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moominmuppetTRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Friday, November 18, 5:45pm
Candlelight Vigil, followed by speakers at Cleveland City Hall, and recognition of local individuals.
Stand With Veterans: The Worthy 1 Percent
The Arab League has suspended Syria over security forces murdering and torturing thousands of protesters during a months-long uprising, potentially setting the stage for an intervention into the country.
Labor unions, Occupy Wall Street plan ‘day of action’ urging lawmakers to invest
Colorful Mamas of the 99 Percent and Their Kids Tell Greedy Banks: It’s Time to Share
Occupy Cleveland Daily Digest – Sunday, Nov. 13 – Friendship
Exclusive: In Fencer’s Hijab—Struggle and Inspiration
Harassment, male privilege, and jokes that women just don’t get
Nicaragua combats pneumonia in children with new vaccine
Tamoxifen resistance -- and how to defeat it
Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see
The Most Frightening Bridge Ever
Ape hand gestures reveal where humans evolved language
JAW DROPPING Space Station time lapse!
Related: We’re 99% certain this is the most beautiful footage of Earth’s auroras yet recorded (can't see these from work -- are they duplicates?)
Boys, Social Control, and School Dress Codes
INFO POST TIME! BULLYING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
Government bean counters eliminate government bee counters
Colbert Superpac's issue ad: Superpacs can buy UNICORNS!
A Word in Defense of the Witnesses -- and the Word is "Ambiguity"
And The Bride Wore Zip Ties: Nice Day for an Occupy Wall Street Wedding
Afraid of spiders? Maybe it’s because of all those stories you’ve heard about their creepy ways. Some of those stories hold no water, according to science writer Kim Hosey. She’s got a good list of busted spider myths.
Abortion Support Network update - November
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Day 57, Occupy Portland Survives Night But Still Faces Eviction
Occupy Cleveland Occupies the Banks
downtown Cleveland
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2011
If you weren't marching in downtown Cleveland yesterday,
check out these photos to get an idea of what was going
on. (located on FB -- apologies to those who don't use it)
Adbusters and Occupy Wallstreet
Why Spending Money on Others Promotes Your Happiness
5 Tiny Computer Glitches That Caused Huge Disasters
Jean H. Baker writes about the strong antiwar stance of Margaret Sanger and the reformer's increasingly single-minded focus on contraception in this excerpt from her forthcoming biography of a ferociously passionate and flawed pioneer.
The Grass is Closed: an Occupy Cal protester, on police and power.
Police Choke Non-Violent protester at Occupy San Diego (video)
Police to Occupy Cal protester, after cracking his rib with baton blow: "You have no rights"
Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday. -- *sigh*
Children learn in many different ways and the best science books for young people reflect that, says the science writer. Her suggested reading takes in robots used to explain sex and a picture book about dinosaurs
Bulk Homeopathy *snerk*
Prosecutor to Parents: Mailing Chickenpox Illegal
Fine, Obama Sucks. But Who Did Better?
Today I sat outside and looked at a fallen tree for about a half an hour. (on finding nature around you)
On anthropomorphizing in science
New theory on bat flight has experts a-flutter
'Food of the Future' Has One Hitch: It's All But Inedible
Breadfruit Is Mealy and Bland, but eBay Founder Sees Promise
Another Antidepressant Bites The Dust
“Scientists discover gene for autism” (or ovarian cancer, or depression, cocaine addiction, obesity, happiness, height, schizophrenia… and whatever you’re having yourself). These are typical newspaper headlines (all from the last year) and all use the popular shorthand of “a gene for” something. In my view, this phrase is both lazy and deeply misleading and has caused widespread confusion about what genes are and do and about their influences on human traits and disease.
Inequality, Health Disparities, & Obesity
Occupy Sacto
The Dark Tower: Found!
The thermal sounds of Yellowstone [VID]
Muslims outraged over pig parts dumped at Swiss Mosque site
'Occupy' protest costs Cincinnati police $128,000 in overtime
On Veterans Day, State Rep. Rick Womick (R-TN) Calls For Purging Muslims From The Military *rage*
The dark side of Dubai
In the spirit of such tripped-out films as Donald in Mathemagic Land comes Peter Peake's Pythagasaurus, an approximately four-minute short created by the folks at Aardman Animations. In sum, a 232 seconds well spent.
