The Weekest Links 28 Dec 2011

So at least this time I have labeled the links.


In defense of shit talking
http://lifehacker.com/5816217/in-defense-of-shit-talking?tag=arguments

Sometimes wrong people win arguments
http://lifehacker.com/5811766/science-wrong-people-sometimes-win-arguments?tag=arguments

Debunking handbook
http://lifehacker.com/5863557/the-debunking-handbook-explains-the-art-of-shooting-down-misinformation?tag=arguments

Shroud of Turin
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644304-turin-shroud-resurrected

Same as the sand bushman image
http://www.survivalinternational.org/galleries/we-were-made-the-same-as-the-sand

Punish Viral marketing
http://gigaom.com/2011/12/21/its-time-to-punish-terrible-viral-marketing/?awesm=awe.sm_5cBxW&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=awe.sm-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=twitterfeed

Dead Certain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/analysis/7712933.stm

If you are a potential juror don't read this
http://reason.com/blog/2011/12/21/if-you-are-a-potential-juror-do-not-read

10 Apocalypses that never happened
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Ten-Notable-Apocalypses-That-Obviously-Didnt-Happen

Heads before tails in evolution of land animals
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtomics/2011/12/21/heads-before-tails-ancient-fish-evolved-head-first/

Wet Hot Chiles
http://io9.com/5869809/

Data visualization
http://flowingdata.com/2011/12/21/the-best-data-visualization-projects-of-2011/

Of Lice and Men
http://io9.com/5870192/


Nodding syndrome
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21316-mysterious-nodding-syndrome-spreading-through-uganda.html

6 Toed Elephants!
http://www.nature.com/news/how-the-elephant-got-its-sixth-toe-1.9712

Child Abuse by any other name
http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/2011/12/23/dear-deep-thinking-hebephile/

Fuck Anyone that supports SOPA
http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-guide-to-transfer-domains-out-of-godaddy

A quandry of ethics, Or how to deal with the progress made by bastards
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2077392/London-museum-told-stop-displaying-skeleton-Charles-Byrne.html

Neil Recommends some books
http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_degrasse_tyson_8_books_every_intelligent_person_should_read.html

Vertebrate devolopment
http://www.anoleannals.org/2011/12/22/anole_somitogenesis/

UV laser Scorpions (or something)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/23/why-do-scorpions-glow-in-the-dark-and-could-their-whole-bodies-be-one-big-eye/

lolololololololololol batman! batman!
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/12/22/who-knew-bane-had-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/

a fake* computer that works better than most real ones.
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/nonexistent-supercomputer/
*virtual

WTF
http://factlets.info/Gift

Cast rather than carved?
http://io9.com/5869417/

More on SOPA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/dec/23/sopa-stop-online-piracy-act

Magnetic Bacteria
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/2011/12/23/new-magnetic-bacteria/

Mind Effects Action
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=two-faces-of-death

Secret buildings!
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/brooklyn-vent.html

Sexy Science
http://www.iub.edu/~kinsey/ccies/

Explains this blog (I guess)
http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/12/we-like-lists-because-we-dont-want-to-die-an-interview-with-umberto-eco.html

Trolling in any age
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228440.700-dotdashdiss-the-gentleman-hackers-1903-lulz.html

The Jefferson Bible
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/How-Thomas-Jefferson-Created-His-Own-Bible.html?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=20111227&utm_content=thomasjeffersonbible

"The looking at blobs blob" or patterns are stored where?
http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2011/12/scanning-brain-while-looking-at-scans.html

Glug glug Boom
http://io9.com/5871143/

Kim Jung Mil-lipede
http://io9.com/5871448/two-millipede-species-have-set-up-a-150-mile-long-insect-demilitarized-zone

Small steps towards freedom
http://uncut.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/protest-samira-ibrahim-virginity-tests-egypt/

You can't see around corners?
http://doublexscience.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-can-you-hear-around-corners-but-not.html?spref=tw

