Signal boost: cats in need of a home

Two young male cats, very sweet, MD/DC-local, in need of a permanent home. Preferably one without other cats, as the reason they can't stay with tam_nonlinear is that they and her current cats have drawn out battle lines.

Pictures & details here.

Signal boost: cats in need of a home

Two young male cats, very sweet, MD/DC-local, in need of a permanent home. Preferably one without other cats, as the reason they can't stay with tam_nonlinear is that they and her current cats have drawn out battle lines.

Pictures & details here.

Xposty from dreamwidth.

More Things! From the Internet!

(also known as I really need to restart my browser, so have some open tabs:)

*Perpetual Ocean (animation of global surface currents from NASA-- very cool!)

*BBC radio does Witch Week, which is in fact why I need to restart the browser, because this isn't playing properly.

*The Danger of a Single Story. This is a bit long-- it's a TED talk, just shy of 20 minutes-- but an interesting set of observations on the dangers of trusting other people's viewpoints.

*This one turned up tangentially from the master naturalist readings: (one version of) Chief Seattle's famous speach which I don't remember having read before. (or perhaps I just read a wildly different version) I don't entirely see the connection the reading was trying to make to it being about modern ecological sensibilities, but I found the bit at the end about cultural succession fascinating.

*Ok, I am kind of late on this one, since the lady won the Nobel Peace Prize for it, but: Where are all the angry American women? on two counts: first, she's rather got a point about us here; and second, they totally organized a Lysistrata, and it worked!

*Nerdy Day Trips. (The map seems to load centered on the UK, but it's got stuff near where you are, too.)

*Misconceptions about Evolution... just scroll down past the TOC section & read something. It's well-written, and you'll probably learn stuff. (I did.)

*Also on the subject of learning stuff: How pregnancy and hormonal birth control actually work. (and why Plan B is not an abortifacient.) Science up front, stupid politics at the end where you can skip if you choose.

*How Batman would have foiled the Art Gallery Scheme... I'm not even quite sure what to say about this. We begin with the description of an extremely bizarre pick-up scheme, and end with Batman. Some... interesting mental profiles for the "what will they think of next" department. Apparently sane commentator.

*Crazy abandoned soviet building, with snow.

*Another take on how to write fight scenes.

More Things! From the Internet!

(also known as I really need to restart my browser, so have some open tabs:)

*Perpetual Ocean (animation of global surface currents from NASA-- very cool!)

*BBC radio does Witch Week, which is in fact why I need to restart the browser, because this isn't playing properly.

*The Danger of a Single Story. This is a bit long-- it's a TED talk, just shy of 20 minutes-- but an interesting set of observations on the dangers of trusting other people's viewpoints.

*This one turned up tangentially from the master naturalist readings: (one version of) Chief Seattle's famous speach which I don't remember having read before. (or perhaps I just read a wildly different version) I don't entirely see the connection the reading was trying to make to it being about modern ecological sensibilities, but I found the bit at the end about cultural succession fascinating.

*Ok, I am kind of late on this one, since the lady won the Nobel Peace Prize for it, but: Where are all the angry American women? on two counts: first, she's rather got a point about us here; and second, they totally organized a Lysistrata, and it worked!

*Nerdy Day Trips. (The map seems to load centered on the UK, but it's got stuff near where you are, too.)

*Misconceptions about Evolution... just scroll down past the TOC section & read something. It's well-written, and you'll probably learn stuff. (I did.)

*Also on the subject of learning stuff: How pregnancy and hormonal birth control actually work. (and why Plan B is not an abortifacient.) Science up front, stupid politics at the end where you can skip if you choose.

*How Batman would have foiled the Art Gallery Scheme... I'm not even quite sure what to say about this. We begin with the description of an extremely bizarre pick-up scheme, and end with Batman. Some... interesting mental profiles for the "what will they think of next" department. Apparently sane commentator.

*Crazy abandoned soviet building, with snow.

*Another take on how to write fight scenes.

Xposty from dreamwidth.