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moominmuppetI've cleaned out my Giant Bag O' Crap, I've sorted my desk, I've organized my junk food drawer. Time for Linketies.
Going to post a few shorter posts today, in case you're desperately in need of distraction RIGHT NOW from family holiday weirdness.
Cute Zoo Critters Opening Presents
My top 12 longreads of 2011 (sciencey goodness)
The Christmas Jesus Song Brit TV Banned (Video)
6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies
IVAW Recognized on The Nation's 2011 Progressive Honor Roll
2011 in Review: The Year Secrecy Jumped the Shark
Fireball over Germany (re-entry of the Soyuz booster that brought Expedition 30 up to the International Space Station a few days ago.)
Drumming helps juvenile offenders learn healthy outlet for frustrations
Why You Should Watch Christmas with a Capital C (Seriously)
I don’t want to spoil the film for you, but let me just tell you that it was not, in fact, about an evil atheist outlawing Christmas. The Christian protagonist was not portrayed as being saintly and infallible. And most surprising of all, separation of church and state was fairly well explained and respected. -- Fascinating.
Justice Department Rejects South Carolina Voter ID Law
Meet The Mouth That Lives On The Ocean Floor (And In Your Nightmares)
‘The animals are coming,’ so drive up the price of Ron Paul’s investments in gold -- Yes, I do believe that support for Ron Paul is direct selling out of women (he's anti-choice as all fuck) and minorities.
Yes Virginia, Ron Paul is a Kook
Nurses No Longer Forced To Interact With Dirty Abortion Patients Unless They Are Dying
Comet Lovejoy
REEDSBURG, Wis. -- Dozens of Reedsburg area business and property owners said Monday they are facing foreclosure even though many have never missed a mortgage payment.
Paradoxical Frog
No. Nobody Found Mayan Ruins in Georgia.
7 Unsung Cartoon Holiday Specials To Watch Instead Of It’s A Wonderful Life For The 100th Time
6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes
The Inspiring, Nerdy Toys of A. C. Gilbert
Tres Gotas de Agua (Three Drops of Water) is a short series of interviews with three Latina women, each of whom has a child that identifies as gay. Mirna, Dolores and Susana speak about their children’s coming out processes, the hardships they’ve faced in taking a stand for gay rights, and acceptance of LGBT people in Latino communities. Throughout, the women display unconditional love at its purest.
Top MuckReads: Gang-Politician Alliances, Adoption Fraud and NATO’s Bungled Bombing
Occupy LA: “Let’s OK Property Damage!” *headdesk* No. Let's Not.
Walls of Wonder: Amazing Science Fiction and Fantasy-Themed Murals
New evidence that children start forming solid memories when they are 2 years old
What are the Great Pyramids really made of?
Before Science Fiction: Romances of Science and Scientific Romances
George Takei’s Greatest and Weirdest Moments
Bizarre "nodding syndrome" spreading across Uganda
A recent research paper that linked a retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome was fully retracted Thursday, following more than a year of growing doubts and incremental backpeddling by researchers and journals alike.
Herbal Remedies Unlikely To Terminate 24-Week Pregnancies
Related: WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — News of a 20-year-old woman who was arrested after telling police she drank an over-the-counter herbal tea to induce an abortion, then tossed her fetus in the garbage, shed light on a naturopathic "remedy" commonly known and relied upon across upper Manhattan. -- I personally don't find it all that unexpected that some herbal abortifacients may work even late in pregnancy for some women. However, it's _really_ important to note that this is often because they're highly toxic. Messing around willy-nilly, and assuming everything will be "fine" because it's "natural" is extremely dangerous. Please don't try to go this route without a huge amount of research and an overwhelming reason.
OmniGuide Woos Hospitals With Flexible Lasers That Make Surgeries Safer
Friday Cephalopod: Two legs…good. Eight legs…divine
Cosmocking: January '12! (her bit about what Cosmo has the potential to be and isn't is really spot-on for why I reserve such special loathing for it)
This Year’s Edition of Gender Stereotyped Gift Guides
Going to post a few shorter posts today, in case you're desperately in need of distraction RIGHT NOW from family holiday weirdness.
Cute Zoo Critters Opening Presents
My top 12 longreads of 2011 (sciencey goodness)
The Christmas Jesus Song Brit TV Banned (Video)
6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies
IVAW Recognized on The Nation's 2011 Progressive Honor Roll
2011 in Review: The Year Secrecy Jumped the Shark
Fireball over Germany (re-entry of the Soyuz booster that brought Expedition 30 up to the International Space Station a few days ago.)
Drumming helps juvenile offenders learn healthy outlet for frustrations
Why You Should Watch Christmas with a Capital C (Seriously)
I don’t want to spoil the film for you, but let me just tell you that it was not, in fact, about an evil atheist outlawing Christmas. The Christian protagonist was not portrayed as being saintly and infallible. And most surprising of all, separation of church and state was fairly well explained and respected. -- Fascinating.
Justice Department Rejects South Carolina Voter ID Law
Meet The Mouth That Lives On The Ocean Floor (And In Your Nightmares)
‘The animals are coming,’ so drive up the price of Ron Paul’s investments in gold -- Yes, I do believe that support for Ron Paul is direct selling out of women (he's anti-choice as all fuck) and minorities.
Yes Virginia, Ron Paul is a Kook
Nurses No Longer Forced To Interact With Dirty Abortion Patients Unless They Are Dying
Comet Lovejoy
REEDSBURG, Wis. -- Dozens of Reedsburg area business and property owners said Monday they are facing foreclosure even though many have never missed a mortgage payment.
Paradoxical Frog
No. Nobody Found Mayan Ruins in Georgia.
7 Unsung Cartoon Holiday Specials To Watch Instead Of It’s A Wonderful Life For The 100th Time
6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes
The Inspiring, Nerdy Toys of A. C. Gilbert
Tres Gotas de Agua (Three Drops of Water) is a short series of interviews with three Latina women, each of whom has a child that identifies as gay. Mirna, Dolores and Susana speak about their children’s coming out processes, the hardships they’ve faced in taking a stand for gay rights, and acceptance of LGBT people in Latino communities. Throughout, the women display unconditional love at its purest.
Top MuckReads: Gang-Politician Alliances, Adoption Fraud and NATO’s Bungled Bombing
Occupy LA: “Let’s OK Property Damage!” *headdesk* No. Let's Not.
Walls of Wonder: Amazing Science Fiction and Fantasy-Themed Murals
New evidence that children start forming solid memories when they are 2 years old
What are the Great Pyramids really made of?
Before Science Fiction: Romances of Science and Scientific Romances
George Takei’s Greatest and Weirdest Moments
Bizarre "nodding syndrome" spreading across Uganda
A recent research paper that linked a retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome was fully retracted Thursday, following more than a year of growing doubts and incremental backpeddling by researchers and journals alike.
Herbal Remedies Unlikely To Terminate 24-Week Pregnancies
Related: WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — News of a 20-year-old woman who was arrested after telling police she drank an over-the-counter herbal tea to induce an abortion, then tossed her fetus in the garbage, shed light on a naturopathic "remedy" commonly known and relied upon across upper Manhattan. -- I personally don't find it all that unexpected that some herbal abortifacients may work even late in pregnancy for some women. However, it's _really_ important to note that this is often because they're highly toxic. Messing around willy-nilly, and assuming everything will be "fine" because it's "natural" is extremely dangerous. Please don't try to go this route without a huge amount of research and an overwhelming reason.
OmniGuide Woos Hospitals With Flexible Lasers That Make Surgeries Safer
Friday Cephalopod: Two legs…good. Eight legs…divine
Cosmocking: January '12! (her bit about what Cosmo has the potential to be and isn't is really spot-on for why I reserve such special loathing for it)
This Year’s Edition of Gender Stereotyped Gift Guides
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Date: 2011-12-25 06:09 am (UTC)*grin* My pleasure!
What I find irritating about the herbal-abortifacients-in-Washington-Heights article is it's "oh, you know, THOSE people up THERE" sort of tone.
*nod* Very true, and definitely a problem in addressing the multitude of ways women in the US handle reproductive issues.
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Date: 2011-12-25 06:09 am (UTC)