Yes, it's true: we have now absorbed Laelaps. Update your links and feeds.
It's like some ravenous chthonic entity, isn't it? Got a blog? We'll devour it. But it's a good thing, and I like being part of an all-consuming juggernaut of science.
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If you people offered decent equation support, I might try to get assimilated.
Dunno about equations, but we have a stable-full of equitation horses in the back.
Off base, but for all you "Diggers" out there, Phil Plait on his scienceblog, "Bad Astronomy", has a pretty good article on Hillary Clinton's science agenda.
A little ray of hope?
Oops, I meant: Bad Astronomy
According to WordNet, via dictionary.com:
That last bit could be taken several ways.
I am PZ Myers of the ScienceBorgs. Resistance is futile. Your blog will be assimilated.
Soon, all the consumed come to feel that they enjoy being part of the beast. It is simply a matter of endocrine control.
Slowly through the centuries, their seperate identities fade until they are completely merged.