6 Terrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Donating Sperm
Occupy Portland Update
Occupy protesters interrupt Michele Bachmann speech in South Carolina
using Mic Check technique
Statement From Sasha Grey
The right of citizens to videotape police
Actions against citizen videographers go against not just the Constitution but good public policy. Without a videotape, Rodney King would have been just another guy with a prior record claiming abuse.
AMC Pick Up Sci-Fi Drama "Thunderstruck", Charlize Theron to Star
Making Sex Workers Visible in the Village Voice Media Ad Controversy
Teenager Wins Iowa Mayoral Race
Jay-Z Tries to Profit Off Occupy Wall Street
Right-Wing Propagandists Blame #OccupyDC Activists for Violence Against... #OccupyDC Activists
Oakland laying groundwork for Occupy eviction (again)
At Occupy Camps, Veterans Bring the Wars Home
Five Reasons Why Veterans Are Part Of The 99 Percent
Religious Right Trying to Pray Away Occupy Wall Street
Tent Cities: they're common, they can work and they are justified
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Basic Human Needs.
German Government to Subsidize stay-at-home Moms
When Rebecca Coriam vanished from the Disney Wonder in March, hers became one of the 171 mysterious cruise ship disappearances in the past decade. So what happened? Jon Ronson booked himself a cabin to find out
11 Child Prodigies and the Amazing Things They’d Done by Age 11
11 Things You Can Take on a Plane
11 Natural Disasters That Led to Wars
11 Wars That Led to Natural Disasters
11 Public Art Projects You Might Have Missed
11 NaNoWriMo Books That Have Been Published
The once and future veteran
11 Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves
Inside Fukushima: 8 months after disaster, foreign journalists get first look at crippled nuclear plant
Occupy St. Louis Evicted & Raided by Police
Gay and lesbian veterans and active-duty troops across the nation held special observances Friday, the first Veterans Day since the lifting of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Other voices: Evangelicals outside the right wing
US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot point-blank in the head during a January meeting with voters, has spoken out in her first interview since the attack, discussing her remarkable recovery.
100,000 Atlas Shrugged DVDs Mistakenly Promote Self-Sacrifice -- Whoops!
Arizona Hero Daniel Hernandez Jr. Wins School Board Seat Near Tucson -- I posted a brief article Friday, but this explains more about why he's totally awesome.
Philip Davis pleasures his brain with shifting Shakespearean syntax, measures the results on an electroencephalogram, and finds evidence that powerful writing can literally change the ways in which we think ...
Watch the largest polar bear gathering in the world live via HD webcam
Occupy Harvard GA Hears from Egyptian Activists, Ahmed Maher and Esraa
Looking for a sweet, soothing tale to waft you toward dreamland? Look somewhere else. The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 1800s serve up life as generations of central Europeans knew it—capricious and often cruel. The two brothers, patriots determined to preserve Germanic folktales, were only accidental entertainers.
How old is the Earth's core? Maybe older than you thought
Amazingly Detailed Doodles
Scotland Yard arrest EDL members over alleged plot to attack Occupy London
Occupy Salt Lake City must be closed, mayor says, after dead guy found in tent
The Penn State Scandal: Connect the Dots Between Child Abuse and The Sexual Assault of Women on Campus
Eating fish can reduce the risk of diabetes
Elderly emergency patients less likely to receive pain medication than middle-aged patients
Lutetia: A rare survivor from the birth of the Earth
Patients who are dependent on opioids (narcotic pain relievers) for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty recovering, a study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) has found. These patients tend to have longer hospital stays, more post-surgical pain, a higher rate of complications, and are more likely to need additional procedures, than patients who are not opioid-dependent.
Web users can now take a step-by-step virtual tour of one of Detroit's biggest attractions, along with sweeping images of the giraffe and gorilla habitats.
It's made possible by Google Street View, long a source of wonder for the casual Web user at maps.google.com.
