General Linketies (lots of light-hearted stuff near the end, because I got tired)
Leslie Feinberg: While a hostile relative re-writes my life: ‘Who is, and is not, my family’
Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Ten
Mideast (and more) roundup -- wondering what's up in the rest of the region? Some quick 'heads up' info here.
YouTube showcasing "citizen videos" of Egypt on day of Mubarak's ouster
Missouri Welfare Drug-Testing Bill Moves to Senate
Endangered Spots arrive at Woodland Park Zoo!
Breast-Feeding Supplies Win Tax Breaks From I.R.S.
This week Frederick County Commissioners voted to cut off county funding for Head Start programs, and during the discussion two of the commissioners seemed to say if mothers would stay at home instead of working, they wouldn't need the programs.
Backward, Christian Soldiers
WikiLeaks Springs a Leak
Related: Wikileaks threatens action against ex-colleague of Assange
UA Experts Determine Age of Book 'Nobody Can Read'
The Controversial Huffington Post-AOL Merger: 7 Questions That Matter
Is Glenn Beck Sinking? -- Good maude, I hope so. It'd be nice to have to spend less time undoing his misinformation.
"They’re a propaganda outfit but they call themselves news," says a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch.
The Wall of the Dead: A Memorial to Fallen Naturalists
Guantanamo Detainees Protest Their Condition but Pentagon Claims That They're Just Big Sports Fans
Damning New Report Shows U.S. Strategy Is Blocking Chance for Peace in Afghanistan
How The Huffington Post Works (In Case You Were Wondering)
City of Cleveland mulls closing two recreation centers
Assorted links and commentary from browneyedgirl65
Former Bush-Cheney National Spokesman Thinks Muslims Are Incapable Of Democracy: ‘This Is The Middle East’
North Dakota House passes bill criminalizing killing unborn from conception -- clarification; many of these kinds of laws are impotent at the moment, but designed to go into effect immediately upon any successful challenge to Roe v Wade (or Griswold v Connecticut, more accurately)
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is throwing the book at dozens of people arrested during recent political demonstrations - a major shift in city policy that has him pressing for jail time in types of cases that previous prosecutors had treated as infractions. -- Really seems to be going after DREAM activists. Asshole.
#egypt celebrating
How to make a male squid go totally bonkers
Sex questions answered: 1959
Anti-crime DNA sprays in a reader's neighborhood -- Not in any way shape or form DNA spray (although each batch is unique), but an interesting idea.
Penicillium up close
Incredible journey: Can we reach the stars without breaking the bank?
World of Wonders 2011:
Curious and exotic places.
Dr. Dre vs. Larry Harvey in Thunderdome: 2011 -- *chuckle*
Mini Antelope is Back by Popular Demand!
World Book Night branded 'misguided and misjudged'
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker says he wants to end the ability of state employee unions to negotiate anything but their salaries. -- Our lovely new governor is working on pulling the same crap in Ohio, too.
X-Men On The Brain
Related: X-Men family tree breaks down mutant mating habits with surprising clarity -- *snerk*
Awesome discovery of the week: Glass melts when it gets too cold
Related: Windows and Glass Home Page -- I can't believe I just now learned about the windowpane myth; I'd believed it for years.
Old Book Illustrations
10 Scariest Futuristic Architecture Projects
Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Alien Puppets in James Cameron’s The Abyss
Scientists use gene therapy to control fighting and sex
Why some animals can never be domesticated
A master of science fiction movie gadgets moves over to the real world
Klingons and Daleks! Amazing "Star Trek vs. Doctor Who" Art Piece
No, a pole shift won’t cause global superstorms
Something I didn't know about Venus
Artist uses NASA technology to capture the cosmic beauty of flowers in extreme detail
Raven poop reveals the high stress of juvenile gang life and the joys of adult relationships
Repeated cocaine exposure induces persistent alterations in genome-wide transcriptional regulatory networks, chromatin remodeling activity and, ultimately, gene expression profiles in the brain's reward circuitry.
Original audition video proves Doctor Who’s 1996 comeback could have been way worse
Could kissing ease your allergies?
