The work week is over. Now we get the work weekend! Anyway, links for you. Science:
Season of Birth May Have Long-Term Effects on Personality, Study Suggests (in mice, usual caveats apply, etc.)
The economic case for open access in academic publishing
When's the Best Time to Publish Blog Posts? (Bora told me this years ago, but it's still good advice)
Other:
FESTIVAL OF DIM LIGHTS: A Children's Treasury of Sarah Palin Facebook Commenters On Hanukkah
Escalators: Picking Losers
Trade policy and job loss
Wikileaks And The End of the Open Internet
Not Crass, Class
Note to Religious Liberals: God Does Take Sides
More like this
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, which is, as Adam Sandler has correctly noted, a rather unsatisfying holiday. It's typically sold to impressionable Jewish kids as being better than Christmas, since there are eight days of presents, and not just one climactic morning.
In New York City, a group of Jews were beaten by Christians, as an expression of Christmas Holiday cheer. One of the assailants was previously convicted of anti-black hate crime.
Holiday, Festivus, Saturnalia, Kwanzaa, Agnostica, Cabmas, Hanukkah, Squidmas, Cephalopodmas,
As previously established, I don't much care for Christmas music. Last year, I compiled the few holiday songs I owned, and came up with a whopping ten, and that required stretching things a bit.