I'm astonished and saddened about the referendum results in the UK, especially since it appears that many people didn't actually know what they were voting for? I can't even. All my sympathies to folks currently living and working in Britain.

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Dave Eggars has a fairly damning report on a Trump rally in Sacramento. Damning for what it says ( Read more... )

C'mon, UPS! You claim this package will be delivered today, but it's 8PM already.

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Oh, dear, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, no.

Oh, crap, this is horrifying: hackers are setting up IRS accounts in your name to get all your tax return information, and then of course, stealing your refund.

YIKES.

When does it pay to be a jerk, and when doesn't it? ( Read more... )

(I was starving when I got home and there was some orange food and I ate it. The end.)

Hmm, I should check these out: new strength exercises to do. I did try some burpees this morning, and a slower, more awkward set you have never seen, I promise you.

Beautiful gallery of of a restored Brooklyn theater.

More from Outside on Congress' attempt to ( Read more... )

This is the coolest thing you will learn today. Don't forget to watch the video, too. The world is a magical place! (Also, I'm a big RadioLab fan, but had no idea Robert Krulwich could draw so well!)

This is also really cool. Will certainly make surfing in Australia safer!

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Cost-benefit analysis of the NSA metadata-gathering program. No, I ( Read more... )

Bruce Schneier has a link to a long-term study on the psychological effects of terrorism.

Chalk another victory up for the success of public health care: the World Health Organization has announced that Guinea worm disease is about to be completely eradicated. (Beware a seriously disturbing photo at the top of that page! Ewww!) It's been ( Read more... )

The new Curiosity Rover lands on Mars this coming Sunday, and the event will be streamed live. I hope I can find time to watch it (I'll be traveling for a family thing ( Read more... )

Charlie Pierce really is a national treasure. We owe each other a debt. We owe each other an obligation. That is the thing to which we truly commit ourselves if we follow our Constitution. It is a charter that enumerates individual liberties, but it is not a license for unbridled greed or reckless political solipsism. We owe each other a debt and ( Read more... )

Book View Cafe has an amusing discussion of the evolutionary background of wizardry from the Harry Potter books.

A biochemist who specializes in breast cancer susceptibility discusses the real physical risks posed by TSA's backscatter machines.

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In other news, it's interesting to see Samantha Mulder again (I'm watching Fringe ep 2.13 ( Read more... )

Link by way of James Nicoll: a review of a feminist utopian novel written in 1889. Coolness! This is the sort of thing I would want to have a Kindle for.

Um. This is Superman's new look? Seriously? Huh.

Something fun (and pretty!) to brighten your Monday: Karen Healey plays FCM (or Cliff, Shag, Marry) with Archie Kennedy, Old Spice Guy, ( Read more... )

Computer security people have been talking about the Stuxnet worm for the last few weeks; Bruce Schneier has a detailed discussion of what it does and doesn't do, and what kind of risk it actually seems to pose.

This mock-trailer for a new Stargate: SG-1 movie reminds me all over again why I liked the show so much. What a great editing job ( Read more... )