[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Where The Republicans Are [Echidne of the Snakes] I have failed to keep my beady eye on the opposition party, except to note that they have no intention of holding hands across the aisle unless it's [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] BBC News – Octopus snatches coconut and runs [BBC News] [You have got to watch this video - though if you are afraid of octopi you should turn it off at about 1:20 - L.] Underwater [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Google building a Facebook Rival? [swissmiss] [In light of the Buzz debacle, I can't root for Google any more than I do for Facebook. Well. Maybe a teeny bit more. But I won't be using it [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] President Obama's immigration speech: Long on good thoughts, short on a plan to make it happen [Crooks and Liars] President Obama's speech this morning on comprehensive immigration reform was a good start to getting the ball [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] "First" Picture of Planet Orbiting Sunlike Star Confirmed [National Geographic News] A team of astronomers says it holds bragging rights to releasing the first ever direct picture of an alien planet around a sunlike star. Pictures: [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Questions I’d Like Kagan To Answer But Which She Wouldn’t Answer And They’ll Not Be Asked [Echidne of the Snakes] Everyone Except Politicians and Pundits Agree: Austerity Is Recklessly Insane [Calitics] This week we're finally seeing [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] California budget deadline passes without a budget Discussion Thread: Dexamethasone and "Fixing" Broken Girls [Shakesville] Recently Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder called our attention to a terrible medical malfeasance regarding FGC at Cornell University. They [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Job opportunities with Administration on Aging [Elder Law Prof Blog] The Administration on Aging (AoA) has two new staff positions for which it is recruiting that will be involved in the direct implementation of Affordable Care [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Space Photos This Week: Odd Aurora, Solar Flare, More [National Geographic News] Astronauts see a shifted aurora, two Saturn moons align, the sun sends up a bright eruption, and more in the week's best space pictures. [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] xkcd: Seismic Waves Adobe Illustrator: Adding Order to Effects [Adobe Creative Suite 4 Learning Center] [video] The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks [io9] Given their penchant for pan-galactic reigns of terror, Doctor Who's immortal villains clearly [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Two Workers Dead in BP Oil Disaster Recovery Effort [Firedoglake] MSNBC reported this hour that two workers involved in the recovery effort of the BP oil disaster have died. Details are sketchy at this time; the [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Trans woman Delphine Ravisé-Giard's breast size dictated by French civil court [Deeply Problematic] Delphine Ravisé-Giard is a long-serving member of the French Air Force who transitioned in 2007. The Air Force has been respectful and reasonable [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Remembering the Korean War, 60 years ago [The Big Picture] This Friday, June 25th, it will have been sixty years since the beginning of the Korean War in 1950. After decades of Japanese occupation, Korea was [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Keepnote – Cross platform tote taking and Organization application [Ubuntu Geek] KeepNote is a note taking application that works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X. With KeepNote, you can store your class notes, TODO lists, research [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Summer Solstice 2010 Pictures: Fire Rites, Druids, More [National Geographic News] Pagans play with fire, druids flock to Stonehenge, and revelers build a "friendship nest" to mark the first day of summer 2010. Barny’S Nap Attacks [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Arizona illegal immigration crackdown getting support from more California cities [L.A. Times] [Oh, crap. -L.] What America spends on gas and auto [FlowingData] In a follow-up to their graphic on what America spends on food and [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Mythbusting the Attack on Public Workers [Calitics] Skelton's mythbusting of the "pensions are the problem" argument is truly epic. He deserves a ton of credit for writing it. But even though he has destroyed the myth [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] i iz shaolin paws of fury [I Can Has Cheezburger] Embrace the Inevitability of Being Wrong to Boost Workplace Productivity [Lifehacker] We all make mistakes and most of us feel bad about our screw ups, miscalculations, [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] ssj10: These Are My Colours [Signal boost on the topic of The Last Airbender movie = massive racefail = please boycott. -L] If you think that stories are not important, if you think a movie that [...]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Wrong Number Flirt [Matt Mullenweg] [Facebook privacy reminder. -L] on language, and body, and fear [Feministe] I wanted to say: No, stop, you misunderstood, I want you to tell me how to stop wanting a flat [...]