[links] Link salad wasn't fuzzy, was he?
Reviewing the Nebulas: The Novellas - I’m not a fan of Lake’s writing. Generally, I find it hard to parse his stories, it’s something about my brain stumbling over his word choices. I’m also no fan of steampunk. So the fact that I enjoyed this story, that it’s the best thing of Lake’s I’ve ever read, is some sort of minor miracle. Heh.
My Reddit Fantasy AMA - Essentially an open source interview with me by several dozen questioners.
For Whom the Bell Tolls - The inexorable decline of America’s least favorite pronoun.
Interactive map plots locations of more than 100 million species - This strikes me as being awfully useful for writers as well as scientists.
What Happens When You Wring Out a Washcloth in Space - Mmm, science. (Via shelly_rae.)
Exploring the Grand Canyon - The view from space.
Dinosaur 'fills fossil record gap'
Poor, cute bunnies likely to get eaten when the snow melts early - Hares change coat color for winter based on the calendar, not the conditions. Nothing to do with climate change, of course. Just ask any Republican.
Barcodes let scientists track every ant in a colony - A team of Swiss scientists glued barcodes to hundreds of ants living in six laboratory colonies and recorded all of their movements for more than a month. Now, there's a job description.
Brain Research, as Only Vegas Can - Weird doings.
Psychedelic Portuguese Man-of-War Photos Prove God Is a Stoner - (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)
When tragedy turns to joy - People doing good. (Via threeoutside.)
The Chosen Few: A New Explanation of Jewish Success - Congregationalism and individual literacy?
Fathers and Sons and Chechnya - Juan Cole on the heritage and family dynamics of the Boston bombing suspects.
Chechens, Czechs, whatever - This kind of ignorance drives me batty. This is basic knowledge about the world.
Building a Picture of the Bomb Suspects through Social Network Analysis - Police can obtain huge quantities of social network data, but must sort out the junk to glean useful information. Hmmm.
Pre-Viking Tunic Found In Thawing Glacier Shows How Climate Change Aids Archaeology - Ah, a benefit of climate change. (Via corwynofamber.)
How did Jesus come to love guns and hate sex? - One of many, many reasons I am an atheist is issues like this. Because matters of faith are heavily privileged in our society, religion has a vast power to make people very stupid without ever being challenged on it. Mind you, that's not an inherent property of religion, and likewise people make themselves stupid in myriad other ways, but the confluence of faith and stupidity is toxic. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
LePage Spins Windmill Conspiracy Theory - It’s hard to trust any policy stance of someone who is either so incredibly gullible or is willing to cynically and habitually lie in such a transparent way in order to advance his own agenda. Um, that would be every single conservative politician in the United States. At least every conservative who won't condemn evolution denial, doesn't stand up to climate change denial, won't condemn Birtherism as arrant racist nonsense, believes in supply side economics, or supported the Iraq War. Like I said, every single one.
NH GOP back in news - for the wrong reason - Once more, conservatives in the gun culture exhibit their justly famed calm rationality in the face of perceived adversity. Are you proud of your Republican party?
Architecture review: Bush presidential library is fittingly blunt - Really, they could have installed it in a restaurant booth. How much room do you need to store My Pet Goat? That's about all they have left after shredding the incriminating evidence.
QotD?: Did your bear have no hair?
4/20/2013
Writing time yesterday: 1.25 hours (1.25 hours and 2,300 words on Original Destiny, Manifest Sin)
Hours slept: 10.0 hours (solid)
Body movement: 0.0 hours (injured foot)
Weight: n/a (couldn't stand on scale due to injured foot)
Number of FEMA troops on my block checking the magazine sizes of gun owners: 0
Currently reading: The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
My Reddit Fantasy AMA - Essentially an open source interview with me by several dozen questioners.
For Whom the Bell Tolls - The inexorable decline of America’s least favorite pronoun.
Interactive map plots locations of more than 100 million species - This strikes me as being awfully useful for writers as well as scientists.
What Happens When You Wring Out a Washcloth in Space - Mmm, science. (Via shelly_rae.)
Exploring the Grand Canyon - The view from space.
Dinosaur 'fills fossil record gap'
Poor, cute bunnies likely to get eaten when the snow melts early - Hares change coat color for winter based on the calendar, not the conditions. Nothing to do with climate change, of course. Just ask any Republican.
Barcodes let scientists track every ant in a colony - A team of Swiss scientists glued barcodes to hundreds of ants living in six laboratory colonies and recorded all of their movements for more than a month. Now, there's a job description.
Brain Research, as Only Vegas Can - Weird doings.
Psychedelic Portuguese Man-of-War Photos Prove God Is a Stoner - (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)
When tragedy turns to joy - People doing good. (Via threeoutside.)
The Chosen Few: A New Explanation of Jewish Success - Congregationalism and individual literacy?
Fathers and Sons and Chechnya - Juan Cole on the heritage and family dynamics of the Boston bombing suspects.
Chechens, Czechs, whatever - This kind of ignorance drives me batty. This is basic knowledge about the world.
Building a Picture of the Bomb Suspects through Social Network Analysis - Police can obtain huge quantities of social network data, but must sort out the junk to glean useful information. Hmmm.
Pre-Viking Tunic Found In Thawing Glacier Shows How Climate Change Aids Archaeology - Ah, a benefit of climate change. (Via corwynofamber.)
How did Jesus come to love guns and hate sex? - One of many, many reasons I am an atheist is issues like this. Because matters of faith are heavily privileged in our society, religion has a vast power to make people very stupid without ever being challenged on it. Mind you, that's not an inherent property of religion, and likewise people make themselves stupid in myriad other ways, but the confluence of faith and stupidity is toxic. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
LePage Spins Windmill Conspiracy Theory - It’s hard to trust any policy stance of someone who is either so incredibly gullible or is willing to cynically and habitually lie in such a transparent way in order to advance his own agenda. Um, that would be every single conservative politician in the United States. At least every conservative who won't condemn evolution denial, doesn't stand up to climate change denial, won't condemn Birtherism as arrant racist nonsense, believes in supply side economics, or supported the Iraq War. Like I said, every single one.
NH GOP back in news - for the wrong reason - Once more, conservatives in the gun culture exhibit their justly famed calm rationality in the face of perceived adversity. Are you proud of your Republican party?
Architecture review: Bush presidential library is fittingly blunt - Really, they could have installed it in a restaurant booth. How much room do you need to store My Pet Goat? That's about all they have left after shredding the incriminating evidence.
QotD?: Did your bear have no hair?
4/20/2013
Writing time yesterday: 1.25 hours (1.25 hours and 2,300 words on Original Destiny, Manifest Sin)
Hours slept: 10.0 hours (solid)
Body movement: 0.0 hours (injured foot)
Weight: n/a (couldn't stand on scale due to injured foot)
Number of FEMA troops on my block checking the magazine sizes of gun owners: 0
Currently reading: The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett