Linketies the Fourth
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moominmuppetPortal Christmas Tree
A parade for our heroes -- Yes, please.
New DNA test will reveal if you’re part Neanderthal -- I would love this, honestly. It would make me so happy if I could confirm I was carrying on some of their genetic heritage.
Human Testing on Possible HIV Vaccine Starts in Jan.
Though it may appear to be just a game, Phylo is actually a framework for harnessing computing power to solve the problem of multiple sequence alignments. Citizen scientists play the game by arranging nucleotides. The goal of the game is to maximize the matches and minimize the mismatches between the DNA sequences on the digital game board.
Hip-hop and homophobic hate speech have long gone hand in hand—but now MCs from Fat Joe to The Game are changing their tune. Chris Lee on rap’s gay-friendly tipping point.
Books one doesn’t want to be seen reading
How the "Internet of Things" Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms
An index called the longevity quotient indicates whether a species has an average life span or is unusually long-lived or short-lived for an animal of its size. A score of 1 is average; higher numbers reflect unusual longevity
Your First (Sort Of) Glimpse At the New Red Dwarf Episodes
Ever Heard of Food Flagging Frogs?
A Travel Guide to Prehistoric Places in North America
Betty White Turning 90, Still Playing Pranks
Watch the first trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit now!
Not (Just) Another Queer Movie: The Racialicious Review Of Pariah
Scientific American Defends Marie Curie—and Women Scientists—in 1911
Go the Fuck to the Library -- *snerk* Fabulous!
Hormone therapy making comeback; Doctors say risks can be minimized
Lab Sabotage: Some Scientists Will Do Anything to Get Ahead
Dec 6th: Late Night: We LOVE LA! City Council Votes to End Corporate Personhood
Dec 6th: If you're a resident of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, or Minnesota, you're on notice. Starting this week, Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, who is currently challenging President Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, will begin airing graphic campaign ads featuring what purport to be aborted fetuses, during local news broadcasts.
As I reported last month, the ad buy is part of Terry's nationwide strategy to take advantage of an FCC loophole barring censorship of campaign ads. Although networks and their local affiliates have the authority—and a legal imperative, in some cases—to block "indecent" material from the airwaves, there's an exception when it comes to political spots, so long as they're within 45 days of a primary or caucus.
What if the US highway system consisted entirely of subways instead?
Dec 5th: UN Envoy Sharply Criticizes US Local Governments for Repressive Actions Against OWS Protesters
Without Autopsies, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes
Perceptions of Tall and Short Men
How Egypt’s Nude Revolutionary Delivered a Stick of Dynamite
Egyptian Women Rally Around “The Girl in the #BlueBra” (different story from the previous, basically unrelated)
Cigarette Additives Increase Toxicity, According to External Analysis
Thomas Jane Was Not a Hustler In Real Life
Medical marijuana could help patients reduce pain with opiates, study finds
Abortion Stigma
Egypt’s richest Library set on Fire Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.
Why do women menstruate? -- Huh. Really interesting theory, although I am curious about the number of species brought up in the comments that are hemochorial and don't menstruate.
Curating Safe(r) Spaces In Comments
Photos of disappointing items from old comic book ads
A parade for our heroes -- Yes, please.
New DNA test will reveal if you’re part Neanderthal -- I would love this, honestly. It would make me so happy if I could confirm I was carrying on some of their genetic heritage.
Human Testing on Possible HIV Vaccine Starts in Jan.
Though it may appear to be just a game, Phylo is actually a framework for harnessing computing power to solve the problem of multiple sequence alignments. Citizen scientists play the game by arranging nucleotides. The goal of the game is to maximize the matches and minimize the mismatches between the DNA sequences on the digital game board.
Hip-hop and homophobic hate speech have long gone hand in hand—but now MCs from Fat Joe to The Game are changing their tune. Chris Lee on rap’s gay-friendly tipping point.
Books one doesn’t want to be seen reading
How the "Internet of Things" Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms
An index called the longevity quotient indicates whether a species has an average life span or is unusually long-lived or short-lived for an animal of its size. A score of 1 is average; higher numbers reflect unusual longevity
Your First (Sort Of) Glimpse At the New Red Dwarf Episodes
Ever Heard of Food Flagging Frogs?
A Travel Guide to Prehistoric Places in North America
Betty White Turning 90, Still Playing Pranks
Watch the first trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit now!
Not (Just) Another Queer Movie: The Racialicious Review Of Pariah
Scientific American Defends Marie Curie—and Women Scientists—in 1911
Go the Fuck to the Library -- *snerk* Fabulous!
Hormone therapy making comeback; Doctors say risks can be minimized
Lab Sabotage: Some Scientists Will Do Anything to Get Ahead
Dec 6th: Late Night: We LOVE LA! City Council Votes to End Corporate Personhood
Dec 6th: If you're a resident of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, or Minnesota, you're on notice. Starting this week, Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, who is currently challenging President Obama in the Democratic presidential primary, will begin airing graphic campaign ads featuring what purport to be aborted fetuses, during local news broadcasts.
As I reported last month, the ad buy is part of Terry's nationwide strategy to take advantage of an FCC loophole barring censorship of campaign ads. Although networks and their local affiliates have the authority—and a legal imperative, in some cases—to block "indecent" material from the airwaves, there's an exception when it comes to political spots, so long as they're within 45 days of a primary or caucus.
What if the US highway system consisted entirely of subways instead?
Dec 5th: UN Envoy Sharply Criticizes US Local Governments for Repressive Actions Against OWS Protesters
Without Autopsies, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes
Perceptions of Tall and Short Men
How Egypt’s Nude Revolutionary Delivered a Stick of Dynamite
Egyptian Women Rally Around “The Girl in the #BlueBra” (different story from the previous, basically unrelated)
Cigarette Additives Increase Toxicity, According to External Analysis
Thomas Jane Was Not a Hustler In Real Life
Medical marijuana could help patients reduce pain with opiates, study finds
Abortion Stigma
Egypt’s richest Library set on Fire Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.
Why do women menstruate? -- Huh. Really interesting theory, although I am curious about the number of species brought up in the comments that are hemochorial and don't menstruate.
Curating Safe(r) Spaces In Comments
Photos of disappointing items from old comic book ads
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Date: 2011-12-25 02:16 pm (UTC)I want a constitutional ammendment to ban personhood for corporations, one of the few times that I want an actual ammendment to the consitution. The other two I want are for equal rights and for a national standard for a non-partisan voting district structure (because it's going to take this level of movement to restore our democratic rights). I wouldn't mind beefing up the 4th with a right to privacy, and increased rights in the face of government abuses through police and military.
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Date: 2011-12-25 08:43 pm (UTC)