Subruncinator - (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)

Neanderthals Could Talk Like Humans, Bone Reveals

Massive Lake Found Under Greenland Ice - It wasn’t me, I swear.

Study: Fall of the Soviet Union may have saved the Arctic

Billion-dollar climate denial network exposed - A network of 91 think tanks and industry groups are primarily responsible. One ( Read more... )

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In which our collaborate novel Our Lady of the Islands, written by me and Shannon Page, finds a home

Jade par Jay Lake - A French review of the French translation of my book Green. Some complaints, but I interpret the Google Translate version as generally positive.

Textopornographie: France creates its own word for 'sexting' - Of course they did ( Read more... )

Desolation again strikes Tolkien-themed street signs - Ah, Portland. (Via Dad.)

Alfred Shaheen: Pioneer of the Hawaiian Shirt - Oooh! (Via ( Read more... )

The Devil is Due in Dreary - An interesting project that Donnie Reynolds brought to my attention. Go pick one up for your gift giving list or your own reading pleasure.

The creepy art of Zdzisław-Beksiński

Artist Creates Elaborate Non-Photoshopped Scenes in Her Small Studio - This is pretty darned cool. (Via ( Read more... )

Civilization and Its Stoplights - Interesting. I have found myself falling on both sides of this question over the years.

Twitter Reverts Changes To Blocking Functionality After Strong Negative User Feedback - Uh, yeah.

California to Test GPS Earthquake Warning System

Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram - A ten-dimensional ( Read more... )

NSA forces novelist to scrap book - Hah. Charlie Stross from the other end of the telescope. (Via Dad.)

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting Off Jupiter Moon - (Via Bruce Taylor.)

What You Get When You Pour Molten Aluminum Into An Ant Hill - Wow…

Strange gelatinous creature gives hints of the first animals on Earth - The ( Read more... )

Elevenses And Then Some: How To Prepare A Feast Fit For A Hobbit - Now that’s a lot of food… (Via Lisa Costello.)

Benedict Cumberbatch sees Smaug as sexy

Misheard for the holidays: When good song lyrics go bad - (Thanks to Dad.)

The Best of the Worst Logo Designs - Oh geeze. (I think I got this from Steve Buchheit, but I have lost the source.

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Dementia: Terry Pratchett 'angry' with government

Meet Your Body’s Death Eaters - From brain to blood to bone, macrophages take out our cellular trash. (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)

Calvin and Hobbes on ebooks - Hahahah.

Twitter’s World - Languages and Twitter.

Prosthetic Arm Found in Second-Hand Shop - Ah, headlines.

Irrefutable Proof that ( Read more... )

Dude, Where's My Accent? - Why the California Vowel Shift may have us all by the tongue. Also this. Snerk. (Via David Goldman.)

Lovebible.pl - Charlie Stross is very funny.

Why Do We Call People Redheads Instead of Orangeheads?

Who Put the O in Portland? - More on the ‘round maps’. I was also struck by this comment: [T]here's scientific evidence ( Read more... )