I was kinda gripped by this article on Helium a few days ago. It kinda struck me as panicky and sensationalistic, or in other words, crap. Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a ‘world-killing’ event Ominous reports are leaking past the BP Gulf salvage operation news blackout that the disaster unfolding in the [...]

New items for July 15, 2010: Google Reader: Evidence Malfunction Could Cost Prosecutors Two Counts in Stagliano Trial

I snagged that from here, courtesy of the Libertarian Party. And the dramatic upswing in “likes” on Facebook is, well, a very good thing for the LP. Facebook seems to be this weird indicator of public opinion. People either click like on things because they genuinely like it or because it’s ridiculous and amusing. For [...]

New items for July 5, 2010: Google Reader: Diary of an Unemployed Class of ’10 Philosophy Major in New York City, Part 3 Uh, I don’t think those credits will transfer anywhere Reason.tv Replay: 3 Reasons The New Financial Regs Won’t Fix Anything Independence Day for Newspapers

Cars with wings may be just around the corner: WASHINGTON (AP) — If cars had wings, they could fly – and that just might happen, beginning next year. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Mass., says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011. It recently cleared a [...]

New items for July 4, 2010: Google Reader: Jonah Sux Well, shit. I had been looking forward to this. Looks like I’m saving $10.

Gillard won’t play religion card – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was a regular at Canberra church services and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is known as a devout Catholic. In contrast, Ms Gillard says that while she greatly respects other people’s religious views, she does not believe in God. Ms [...]

New items for July 3, 2010: Google Reader: Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Investigators Nerds Flip Out Over 'Star Wars' Walker Dog Fantasy Video Nerds includes me. Ancient Whale + Killer Shark = Hypercarnivorous Whale Why do all the awesome animals have to be extinct? The Story of Hanny, So Far Ignorance of the Law Is No [...]

Payscale Study says college is a poor investment | Seer Press. But this cliché would otherwise be gradually disapproved by a recent study done by PayScale for Bloomberg Businessweek. In their study, there are a depreciating number of schools that produce graduates that would actually earn back the money that they spent for college. The [...]

Where Have All the Mailers Gone? | The New York Observer. Alas: The practice of fiction is no longer a vocation. It has become a profession, and professions are not characterized by creative mischief. Artistic vocations are about embracing more and more of the world with your will; professions are insular affairs that are all [...]