Probiotics show potential in certain health conditions
Stronger flu shots, more side effects
The methane habitable zone
A sinister bacterium implicated in Catholic miracles and "blood"-tainted polenta also kills coral, insects, and are even are up to no good in your contact lens case.
Sickle-Cell Anemia Mystery Is Solved
Researchers discover how carriers of the sickle-cell anaemia gene are protected from malaria.
The Science of Earworms, or Why You Can’t Get that Damn Song Out of Your Head
The much-buzzed-about short film ROSA has finally been released online. Take a look at the gorgeous post-apocalyptic future, where all that's left are beautiful cyborgs who bleed plants.
Oakland Police ask Occupy Oakland to "please: leave peacefully and immediately"
Human Rights Watch reports "Crimes against humanity" in Syria
Documentary about collectors: Finders Keepers: The Heart of Collecting
Sequencing the 99% of Ancient Rome
Spotted: Occupy the Highway
Slideshow: science tattoos from Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
Hooking fish, not endangered turtles
Novel tuna-fishing gear may avoid unintended avian and turtle casualties
Friday Cephalopod: Kobayashi Maru
Live Blog for the #Occupy Movement: Day 55, Occupations Struggle with Shooting & Veteran Suicide
Scott Olsen, Marine vet injured by police at Occupy Oakland, is released from hospital
Tom's Kitchen: A Sardine Dish to Convert the Unsaved
Blog: At Occupy protests, U.S. journalists arrested, assaulted
Eviction notices served on Occupy Oakland campers, who then destroy every last one of them
Killer solar flares are physically impossible, says NASA
Now this is how to stand up for your beloved. (Not to mention how to handle a snooty review.)
Image-of-the-Week: Island Birth
10 Top Reasons to Hire Veterans
NYT writer who investigated secret FBI probes loses fight to unseal information in FBI's secret probe against him
Why does sugar shoot sparks?
Video: How to Turn Two iPads Into a Gory, Gaping Hole in Your Torso
Safecast draws on power of the crowd to map Japan's radiation
Conservatives Plot to Burn, Shred, and Sabotage Scott Walker Recall Effort
The tiny genetic tweak that gives mice super strength
Cooked food gives us more energy than raw
FDA Responds to ProPublica Story on X-Ray Body Scanners
Here’s why doctors always whack you in the knee — no, it’s not what you think.
The Most Unintentionally Terrifying Movies of All Time
The growing evidence for octopus intelligence
Hydrovolcanism: When Magma and Water Mix
How Occupy Became This Century’s Free Speech Movement
For those wondering what might become of the Occupy movement over time, it might be useful to consider the path of UK Uncut, an activist group in Britain that recently enjoyed its first birthday. And it’s still going strong: On Wednesday, UK Uncut activists infiltrated a business conference in suits and harangued the government’s top tax official during his scheduled speech.
This video shows the favored result of an encounter between an octopus and a moray eel. There are other videos out there that show a different result; you can find those yourself. We are cephalopod people here.
Bruce Campbell Makes a Reasonable Argument for an Ash-Less Evil Dead Remake
Ten (Pseudo) Scientific Theories About the Mona Lisa’s Smile
Collie in the coalmine: What's the fallout for pets abandoned in Japan's Fukushima hot zone?
These things should be simple: (Scalzi on Penn State)
Running a Deconstruction, or Devoting Your Life To Complaining About Things You Don't Like
Pamela Clare, romance, state law, and women’s rights – Pamela Clare is a romance novelist who, after hearing of the shackling of women inmates while giving birth, did her own investigating and then wrote a bill banning it that was passed in Colorado.
CodeNow Teaching Inner-City Teens How to Code and Program
The Reverend Dr. Janet Edwards’ piece in HuffPo today on standing with the OWS protesters as a member of the 1%, and the ridiculous attack on Elizabeth Warren as some kind of hypocrite for being a one-percenter who stands up for the poor and middle class, are useful reminders that the 1% is anything but a monolithic group. Some of them are truly decent human beings who believe in justice and fairness, and they are more than welcome to stand with the rest of us.
