccounted for: Link. Hopefully they are just freaked out and not checking e-mail / reading blogs (go figure)."

Boing Boing reader Steven Clift says, "I've started a wiki-based links collection and suggested a unique tag for content related to today's events: london77."

Tom from The London Line blog says, "Just thought I'd let you know that we're another blog (for the London alt-weekly newspaper) that's been covering the bombings today, and will be following up the aftermath over the next few days." Link.

Reader eye-imagine says, "The london underground blogspot is a good and appropriate place for a running commentary."

Carl Bialik of the Wall Street Journal points us to a subscription-free roundup of news there: Link.

Joi Ito's blog contains this post with pointers to more info, as well as excerpts from related IRC chats.

And, Xeni speaking again here -- I'll be a guest on this evening's edition of CNN Showbiz Tonight (on CNN Headline News) in a segment examining internet response to the attacks in London. Airs at 7PM and 11PM ET (for West Coast US viewers, 4PM PT and 8PM PT). Link.

Update, 315PM, L.A.:

Boing Boing pal Danny O Brien says, "Fox News doesn't think some Londoners are real Londoners. Here, an overexcited Fox News reporter catches himself dividing beleaguered Londoners into 'Arab' and 'regular' people. Creepy." Link to video.

Update, 529PM, L.A.:

"A funny thing happened to me on the way to work this morning. My tube blew up. " One Londoner's first-hand blog account: Link. (Thanks, Robert Howells)

Update, 10:17PM, L.A.:

Image: phonecam snapshot taken by Alexander Chadwick, as he and others evacuated a London underground tunnel near King's Cross tube station. Commenting on the photo Chadwick said, "My lungs hurt from the smoke but it wasn't too scary because no-one knew it was terrorism and there was no fire."

Photo spotted on Wikipedia's image page for the entry on London 7-7 Bombings. The entries related to this event are incredibly useful, extensive, well-organized -- an outstanding reference tool which remained timely and accurate as news unfolded. As of 10:57 PT, I see that the main entry page has been edited more than 2800 times since its creation at 9:18AM London time. This is an information service maintained by an online community of volunteers who -- for the most part -- are complete strangers to one other. This is the internet at its best.

Two interesting stories in the WSJ: "What did London's security-camera network see?" (reg-free Link), and "In London, Phones Jammed but Text Messages Worked" (reg-free Link) -- which may jar the memories of Boing Boing readers who were present in NYC during the immediate aftermath of 9/11. The state of communication networks today in London is also the subject of this IHT piece, Link, by way of the NYT. Wired News also covers the strain of such emergencies on cellphone networks, and cites demands on regulators to secure wireless systems in preparation for future crises, Link.

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