Category: Links Dump

“Edward Gorey’s “The Trouble with Tribbles”” By Shaenon K. Garrity “By morning, the mass of mewling fluff had become quite suffocating” (tags: comics television sf silly literature) Dave Foley | Film | Random Roles | The A.V. Club “With his boyish good looks and wry delivery, Dave Foley was pegged as the breakout star of… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-16

slacktivist: “Yes we can” “Evidence is of no consequence to Medina and Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck and the rest of the terrified angry mob calling itself a Tea Party because they’re not acting based on evidence, or reason, or reality, or honesty. They’re acting based on fear — blind, howling, maddening, confusing fear.” (tags:… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-15

Blog U.: ‘With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them’ – Mama PhD – Inside Higher Ed “According to the report, the US has now slipped to tenth place in international college completion rates. I don’t think it’s coincidental that we are one of the few developed countries in which subsidized day care is not a… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-14

7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable | Cracked.com “[H]ow did we wind up with a more negative view of the world than our parents? Or grandparents? Back then, people didn’t live as long and babies died more often. Diseases were more common. In those days, if your buddy moved away the only… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-13

Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border Boing Boing With information on how to donate to his legal defense. (tags: canada sf law blogs crime US stupid) The Good and Bad of the New Hubble Image : Starts With A Bang Earlier this week, I showcased the newly-released Hubble… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-12

Blu-ray Review: “Living Fireplace Volume 2” | Popdose “Yes, I’ve written a review of a Blu-ray disc that features little more than a burning fireplace. I know it’s a little weird. Here’s something even weirder: Everyone has their favorite television holiday special, right? Mine is the Yule Log.” (tags: review television video holiday silly popdose… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-11

The Elusive Open Mind: Ten Years of “EVERYONE THINKS they are open-minded. Scientists in particular like to think they have open minds, but we know from psychology that this is just one of those attributes that people like to apply to themselves. We shouldn’t perhaps have to worry about it at all, except that parapsychology… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-10

Physics Buzz: When chemistry dunces bake “Shirley Corriher, a former research biochemist at Vanderbilt University, got her start in the kitchen burning scrambled eggs beyond all recognition. Later, when she ruined recipes while taking a cooking class, she impressed her teacher by being able to explain scientifically what had gone wrong. Red cabbage gone purple?… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-09

News: Lincoln U. Ends Obesity Rule – Inside Higher Ed “For the past few weeks, “Fitness for Life” may well have been the most discussed college course around. From now on, however, no one at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania will be required to take it. The course became famous because of a requirement adopted at… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-08

Sunday Conversation: The case for Pluto | SciGuy | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle The controversy just never ends… (tags: science astronomy planets media blogs) Chromoscope How the Milky Way looks at a variety of different wavelengths. (tags: astronomy space science pictures physics galaxies) Less Wrong: Parapsychology: the control group for science “There’s no particular reason… Continue reading Links for 2009-12-07