Linketies and life, lots of Egypt coverage

Really exhausted, not too many linketies tonight. Tomorrow's going to be a long day; 12 hour shift to provide some extra coverage while part of the office is out at an organizational meeting. No ride in, and likely no carpool home, so that'll be a 15 hour day, all told. Ouch. On the positive side, I has pastries from Farkas to take in with me. Best Lemon Bars Ever.

Frustratingly, I seem to have gotten distracted from the news right when all kinds of exciting stuff is happening in Egypt. Just catching up on the very confusing news now.

Egypt braces for massive protest
Throngs of pro-democracy protesters, whose hopes to oust Mubarak were dashed, are expected to march on streets en masse. -- the most recent news I've found so far.

Mubarak stays, Egypt erupts in rage
Egyptian leader disappointed and enraged pro-democracy protesters when he did not announce he would quit as they hoped.

Egyptian army 'torturing' prisoners
Human rights groups allege that pro-democracy protesters have been detained or tortured in an "organised campaign".

Scenes from Tahrir Square:
Mubarak's Non-Resignation -- includes a live twitter feed from Egypt

Obama Sharply Criticizes Egyptian Govt’s Move

EXCLUSIVE: US Chamber’s Lobbyists Solicited Hackers To Sabotage Unions, Smear Chamber’s Political Opponents

News in Brief: HuffPost Bloggers Threaten Boycott Over AOL Merger

Hungry Gazans Feed Egyptian Troops

House Republicans Battle Turmoil in Their Ranks

Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal: An Opening Statement for the Defense of Private Manning

Egyptian Protestors Furious As Mubarak Refuses to Step Down, After Reports He Planned to Give Up Power

Report: Wal-Mart actually kills jobs, creates taxpayer burdens

Malcolm X Trove Hidden During Feud

Horrible: White House to Cut Energy Assistance for Poor People

What not to bring to Tahrir square: NYT photog on his Egypt gear kit

Egypt: Mubarak's exit appears imminent; will Army rule follow? -- Linked mostly for the awesome pic.

Striking Egyptian Workers Fuel the Uprising After 10 Years of Labor Organizing

Proposed Mississippi License Plate Would Honor KKK Leader

In Kentucky, Over 80 Percent Oppose Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians

Mubarak resigns!!!

On the train, posting from my bberry, so no links yet, but I just saw the news, and I need some expression of joy that doesn't involve trying to hug one of the random commuters here.

Racing brain project list

*chuckle* Funny how fast my mood shifts when it finally does; this is feeling like a sudden bounce to hypomania. The hypomanias are usually shorter than the depressions (and I tend to move into those in a slow slide, instead), but it varies a good bit. One notable change is that I'm really enjoying music again; I've spent a good deal of time dancing at bus-stops between yesterday and today. Unfortunately I'm having a bit of the body/brain mismatch; still really physically exhausted and moderately achy despite the racing brain.

Anyway, when I wasn't trying to keep myself from bouncing and crying on the train about the Egypt news (links on that coming soon), I was sending myself email after email with things to put on my "to do" list. Putting it all here mostly for my own reference:

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Random thoughts on blackberries and books...

Many folks get extremely irritated by the number of people who walk and text, or otherwise have their focus on their cell phone or handheld. I generally don't, mostly because I've been engaged in that kind of behavior for years longer than we've had those sorts of devices, and don't think I've got a bit of room to talk.

I read and walk. Constantly. It's one of the things I'm known for, even by people who otherwise don't even know my name. I've done it since childhood, even through crowded high school hallways between classes. It's elicited a lot of comment over the years, but it's mostly been positive or astonished; even if I'm reading complete trash, I get designated as some kind of brainiac for doing so, and people are baffled that I'm able to do both at once without running into things. I suspect fewer are surprised these days, given that so many folks have learned that peripheral vision is their friend. And no one reacts that way when whatever I'm reading is on my crackberry and not in paper form. It's sort of weird and interesting. Anyway, just wanted to note that.

