Linketies and Life
We seem to be alternating intense storms and clear sunny skies at a rather astonishing pace. It's rather lovely and spring-like, but making me feel like crap physically. Last night was kind of fun, though. Since I got rid of the car, I don't tend to have much opportunity to do "roadside rescue" like I used to. Last night a coworker had a flat on I-90, and I got to help her out and teach the basics of tire changing. It's a nice pat on the head to my oft-neglected macho side, so that was fun.
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The strange case of the asteroid planet Vesta
19 Must Watch [SF/F] Summer TV Shows -- for my own reference, mostly. There are several I want to remember to check out.
New Changes To The Americans With Disabilities Act
Last week, Chrissy Lee Polis, a woman who is trans, was viciously attacked and beaten at a McDonald's in the Baltimore suburbs after she used the women's bathroom. (links and commentary from Shakespeare's Sister)
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Outrage around homeless mom charged for sending son to better school
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Federal deportation program sweeps up noncriminals and low-level offenders
The Supreme Court won't fast-track a challenge to the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law. The challenge was filed by the state of Virginia and its attorney general. The case will be heard in the appeals courts instead - though it still could reach the high court before the 2012 elections.
Keith Olbermann Announces Details of His New TV Show
David Barton is a Republican Party activist and a fast-talking, self-promoting, self-taught, self-proclaimed historian who is miseducating millions of Americans about U.S. history.
7 Shocking Gitmo Revelations from WikiLeaks
A tide of new stricter state voter ID laws proposed by Republicans targets presumed Democratic voters.
People who see dark conspiracies everywhere are offering some interesting information - about themselves.
Bus Driver Fired For Refusing To Take Patient To Planned Parenthood Gets $21,000 Settlement
"The attorneys that were handling it made the decision basically," Granberg said. "They advised the board that it would cost a lot more in attorney fees than it would cost to settle." -- *sigh*
Pat Robertson: The Far Left is "Livid" About Aborting Babies To Level The Playing Field for Lesbians -- *snerk* Yup. Busted. He's totally nailed the motivations behind decades of reproductive rights work.
Republican Congressman Says Planned Parenthood is "Neutering" Men -- You and Pat should talk, dude.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Attend Husband's Shuttle Launch on Friday
Rare Video Allows Look Inside Barreleye Fish's Head
Benzocaine Topical Products: Sprays, Gels and Liquids - Risk of Methemoglobinemia
Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen
One Size Fits Nobody: Seeking a Steady 4 or a 10
Aspirin Could Counteract Anti-Depressants Like Prozac -- Contrary to the title, it's other NSAIDs as well. This could definitely matter in my life.
Rabbits with Horns: Meet the Human Papillomavirus -- Truly fascinating stuff on the history and origin of papillomaviruses (such as HPV)
An entire new order of insects was hiding right in front of us
Rainmaking Bacteria Ride Clouds to "Colonize" Earth? -- a passing mention in the previous article about "how recently we discovered clouds were teeming with bacteria" was a must-google sort of thing. I found this. How cool is that??
You could soon be dining on diapers
Sea squirts could hold the secret to human immortality
The unlikely graffiti of Chernobyl
Feeding the world might require undoing 10,000 years of plant domestication
Michael Chabon celebrates The Phantom Tollbooth
More: ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ and the Wonder of Words (the actual essay)
Related: Classic kids' fantasy novel The Phantom Tollbooth is illustrated with amazing line drawings. But these color-saturated concept designs by Lizzie Nichols bring the novel's crazy places to life - and you'll wish there was a movie based on them.
Related: Holy crap, the movie is finally out on DVD!
