This weekend, I've been thinking a lot about Michael Hobbes' very recent Huffington Post article "Together Alone: The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness". I know I'm not alone in this, having seen this article shared by several other friends and in at least one other discussion group.


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This was fun!

• Bad Astronomy shares photos of the ripple made by moon Daphnis in the rings of Saturn, as does the Planetary Society Blog.
• The Broadside Blog questions whether readers actually like their work.
• Centauri Dreams notes evidence for the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet in the protoplanetary disk of TW Hydrae.
• Dangerous Minds links to the 1980s work of ( Read more... )

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• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the importance of showing up for major events.
• Crooked Timber looks at e-publishing for academia.
• Dead Things notes that the evolution of the human brain and human teeth were not linked.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to two papers about ocean worlds and greenhouse effects.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the ( Read more... )

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Discuss, please.

Discuss, please.

Among other things, I think I may venture out to Pacific Mall. Why not? It's been years since I've been.

What about you? What do you have planned for tomorrow?

My neighbourhood of Dovercourt Village, and the west-end neighbourhoods surrounding it where I have spent most of the past decade, has evolved significantly. In brief, gentrification has started, with higher-end residential and retail options coming to join--perhaps, eventually, to replace--what had been a substantially working-class enclave. The ( Read more... )