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Horrifying Number: Three-Hundred Fifty-One Anti-Abortion Bills This Year So Far
The Horrors Perpetrated By Fake Christian Clinics
As an honorary tangential abortioneer, I don't directly provide abortion care but I do know that the abortion fund in Minnesota is nearly dry. I know that the abortion fund in South Dakota is, too. I've answered the phones at my local abortion fund hotline and I've heard the resignation in women's voices when the most we can pledge just isn't going to be quite enough. It is, as you can imagine, a horrible sound. -- On the annual Bowl-a-Thon coming up all over the country this month. Please consider getting involved.
2/3rds of US Corporations Pay Zero Federal Taxes: US Uncut Movement Builds to Make Them Pay Up
Cleveland Clinic doctor expands his work with Minority Men's Health Center, health fair
Why Do We Keep Falling For O'Keefe's Smear Jobs?
FDA Formula Probe Is Good News for Mothers, Babies
Advanced technology reveals activity of single neurons during seizures
Jonaya’s story: THE BEST BYSTANDER STORY OF ALL TIME.
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan
9 Bills That Would Put Creationism in the Classroom
Across the country, environmentalists are finding themselves in the awkward position of having to choose between clean energy and wildlife: In the Midwest, wind farms ensnare bats and migrating birds, and hydropower dams in the Northwest decimate salmon spawning grounds.
Interventional radiologists advance MS research: Vein-opening treatment safe
Dark statistics
The Big Rip -- Interesting discussion in the comments.
Hard SF and Soft, or Girls v. Boys
Abandoned Houses: One Block in Detroit
Ohio EPA may let cities recycle street trash
A series of horrible sexual assaults and gang rapes near New Delhi is, according to the New York Times, highlighting class tensions as India modernizes and gender norms begin to shift.
Rural Wyoming Has Worse Smog Than Los Angeles
Scotland Launches A First-Of-Its-Kind Approach To Recycling
Egyptian-American Blogger & American College Student Detained in Syria
Census data reveals new migration pattern as black families leave Cleveland
A former prosecutor who sent racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim will not face criminal charges over misconduct and sexual assault allegations levied by more than a dozen women, the Wisconsin Justice Department announced Monday.
Biden Team Apologizes For Using Storage Closet As Holding Room For Reporter
New Poll: The More Americans Know Possible GOP Candidates, The Less They Like Them
'Exile Nation' Documentary to Premiere -- Exposing the Drug War as a Trillion Dollar Social Catastrophe
Test Gains at Michelle Rhee’s Favorite School Possibly Fabricated
I just posted this to the My Abortion My Life facebook page (which I'm still working on and helping to maintain), but since it's a personal favorite, I'm also sharing it here:
One of my favorite songs that addresses abortion: Prodigal Daughter. Do you have a favorite song/poem/piece of art that addresses abortion? Have you written something yourself?
Public Funding of Family Planning is Essential, Even Under Health Reform
The GOP's Plan to Fund Anti-Abortion Activists
Just Who Is Paying to Defend Anti-Choice Laws in South Dakota?
OutServe Magazine Launched for Active-Duty Gay and Lesbian Troops
Anti-Abortion Billboard Features President Obama, Says ‘Every 21 Minutes, Our Next Possible Leader Is Aborted’
Antarctic lake hints at a world of virus-attacking viruses
Scientists Create World’s 1st Practical Artificial Leaf, 10X as Efficient as the Real Thing
The Science Blogosphere: Not What It Used To Be
Spider-boarding insect preserved in amber
Why I Want A Male Birth Control Pill
The Republican fluency with science -- Interesting, especially the further analysis of the results and the critique in the comments.
Serotonin and sexual preference: Is it really that simple?
Dracula in a Toybox: Guillermo del Toro's Cronos (a favorite of mine)
Even newborn chicks know Escher's staircases are impossible
Watch Jim Henson's pre-Muppet Show pilot for the Wizard of Id
Coming Soon: A Massive Wind Farm to Power Kenya
Stigma against overweight people is becoming a cultural norm around the world, even in places where larger bodies have traditionally been valued. That's according to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity to be published in the April issue of Current Anthropology.
Weight loss surgery can significantly improve migraines: study -- I would very much like to know whether they controlled for consumption of triggering foods. A surgery that makes it hard to eat is really likely to cut down on how often you eat foods that are likely to trigger a migraine. I'd also want to know whether these same effects are seen in people years after surgery, or if this is going to be another of those "benefits in the short-term that vanish" kind of things.
Ambulatory monitoring reveals many patients have 'white coat' hypertension -- I now find that I have this kind of reaction to the automated blood pressure cuffs they use all over our clinic, which often cause me substantial pain (and sometimes bruising).
Indications of Alzheimer's disease may be evident decades before first signs of cognitive impairment
Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
Through women's eyes: Conflicting fitness messages underscore women's fit body stereotypes
Cattle ranchers in southwestern Alberta have suspected it for a long time and now, GPS tracking equipment confirms it: wolf packs in the area are making cow meat a substantial part of their diets. -- Crap. This is bad news for wolf protection.
Russian boreal forests undergoing vegetation change, study shows
A study of thousands of people with bipolar disorder suggests that genetic risk factors may influence the decision to attempt suicide.
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to use Soladek vitamin solution because it may contain dangerously high levels of vitamins.
Dieting Kills Army Recruit
Folk remedies for colic do not work, review says
Adipositivity 471 (NSFW)
The danger of appealing stories: anecdata, expectations, and skepticism
Time-Lapse Auroras Over Norway
Why Is Michigan So Generous With Bottle Deposits? -- cans and bottles from my friends' lunches pretty much paid for gas money in high school. I really, really miss living in a state with a bottle deposit/refund.