The future of (almost) 12 years ago
http://io9.com/5871053/robert-heinleins-predictions-for-the-year-2000-from-1952

Some people Quail at the thought of government spending that they don't understand 1
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2011/12/28/the-wonderful-quail-and-what-sen-coburn-should-learn-about-it/

Some people Quail at the thought of government spending that they don't understand 2
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2011/12/28/cocaine-and-the-sexual-habits-of-quail-or-why-does-nih-fund-what-it-does/

Tim Minchin Ladies and Gentlemen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjqxayxwt4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVsD-bHA7oA&feature=related

The Weekest Links 21 Dec 2011

This Week in links.   In no particular order other than that in which I opened them.


http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/leaning-to-left-makes-you-believe-odd.html

http://breadpig.com/2011/05/19/say-hello-to-xkcd-preschool-and-xkcd-library/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-386

http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=59121078306

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228425.300-riot-shields-could-scatter-crowds-with-wall-of-sound.html

http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/12/religious-faith-children

http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2011/12/14/guest-post-the-nature-of-octopuses/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias

http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/12/12/chinas-deserted-fake-disneyland/

http://www.nature.com/news/hummingbird-flight-has-a-clever-twist-1.9639

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802715133/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=skepticcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0802715133

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/13/the-semi-naked-ape-or-why-peach-fuzz-makes-it-harder-for-parasites/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+NotRocketScience+%28Not+Exactly+Rocket+Science%29


http://www.paintingmania.com/robert-louis-stevenson-171_14549.html

http://laughingsquid.com/cat-balancing-on-a-woman-doing-yoga/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/14/anger-doesnt-make-the-irrational-more-sensible/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://animalwise.org/2011/12/14/an-uplifting-dolphin-story-literally/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-pro-athletes-the-risks-of-smoking-pot-are-high--but-so-are-the-benefits/2011/12/13/gIQAgwAhsO_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

http://bangonacan.org/events/upcoming

http://ninamatsumoto.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/athletic-body-diversity-reference-for-artists/

http://io9.com/5867970/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/12/14/the-ethics-of-altering-memory-get-a-bit-ahead-of-the-science-but-just-a-bit/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/13/the-weird-wingless-ant-that-glides-about-upside-down-and-backwards/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DiscoverDiscoblog+%28Discoblog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/nasa-comet-harpoon/

http://ia700505.us.archive.org/25/items/cbarchive_116249_mosquitoesfeedingonengorgedmos1971/MN_V31_N1_P110-111.pdf

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtomics/2011/12/14/evolution-amongst-the-echoes/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/girliemac/sets/72157628409467125/show/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trRJ4J15xU8&feature=share

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/dec/13/lifebulb-light?CMP=twt_gu

http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/static-moving-fish/

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41537

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/14/the-ugly-facts-about-rape/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111215.html

http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/14/us-refusal-veto-detainee-bill-historic-tragedy-rights

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644232-freedom-of-religion-and-the-secular-state

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/98525/young-adults-under-25-insurance-obamacare-cdc-hhs

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/mead-shaping.html

http://laughingsquid.com/guitar-pedals-an-interactive-art-installation-of-96-guitar-effects-pedals-by-david-byrne/

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/12/superflies-bred-to-be-the-first-astronauts-on-titan.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/15/look-no-hands-ants-kill-termites-with-airborne-chemical-weapons/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/why-musical-genius-requires-apple-pie-a-response-to-roger-ebert/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2011/12/15/visiting-the-devils-garden/

http://reason.com/blog/2011/12/15/instapundit-on-possible-talking-while-dr

http://eagleman.com/eagleman-blog/130-scanning-a-mummy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/between-mccain-and-putin-theres-no-love-lost/2011/12/15/gIQAdFSxvO_blog.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

http://laughingsquid.com/baby-rhinos-making-cute-squealing-sounds/

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228421.300-bank-says-no-ditch-the-bank--borrow-from-the-crowd.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg21228421.300

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/plos-csa121211.php

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/15/creationist-abuse-of-cuttlefish-chitin/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/the-nightmarish-sopa-hearings/2011/12/15/gIQA47RUwO_blog.html

