[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- How many fingahs?
- [I Can Has Cheezburger]
- Deep space X-ray flash is most powerful ever recorded
- [New Scientist]
An unknown event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with an intense burst of X-rays, temporarily blinding an astronomical satellite
[THEY'RE ATTACKING, AHHHHHH!!1!! -L]
- Single star count ups odds of ET
- [New Scientist]
Solitary suns like ours are not as rare as we once thought, boosting the likelihood that there are other life-friendly solar systems in the universe
- Is "avoiding tropes" the same thing as telling fresh stories?
- [io9]
Often, it seems the highest praise you can give a story is to say it avoids a common trope. And thanks to the Internet, everyone, including creators, is hyper-aware of this. But do we cherish trope-avoidance, instead of fresh storytelling?
[Oh, come on. You mean you (io9 writers) haven't seen http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TropesAreTools?from=Main.Tr<wbr>opesAreNotBad ?
-L]
- Get aboard the gravity train
- [io9]
Find out how we would be able to get anywhere in just under forty five minutes, if it weren’t for that pesky molten core at the center of the earth.
- I Love Singing In The Shower
- [There, I Fixed It - Epic Kludge Photos]
- Examining the excesses of the National Police Welfare State
- [Hullabaloo - Digby]
This gravy train has taken on sacred status as the right has managed to morph the “support the troops” mantra into a “support the Military Industrial Complex,” which is just another way of maintaining the police welfare state for connected white guys. If there’s belt tightening to be done, this is the place to start.
[What is the word "welfare" doing in this essay? I suppose if Digby simply said "police state" people would get distracted by the implication of totalitarianism, whereas Digby is trying to emphasize the waste of money. -L]
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