[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- California Republicans Want You To Pay More for Health Insurance
- [Calitics]
In case there was any doubt where California Republicans stood on the issue, today they showed they believe Californians pay too little in health care costs and should pay much higher premiums whenever their insurance companies demand it. As the Sac Bee explains, Assembly Republicans voted unanimously to oppose a Dave Jones bill to regulate rate increases…
- Shogo Linux Tablet, a Potential iPad Killer
- [Linux Today]
Tech Source: "There is a new tablet PC in town that runs Linux, and its name is Shogo. Made by realease, a Hong Kong-based platform provider, this device features a 10-inch capacitive touchscreen and will be available in two models…"
- Firefox Ditches the Dialog Box
- [Linux Today]
Webmonkey: "Get ready to say goodbye to Firefox's multitude of dialog boxes. Recent design mock-ups show Firefox moving toward an “in-content” look where settings, the add-on manager, themes and other “things which formerly appeared in dialog boxes” will now become just another tab in your browser."
- Soon you might be able to see quantum entanglement for yourself
- [io9]
Quantum entanglement, in which paired particles somehow influence each other at apparently instant, faster-than-light speeds, is maybe physic's most bizarre mystery. Now it might be possible to see entangled photons with the naked human eye.
[Um. Somehow I doubt that phrase means what you think it does, sir. -L]
- The Border is Safer Than Ever
- [ImmigrationProf Blog]
What's all the fuss about alledged danger and violence at the border?
- Deepwater Horizon oil spill – third cap lucky?
- [New Scientist]
BP's latest attempt at capping its rogue well is funnelling oil to a ship on the surface at a rate of 1000 barrels per day
- Pictures: "Shark Elevator" Lifts Great Whites From Sea
- [National Geographic News]
See a giant, ship-mounted hydraulic lift hoist live great white sharks out of the ocean, offering unprecedented research opportunities.
[More importantly: SHARK. ELEVATOR. -L]
- Marine creature cooks up chemical defense from food
- [Science News]
Sea hare turns algal pigment toxic to ward off crabs and other predators
[Linking this not just because science is nifty, but because that was a neat-o mouthful of words. -L]
- How little musicians earn online
- [FlowingData - ginormous chart porn redacted]
You've heard about the struggling musician. It's a tough business. How tough is it though? David McCandless of Information is Beautiful, looks at how much musicians make from major online outlets. Bubbles are sized by how many sales or plays a song must get before someone makes US monthly minimum wage.
- A giant proposal for a new type of molecule
- [Science News]
Atoms linked across vast distances, can point in two directions at once
- Ranking States by the Liberalism/Conservatism of Their Voters
- [FiveThirtyEight]
- How to Know You are Dating a Racist
- [Feministing - Samhita]
In lieu of this profoundly short-sighted and blatantly racist piece published at the Huffington Post titled "How to Date an Indian," I thought it was time for me to write my own dating guide…
[#11 You're watching a horribly violent zombie movie and they "jokingly" compare it to your table manners. -L]
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