WWII airplane factory camouflaged as residential neighborhood
High radiation levels at Ohio nuclear plant prompt NRC "special inspection"
Wikileaks: 8 men at Gitmo gave evidence on 255 others, but their testimony under torture now deemed unreliable
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Copyright laws prevents release of historic jazz recordings
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Atlas Obscura's Guide to the Longest Running Scientific Experiments
The strange case of the asteroid planet Vesta
19 Must Watch [SF/F] Summer TV Shows -- for my own reference, mostly. There are several I want to remember to check out.
New Changes To The Americans With Disabilities Act
Last week, Chrissy Lee Polis, a woman who is trans, was viciously attacked and beaten at a McDonald's in the Baltimore suburbs after she used the women's bathroom. (links and commentary from Shakespeare's Sister)
Dreaming Sins, Cripping Sex: Talking to Sins Invalid
User's Guide for the Paralyzed Penis: Sex after spinal cord injury
Healthcare Providers Asked to Help FDA Monitor Pharmaceutical Promotions
Clothing, Sex, Safety, and Power
Outrage around homeless mom charged for sending son to better school
Everything You Need To Know About Doctor Who
Federal deportation program sweeps up noncriminals and low-level offenders
The Supreme Court won't fast-track a challenge to the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law. The challenge was filed by the state of Virginia and its attorney general. The case will be heard in the appeals courts instead - though it still could reach the high court before the 2012 elections.
Keith Olbermann Announces Details of His New TV Show
David Barton is a Republican Party activist and a fast-talking, self-promoting, self-taught, self-proclaimed historian who is miseducating millions of Americans about U.S. history.
7 Shocking Gitmo Revelations from WikiLeaks
A tide of new stricter state voter ID laws proposed by Republicans targets presumed Democratic voters.
People who see dark conspiracies everywhere are offering some interesting information - about themselves.
Bus Driver Fired For Refusing To Take Patient To Planned Parenthood Gets $21,000 Settlement
"The attorneys that were handling it made the decision basically," Granberg said. "They advised the board that it would cost a lot more in attorney fees than it would cost to settle." -- *sigh*
Pat Robertson: The Far Left is "Livid" About Aborting Babies To Level The Playing Field for Lesbians -- *snerk* Yup. Busted. He's totally nailed the motivations behind decades of reproductive rights work.
Republican Congressman Says Planned Parenthood is "Neutering" Men -- You and Pat should talk, dude.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Attend Husband's Shuttle Launch on Friday
Rare Video Allows Look Inside Barreleye Fish's Head
Benzocaine Topical Products: Sprays, Gels and Liquids - Risk of Methemoglobinemia
Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen
One Size Fits Nobody: Seeking a Steady 4 or a 10
Aspirin Could Counteract Anti-Depressants Like Prozac -- Contrary to the title, it's other NSAIDs as well. This could definitely matter in my life.
Rabbits with Horns: Meet the Human Papillomavirus -- Truly fascinating stuff on the history and origin of papillomaviruses (such as HPV)
An entire new order of insects was hiding right in front of us
Rainmaking Bacteria Ride Clouds to "Colonize" Earth? -- a passing mention in the previous article about "how recently we discovered clouds were teeming with bacteria" was a must-google sort of thing. I found this. How cool is that??
You could soon be dining on diapers
Sea squirts could hold the secret to human immortality
The unlikely graffiti of Chernobyl
Feeding the world might require undoing 10,000 years of plant domestication
Michael Chabon celebrates The Phantom Tollbooth
More: ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ and the Wonder of Words (the actual essay)
Related: Classic kids' fantasy novel The Phantom Tollbooth is illustrated with amazing line drawings. But these color-saturated concept designs by Lizzie Nichols bring the novel's crazy places to life - and you'll wish there was a movie based on them.
Related: Holy crap, the movie is finally out on DVD!
WWII airplane factory camouflaged as residential neighborhood
High radiation levels at Ohio nuclear plant prompt NRC "special inspection"
Wikileaks: 8 men at Gitmo gave evidence on 255 others, but their testimony under torture now deemed unreliable
Go the Fuck to Sleep: a storybook for exhausted parents
Copyright laws prevents release of historic jazz recordings
Chuck Norris, plagiarist
Timeline of Science Fiction Ideas, Technology and Inventions