Anyway, here is a collection of some of the things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared. Sorted into categories with headings so you can skip more easily:
Science!
Scientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine.
Images: Uncovering the Colossal Dreadnoughtus Dinosaur.
Left-handed cosmic magnetic field could explain missing antimatter.
Writing and speaking come from different parts of the brain, study shows.
Early European may have had Neanderthal great-great-grandparent.
Our Galaxy Could be Mixing With Andromeda’s Supersized Halo.
5 Roman Inventions You Probably Take For Granted.
Weird political news:
Idiot Tennessee Rep Knows All The Christians Are Being Holocausted, Just Can’t Say Where.
Warning, Austin: Your Female City Councilors Will Talk a Lot, Hate Math.
Jon Stewart destroys Fox News scrooge Varney: ‘How f*cking removed from reality’ are you?
Texas Lawmakers Are Getting Ready To Defy The Supreme Court On Marriage.
Anti-Gay Activist Admits Her Testimony To Senators On Texas Anti-Gay Bill Was False.
Democrats demand probe into discrimination against Jews, gays on Middle Eastern airlines.
News for queers and our allies:
In Elementary School, I Was an Effeminate ‘Honey child’.
The Queer Cripple and the Body Conundrum.
Rush Limbaugh Tells Businesses To Blame Anti-Gay Bigotry On Muslims.
Dell Urges Texas Lawmakers To Stop Anti-Gay Marriage Bill.
NUMBER OF ANTI-LGBT HATE GROUPS INCREASES 10 PERCENT.
High School Wrestling Champ Quells Bi Rumors: “I’m Not Bisexual…I’m Gay.”
Some LGBT residents critical of Utah’s new anti-discrimination law. When half the law is exemptions, it ought to be everyone who is unhappy… (except the bigots, of course)
LGBT’s: Don’t Forget Riots Are What Got Us Here.
Gay couples are facing pressure to get married from their employers.
Yes, There Are A Lot More Gay Christians Than You Probably Think.
Gay rights supporters score two victories in conservative Arkansas.
Why Tim Cook Should Threaten to Shut Down Apple Campus Amid Texas Anti-Gay Crusade.
The obligatory Sad Puppies/Hugo Awards update:
In which I waste time and annoy Puppies. “Obeying the rules doesn’t mean you played fair. It might just mean you’re a very successful weasel.”
Statistics of Gender on the Hugo Writing Nominees: Probabilities and Standard Deviations.
Sad Puppies Review Books: IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE. Not all of these satirical reviews are funny, but I liked this one.
And other news:
OED appeals: can you help us find earlier evidence of the word jackalope?
Life Is “Triggering.” The Best Literature Should Be, Too.
Dr. Lepore’s Lament. Cheeky response to a New Yorker columnist’s clueless review of a feminist comic book.
Pleasure and self-care should not be luxuries.
Things I wrote:
Marooned off Vesta: more of why I love sf/f.
About disliking a ‘classic’ novel.
Happy News!
Angry owl signs fund new playground improvements.
California judge: Abstinence-only sex education isn’t sex education at all.
Videos!
Why the Daily Show had to change:
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The Carbonite Maneuver (1985):
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Scientists just captured stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico:
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Bertha, Mayor Murray and the Viaduct Doom Portal:
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ABC The Muppets First Look:
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Faith No More – Superhero:
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The Avener, Phoebe Killdeer – Fade Out Lines:
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