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Steampunk weapons in real life — Or possibly dieselpunk. From Russia, with weird. (Via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1){kind=small}
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A Word Heard Often, Except at the Supreme Court — Fuck no! (Snurched from Scrivener’s Error.)
Organic Soda ‘Made in Germany’ Takes on the World — German reader Cora Buhlert passes on this story of localization and globalization in a comment response to my recent mentions of non-USAnian snack foods. And I do agree with her assessment of USAnian snack foods.
Gesture Control System Uses Sound Alone — SoundWave lets an ordinary laptop function like a Kinect sensor. Though I do wonder why this story about an experimental project from Microsoft shows an Apple MacBook in the accompanying photo.
NASA uses moon as mirror to watch Venus transit sun
Ouarkziz Impact Crater, Algeria — A spiffy skiffy photo from NASA’s Earth Observatory.
Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia — Interesting how his rhetoric so closely parallels American conservative rhetoric on immigration and crime.
Howard Dean: Women, Latinos “terrified” of GOP — “Women are terrified of what the Republicans are talking about. They’re talking about basically stripping away their ability to have insurance pay for their birth control pills,” Dean said on “Face the Nation.” “Latinos are terrified of the Republicans, because they seem to have a total tin ear when it comes to the basic needs of treating people with dignity.” Gee, I can’t imagine why this would be so.
Heartland Justice — Iowa, gay marriage, and the casually cruel intolerance of conservatives.
Biden endorses same-sex marriage, White House tries to take it back — And the open, tolerant society gets a walk back from the Democratic White House. Way to stand up for progressive principles, guys. One of the reasons I’m a liberal-progressive is that we’re morally better than the haters. Don’t play to them.
?otd: Does the sea not change?
5/7/2012
Writing time yesterday: 2.5 hours (5,700 words on Their Currents Turn Awry)
Body movement: 0.5 hour stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 6.0 (solid)
Weight: 240.2 (!)
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What Biden said was one of the most politically courageous things I’ve heard a politician say in years, maybe ever. Now will Obama stand up for his VP? What is sad is that what Biden said shouldn’t be such a big deal.
Glad you liked the Bionade article, Jay.
Regarding the French elections, I’m torn between relief that the revolting xenophobe Sarkozy is finally gone and worries that his successor will not support the policies to keep the Euro stable. But then, Mr Hollande may have more financial sense than it seems at first sight.