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The fate of the Affordable Care Act

Recent news has highlighted just how important and popular the Affordable Care Act has been, but its fate under a Trump administration and Republican Congress is uncertain. Congressional Republicans have voted repeatedly to repeal the ACA, but now that they actually have a shot at doing that, journalists and commentators are focusing on how hard it will be to preserve the provisions voters like and politicians vow to keep – let alone the gains in insurance coverage and financial stability. Between the law’s passage in 2010 and early 2016, an estimated 20 million people gained health insurance…

A Special Midweek Recipe: Ad-Libbed Cranberry Chutney

It's not saturday, but I've got a recipe that I needed to write down before I forget it, so you're getting an extra bonus. I usually make a simple cranberry relish for thanksgiving. But it needs to be made a couple of days in advance. This year, I completely forgot about the cranberries until this morning. So I figured I needed to do something else. A good chutney sounded nice. I went hunting online, but couldn't find anything that sounded good, so I went ahead and ad-libbed. And the results were amazing - this is definitely the new cranberry tradition in the Chu-Carroll household. Sweet,…

Does he also sacrifice goats to the voodoo, just to be sure?

Governor Charlie Crist of Florida has been sending prayers off to Israel every year…and now he wants to claim responsibility for averting hurricanes. Isn't that just so sweet? Now you can let Florida know what you think of their governor in an extremely objective and scientifically valid online poll. Gov. Crist said he's had prayer notes placed in the Western Wall in Jerusalem each year and no major storms have hit Florida. Another good reason not to vote for him! 53% It is good to know that we have a leader that believes in the power of prayer. 32% Don't knock it. Whatever works! 10%…

Around the Web: Principles of computational science, The state of open source and more

(Some) Principles of Computational Science The State of Open Source US Trade Wholesale Electronic Book Sales Strata Gems: Five data blogs you should read Science Bloggers: Diversifying the news The Four Sons of digital curation Lots of Markets, Lots of Business Models Copyright and Open Access for Academic Works Do You Want Fries with That Degree? The Future Is Not a Zero-Sum Game Does a PhD Student Need a Publication Strategy? A Curricular Innovation, Examined and A Curricular Innovation, Examined (Part 2) and A Curricular Innovation, Examined (Part 3) (commercial online course) "It's Not…

College Presidents should blog

Brian says that College Leaders should blog, commenting on this NYT article. Sure, there are pros and cons, a steep learning curve and the potentially huge benefits along with the risk. But in the 21st century, it just has to be done. A leader who does not embrace online technology to foster a two-way communication is irrelevant and will go the way of the dinosaurs. A leader who does will evolve wings and learn to fly, adapted to the new environment. Brian offers to help any University President set up a blog and get started, gratis. Take him up on his offer if you are a Top Dog at your…

Science News in Brief

* Best way to build children's brains: play with them Love beats trendy toys, classes or music as brain food for preschoolers, a report says. * Radioactive scorpion venom deemed safe cancer treatment: Scientists are exploring an unusual new treatment for an aggressive brain cancer. * Human-dolphin partnership inspires gov't protection: The government of Myanmar has moved to safeguard a dolphin-fisherman collaboration. * The science of sniping on eBay: A despised practice of placing last-second bids is actually the best strategy in online auctions, according to scientists. * Startling variety…

Tales for the pharyngulators

Way back in early January, I suggested that we vote for one of the Countess's horror stories in an online contest. You will be pleased to hear that she won "Best Short Horror Story"! You may recall that I also suggested that she reward Pharyngula's participation with a little story of our own, so now her horror story begins — she'll need to write something for the vicious, bloodthirsty, brutally critical audience here. There's no hurry, of course, but I'll let you all know when she comes through for us. Maybe it will be something with a beautiful princess, and a pony, and cephalopods, and…

Science Online London 2010: YES! I'll Be There!

