I don't care what your beef with your government is. Legitimate protests (and even revolution) is allowed. This shit is unacceptable: http://www.thearchaeologicalbox.com/en/news/tut-family-mummies-damaged-egypt-riotsRead more... )

EDIT: screw it. LJ cuts are refusing to work so you're just going to have to look at the whole thing because I give up after 3 attempts

Nature and the environment:

The first big cost/benefit analysis of ecosystem restoration. Big surprise, it's a good thing: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=does-ecosystem-restoration-pay-off&sc= ( Read more... )

Just because I’m bored and was updating things and decided that a little over-sharing was in order. Here are the contents of my amazon.com, half.com, and historybookclub.com wish-lists. I was looking them over and decided that I am either very eclectic or completely nuts. I’ll leave it to everyone else to decide which.

( eclectic or just twisted? )