Links for you. Science:
Women "computers" of World War II (great post, but no reason to put computers in quotes--at the time, computing was a full-time job)
Opposing industrial-scale pig farming -- in Europe
One database to hold them all
Anglerfish: Lophius piscatorius
Ravens stressed by 'gang life'
Other:
New Video Shows Planned Parenthood Employees Doing Their Job
Adbusters: The left built Huffington, and we can tear it down too
Speculation is the main driver behind higher world food prices - the evidence is there in the data
The Wrong Crisis: The FCIC forgets the housing bubble
Tyler Cowen and "Act of God" Economics
Beck Follows Goldberg In Cropping Quote About Mussolini, Misattributes It To NY Times
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I think the quotes in the "computer" article are intended to emphasize that the word is being used in a manner that most people aren't familiar with. Not many people today realize that "typewriter", "calculator", and "computer" used to refer to professions rather than devices.