Life and linketies

Finally got home around 9am this morning. That weather has hit -- lots of wind and rain, and between that and the all-nighter, I was definitely feeling it. Lots of sleep and meds later, though, I'm doing pretty well, hanging out with the housemates and watching the last of the Colin Baker era Doctor Who. Ringo's apparently been dusting the house in his explorations; he's turned his whole white belly gray. Also, his tail has been viciously taunting him. We spent a while today watching the battle between him and it, rather precariously taking place on top of a six-foot tall bookshelf.

On “The Assassination of Dr. Tiller” -- the commentary on the use of the word "they" is spot-on. I distinctly remember that in my language when I was calling to break the news to others in the escorting community.

Graphic ads air on Washington stations

Basically, bomb cyclogenesis is the formation of an over-land cyclone ("cyclogenesis") in a dramatically short period of time ("kablooey"). The phenomenon might be involved in the formation of Atlantic Nor'easters, and was the force behind some of the biggest blizzards of the mid-20th century. In fact, Minnesota Public Radio's Updraft blog is going so far as to call this incoming weather system a "land hurricane" ("telegram"). The Eastern side of Lake Superior is expecting 25-foot waves this afternoon. Should be exciting. And we've all learned a new word.

Firesheep In Wolves’ Clothing: Extension Lets You Hack Into Twitter, Facebook Accounts Easily

A backlash in response to anti-gay comments made during a televised debate on same-sex marriage has seen more than 22,000 members of the national Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland leave the church in just one week.

Tanzania & Burundi try to stop trade in albino body parts

GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant, has agreed to pay $750 million to settle criminal and civil complaints that the company for years knowingly sold contaminated baby ointment and an ineffective antidepressant — the latest in a growing number of whistle-blower lawsuits that drug makers have settled with multimillion-dollar fines.

This is nerd porn of the purest uncut variety: A live webcam stream of the Mars rover "Curiosity" being built in a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Awesome maps of the Marvel Universe's mythological lands

Water plus graphene will soon equal computers

Feministing Links

In Iowa, homophobia on wheels

French gourd may be filled with blood of king Louis XVI

Pulling for Cincinnati's Rare Rhino Calf

Hanging Around with a Baby Orangutan

Spectacular unknown species found in Amazon

Looking for Nude Skeptics? -- Hee! *WANT*

Skepchick Quickies 10.26

Contraceptive gel could offer alternative to pill

Blood group can affect fertility, study reveals

GOP Candidate Ken Buck: 'I Disagree Strongly With The Concept Of Separation Of Church And State'

3 strikes against curvy women

Envisioning consumer packaging for pot

When you peel off a strip of Scotch tape, you're holding a tiny particle accelerator. Think of this during the upcoming holiday season. As you wrap present after present, you're simultaneously creating an electric field powerful enough to accelerate any free electrons hovering around.

Remarkable unicycle riding (video)

Hello, my darlings: faux-brainy ladymag Marie Claire has shared with us a fresh horror, repellent even by the abysmal standards of ladymags. See, a lady named Maura Kelly blogs for Marie Claire, and she wants us all to know that she thinks fat people in love are ICKYYYYYY.

Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski fights back as a write-in candidate

'Negligent' nurse filmed turning off patient's life support

London school claims to have eradicated anti-gay bullying

Ruling strikes down part of Arizona Voter ID law

Audit shows records at National Archives at risk

Study: Half of teens admit bullying in last year

Cleveland Clinic's decision to close Huron Hospital's trauma unit needs some explaining

Movement of Life: Tai Chi practice benefits mind and body

Vast Stretches Of Oil Still Contaminate the Gulf

Dr. William Harrison, Defender of Abortion Rights, Dies at 75

an extra in the "chinese professor" ad speaks out

Experimentation, orgasms, and the rise of anal sex.
So why did the inclusion of anal sex bump the orgasm figure up to 94 percent? It didn't. The causality runs the other way. Women who were getting what they wanted were more likely to indulge their partners' wishes. -- I really disapprove of how this implies that the only reason women would acquiesce to anal is for their partner's pleasure. It's damned inaccurate.
Ah. Looks like the author's misapprehensions were quickly corrected

Paul Attackers Identified, One Was Campaign Coordinator

Seeing-Eye Donkey

New Ad Claims: No Health Insurance, You'll Get Jail Time

The symposium on “Fractures, Alliances and Mobilizations in the Age of Obama: Emerging Analyses of the ‘Tea Party Movement’” was sponsored by the Center for the Comparative Study of Right-wing Movements at the University of California at Berkeley.

Misleading Claims on 'Green' Labeling

British Airways chairman: "stop kowtowing to US aviation security demands"

Ambitious and improbable gears: video

Used book domino run

South Korea's US-led copyright policy leads to 65,000 acts of extrajudicial censorship/disconnection/threats by govt bureaucrats

Tea Party Nation Says Keith Ellison Should Be Voted Out Because He’s Muslim

The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide inhibits human breast cancer cell proliferation

Obama Beats Clinton for Most Gay Appointees

New York Nannies Prepare for Historic Job Protections