Archives for March 24, 2009
PLoS ONE gets community blog
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 PLoS ONE now has a community blog. You an see it here and read Bora’s take on it here. This is in part to mark the fife thousandth paper published by PLoS ONE, and the growth of the on line community to a level that may sustain a community blog. Check it out.
Lunar Eclipse in Time Lapse
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 Hat Tip Wired Science
Rachel Maddow: Sarah Palin is a …
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 erp Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I love Rachel Maddow. You know, in a healthy, non-stalking kinda way. But I do.
Criticizing Evolution Is OK if you are not nefarious about it.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 Tangled Up in Blue Guy examines Genie Scott’s testimony in Texas and takes it to another level. Here.
Rachel Maddow: AIG -> AIU
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 … and related matters. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Owning the Weather
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 Hat Tip The Intersection (where you will find details on the film)
Obama Cool = Cheney Smackdown
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 … Cheney has been rather out of line. And now he’s out of breath. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Gay worker sues Microsoft for discrimination
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 (London) A British worker for Microsoft is suing the computer giant in London, alleging discrimination. Jamie Durrant, 38, claims in his complaint to the labor tribunal that the company failed to take action despite numerous complaints he was being harassed by fellow workers. Durrant … claims emails were circulated among employees with headings including “I’m…
The Replace Michele Bachmann Web Carnival is Back
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 Back before the election in November, Stephanie Zvan and I had dinner to discuss the idea of forming a community of like minded bloggers to exchange resources and information. Mike Haurbrich was part of that conversation as well, but not at dinner that particular evening, which was at The Blue Nile. During that conversation, and…
Minnesota Senate Recount: Refining the prediction on how it ends
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 In conversation with reporters earlier today Coleman noted that he does not anticipate this case going to the US Supreme Court, though he did apparently say this in his usual smarmy way so he can change his mind later. He did indicate that he DOES anticipate bringing the case to the Minnesota Supreme Court if…
Michele Bachmann: Time for a censure. Seriously
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 I live next to this crazy person’s congressional district and I do not want the yahoos who live there pouring over the border of My Fair City with their guns and rabid dogs, mullets and swastika-bearing pickups. Michele Bachmann barely makes it to Winged Monkey level, and this is well demonstrated here: More details here.…
Texas Evolution-Creationism Smackdown Part 3
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 This just in from the NCSE: The future of science education in Texas is on the line. The Texas Board of Education, after two previous contentious public hearings on high school science standards (TEKS), meets March 25-27 for its final vote. As you may recall, at the previous meeting (January 23rd), the board voted to…
Let Academic Freedom Ring
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 As long as we understand exactly what it really is… Debbitage has an excellent post responding to a piece in Higher Ed about critique v. objectivity in the classroom. The comparison is between “Objectivist” teaching and “Criticism Based” teaching… An important aspect of criticism-based teaching is that if done right, it is able to correct…
Blogospherics
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 Tangled Up in Blue Guy has this: Angela Belcher and Batteries. Belcher, a bioengineer at MIT, is hacking biological systems within viruses to create new kinds of batteries That would be so cool. Joe My God has this: Gainesville FL Votes Today On Repealing LGBT Discrimination Protection Do the right thing, Gainesville! The Carnival of…
The Intersection Flees to Discover Blogs
Posted by Greg Laden on March 24, 2009 The Intersection, the Scienceblogs.com blog written by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, filed its last post on Scienceblogs.com yesterday afternoon. In closely related news, The Intersection, written by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, has just started up at its new home on Discover! You know that Chris and I have disagreed on a number of…
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