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* Mississippi just officially ratified the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery this month. O.o They just moved into the later part of the 19th century.
* Yet more innocent young girls murdered in Chicago:
* Re: the head of Henri IV. I'm not taking a side at this point. I think it's quite possible that it is the French King's head, since there is no evidence that is inconsistent with it being his head, but it looks like it's not actually proved. In particular, I do not consider facial reconstruction to be proof, as it's not uniformly replicable. Too much is left up to the artist and it's easy prey to biases. The DNA side looks promising, but it sounds like the actual DNA experts are in dispute. I'm waiting until the preponderance of expert opinion takes a side as I'm not qualified to evaluate the DNA evidence myself.
* "Pentillie Castle: Body found in knight's grave hunt:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21412875
* "The 'Baby Dolls' Of Mardi Gras: A Fun Tradition With A Serious Side:" http://www.npr.org/2013/02/16/172165237/the-baby-dolls-of-mardi-gras-a-fun-tradition-with-a-serious-side
* "Why Gender Equality Stalled:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&
* On Melissa Harris-Perry, they were all saying how much they missed Dave Chapelle, ho much they wished he was performing through the whole Obama Presidency. Damn, I miss that too.
* "What Fandom Can Learn From Onyxcon:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/1106360.html
* "InCryptid Q&A, Part III: Race and gender issues:" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/495451.html
* I never took to Once Upon a Time. I tried a few episodes, but it was not for me. This is not any kind of criticism of all the folks who love it; tastes vary and I know the show is much loved. I am waaaaay behind on tumblr, but a lot of folks I read ship Swan Queen so I've been aware of how intensely people feel about it. My ship isn't being sunk here as I don't watch the show and frequently can't remember which person is Ginnifer Goodwin and which is Michelle Williams unless they are clearly labelled. I'm linking the following both because it might be of interest to OUAT fans, but lso because of the way it talks about things of more general interest such as homophobia and why people are so hungry for QUILTBAG content. Big Wired looks at "Sinking Ships - The Ginnifer Torpedo:" http://big-wired.livejournal.com/319479.html
* "The Darwinian Dead:" http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=3935
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* Yet more innocent young girls murdered in Chicago:
* Re: the head of Henri IV. I'm not taking a side at this point. I think it's quite possible that it is the French King's head, since there is no evidence that is inconsistent with it being his head, but it looks like it's not actually proved. In particular, I do not consider facial reconstruction to be proof, as it's not uniformly replicable. Too much is left up to the artist and it's easy prey to biases. The DNA side looks promising, but it sounds like the actual DNA experts are in dispute. I'm waiting until the preponderance of expert opinion takes a side as I'm not qualified to evaluate the DNA evidence myself.
* "Pentillie Castle: Body found in knight's grave hunt:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21412875
* "The 'Baby Dolls' Of Mardi Gras: A Fun Tradition With A Serious Side:" http://www.npr.org/2013/02/16/172165237/the-baby-dolls-of-mardi-gras-a-fun-tradition-with-a-serious-side
* "Why Gender Equality Stalled:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&
* On Melissa Harris-Perry, they were all saying how much they missed Dave Chapelle, ho much they wished he was performing through the whole Obama Presidency. Damn, I miss that too.
* "What Fandom Can Learn From Onyxcon:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/1106360.html
* "InCryptid Q&A, Part III: Race and gender issues:" http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/495451.html
* I never took to Once Upon a Time. I tried a few episodes, but it was not for me. This is not any kind of criticism of all the folks who love it; tastes vary and I know the show is much loved. I am waaaaay behind on tumblr, but a lot of folks I read ship Swan Queen so I've been aware of how intensely people feel about it. My ship isn't being sunk here as I don't watch the show and frequently can't remember which person is Ginnifer Goodwin and which is Michelle Williams unless they are clearly labelled. I'm linking the following both because it might be of interest to OUAT fans, but lso because of the way it talks about things of more general interest such as homophobia and why people are so hungry for QUILTBAG content. Big Wired looks at "Sinking Ships - The Ginnifer Torpedo:" http://big-wired.livejournal.com/319479.html
* "The Darwinian Dead:" http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=3935
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/283862.html. Please comment there using OpenID.