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Sep. 28th, 2010 11:29 pm40 degree temperature drops and fibro do not play nicely together. Ow.
Texans: cat in need of a home
Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Related: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
Related: American atheists and agnostics know more about religion than professed believers
In the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression, in which the only things that seem poised for growth are budget cuts, layoffs, and achievement gaps, who could have imagined that the most controversial issue to hit our school district would be the acceptance of free funding and books to expand a Chinese language class?
This is a news website article about a scientific paper -- Ha! Frighteningly true.
Discussions About Muslim Women Should Include Them
LA teacher suicide sparks test-score pushback
Recession rips at US marriages, expands income gap
Birth control breakthroughs on the horizon
Links from AJollyPyruvate
Cool Tools and Boing Boing team up
FactChecking ‘The Pledge’
Republicans' 'Pledge to America' falls short on some of its facts.
Rahm Emanuel Likely to Leave the White House this Week
Vatican Bank Probe Threatens New Scandal for Beleaguered Pope
Cuyahoga County's corruption scandal affects our collective psyche
Men are changing, and that's a plus: Connie Schultz
Canada: 'Emancipation day' for sex-trade workers
Anti-Choice Blogger Cruelly Mocks Women's Experiences
Thanks to Medication Abortion, An Increasing Share of Abortions Take Place By or Before Nine Weeks
My Morning As a Clinic Escort
The United States of Inequality
Trying to understand income inequality, the most profound change in American society in your lifetime.
Little Sand Cat Kittens Start to Explore
Hares Can Get Pregnant while Pregnant
Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' could draw tens of thousands
NASA scientists say they may have discovered a new force of nature, after research showed two of their deep space probes were being inexplicably pulled off course.
"Fetal Age" Filing to Begin In Nebraska
Men allege sexual coercion by prominent Atlanta pastor
Bank of America forecloses on a man who has no mortgage
Welcome to the 40 Days for Choice website!
This site will help connect you with clinics and areas that will see an increase in harassment efforts from Sept. 22nd to Oct. 31st.
Mammograms’ Value in Cancer Fight at Issue
The insect highways in the sky
Bedbug Outbreak: Grim Summit on How to Fight Infestation
North Dakota lake swallows land and buildings
Are You a Mosquito Magnet? -- a topic that always interests me, because I am a magnet par excellence. *itchitch*
The Other City: The Reality of HIV Among Our Most Vulnerable Populations
My Little Pony Anatomical Sculpture by Jason Freeny
FDA: Motrin maker played us over recall
Top economic adviser to leave White House
Education Dept. grants $442M for teacher merit pay
Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?
The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks.
[Photos] Bisexuals in same-sex love: Yes they exist; no they’re not enigmas
Celebrating Bisexuality: Our Thoughts
Crazy Ibex defying gravity.
Skepchick Quickies, 9.27
Links from RM
Including one that upsets me so much it's worth a separate link: Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
Links from Shadesong
Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail
Retraction Watch: A place to see science in action
Handy Google tool for determining when countries block access to Google
Touring the Large Hadron Collider
Bart Nagel's a/symmetry photos
It's finally summertime, on Titan
Where Wookies come from
Iran sentences blogger to 19 years in prison
Feministing: What We Missed
UN Report: American Citizen Executed By Israelis During Mavi Marmara Raid
Stuxnet, a virus affecting Iran's nuclear facilities, appears to be a case of sabotage. If the United States is behind it, then Obama is already at war with Iran.
How 19th Century Prostitutes Were Among the Freest, Wealthiest, Most Educated Women of Their Time
Right-Wing Religious United Front Against Women, Gays and Freedom From Religion
What's not to love about baby seahorses?
US faces growing problems in regulating fortune tellers
Why won’t Nature/Nurture just die already?
Stockholm hotel slammed for sex toys (initial image is of a collection of toys, may not be SFW)
Man freed in landmark S&M case
More excellent links from RM
UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens
The Empowerment Mystique
The Dancing Auroras of Saturn
Equinox and the Iron Sun
Aurora Over Norway
The WCS's New York Aquarium has just released a new video of everybody's favorite feisty pup - Tazo the orphan Sea Otter!