Some more mood ponderings

I had some followup thoughts on what I was saying the other day about mood cycles (much of this applies also to handling the fibro flares, although I probably won't focus as much on that at the moment).

First of all, it seems useful to clarify some very distinct forms of coping strategies. There are those that are primarily about riding out different mood states with a minimum of misery or life damage, and there are those that are about trying to influence the mood states themselves. In both cases there are mental and practical elements. I use varying combinations with fluxuating levels of success.
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And after all that rambling, a belated start to the Linketies (Egypt Edition)

A memorial to all the folks who died during the Egypt protests.

U.S. responds to #Egypt’s #jan24 revolution

Mubarak Resigns, Setting Off Wild Celebrations in Egypt

Egypt celebrates as Mubarak resigns -- Al Jazeera English, with lots of links to other stories and video.

The Next Step for Egypt’s Opposition
By MOHAMED ELBARADEI

Egypt's historic moment spurs new hope in Arab world

An Egyptian Voice of Democracy Says, Tell Old Pharaoh, Go

A Who’s Who of Egypt’s High Command

Switzerland Freezes Assets Tied to Mubarak

ElBaradei Sees a Transitional Government for a Year

NBC's Richard Engel has been covering the reaction of protesters in Tahrir Square, where he was swamped by the joyful crowd.

A Muslim holding the Koran and a Coptic Christian holding a cross are carried through opposition supporters in Tahrir Square in Cairo

24 hours in Cairo -- all pics, powerful stuff.

VIDEO: Obama's Speech On Egypt

The White House says Iran's government is showing it is scared of the will of its people by cracking down on opposition leaders and blocking international media outlets in the wake of Egypt's uprising.

Hosni Mubarak resigns: Egyptian political reaction

Neighbors Rattled by Egypt Shift

Fall of Mubarak Shakes Middle East

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

-- a great bit Rachel did last night on other popular uprisings and their fundamental uncertainty.

UPDATED: Mubarak Resigns, Egypt Explodes with Joy
Watch Al Jazeera, streaming live from Cairo, here.

Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story

Why the US Fears Arab Democracy

Egypt: TGIF

viva free #egypt!

@monaeltahawy reacting to Mubarak news

If you're not watching the Al Jazeera feed right now, you should be if you can.

Many of their correspondents are crying, talking about being born the week Mubarak came into power. There was just an interview with one women who was sobbing and she said, "This is everything I've ever cared about. As a woman. About Palestine. Now anything is possible."

the mote in the rightwingnut’s eye…

Egypt: Media Revels In The Moment

Reading the Pictures: Day 18: The Fall of Mubarak -- Exclusive Photos From Cairo

Mubarak Steps Down In Egypt: The Front Pages (PHOTOS)

Victory for Egypt's Leaderless Revolution

Revolutionary Logistics
Where do the thousands of people gathered in Tahrir Square go to the bathroom?

Egypt Activist Wael Ghonim Tells CNN, Couric: 'You Are Part Of The Revolution' (VIDEO)

Egypt's Facebook Revolution: Wael Ghonim Thanks The Social Network -- it's an over-simplification, given the long history of Egyptian protest, but it's exciting times right now, and there's plenty of thanks and appreciation to go around, I think.

Rooting for Egypt

NBC's Richard Engel: Star Out of Cairo

View from Tahrir Square -- Freidman's not normally a favorite of mine, but he nails it here.

LIVE POST: Egyptian Protests Discussion Part 10.

~BYE MUBARAK PARTY POST~/Egypt Protests Discussion Part 11

World Leaders' Reactions To Egypt President Mubarak's Resignation (PHOTOS)

OK, anything else I'll add to the regular linketies when they come out. Suffice to say, there's a lot of extra joy in the world today.

General Linketies (lots of light-hearted stuff near the end, because I got tired)

Leslie Feinberg: While a hostile relative re-writes my life: ‘Who is, and is not, my family’

Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Ten

Mideast (and more) roundup -- wondering what's up in the rest of the region? Some quick 'heads up' info here.

