What is the "news so far looks good"? This is apparently a new thread referring to Ric and Bill in Tarawa...did I miss the context on a different thread?
I've just added a Facebook box to the front page of the Forum. It takes a few seconds to load, but it is a quick-and-dirty way to keep Forum folks updated on news from TIGHAR's facebook page.
This little feed doesn't show replies to TIGHAR's facebook posts--just the status update and other posts to the wall. There is a Facebook button up above on every page (between Ameliapedia and Join the search) that will let you go directly to the full page. There is also a link above the little status window.
I looked into an RSS feed for the Forum yesterday, but the folks who wrote the plugin want strict XML and the folks at Facebook don't want to provide strict XML. I think I have the skills to hack the plugin so that we can get posts from Ric on Facebook copied into the Forum, but not any time soon. I have to finish proofreading my book and compose and index, then I go on retreat next week.