Deana sent this to me, but I thought it should be shared with a wider audience:
November’s Laughter images from Happiness Across Cultures, the topic on Margaret’s Walking Stick.
See, we find things to make people feel good, too! :)
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Rights eroding before our eyes
Looks like our fair legislature slipped one past us again. Since the PATRIOT II bill was shot down before it even made it to Congress, some of the proponents decided to sneak parts of it into an otherwise-innocuous spending bill. The new amendment widens the scope of the FBI’s information-subpoena powers to include businesses like casinos, travel agencies, and the US Postal Service.
The Elegant Universe
As Strong Bad would say, “Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!” It looks like PBS is offering the entirety of a NOVA series on modern physics for online viewing. Even better, they’re offering it in a good-quality QuickTime stream with closed-captioning!
Between this and the BBC’s Reith Lecture series on the human brain, the future of public broadcasting online seems very promising.
The changing face of bloggery
I’m fiddling with the templates to make the site more palatable to Passepartout (my Sidekick). Hopefully this will be the next step toward swapping out the Global Spin homepage for something more bloggy.
If you see anything amiss with the blog page, let me know and I’ll fix it.
~c
Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation
If you like your science saucy, be sure to check out this review of Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation. The book is Olivia Judson’s fun look at the love lives of animals, insects, and other creatures — from a very human perspective.