San Fran's Francois' Langur Babies say, "Hi!"
New OK Go Video
Texans: cat in need of a home
Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Related: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
Related: American atheists and agnostics know more about religion than professed believers
In the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression, in which the only things that seem poised for growth are budget cuts, layoffs, and achievement gaps, who could have imagined that the most controversial issue to hit our school district would be the acceptance of free funding and books to expand a Chinese language class?
This is a news website article about a scientific paper -- Ha! Frighteningly true.
Discussions About Muslim Women Should Include Them
LA teacher suicide sparks test-score pushback
Recession rips at US marriages, expands income gap
Birth control breakthroughs on the horizon
Links from AJollyPyruvate
Cool Tools and Boing Boing team up
FactChecking ‘The Pledge’
Republicans' 'Pledge to America' falls short on some of its facts.
Rahm Emanuel Likely to Leave the White House this Week
Vatican Bank Probe Threatens New Scandal for Beleaguered Pope
Cuyahoga County's corruption scandal affects our collective psyche
Men are changing, and that's a plus: Connie Schultz
Canada: 'Emancipation day' for sex-trade workers
Anti-Choice Blogger Cruelly Mocks Women's Experiences
Thanks to Medication Abortion, An Increasing Share of Abortions Take Place By or Before Nine Weeks
My Morning As a Clinic Escort
The United States of Inequality
Trying to understand income inequality, the most profound change in American society in your lifetime.
Little Sand Cat Kittens Start to Explore
Hares Can Get Pregnant while Pregnant
Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' could draw tens of thousands
NASA scientists say they may have discovered a new force of nature, after research showed two of their deep space probes were being inexplicably pulled off course.
"Fetal Age" Filing to Begin In Nebraska
Men allege sexual coercion by prominent Atlanta pastor
Bank of America forecloses on a man who has no mortgage
Welcome to the 40 Days for Choice website!
This site will help connect you with clinics and areas that will see an increase in harassment efforts from Sept. 22nd to Oct. 31st.
Mammograms’ Value in Cancer Fight at Issue
The insect highways in the sky
Bedbug Outbreak: Grim Summit on How to Fight Infestation
North Dakota lake swallows land and buildings
Are You a Mosquito Magnet? -- a topic that always interests me, because I am a magnet par excellence. *itchitch*
The Other City: The Reality of HIV Among Our Most Vulnerable Populations
My Little Pony Anatomical Sculpture by Jason Freeny
FDA: Motrin maker played us over recall
Top economic adviser to leave White House
Education Dept. grants $442M for teacher merit pay
Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?
The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks.
[Photos] Bisexuals in same-sex love: Yes they exist; no they’re not enigmas
Celebrating Bisexuality: Our Thoughts
Crazy Ibex defying gravity.
Skepchick Quickies, 9.27
Links from RM
Including one that upsets me so much it's worth a separate link: Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
Links from Shadesong
Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tidal Tail
Retraction Watch: A place to see science in action
Handy Google tool for determining when countries block access to Google
Touring the Large Hadron Collider
Bart Nagel's a/symmetry photos
It's finally summertime, on Titan
Where Wookies come from
Iran sentences blogger to 19 years in prison
Feministing: What We Missed
UN Report: American Citizen Executed By Israelis During Mavi Marmara Raid
Stuxnet, a virus affecting Iran's nuclear facilities, appears to be a case of sabotage. If the United States is behind it, then Obama is already at war with Iran.
How 19th Century Prostitutes Were Among the Freest, Wealthiest, Most Educated Women of Their Time
Right-Wing Religious United Front Against Women, Gays and Freedom From Religion
What's not to love about baby seahorses?
US faces growing problems in regulating fortune tellers
Why won’t Nature/Nurture just die already?
Stockholm hotel slammed for sex toys (initial image is of a collection of toys, may not be SFW)
Man freed in landmark S&M case
More excellent links from RM
UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens
The Empowerment Mystique
The Dancing Auroras of Saturn
Equinox and the Iron Sun
Aurora Over Norway
The WCS's New York Aquarium has just released a new video of everybody's favorite feisty pup - Tazo the orphan Sea Otter!
San Fran's Francois' Langur Babies say, "Hi!"
New OK Go Video