Missing Limbs, More Suicides, No Jobs: 9 Battles for Today’s Vets
The Local Food Economy in 2 Charts
Oddballz Circus (kids' app)
Using toys to teach maker basics
Scientists track the evolution of an epidemic to show how bacteria adapt
Police Clear Out Occupy Denver
The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is about to make a breakthrough in transgender rights that puts it ahead of many Western countries.
Musician performs for world leaders wearing “Occupy With Aloha” t-shirt [VID]
More: An amazing triumph…! APEC dinner gala in Hawaii last night gets “occupied”
Improved memory efficiency seen after aerobic exercise in fibromyalgia patients
Exceptional memory linked to bulked-up parts of brain
People who can recall life’s events in detail have enlarged region linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Gaze upon the spokes of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
OccupyLondon members evicted from St Paul's memorial services
From a Cascadian Voice Within the Occupation of Portland
R2-D2 is scared he has whooping cough
Transgender Rights Support Crosses Religious, Political Lines -- Wow! Awesome news!
Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci sing about the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Bullying is Making the Obesity Epidemic Worse
Clean Energy Has Highest Documented Rate of Return of Any Federal Program, But the WashPost Cluelessly Smears the Effort
Despite Industry Ties, DOE Fracking Panel Warns of “A Real Risk of Serious Environmental Consequences” Absent Regulation
Sexing the Trans Man: Buck Angel Documentary Explores Transitioning and Its Effects on Sexuality
Stop Fisting Censorship
BuckAngel: Introducing a New Genital Piercing for FTMs - From Master Piercer and author of The Piercing Bible Elayne Angel
International Fisting Day (it was last month, but I've been meaning to get back to the links for it) - site NSFW
For White Girls, a Bigger Penalty for Being Obese
Being Fat at the Holidays
Where Do Babies Come From? -- Oh, yay! In a conversation with Mom, finally figured out one of the sex ed books I recall fondly from my early childhood. This was a beautiful one.
Breast Cancer and Polyamory: A Story of Non-monogamy, Love and Commitment ... - site NSFW
Friday, November 18, 5:45pm
Candlelight Vigil, followed by speakers at Cleveland City Hall, and recognition of local individuals.
Stand With Veterans: The Worthy 1 Percent
The Arab League has suspended Syria over security forces murdering and torturing thousands of protesters during a months-long uprising, potentially setting the stage for an intervention into the country.
Labor unions, Occupy Wall Street plan ‘day of action’ urging lawmakers to invest
Colorful Mamas of the 99 Percent and Their Kids Tell Greedy Banks: It’s Time to Share
Occupy Cleveland Daily Digest – Sunday, Nov. 13 – Friendship
Exclusive: In Fencer’s Hijab—Struggle and Inspiration
Harassment, male privilege, and jokes that women just don’t get
Nicaragua combats pneumonia in children with new vaccine
Tamoxifen resistance -- and how to defeat it
Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see
The Most Frightening Bridge Ever
Ape hand gestures reveal where humans evolved language
JAW DROPPING Space Station time lapse!
Related: We’re 99% certain this is the most beautiful footage of Earth’s auroras yet recorded (can't see these from work -- are they duplicates?)
Boys, Social Control, and School Dress Codes
INFO POST TIME! BULLYING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
Government bean counters eliminate government bee counters
Colbert Superpac's issue ad: Superpacs can buy UNICORNS!
A Word in Defense of the Witnesses -- and the Word is "Ambiguity"
And The Bride Wore Zip Ties: Nice Day for an Occupy Wall Street Wedding
Afraid of spiders? Maybe it’s because of all those stories you’ve heard about their creepy ways. Some of those stories hold no water, according to science writer Kim Hosey. She’s got a good list of busted spider myths.
Abortion Support Network update - November
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Day 57, Occupy Portland Survives Night But Still Faces Eviction
Occupy Cleveland Occupies the Banks
downtown Cleveland
Saturday, Nov. 13, 2011
If you weren't marching in downtown Cleveland yesterday,
check out these photos to get an idea of what was going
on. (located on FB -- apologies to those who don't use it)
Adbusters and Occupy Wallstreet
Why Spending Money on Others Promotes Your Happiness
5 Tiny Computer Glitches That Caused Huge Disasters
Jean H. Baker writes about the strong antiwar stance of Margaret Sanger and the reformer's increasingly single-minded focus on contraception in this excerpt from her forthcoming biography of a ferociously passionate and flawed pioneer.