Do You Anger Bookstore Employees?
The Horrors Perpetrated By Fake Christian Clinics
As an honorary tangential abortioneer, I don't directly provide abortion care but I do know that the abortion fund in Minnesota is nearly dry. I know that the abortion fund in South Dakota is, too. I've answered the phones at my local abortion fund hotline and I've heard the resignation in women's voices when the most we can pledge just isn't going to be quite enough. It is, as you can imagine, a horrible sound. -- On the annual Bowl-a-Thon coming up all over the country this month. Please consider getting involved.
2/3rds of US Corporations Pay Zero Federal Taxes: US Uncut Movement Builds to Make Them Pay Up
Cleveland Clinic doctor expands his work with Minority Men's Health Center, health fair
Why Do We Keep Falling For O'Keefe's Smear Jobs?
FDA Formula Probe Is Good News for Mothers, Babies
Advanced technology reveals activity of single neurons during seizures
Jonaya’s story: THE BEST BYSTANDER STORY OF ALL TIME.
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan
9 Bills That Would Put Creationism in the Classroom
Across the country, environmentalists are finding themselves in the awkward position of having to choose between clean energy and wildlife: In the Midwest, wind farms ensnare bats and migrating birds, and hydropower dams in the Northwest decimate salmon spawning grounds.
Interventional radiologists advance MS research: Vein-opening treatment safe
Dark statistics
The Big Rip -- Interesting discussion in the comments.
Hard SF and Soft, or Girls v. Boys
Abandoned Houses: One Block in Detroit
Ohio EPA may let cities recycle street trash
A series of horrible sexual assaults and gang rapes near New Delhi is, according to the New York Times, highlighting class tensions as India modernizes and gender norms begin to shift.
Rural Wyoming Has Worse Smog Than Los Angeles
Scotland Launches A First-Of-Its-Kind Approach To Recycling
Egyptian-American Blogger & American College Student Detained in Syria
Census data reveals new migration pattern as black families leave Cleveland
A former prosecutor who sent racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim will not face criminal charges over misconduct and sexual assault allegations levied by more than a dozen women, the Wisconsin Justice Department announced Monday.
Biden Team Apologizes For Using Storage Closet As Holding Room For Reporter
New Poll: The More Americans Know Possible GOP Candidates, The Less They Like Them
'Exile Nation' Documentary to Premiere -- Exposing the Drug War as a Trillion Dollar Social Catastrophe
Test Gains at Michelle Rhee’s Favorite School Possibly Fabricated
I just posted this to the My Abortion My Life facebook page (which I'm still working on and helping to maintain), but since it's a personal favorite, I'm also sharing it here:
One of my favorite songs that addresses abortion: Prodigal Daughter. Do you have a favorite song/poem/piece of art that addresses abortion? Have you written something yourself?
Public Funding of Family Planning is Essential, Even Under Health Reform
The GOP's Plan to Fund Anti-Abortion Activists
Just Who Is Paying to Defend Anti-Choice Laws in South Dakota?
OutServe Magazine Launched for Active-Duty Gay and Lesbian Troops
Anti-Abortion Billboard Features President Obama, Says ‘Every 21 Minutes, Our Next Possible Leader Is Aborted’
Antarctic lake hints at a world of virus-attacking viruses
Scientists Create World’s 1st Practical Artificial Leaf, 10X as Efficient as the Real Thing
The Science Blogosphere: Not What It Used To Be
Spider-boarding insect preserved in amber
Why I Want A Male Birth Control Pill
The Republican fluency with science -- Interesting, especially the further analysis of the results and the critique in the comments.
Serotonin and sexual preference: Is it really that simple?
Dracula in a Toybox: Guillermo del Toro's Cronos (a favorite of mine)
Even newborn chicks know Escher's staircases are impossible
Watch Jim Henson's pre-Muppet Show pilot for the Wizard of Id
Coming Soon: A Massive Wind Farm to Power Kenya
Stigma against overweight people is becoming a cultural norm around the world, even in places where larger bodies have traditionally been valued. That's according to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity to be published in the April issue of Current Anthropology.
Weight loss surgery can significantly improve migraines: study -- I would very much like to know whether they controlled for consumption of triggering foods. A surgery that makes it hard to eat is really likely to cut down on how often you eat foods that are likely to trigger a migraine. I'd also want to know whether these same effects are seen in people years after surgery, or if this is going to be another of those "benefits in the short-term that vanish" kind of things.
Ambulatory monitoring reveals many patients have 'white coat' hypertension -- I now find that I have this kind of reaction to the automated blood pressure cuffs they use all over our clinic, which often cause me substantial pain (and sometimes bruising).
Indications of Alzheimer's disease may be evident decades before first signs of cognitive impairment
Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
Through women's eyes: Conflicting fitness messages underscore women's fit body stereotypes
Cattle ranchers in southwestern Alberta have suspected it for a long time and now, GPS tracking equipment confirms it: wolf packs in the area are making cow meat a substantial part of their diets. -- Crap. This is bad news for wolf protection.
Russian boreal forests undergoing vegetation change, study shows
A study of thousands of people with bipolar disorder suggests that genetic risk factors may influence the decision to attempt suicide.
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to use Soladek vitamin solution because it may contain dangerously high levels of vitamins.
Dieting Kills Army Recruit
Folk remedies for colic do not work, review says
Adipositivity 471 (NSFW)
The danger of appealing stories: anecdata, expectations, and skepticism
Time-Lapse Auroras Over Norway
Why Is Michigan So Generous With Bottle Deposits? -- cans and bottles from my friends' lunches pretty much paid for gas money in high school. I really, really miss living in a state with a bottle deposit/refund.
Do You Anger Bookstore Employees?