You might not be aware of this, but there will be a Science Online London 2010! It is being scheduled as I write and will be held at the British Library on 3-4 September 2010, and YES! I will be there! (I am so excited!) As a blog reader, you are eagerly invited to suggestion session topics on the SciOnlineLondon wiki. Who knows? Maybe I'll be so lucky as to be asked to speak! (Yes, I would love that!) Here's a topic that was suggested by my featherless slave: why SHOULD science blog writers be provided access to embargoed materials -- just like [OMG!!] FUR REALZ journalists! (Especially when…

Science Online London 2009 - now in Second Life

Science Online London is next week. I really wanted to go this year, but hard choices had to be made....eh, well. For those of you who, like me, cannot be there in person, there are plenty of ways to follow the meeting virtually. Follow @soloconf and the #solo09 hashtag on Twitter. Join the FriendFeed room. Check out the Facebook page. And of course there will be a lot of blogging, including in the Forums at Nature Network. And for those of you who have computers with enough power and good graphics cards, another option is to follow the conference in Second Life - check that link to see how.

Science Blogging Conference - Teaching Science: using online tools in the science classroom

If you look at the Program page on the wiki for the Science Blogging Conference, you will see, for the Saturday program, there are 12 excellent sessions, a panel and a talk. Each has a discussion page which you should edit to add your own thoughts, ideas and questions. One of the sessions I expect to have a big draw, particularly with so many science teachers at the conference, is the session on Teaching Science: using online tools in the science classroom, led by a real pro on the topic - David Warlick. David already has an ongoing discussion of the session on his own blog where you are…

Brian Russell is now a Social Software and Multimedia Consultant for Hire

And it is hard to find anyone better than Brian: I am now available for hire to consult on the creation, care, and feeding of online communities. Plus I can create audio and video for the web. To get an idea of my professional experience you can check out my resume here and my portfolio here. ------------------------- I'm interested in working for non-profits, businesses, and progressive political campaigns. I can help you make your own media and demonstrate how it will strengthen your mission and benefit your organization financially. But most important is communicating with customers,…

Today's carnivals

Carnival of Space #30 is up on Bad Astronomy Blog The 79th Edition of Carnival of the Godless is up on Sexy Secularist! Friday Ark #166 is up on Modulator Grand Rounds 4.10 are up on Prudence, M.D. Carnival of the Green #105 is up on Great Green Goods Carnival of Homeschooling - Centennial Edition - is up on Mom is Teaching Finally, after a long break, I will host a carnival again. The Encephelon #37 will be right here on December 3rd. Email your posts to encephalon{dot}host{at}gmail{dot}com or directly to me at coturnix AT gmail DOT com, or submit using the blogcarnival online form.

I and the Bird #17 Available

Hey everyone, I and the Bird, issue #17, is hosted by Wild Bird on the Fly. In honor of this issue of the I and the Bird carnival, Amy presents the first annual bird festival, an online celebration of good food and wild birds, including a wonderful poster designed by Amy especially for this occasion (above). The carnival links to 25 or so essays, including one written by me. If you love birds, please consider writing and publishing an essay about them on your blog and sending the link to the next I and the Bird host, Rob, before 28 February. The next issue will be published on 2 March at…

Witch Harry Potter Character Are You?

tags: Harry Potter, online quiz This is a silly quiz, but hey, there's worse out there, as I am sure you will remind me. Here are my results; Witch Harry Potter character are you?created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Hermione Granger "Just because it's taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn't mean no one else has spotted I'm a girl!" Albus Dumbledore 100% Rubeus Hagrid 100% Hermione Granger 100% Minerva McGonagall 83% Sirius Black 67% Ginny Weasley 67% Harry Potter 67% Fred and George Weasley…

How Sarcastic Are You?

A couple days ago, one of my doctors told me that "if you could bottle your sarcasm and sell it, you'd be a rich woman." So of course, I had to take this online quiz to see how it measures up against medical opinion. I'll let you peek below the fold for my results, and I hope that you share your results with me, too. You're Totally Sarcastic You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny. Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it. And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad. How Sarcastic Are You?

KITP: low dimensional quantum systems

the other, other program running in parallel with the clusters09 program at KITP is "Low Dimensional Electron Systems", which seems intensely worried about the supply of pencils, or some such - at least graphene seems to be their buzzword du jour. They, also, are having lots of talks, most all of which are also online video and podcast. Monday they had their "Director's Seminar", to explain what the big deal is to the rest of us, and themselves: Sankar Das Sarma "Low Dimensional Electron Systems: A Landscape of Graphene, Quantum Hall Effects, MOSFET, Luttinger Liquid, and Beyond" most…

