Heh. (Brilliant Maps)

WOW. Given as how it feels like every third person I know has or has had cancer this is the very best possible news. (h/t 1440)

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong.
Quote: “Many of the people I spoke with for this story are centrist liberals. They are a disheartened bunch, and talking to them was hazardous to my own heart. In interview after interview, I asked them what, if anything, might force the industry to confront its dim longer-term prospects. Their answers were vague. The midterm election? An economic collapse? One Silicon Valley figure suggested, “It could be as simple as 10 Republican senators discovering they actually have backbones.” (Wired)
Dana sez–I was privileged to hear Steven Levy speak at WIT a couple of years back and it’s worth listening to.

Quote: “At this point there are only around 40,000 coal miners left. In case you’re wondering, vineyards and wineries employ around 130,000 people, three times as many as the coal industry.” (Paul Krugman)

I just wrote to a birding friend and told him we should do something like this in Alaska. The Kiwis sure are having fun with it. (AP)

A terrific interview, with a belly laugh at the end. Arizona, ya done good. (NYT gift link)

Hilarious how all these people believe that if they applaud loudly enough the fairy will live. (Alaska Beacon)

Quote for the day

There is very little more essential to a free society than universal literacy and adequate public education. It is a civil rights issue. It is the foundation for absolutely everything else. —Kelsey Piper

Outro…

Chatter Lagniappe Sunday Europe according to the Vikings Graf Zeppelin kelsey piper Kārearea NZ Bird of the Year Paul Krugman Sam Cooke Steven Levy wind vs coal