Return

We're back. We lost power in the house Friday & got it back, by surprise, yesterday. What did I miss?

But his e-mails!

Nehemiah Scudder discussed sensitive matters on his AOL (!) account, which would be serious if he were a Democrat and disqualifying if he were a Democratic woman.

Art vs. Entertainment

Once again, Neil deGrasse Tyson, who once said that science can do anything philosophy can, only better, demonstrates Richard Feynman’s remark that a scientist outside her area of expertise can be as wrong as anybody else. John Scalzi discusses,

Thanx to Whatever.

A forgotten goodie

Brian Stableford’s Hooded Swan series

Thanx to Tor.com.

The Giant Cat Is Not Really Real

The Topiary Cat

Thanx to Metafilter

Dirty copper

How the NYPD covers for police who lie and beat suspects

Thanx to andrewducker

Should you feel embarrassed by the glutens in your skin?

Machine writes almost-plausible wellness ads

In case you’ve always wondered

The animal kingdom weighed by corgis