Wally Funk and the Mercury 13. BBC's Sue Nelson interviews the 70+ year old former astronaut candidate, whom she describes as a "vivacious, loquacious, determined powerhouse" and whom I describe as very very hot.

Two odd etymologies. What Ignacio Anaya and Tom Swift contributed to American English.

The ultimate USA road trip. Because science ( Read more... )

Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid has left us.

Reuters: Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016.

I don't support establishment Jewish organizations, not because I'm an anti-Semite (duh) but because they don't advocate for Jewish interests - or when they do, it is to pursue trivial grievances against easy targets ( Read more... )

Swedish paper refused to cover last summer's sex crimes in Stockholm.
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Caliphatalism? - The American Interest

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I spent most of the morning finishing up my homework for Linear Algebra. We're learning about eigenvectors now, which I only kinda sorta halfway understand 'cuz it's very abstract, but in general I think I get that an eigenvector is something that acts on a number in the same way as a given matrix. Or something. Anyway, I've got row-reduction, ( Read more... )

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/us/politics/lesbian-republicans-long-a-rare-political-breed-raise-their-profiles.html
“Oh, we’re like unicorns,” said Erin Simpson, 51, who cites “personal liberty ( Read more... )

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275157,00.html
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary delivered an 8-pound, 6-ounce baby boy on Wednesday, the first child for her and her female partner of 15 years, Heather Poe ( Read more... )

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