The Grass is Closed: an Occupy Cal protester, on police and power.
Police Choke Non-Violent protester at Occupy San Diego (video)
Police to Occupy Cal protester, after cracking his rib with baton blow: "You have no rights"
Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday. -- *sigh*
Children learn in many different ways and the best science books for young people reflect that, says the science writer. Her suggested reading takes in robots used to explain sex and a picture book about dinosaurs
Bulk Homeopathy *snerk*
Prosecutor to Parents: Mailing Chickenpox Illegal
Fine, Obama Sucks. But Who Did Better?
Today I sat outside and looked at a fallen tree for about a half an hour. (on finding nature around you)
On anthropomorphizing in science
New theory on bat flight has experts a-flutter
'Food of the Future' Has One Hitch: It's All But Inedible
Breadfruit Is Mealy and Bland, but eBay Founder Sees Promise
Another Antidepressant Bites The Dust
“Scientists discover gene for autism” (or ovarian cancer, or depression, cocaine addiction, obesity, happiness, height, schizophrenia… and whatever you’re having yourself). These are typical newspaper headlines (all from the last year) and all use the popular shorthand of “a gene for” something. In my view, this phrase is both lazy and deeply misleading and has caused widespread confusion about what genes are and do and about their influences on human traits and disease.
Inequality, Health Disparities, & Obesity
Occupy Sacto
The Dark Tower: Found!
The thermal sounds of Yellowstone [VID]
Muslims outraged over pig parts dumped at Swiss Mosque site
'Occupy' protest costs Cincinnati police $128,000 in overtime
On Veterans Day, State Rep. Rick Womick (R-TN) Calls For Purging Muslims From The Military *rage*
The dark side of Dubai
In the spirit of such tripped-out films as Donald in Mathemagic Land comes Peter Peake's Pythagasaurus, an approximately four-minute short created by the folks at Aardman Animations. In sum, a 232 seconds well spent.
6 Terrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Donating Sperm
Occupy Portland Update
Occupy protesters interrupt Michele Bachmann speech in South Carolina
using Mic Check technique
Statement From Sasha Grey
The right of citizens to videotape police
Actions against citizen videographers go against not just the Constitution but good public policy. Without a videotape, Rodney King would have been just another guy with a prior record claiming abuse.
AMC Pick Up Sci-Fi Drama "Thunderstruck", Charlize Theron to Star
Making Sex Workers Visible in the Village Voice Media Ad Controversy
Teenager Wins Iowa Mayoral Race
Jay-Z Tries to Profit Off Occupy Wall Street
Right-Wing Propagandists Blame #OccupyDC Activists for Violence Against... #OccupyDC Activists
Oakland laying groundwork for Occupy eviction (again)
At Occupy Camps, Veterans Bring the Wars Home
Five Reasons Why Veterans Are Part Of The 99 Percent
Religious Right Trying to Pray Away Occupy Wall Street
Tent Cities: they're common, they can work and they are justified
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Basic Human Needs.
German Government to Subsidize stay-at-home Moms
When Rebecca Coriam vanished from the Disney Wonder in March, hers became one of the 171 mysterious cruise ship disappearances in the past decade. So what happened? Jon Ronson booked himself a cabin to find out
11 Child Prodigies and the Amazing Things They’d Done by Age 11
11 Things You Can Take on a Plane
11 Natural Disasters That Led to Wars
11 Wars That Led to Natural Disasters
11 Public Art Projects You Might Have Missed
11 NaNoWriMo Books That Have Been Published
The once and future veteran
11 Scientists Who Experimented on Themselves
Inside Fukushima: 8 months after disaster, foreign journalists get first look at crippled nuclear plant
Occupy St. Louis Evicted & Raided by Police
Gay and lesbian veterans and active-duty troops across the nation held special observances Friday, the first Veterans Day since the lifting of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Other voices: Evangelicals outside the right wing
US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot point-blank in the head during a January meeting with voters, has spoken out in her first interview since the attack, discussing her remarkable recovery.