The Strange Disappearance of the North American Nebula
Scientists discover weird material that expands when poked
Ten Things Bacteria Can Do That You Can’t
The psychological malady that launched a thousand stories
Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Ten
Mideast (and more) roundup -- wondering what's up in the rest of the region? Some quick 'heads up' info here.
YouTube showcasing "citizen videos" of Egypt on day of Mubarak's ouster
Missouri Welfare Drug-Testing Bill Moves to Senate
Endangered Spots arrive at Woodland Park Zoo!
Breast-Feeding Supplies Win Tax Breaks From I.R.S.
This week Frederick County Commissioners voted to cut off county funding for Head Start programs, and during the discussion two of the commissioners seemed to say if mothers would stay at home instead of working, they wouldn't need the programs.
Backward, Christian Soldiers
WikiLeaks Springs a Leak
Related: Wikileaks threatens action against ex-colleague of Assange
UA Experts Determine Age of Book 'Nobody Can Read'
The Controversial Huffington Post-AOL Merger: 7 Questions That Matter
Is Glenn Beck Sinking? -- Good maude, I hope so. It'd be nice to have to spend less time undoing his misinformation.
"They’re a propaganda outfit but they call themselves news," says a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch.
The Wall of the Dead: A Memorial to Fallen Naturalists
Guantanamo Detainees Protest Their Condition but Pentagon Claims That They're Just Big Sports Fans
Damning New Report Shows U.S. Strategy Is Blocking Chance for Peace in Afghanistan
How The Huffington Post Works (In Case You Were Wondering)
City of Cleveland mulls closing two recreation centers
Assorted links and commentary from browneyedgirl65
Former Bush-Cheney National Spokesman Thinks Muslims Are Incapable Of Democracy: ‘This Is The Middle East’
North Dakota House passes bill criminalizing killing unborn from conception -- clarification; many of these kinds of laws are impotent at the moment, but designed to go into effect immediately upon any successful challenge to Roe v Wade (or Griswold v Connecticut, more accurately)
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is throwing the book at dozens of people arrested during recent political demonstrations - a major shift in city policy that has him pressing for jail time in types of cases that previous prosecutors had treated as infractions. -- Really seems to be going after DREAM activists. Asshole.
#egypt celebrating
How to make a male squid go totally bonkers
Sex questions answered: 1959
Anti-crime DNA sprays in a reader's neighborhood -- Not in any way shape or form DNA spray (although each batch is unique), but an interesting idea.
Penicillium up close
Incredible journey: Can we reach the stars without breaking the bank?
World of Wonders 2011:
Curious and exotic places.
Dr. Dre vs. Larry Harvey in Thunderdome: 2011 -- *chuckle*
Mini Antelope is Back by Popular Demand!
World Book Night branded 'misguided and misjudged'
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker says he wants to end the ability of state employee unions to negotiate anything but their salaries. -- Our lovely new governor is working on pulling the same crap in Ohio, too.
X-Men On The Brain
Related: X-Men family tree breaks down mutant mating habits with surprising clarity -- *snerk*
Awesome discovery of the week: Glass melts when it gets too cold
Related: Windows and Glass Home Page -- I can't believe I just now learned about the windowpane myth; I'd believed it for years.
Old Book Illustrations
10 Scariest Futuristic Architecture Projects
Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Alien Puppets in James Cameron’s The Abyss
Scientists use gene therapy to control fighting and sex
Why some animals can never be domesticated
A master of science fiction movie gadgets moves over to the real world
Klingons and Daleks! Amazing "Star Trek vs. Doctor Who" Art Piece
No, a pole shift won’t cause global superstorms
Something I didn't know about Venus
Artist uses NASA technology to capture the cosmic beauty of flowers in extreme detail
Raven poop reveals the high stress of juvenile gang life and the joys of adult relationships
Repeated cocaine exposure induces persistent alterations in genome-wide transcriptional regulatory networks, chromatin remodeling activity and, ultimately, gene expression profiles in the brain's reward circuitry.
Original audition video proves Doctor Who’s 1996 comeback could have been way worse
Could kissing ease your allergies?
The Strange Disappearance of the North American Nebula
Scientists discover weird material that expands when poked
Ten Things Bacteria Can Do That You Can’t
The psychological malady that launched a thousand stories