Blogger Gets Top Job Offer As Comment

My dear SciBling and fellow big-nose European, Bora/Coturnix, has a wonderful story to tell! After seeing an interesting job ad (regarding a position as on-line community manager for the Open Access journal publishing house Public Library of Science) he blogged about it and said he'd really like the job. In a matter of hours, a PLoS editor commented on Bora's blog and asked if the blog entry should be considered as a formal job application -- and Bora got the job! I gather what did it was a combination of his excellent blogging and the way he interacts with his many readers in the comments…

Scott Lohman Interviews Edwina Rogers

Almost a year ago, Edwina Rogers took over as the executive director of the Secular Coalition for America. It's been an ambitious, busy year for the Secular Coalition. This Sunday, Rogers joins us to talk with Scott Lohman about what they've accomplished and where they're going in the next year. They'll also discuss the formation of the Minnesota chapter of the Secular Coalition. Listen to AM 950 KTNF on Sunday at 9 a.m. Central to hear Atheists Talk, produced by Minnesota Atheists. Stream live online. Call in to the studio: 952-946-6205, or send an e-mail to radio@mnatheists.org during the…

Atheist Blog Carnival Proliferation

Atheist bloggers have long had the Carnival of the Godless to publicise their work. Then came MoJoey's Atheist Blogroll. And now there's the Humanist Symposium carnival, whose first instalment came on-line the day before yesterday. If God hadn't wanted you to have contact with other atheists, then he clearly wouldn't have made all these blogging venues. Although an atheist, I rarely feel moved to blog about my unfaith. You see, in Sweden, atheism is no big deal. Expressions of religious faith are the exception here, not the other way around. I believe in no gods, but nor do I believe in…

Viking Period Barrow Report On-Line

As detailed before (here and here) I did a trial dig with friends in an undated great barrow near Sjögestad church in Östergötland last September. We secured samples that allowed radiocarbon dating to the Early Viking Period (9th century) and the identification of several plant species in small hearths that had been lit on the barrow as it was being erected. I filed the excavation report the other day, and it is now available on-line in Swedish for all to read. Check it out! If anything's hard to understand, don't be afraid to ask. [More blog entries about archaeology, Sweden, vikings,…

Temporary Service Interruption

A big thunderstorm last night took out the DSL at Chateau Steelypips (and most of the 518 area code, it seems), and service is still out. So, if you're wondering why I haven't had any online presence since 5pm or so, that's why. I'm going to deal with the essential stuff using my office Internet connection, but I do have a day job, and lots to do for that as well. I would've posted the Thursday Baby Blogging pictures for the week, but like an idiot, I forgot to copy them onto a USB drive to bring to work. We apologize for the inconvenience. Normal service will be resotred as soon as possible.

Links for 2010-11-15

The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education "I've written toward a master's degree in cognitive psychology, a Ph.D. in sociology, and a handful of postgraduate credits in international diplomacy. I've worked on bachelor's degrees in hospitality, business administration, and accounting. I've written for courses in history, cinema, labor relations, pharmacology, theology, sports management, maritime security, airline services, sustainability, municipal budgeting, marketing, philosophy, ethics, Eastern religion, postmodern architecture, anthropology,…

Darwin's Birthday

Today is Charles Darwin's 199th birthday. Aussie blogger John Wilkins provides an eloquent summation of Darwin's significance: So remember Darwin not as the discoverer of anything, but as the guy who set off a fruitful, active, complex and ultimately explanatory research program in biology, which continues to become ever more active. Don't make him a saint, an authority, or a hero. He's just a damned good scientist. Other Darwin miscellanea on the web: For the celebration-minded, Darwinday.org lists local Darwin-related events. The Beagle Project aims to recreate the Voyage of the Beagle, in…

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Zut alors! This blog seems to have developed a following of Frenchmen. The shame of it is, I studied French for 5 years in High School and don't remember a word of it. The French ant-enthusiast forum Acideformik looks like a fine place to hang out on the intra-webs. Most online myrmecology forums are populated by 12 year-olds relating their experiences fighting red and black ants, or trying to trade in their allowance to import a colony of exotic bulldog ants (to kick the butts of both red and black ants, I gather). However, the French are over there having book discussions and…

What do you see?