100,000 Atlas Shrugged DVDs Mistakenly Promote Self-Sacrifice -- Whoops!
Arizona Hero Daniel Hernandez Jr. Wins School Board Seat Near Tucson -- I posted a brief article Friday, but this explains more about why he's totally awesome.
Philip Davis pleasures his brain with shifting Shakespearean syntax, measures the results on an electroencephalogram, and finds evidence that powerful writing can literally change the ways in which we think ...
Watch the largest polar bear gathering in the world live via HD webcam
Occupy Harvard GA Hears from Egyptian Activists, Ahmed Maher and Esraa
Looking for a sweet, soothing tale to waft you toward dreamland? Look somewhere else. The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 1800s serve up life as generations of central Europeans knew it—capricious and often cruel. The two brothers, patriots determined to preserve Germanic folktales, were only accidental entertainers.
How old is the Earth's core? Maybe older than you thought
Amazingly Detailed Doodles
Scotland Yard arrest EDL members over alleged plot to attack Occupy London
Occupy Salt Lake City must be closed, mayor says, after dead guy found in tent
The Penn State Scandal: Connect the Dots Between Child Abuse and The Sexual Assault of Women on Campus
Eating fish can reduce the risk of diabetes
Elderly emergency patients less likely to receive pain medication than middle-aged patients
Lutetia: A rare survivor from the birth of the Earth
Patients who are dependent on opioids (narcotic pain relievers) for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty recovering, a study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) has found. These patients tend to have longer hospital stays, more post-surgical pain, a higher rate of complications, and are more likely to need additional procedures, than patients who are not opioid-dependent.
Web users can now take a step-by-step virtual tour of one of Detroit's biggest attractions, along with sweeping images of the giraffe and gorilla habitats.
It's made possible by Google Street View, long a source of wonder for the casual Web user at maps.google.com.
Probiotics show potential in certain health conditions
Stronger flu shots, more side effects
The methane habitable zone
A sinister bacterium implicated in Catholic miracles and "blood"-tainted polenta also kills coral, insects, and are even are up to no good in your contact lens case.
Sickle-Cell Anemia Mystery Is Solved
Researchers discover how carriers of the sickle-cell anaemia gene are protected from malaria.
The Science of Earworms, or Why You Can’t Get that Damn Song Out of Your Head
The much-buzzed-about short film ROSA has finally been released online. Take a look at the gorgeous post-apocalyptic future, where all that's left are beautiful cyborgs who bleed plants.
Oakland Police ask Occupy Oakland to "please: leave peacefully and immediately"
Human Rights Watch reports "Crimes against humanity" in Syria
Documentary about collectors: Finders Keepers: The Heart of Collecting
Sequencing the 99% of Ancient Rome
Spotted: Occupy the Highway
Slideshow: science tattoos from Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
Hooking fish, not endangered turtles
Novel tuna-fishing gear may avoid unintended avian and turtle casualties
Friday Cephalopod: Kobayashi Maru
Live Blog for the #Occupy Movement: Day 55, Occupations Struggle with Shooting & Veteran Suicide
Scott Olsen, Marine vet injured by police at Occupy Oakland, is released from hospital
Tom's Kitchen: A Sardine Dish to Convert the Unsaved
Blog: At Occupy protests, U.S. journalists arrested, assaulted
Eviction notices served on Occupy Oakland campers, who then destroy every last one of them
Killer solar flares are physically impossible, says NASA
Now this is how to stand up for your beloved. (Not to mention how to handle a snooty review.)
Image-of-the-Week: Island Birth
10 Top Reasons to Hire Veterans
NYT writer who investigated secret FBI probes loses fight to unseal information in FBI's secret probe against him
Why does sugar shoot sparks?