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/hitchens-cancer-war-religion

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=motions-unmask-moods

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/postscript-christopher-hitchens.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/umg-we-have-the-right-to-block-or-remove-youtube-videos.ars

http://www.broadinstitute.org/news/3784

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/16-james-randi/1562-weve-lost-a-giant.html

http://www.theweinerworks.com/?p=1088

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-cadsby/defying-our-maker-what-th_b_1140486.html

http://io9.com/5868776/


http://www.thenation.com/article/165200/reading-christopher

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/08/science/08science-chimps.html?ref=science

http://www.digitalbusstop.com/cartoon-medical-disorders/

http://kotaku.com/5868595/nerds-and-male-privilege

http://www.theroot.com/teen-spanked-video-killed-new-orleans

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/17/new-york-students-protest-outside-high-school-over-tebowing-incident/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/16/the-dark-side-of-hitchens/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29




http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/hitchens-amis-totalitarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zhDQkSqii-E

http://gawker.com/5868761

http://blogs.thedailybeast.com/sources-and-targets/2011/12/16/i-will-miss-christopher-hitchens

http://gizmodo.com/5868071/expensive-gear-to-shower-upon-mark-zuckerberg?comment=45288340#comments

http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/12/16/dear-congress-it-s-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-the-internet-works

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/611201main_NASA_SI_Policy_12_15_11.pdf

http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/blog/

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/01/hitchens-201201

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu05arGcXh1r24d9go1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1324181688&Signature=hpiA3tEJKfBssbDzrQ1oLxrsVBY%3D

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/16/i-take-joy-in-discomfiting-the-godly/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://www.npgraphicdesign.com/bbt.jpg

http://www.metafilter.com/110619/Buncha-muncha-cruncha-humans

http://imgur.com/PLqAL

http://www.themathlab.com/geometry/section10/holetrick.htm

http://sciencedefeated.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/09999-1/

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Logical_fallacy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCZB-k4jKBc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HthQ6a7FZeA&feature=related

http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTools/RandomParagraph/RandomParagraph.aspx

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/12/independent_bookstores_vs_amazon_buying_books_online_is_better_for_authors_better_for_the_economy_and_better_for_you_.html?tid=sm_tw_button_toolbar

http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/2011/12/18/on-the-stability-of-iq/screen-shot-2011-12-18-at-8-59-08-am/

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/the-tree-of-life-gets-a-makeover/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/world/asia/kim-jong-il-is-dead.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&smid=fb-share&src=tp

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/new-york-list-gallery-shows-12-19-11.asp

http://io9.com/5869841/

http://i.imgur.com/L3Ooy.gif

http://skepchick.org/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/16/seriously-this-is-your-grand-plan/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/anti-caturday_post_15.php

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/16/will-christopher-hitchens-be-remembered-as-a-great-writer-or-a-great-orator.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/17/ive-got-your-missing-links-right-here-17-december-2011/

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/lauren-collins/2011/12/dinner-with-hitchens.html

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/17/christohper_hitchens_and_the_protocol_for_public_figure_deaths/

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/humanities_majors_will_be_fine.php

http://scienceline.org/2011/12/science-vs-politics/

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.14344,y.0,no.,content.true,page.3,css.print/issue.aspx

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/20/the-ghouls-new-game/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://prefrontal.org/blog/2011/04/the-seven-sins-of-neuromarketing/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/africa/us-considers-combating-shabab-militants-twitter-use.html?_r=3

http://laughingsquid.com/twitter-by-post-a-snail-mail-project-uses-postcards-to-create-tweets/

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644293-how-to-make-atheism-matter

http://www.nature.com/news/rules-on-integrity-signal-tighter-stance-1.9694

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nine-nations-with-nuclear-weapons

