[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Tolerance
- [Hullabaloo - digby]
Boehner basically defines religious tolerance as not inflaming passions on both sides. What that means in practice is that Christians shouldn't burn Korans and Muslims shouldn't build mosques. Can we see what's wrong with that picture?
- Faye’s history of lady instrumentalists [part six: Gretta Cohn, Stefanie Drootin, Azure Ray/Maria Taylor/Orenda Fink, Jenny Conlee, Petra Haden]
- [Deeply Problematic - faye]
- VLC Submits iPad App to App Store
- [ReadWriteWeb - Mike Melanson]
- Blaming The Victim — Only losers have right wing enemies
- [Hullabaloo - digby]
I'm glad Kurtz said it's an "established fact in his mind" that Obama isn't a Muslim. That's a good step, considering that he isn't a Muslim! But to simultaneously toss aside what Obama said about … well, basically, the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is just malpractice.
There are reasons why all these millions of people believe that Obama is a Muslim and one of the big ones is the right wing media. Since Kurtz is supposed to be a media critic you'd think he would have followed that line instead of questioning what Obama's doing or not doing to refute what he himself acknowledges is a lie.
- Be philosophical: Take part in a thought experiment
- [New Scientist]
A Yale University experimental philosopher needs your help – take his online test if you want to find out how your mind works
[I repeat: experimental. philosopher. -L]
- Before & After: Wine-Cult Cave Art Restored in Petra?
- [National Geographic News]
Offering a window on a likely ancient wine cult, "magical" cave paintings at Petra have been rescued from millennia of soot, experts say.
- Various ways to rate a college
- [FlowingData - Nathan Yau]
There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide what college to apply to (and give something for alumni to gloat about). The tough part is that there doesn't seem to be any agreement on what makes a good college.
- FourEyesUp Helps You Plan Your Next Nerd Vacation
- [Lifehacker - Adam Dachis]
FourEyesUp won't take you to the seven wonders of the world, but instead to the birthplace of the modern computer or the home of the largest Arctic research team. It's a great resources for geeky travel destinations.
- Is Jesus making you overeat?
- [PLoS Blogs - Peter Janiszewski, Ph.D.]
An incredibly quirky and yet fascinating study was published in the International Journal of Obesity which investigated the size of the food and plates that have been depicted in paintings of Jesus’ Last Supper over the last 1000 years.
The trend of gradually increasing portion sizes is well documented…
- What Cascading Failures Look Like
- [Talking Points Memo - David Kurtz]
Here's a chart from BP's internal report on the eight "critical factors" that contributed to the blowout and destruction of the Deepwater Horizon…
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