Video: How to Turn Two iPads Into a Gory, Gaping Hole in Your Torso
Safecast draws on power of the crowd to map Japan's radiation
Conservatives Plot to Burn, Shred, and Sabotage Scott Walker Recall Effort
The tiny genetic tweak that gives mice super strength
Cooked food gives us more energy than raw
FDA Responds to ProPublica Story on X-Ray Body Scanners
Here’s why doctors always whack you in the knee — no, it’s not what you think.
The Most Unintentionally Terrifying Movies of All Time
The growing evidence for octopus intelligence
Hydrovolcanism: When Magma and Water Mix
How Occupy Became This Century’s Free Speech Movement
For those wondering what might become of the Occupy movement over time, it might be useful to consider the path of UK Uncut, an activist group in Britain that recently enjoyed its first birthday. And it’s still going strong: On Wednesday, UK Uncut activists infiltrated a business conference in suits and harangued the government’s top tax official during his scheduled speech.
This video shows the favored result of an encounter between an octopus and a moray eel. There are other videos out there that show a different result; you can find those yourself. We are cephalopod people here.
Bruce Campbell Makes a Reasonable Argument for an Ash-Less Evil Dead Remake
Ten (Pseudo) Scientific Theories About the Mona Lisa’s Smile
Collie in the coalmine: What's the fallout for pets abandoned in Japan's Fukushima hot zone?
These things should be simple: (Scalzi on Penn State)
Running a Deconstruction, or Devoting Your Life To Complaining About Things You Don't Like
Pamela Clare, romance, state law, and women’s rights – Pamela Clare is a romance novelist who, after hearing of the shackling of women inmates while giving birth, did her own investigating and then wrote a bill banning it that was passed in Colorado.
CodeNow Teaching Inner-City Teens How to Code and Program
The Reverend Dr. Janet Edwards’ piece in HuffPo today on standing with the OWS protesters as a member of the 1%, and the ridiculous attack on Elizabeth Warren as some kind of hypocrite for being a one-percenter who stands up for the poor and middle class, are useful reminders that the 1% is anything but a monolithic group. Some of them are truly decent human beings who believe in justice and fairness, and they are more than welcome to stand with the rest of us.
Missing Limbs, More Suicides, No Jobs: 9 Battles for Today’s Vets
The Local Food Economy in 2 Charts
Oddballz Circus (kids' app)
Using toys to teach maker basics
Scientists track the evolution of an epidemic to show how bacteria adapt
Police Clear Out Occupy Denver
The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is about to make a breakthrough in transgender rights that puts it ahead of many Western countries.
Musician performs for world leaders wearing “Occupy With Aloha” t-shirt [VID]
More: An amazing triumph…! APEC dinner gala in Hawaii last night gets “occupied”
Improved memory efficiency seen after aerobic exercise in fibromyalgia patients
Exceptional memory linked to bulked-up parts of brain
People who can recall life’s events in detail have enlarged region linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Gaze upon the spokes of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
OccupyLondon members evicted from St Paul's memorial services
From a Cascadian Voice Within the Occupation of Portland
R2-D2 is scared he has whooping cough
Transgender Rights Support Crosses Religious, Political Lines -- Wow! Awesome news!
Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci sing about the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Bullying is Making the Obesity Epidemic Worse
Clean Energy Has Highest Documented Rate of Return of Any Federal Program, But the WashPost Cluelessly Smears the Effort
Despite Industry Ties, DOE Fracking Panel Warns of “A Real Risk of Serious Environmental Consequences” Absent Regulation
Sexing the Trans Man: Buck Angel Documentary Explores Transitioning and Its Effects on Sexuality
Stop Fisting Censorship
BuckAngel: Introducing a New Genital Piercing for FTMs - From Master Piercer and author of The Piercing Bible Elayne Angel
International Fisting Day (it was last month, but I've been meaning to get back to the links for it) - site NSFW
For White Girls, a Bigger Penalty for Being Obese
Being Fat at the Holidays
Where Do Babies Come From? -- Oh, yay! In a conversation with Mom, finally figured out one of the sex ed books I recall fondly from my early childhood. This was a beautiful one.
Breast Cancer and Polyamory: A Story of Non-monogamy, Love and Commitment ... - site NSFW
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