[links] Link salad for a cool Tuesday
Do artists need to learn non-computer skills? - Interesting. I wonder if there are parallel issues for writers.
Extraordinary Photos From A 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Dinner Party - Wow. (Via danjite.)
How to cook an 18th Century 'prison pie' - (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)
The Science Behind Bigfoot and Other Monsters - The authors of a new book apply the scientific method to the study of some very elusive creatures.
Physics: No, you can't tip a cow - Really? (Thanks to David Goldman.)
PSU coffee cup goes into orbit - Cool! (Via David Goldman.)
New Role for Disabled Kepler? Finding Exotic Alien Worlds - Crippled spacecraft could unearth new planets by detecting warped starlight.
Future NASA Mars Rovers May Have Smart Camera to Tackle Terrain
Exomoons: A Fine Line for Habitability? - Ewoks!
Texas still seeing attempts to limit evolution in school textbooks - Stop us if you've heard this before: one textbook reviewer suggests teaching creationism. Because being conservative means willfully lying to everyone's children, not just your own.
Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists - A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling. Uh, yeah. Phil Plait debunks this piece of denialist propaganda in detail.
Wonkbook: The best sentence about tax reform, ever. - “Get rid of the deductions that don’t affect me.” That’s what Debbie Schaeffer, the owner of Mrs. G TV and Appliances, told Max Baucus and Dave Camp, the chairmen of the Senate and House committees charged with tax reform, when they asked for her advice. Ah, the majestic ethics and intellectual honesty of the American conservative is once more on display. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
Human beings will adjust' - Talking about conservative opposition to healthcare reform. In context, "Human beings will adjust" appears to be a remarkable euphemism for "We're going to let poor, sick Americans die on the streets." Well, duh. They're conservatives. In my case, any conservative who opposes the Affordable Care Act without offering a substantial and comprehensive alternative is someone who explicitly wants me personally to die broke and in pain, very soon. It really is that simple. And that's why I cannot possibly be a conservative. Because I am a moral human being and cannot wish that fate on anyone. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
Ga. insurance chief brags about sabotage of ObamaCare - “Let me tell you what we’re doing (about ObamaCare),” Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens bragged to a crowd of fellow Republicans in Floyd County earlier this month: “Everything in our power to be an obstructionist.” Being a conservative means gleefully denying healthcare to millions and somehow imagining yourself to be a patriot for doing so. Are you proud of your Republican party? (And remember when Republicans stood for the rule of law? Nope, neither do they.)
Qotd?: How's the weather in your world?
9/10/2013
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (chemo brain)
Hours slept: 7.75 hours (interrupted)
Body movement: 30 minutes (stationary bike)
Weight: 244.4
Number of FEMA troops on my block closing golf courses for Agenda 21: 0
Currently reading: n/a (chemo brain)
Extraordinary Photos From A 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Dinner Party - Wow. (Via danjite.)
How to cook an 18th Century 'prison pie' - (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)
The Science Behind Bigfoot and Other Monsters - The authors of a new book apply the scientific method to the study of some very elusive creatures.
Physics: No, you can't tip a cow - Really? (Thanks to David Goldman.)
PSU coffee cup goes into orbit - Cool! (Via David Goldman.)
New Role for Disabled Kepler? Finding Exotic Alien Worlds - Crippled spacecraft could unearth new planets by detecting warped starlight.
Future NASA Mars Rovers May Have Smart Camera to Tackle Terrain
Exomoons: A Fine Line for Habitability? - Ewoks!
Texas still seeing attempts to limit evolution in school textbooks - Stop us if you've heard this before: one textbook reviewer suggests teaching creationism. Because being conservative means willfully lying to everyone's children, not just your own.
Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists - A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling. Uh, yeah. Phil Plait debunks this piece of denialist propaganda in detail.
Wonkbook: The best sentence about tax reform, ever. - “Get rid of the deductions that don’t affect me.” That’s what Debbie Schaeffer, the owner of Mrs. G TV and Appliances, told Max Baucus and Dave Camp, the chairmen of the Senate and House committees charged with tax reform, when they asked for her advice. Ah, the majestic ethics and intellectual honesty of the American conservative is once more on display. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
Human beings will adjust' - Talking about conservative opposition to healthcare reform. In context, "Human beings will adjust" appears to be a remarkable euphemism for "We're going to let poor, sick Americans die on the streets." Well, duh. They're conservatives. In my case, any conservative who opposes the Affordable Care Act without offering a substantial and comprehensive alternative is someone who explicitly wants me personally to die broke and in pain, very soon. It really is that simple. And that's why I cannot possibly be a conservative. Because I am a moral human being and cannot wish that fate on anyone. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
Ga. insurance chief brags about sabotage of ObamaCare - “Let me tell you what we’re doing (about ObamaCare),” Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens bragged to a crowd of fellow Republicans in Floyd County earlier this month: “Everything in our power to be an obstructionist.” Being a conservative means gleefully denying healthcare to millions and somehow imagining yourself to be a patriot for doing so. Are you proud of your Republican party? (And remember when Republicans stood for the rule of law? Nope, neither do they.)
Qotd?: How's the weather in your world?
9/10/2013
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (chemo brain)
Hours slept: 7.75 hours (interrupted)
Body movement: 30 minutes (stationary bike)
Weight: 244.4
Number of FEMA troops on my block closing golf courses for Agenda 21: 0
Currently reading: n/a (chemo brain)