The Weekest Links 14 Dec 2011

http://deejaybird.tumblr.com/post/13855315621/uhura-comes-from-the-swahili-word-uhuru-meaning

http://dresdencodak.com/

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1070442--of-all-the-lonely-people-the-loneliest#.Tt4411FfVsk.twitter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak

http://whale.fm/

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27396/#.TuDy_EMc-js.twitter

http://io9.com/5866306/

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/thinking-about-thinking/

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27402/#.TuI6UBgOODs.twitter

http://www.woostercollective.com/#grid-view

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/12/spelltower-on-ios-shows-the-power-of-creating-games-in-genres-you-hate.ars

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/01/hitchens-201201

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/12/09/143398685/gop-objects-to-millionaires-surtax-millionaires-we-found-not-so-much

http://scripting.com/stories/2011/12/09/nprShouldGetAPulitzerForTh.html

http://www.collide-a-scape.com/2011/12/09/a-critic-of-science-journalism-dons-a-masquerade/

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/98266/gingrich-welfare-employment

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/ancient-beds-designed-to-ward-off-insects-add-to-evidence-modern-man-evolved-in-africa/2011/12/08/gIQAjG0bfO_story.html?hpid=z4&tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/09/empathic-rats-spring-each-other-from-jail/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdnl3eaPspQ

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/12/09/evolution-and-miss-usa-science-role-models-explain-why-evolutionary-biology-is-so-important-video/

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/12/vocal-fry-creeping-into-us-speec.html

http://io9.com/5864577/scientists-still-puzzled-by-a-fractal-discovered-500-years-ago

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/07/if-we-are-all-journalists-should-we-all-be-protected/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2011/12/09/energy-source-transitions-over-time-what-comes-next/

http://laughingsquid.com/tech-company-war-propaganda-posters/

http://www.theawl.com/slug/the-moon

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/12/herman-holleriths-tabulating-machine/

http://scriptureofscience.blogspot.com/2011/12/center-of-every-snowflake-is-bacterium.html?spref=tw

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/12/29/an-interview-with-david-attenborough/#cobra

http://environment.yale.edu/climate/news/the-climate-note-treatysupport/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/image-of-the-week/2011/12/12/straight-jacketed-chimp/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/12/12/a-long-walk-to-land/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122912607004203123.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/08/mirror-neurons-or-whats-matter-with.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228424.800-ai-to-predict-suns-next-attack-on-earth.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/12/meet-the-agta-a-tribe-where-a-quarter-of-men-have-been-attacked-by-giant-snakes/

http://laughingsquid.com/pranksters-turn-rotating-billboard-into-a-merry-go-round/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/2011/12/13/if-i-were-a-wealthy-white-suburbanite/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-386

The Weekest Links 07Dec2011 Part 2 of 2

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/11/14/neanderthal-neuroscience/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/12/04/do-you-own-your-germs-my-new-piece-for-the-new-york-times-on-micro-bioethics/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/11/29/142910393/the-library-phantom-returns?sc=fb&cc=fp

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/mitt-romney-ad_b_1117288.html

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/12/02/opinion/opart-riot.html?ref=sunday

http://musicnotation.org/tutorials/intervals2.html

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/03/the_evolution_of_monsters/

http://www.nature.com/news/entangled-diamonds-vibrate-together-1.9532

http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2011/12/the_advent_calendar_of_physics_2.php

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/03/its-about-time/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://www.emcarroll.com/comic/

http://io9.com/5864754/watch-a-group-of-flying-robots-assemble-a-20+foot-indoor-tower/gallery/1

http://www.cbc.ca/dispatches/2010season/2011/08/18/august-18-21-from-ghana---ugandasudan-border---detroit---senegal---london---germany/

http://www.tnr.com/blog/timothy-noah/98118/farm-dust-alert

http://fakescience.tumblr.com/post/13785566195/the-lever

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/culture-media-sport/PH45_Letter_from_Neville_Thurlbeck_to_Chairman_29_November_2011.pdf

The Weekest Links 07 Dec 2011 1of2

To much to Parse

http://www.oddee.com/item_97996.aspx

http://www.blogher.com/i-just-want-go-walk

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