Links for you. Science:

Threat to funds haunts Boston-area labs
Will Low-Cost Genome Sequencing Open ‘Pandora’s Box’?
Mitt Romney Versus Lyme Disease and Science
This is how ENCODE members speak to other scientists, and how they should have spoken to the public
Bug fix in xkcdTree; xkcd Caribbean anole phylogeny (best phylogenetics software EVAH!)

Other:

The Surreal Experience of Debating Glenn Beck
Am I the only person in the world who thought Obama won?
Obama, Endurance Artist: What Comes After the Magic?
Wal-Mart workers on strike
One Reason Horrible People Gain Power
The Return of Capillary Man
The Presidential Debate That Wasn’t Very Presidential: How Obama Let the Etch-a-Sketch Take the Controls
The debate over the debate debated (it will be interesting to see if there’s a gender-effect in the post-debate effect)
Thank You John Sununu
Mitt Romney’s student debt chutzpah
Mass transit: The benefits of being taken for a ride
Small Business Is Not a Job Engine
Perception
The outrageous attack on BLS
There Is No Jobs Report Conspiracy. The Jobs Recovery Is Still Meh.