Dana sez, Fascinating discussion (video+transcript) on the Hungarian election, with a lot of details that never made it into the Western media. You’ll love the zebras. (Paul Krugman) These are the sweetest little videos. Love the one with the frog. (h/t The Kid Should See This) Quote: “The Epstein files offer the public an education…
Quote: “Balcony solar is taking state legislatures by storm. In more than half of U.S. states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of DIY solar systems.” (Fix the News) Fun. Try not to repeat yourself. Heh. (h/t Kottke) I’m dug into the second season now. Increasingly weird but good. Quote for the current…
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…
Scary but useful. (h/t Laughing Squid) Absolutely fireweed, but I would have sworn it would have been bears for Alaska. (xkcd via Kottke) Jeebus. Far be it from me to tell anyone how to do anything but I’d get those boats out of the water right quick were I the owners. More gorgeous photography by…
Nifty. (h/t Brilliant Maps) Quote: “As I’ve noted whenever this subject comes up, the exceptional safety of modern airlines means that when something does go wrong, the causes usually start out as a mystery. That is because nearly every non-mysterious, “normal,” source of risk has already been removed. In the medical world, the adage is: When you hear…
(from Alaska’s News Source) (h/t Paul Krugman) Quote: “Few states seize the popular imagination like Alaska. And with 13.2 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias, the largest national park in the U.S., encompasses the overwhelming beauty of the far north. Hiking here leads you through a boreal forest, along glittering glaciers—the Root Glacier Trail goes right on the icy mass, so…
Pictures of cherry blossom trees near peak bloom in Washington, D.C. I would love to see this one day. (h/t 1440) Ladies and gentlemen, the Yodabug. More Star Wars bugs here. The Latin tags are great, too. (h/t Kottke) Quote: “Maybe the next movie in the Terminator franchise will be “Terminator: Trade War,” in which…
Okay, come on now. Sometimes these NYT Cooking recipes go just a tad overboard. My dad used to make the greatest oyster stew evah with canned oysters and canned chicken stock, with liberal applications of canned butter and garlic powder. And not forgetting oyster crackers, the one ingredient he considered absolutely essential.(Click through image above…
Quote: And the thing that we were really surprised to find was that really they turned into almost different beings. I mean, exercise was that potent. Every single tissue we looked at should something completely different from before. It really changed the entire molecular makeup of the individual organs of the rats in a very…
