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from "Depraved and Insulting English"
omnifutuent: n. prone to engage in sexual activity with anything
Also (via Fark): Miss Atom. There are other things to say about this link, but for now I am content to revel in the increasing the sex appeal of science aspect of it. -
tenure!
This link is not safe for work (NSFW)
Now that you are home, skip to 0:58 for a totally erotic 18" reflector with a naked astronomer behind it. -
sushi is a civil right
The Bat - charges dismissed, mask returned
Who is up for a trip to The Castle this weekend to celebrate Batman's release by gently stroking his nipples? -
eRacism
New paper discussing implicit racial bias and strategies useful for training your mind not to think like a jobberknowle.
Hat tip: Greg Laden
Paper: Sophie Lebrecht, Lara J. Pierce, Michael J. Tarr, James W. Tanaka (2009). Perceptual Other-Race Training Reduces Implicit Racial Bias PLoS ONE, 4 (1) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004215Recognizing sets of ( Read more... ) -
Darwin Day
Happy Darwin Day! Have you hugged your local evolutionary biologist lately? -
interview
If you were offered an unlimited supply of fish, what kind would you choose?
Swordfish with laserbeams - retrofuturistic includes Medieval pageantry, not just the neoVictorian aesthetic.
If you could have lunch with any real human, living or dead, who would you choose?
No thanks, I already ate.
If you were to choose any mood which most aptly ( Read more... ) -
Robosapiens referendum
1) A robot shall neither create nor destroy energy, nor through inaction allow energy to be created or destroyed ( Read more... ) -
manufacturing new land
If I were to declare myself a sovereign power, how high would I need to fly my SkyFortress™ to avoid violating other nations' airspace? Would it be all the way at the edge of space, or is it more of a whatever I can get away with issue? On an unrelated note, can anyone recommend a lens grinder? I need something a couple meters across, suitable for ( Read more... ) -
dratted kids
By the screaming on my lawn
I hear UF is champion.
No really, there are kids screaming on my lawn at five 'til midnight about a football game. Whee. -
Franken won in the recount
news Minnesota will have only one senator until the rerecount lawsuit wends its way through the courts, though. Given how narrow the margin of victory is, it is hard to describe this election as anything other than a glaring example of why pre-existing humans should not be used to write or interpret the law. Habit and the fact that most people ( Read more... )