First a video, then some links. Video:
Science:
A carpenter ant at home
World Health Day: Time to tackle resistance
Biodiversity Wednesday: The Green Spaces of New York (fascinating about the centipede)
What makes a great scientific talk?
What Motivates a Climate Skeptic?
Other:
Stephen Moore's ode to the American Workers his Policies Harm
Modern Monetary Theory and Mr. Paul Krugman: a way forward
How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood (of course, if the batshitloonitarians have their way, many other kids' childhoods will be ruined...)
The tragedy of Milwaukee's bus service
It is time to get angry
Memory Hole Alert
Representative Ryan Proposes Medicare Plan Under Which Seniors Would Pay Most of Their Income for Health Care
More like this
When I was a little kid I used to take a pair of dice and throw these dice repeatedly. At each throw I'd fill in a box for the corresponding number on some graph paper and I would essentially "race" the numbers against each other.
I drove down to Norrköping Thursday morning to look at two small Medieval castle ruins for my new project. The one at Landsjö in Kimstad is difficult to reach because it's on a small island in a lake where nobody keeps a boat.
Cooking turkey is actually kind of a dumb idea. Most people don't ever cook turkey. Turkey is like chicken ... it's a domestic bird that is familiar to all Americans ... but it is very difficult to cook in a way that does not ruin it.
Here at Deltoid world headquarters we built a gingerbread ruin. Pictures below the fold.
The house.
That was the best video ever.