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Thousand Yard Stares: Ruins and Ghosts of the Battle of Peleliu, 1944, 2008 « The Wired Jester –

This is fascinating. We are making progress on understanding how bacteria communicate, both intra and inter species. I didn’t realize bacteria communicated.

Climate Denial Crock of the week – Entertaining and well done refutations of climate change denier talking points.

About an hour ago I suddenly could not get to any Google related sites. Everything else on line worked fine, but no Google. A quick check of Twitter showed that this was not a widespread issue as nobody was complaining. After confirming on my Linux box that this was not a PC virus or something […]

When I first listened to this album I was worried about how I would write my first negative review ever of a Queensryche album. I listened to it streaming online and I really did not dig it. However, I’ve bought ever record they’ve put out since 1983, so I dutifully purchased American Soldier too.
After listening […]

This conversation took place yesterday at the Vet.
Me: (referencing a large painting of Noah’s Ark in the waiting room) I wonder how he got two of every animal in the boat.
Breck: The boat must be a lot bigger on the inside than it appears.
Me: So Noah’s Ark was a really a TARDIS?
Breck: And […]

The Road to Area 51 – Los Angeles Times – They are all lying. There are alien corpses at Area 51!

“The thing you have to understand about Dubai is – nothing is what it seems,” Karen says at last. “Nothing. This isn’t a city, it’s a con-job. They lure you in telling you it’s one thing – a modern kind of place – but beneath the surface it’s a medieval dictatorship.”
This is is a […]

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