YouTube showcasing "citizen videos" of Egypt on day of Mubarak's ouster

Missouri Welfare Drug-Testing Bill Moves to Senate

Endangered Spots arrive at Woodland Park Zoo!

Breast-Feeding Supplies Win Tax Breaks From I.R.S.

This week Frederick County Commissioners voted to cut off county funding for Head Start programs, and during the discussion two of the commissioners seemed to say if mothers would stay at home instead of working, they wouldn't need the programs.

Backward, Christian Soldiers

WikiLeaks Springs a Leak
Related: Wikileaks threatens action against ex-colleague of Assange

UA Experts Determine Age of Book 'Nobody Can Read'

The Controversial Huffington Post-AOL Merger: 7 Questions That Matter

Is Glenn Beck Sinking? -- Good maude, I hope so. It'd be nice to have to spend less time undoing his misinformation.

"They’re a propaganda outfit but they call themselves news," says a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch.

The Wall of the Dead: A Memorial to Fallen Naturalists

Guantanamo Detainees Protest Their Condition but Pentagon Claims That They're Just Big Sports Fans

Damning New Report Shows U.S. Strategy Is Blocking Chance for Peace in Afghanistan

How The Huffington Post Works (In Case You Were Wondering)

City of Cleveland mulls closing two recreation centers

Assorted links and commentary from browneyedgirl65

Former Bush-Cheney National Spokesman Thinks Muslims Are Incapable Of Democracy: ‘This Is The Middle East’

North Dakota House passes bill criminalizing killing unborn from conception -- clarification; many of these kinds of laws are impotent at the moment, but designed to go into effect immediately upon any successful challenge to Roe v Wade (or Griswold v Connecticut, more accurately)

Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is throwing the book at dozens of people arrested during recent political demonstrations — a major shift in city policy that has him pressing for jail time in types of cases that previous prosecutors had treated as infractions. -- Really seems to be going after DREAM activists. Asshole.

#egypt celebrating

How to make a male squid go totally bonkers

Sex questions answered: 1959

Anti-crime DNA sprays in a reader's neighborhood -- Not in any way shape or form DNA spray (although each batch is unique), but an interesting idea.

Penicillium up close

Incredible journey: Can we reach the stars without breaking the bank?

World of Wonders 2011:
Curious and exotic places.

Dr. Dre vs. Larry Harvey in Thunderdome: 2011 -- *chuckle*

Mini Antelope is Back by Popular Demand!

World Book Night branded 'misguided and misjudged'

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker says he wants to end the ability of state employee unions to negotiate anything but their salaries. -- Our lovely new governor is working on pulling the same crap in Ohio, too.

X-Men On The Brain
Related: X-Men family tree breaks down mutant mating habits with surprising clarity -- *snerk*

Awesome discovery of the week: Glass melts when it gets too cold
Related: Windows and Glass Home Page -- I can't believe I just now learned about the windowpane myth; I'd believed it for years.

Old Book Illustrations

10 Scariest Futuristic Architecture Projects

Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Alien Puppets in James Cameron’s The Abyss

Scientists use gene therapy to control fighting and sex

Why some animals can never be domesticated

A master of science fiction movie gadgets moves over to the real world

Klingons and Daleks! Amazing "Star Trek vs. Doctor Who" Art Piece

No, a pole shift won’t cause global superstorms

Something I didn't know about Venus

Artist uses NASA technology to capture the cosmic beauty of flowers in extreme detail

Raven poop reveals the high stress of juvenile gang life and the joys of adult relationships

Repeated cocaine exposure induces persistent alterations in genome-wide transcriptional regulatory networks, chromatin remodeling activity and, ultimately, gene expression profiles in the brain's reward circuitry.

Original audition video proves Doctor Who’s 1996 comeback could have been way worse

Could kissing ease your allergies?

The Strange Disappearance of the North American Nebula

Scientists discover weird material that expands when poked

Ten Things Bacteria Can Do That You Can’t

The psychological malady that launched a thousand stories