Links for you. Science:
Status of the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) (this is good news)
KANSAS SENATOR EMERGES AS NEW NIH CHAMPION (a science-friendly Republican. What a concept)
The top ten worst graphs
The Mystery of the Canadian Whiskey Fungus
Other:
Steve Rattner, Card Carrying Member of Top 1%, Tells Us We Should Lie Back and Enjoy Much Lower Wages Resulting From Globalization
The Myths of Offshoring – The Imperative of Manufacturing
Wrongly convicted Bozella wins pro boxing bout
James O’Keefe gets called out on attempt to target Economic Policy Institute
Stranded in Suburbia: Why Aren’t Americans Moving to the City?
Is Philosophy the Most Practical Major? (this conflates cause and effect; at many schools, philosophy is one of the toughest humanities disciplines and weeds out a lot of people)
Conservative ‘Intellectuals’ vs. Dr. King
Aldous Tyler: Where Is Obama’s Money Going? (this is very interesting: when candidates raise lots of money, they have to park it somewhere. What bank is profiting from this?)
What If Washington Never Built Metro?
blogging is a system of control
mikethemadbiologist
at many schools, philosophy is one of the toughest humanities disciplines and weeds out a lot of people
This is true. It is difficult to listen to something like the ontological argument and not burst out laughing. Not many people can handle it.