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Mar. 22nd, 2011 09:28 pm
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A Timeline of Middle East Protest Movements

Links and Commentary from browneyedgirl65 -- lots of good stuff today

South Dakota abortion bill requiring 3 day wait and CPC visit becomes law
Melissa McEwan responds

Crankitude: A Quick Glossary

Novelisation of Shada to be published in 2012 (this is the "lost" Doctor Who written by Douglas Adams for Tom Baker's Doctor)

Fire at Cleveland APL leads to adoption drive for frightened cats

Ruling may help clear up dual diagnosis disability benefits issues

Ohio Gov. John Kasich counts on liquor consumption to bring jobs

Two rebuttals to the Pharmaceutical R&D cost article from yesterday:
Tufts CSDD's official response to the recent Light & Warburton commentary
The Costs of Drug Research: Beginning a Rebuttal

NGC 6384: Spiral Beyond the Stars

Rubies and Lapis Lazuli

Local hospitals find ways to ‘go green’

Women Lag Behind Men in Economic Recovery
New Government Numbers Show 90 Percent of Newly-Created Jobs Go to Men


four baby Mini-Nubian Goats

Baby Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra

Champion Sumo Wrestler Completes L.A. Marathon -- I posted an article about this yesterday, but this is the Big Fat Blog take on it, which is much more interesting to me.

Google Books Settlement Rejected

The Physics of the Flower’s Bloom

Laser Space Telescope Could Test for Vanishing Dimensions

Techie Chef Builds Weird, Beautiful Food in Quantum Kitchen -- Don't worry, housemates -- it's already set to record.

Elephant Vasectomies: How Vets Pull It Off -- Huh. I had no idea elephants have internal testes.

Louisiana Law Forces Many Sex Workers to Register as Sex Offenders

“Shaking Man”

Pictured: One Sea Turtle’s Worth of Plastic

The religious right's righteous condemnation of abortion began with anti-integration, anti-taxation efforts in the 1970s, says Carol Roye. Along the way it turned into the current assault on the needs of women and children.

Imagine a perfectly spherical sacred cow…

Atheists of Color - A List
Related: A Large List of Awesome Female Atheists
Related: Getting It Right Early: Why Atheists Need to Act Now on Gender and Race

On violence, hate and gender non-conformity

Women: anti-war softies or pro-war nags?

The Arizona state senate has passed legislation making it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion to select for sex or race. Never mind that there's no evidence that Arizona women are terminating pregnancies based on sex or race: It's just another way to chip away at Roe.

OH NOES FATTIES RUIN EVERYTHING
Actual Headline: Overweight Americans throwing off safety of city buses.


Fire breaks out at Egyptian Interior Ministry in aftermath of protest

Court allows constitutional challenge to new FISA law

Indiana Republicans at a loss without Democrats

Science and suds blend well at friendly forums at Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Cleveland

Senator Gillibrand to Introduce LGBT-Friendly Adoption Nondiscrimination Bill

FDA Panel Says Menthol Cigarettes Are Harmful, But Don't Ban Them

Global Demand for Quinoa Means Those Who Grow It Can't Afford It

Law School Applicants Decline While Interest in Public Service Rises: Sign of the Times?

Yemen is Not Egypt: Senior Officials and Top General Back Protesters, Power Struggle Likely [VIDEO]

Tea Party at the Dregs? Major Florida Tea Party Convention Attracts Few

Goat Stampede!

The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists

Postage Stamp Art

A Better To-Do List Tattoo

Pet Cemetery Under the Golden Gate Bridge

Kraken: a new book about squid -- Oh, I need this book.

Remembering Mo Nabbous, "The Face Of Libyan Citizen Journalism"

SF e-anthology to benefit Christchurch earthquake

Learn how stir-fry works with this awesome cutaway wok image

An X Prize for healthcare

How people really behave during disasters

Flipback books: shirtpocket format designed for one-handed reading

Japan Quake: Tokusatsu super heroes tweet in character to reassure scared young people

Scholars to stop pretending they don't use Wikipedia; will work out best practices instead

Fixers' Collective: people learning to make broken stuff work again

Textbook license demands that you live a good life

Folk models of home computer security: what we think our PCs are doing

Brown: Planned Parenthood Cuts ‘Go Too Far’

Terry Pratchett's Discworld becoming a cop show from Monty Python's Terry Jones?

Scientists invent 3D microscope lens

Haitians in the US being deported for minor offenses

More Feministing links

Vets-in-Training Plunge Their Hands Into Rectal Simulators to Learn Their Craft -- I'm somewhat skeptical; I hear all the time that the similar simulators that med students use for practicing the pelvic have little to nothing in common with actually performing the exam on a real human.

Helpful Tips: How not to be a boorish body-policing jerk

Vegetarian piranhas are the Amazon’s champion gardeners

NCBI ROFL: Yes, dung beetles do have favorite flavors of poop.

Quelle suprise, y’all: it seems eating disorders are more common amongst teenagers than we thought, according to a new study published on Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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