Or rather, what word do you see first? Ready? Give your answer below... (scroll down) Now, mark off your answer in this poll. This is what I see...(opinion) Thanks for answering. If you're wondering what this is all about, I'm just curious whether there's a particular word that crops up in people's mind the most. I'm trying to design a slide that has a humorous element and can also segue to a discussion on bias. Note: Just added the word "HIST" to the poll as well (might take a minute to appear on the online poll). Missed that one myself - not sure if that's a reflection of a…

Spider Monkeys Use Cologne

Researchers in Mexico have documented wild spider monkeys rubbing themselves with fragrant, chewed up leaves. Though the exact purpose of this behavior is yet to be proven, it appears as if the scents "may play a role int he context of social communication, possibly for signaling of social status or to increase sexual attractiveness," according to an article in the online journal, Primates. My name's Marcel...Sagitarius. Laura Hernandez-Salazar of Veracruz University in Mexico and colleagues witnessed "20 episodes of self-anointing, that is, the application of scent-bearing material onto the…

Emoticons as a psychiatric treatment guide

There's a humorous post over at Shrink Rap about using patients online communication style (specifically emoticons) to determine what treatment plan to follow. Here is a partial list: :-)stable. cont prozac 40mg. f/u 3 mos. :-))reduce prozac to 20mg. f/u 1mo. :-))))d/c prozac. add lithium 300 tid. check TSH, creat. f/u 1wk. :-Dadd depakote. check lithium level, LFTs, CBC. f/u 1wk. :-|stable. cont prozac 40 mg. f/u 1mo. :-(increase prozac to 60mg. f/u 2wk. :'-(add wellbutrin SR 150mg. f/u 1wk. X-(call 911. send to ER. check for OD. Head over to Shrink Rap for the rest!

I'm back. Now for sleep

Sorry to sound Tweatish, but I've had about 4 hours sleep in the past 40 (I can't sleep on planes even with chemical assistance). I loved Lisbon, and the people who invited and paid for me to go were amazingly hospitable. I had a great time. One of the hapless audients has blogged it here but it is simply false when he says I resemble my avatar. I'm much really a little thinner. There's still no sign of my talk online at Ciências Viva, or the short interview they did with me (I got overenthusiastic), but I'll link to it when I know. Again I thank the amazing Nathalie Gontier, and the…

Some Love From Powell's

I've just found an online interview that I did with the Portland-based bookstore Powell's, where I'll also be appearing tonight. For some reason I hadn't tracked this down before now. You can read it here. Excerpt: Have you ever taken the Geek Test? How did you rate? I'm not sure what the Geek Test is so probably not. But if it's an accurate test I ought to rate fairly highly. I just noticed that Powell's also made the paperback edition of my book a Powells.com staff pick, which I really appreciate. I'm looking forward to checking out the scene tonight at Powell's Technical Books store.....

New York ScienceBlogging Debacle, I Mean, Meetup

So by now some of you may have heard that SEED threw a nice bash for us ScienceBloggers, and a gaggle of us went up to New York City to do whatever it is that online bloggers do when they get together in real life. Well, as to the latter, it involved quite a few rounds of shots and then doing Journey on kareoke. Oh wait, thats just what I did. Heh. Anyway, I just got back late late last night and am officially dead to the world until tomorrow, so I'll be reporting in full about the crazy nerd-soaked weekend I had in New York then. Now for a nap...

Discuss "Unscientific America" Saturday at Firedoglake Book Salon.

For those of you who have been following the various online reviews of and reactions to Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum's book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, you may be interested in the Firedoglake Book Salon discussion of the book. The discussion takes place Saturday (tomorrow), 5-7 pm Eastern (2-4 pm Pacific; those of you in other time zones can probably calculate your local time equivalent better than I), will include author Chris Mooney, and will be hosted by yours truly. Given that I'm pretty convinced I have the best commentariat in the…

Spider Monkeys Use Cologne

Researchers in Mexico have documented wild spider monkeys rubbing themselves with fragrant, chewed up leaves. Though the exact purpose of this behavior is yet to be proven, it appears as if the scents "may play a role int he context of social communication, possibly for signaling of social status or to increase sexual attractiveness," according to an article in the online journal, Primates. My name's Marcel...Sagitarius. Laura Hernandez-Salazar of Veracruz University in Mexico and colleagues witnessed "20 episodes of self-anointing, that is, the application of scent-bearing material onto the…

Did you experience McAfee Rebot Syndrome?

NEW YORK (AP) - Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus. McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download. McAfee could not say how many computers were affected, but judging by online postings, the number was at least in the thousands and possibly in the hundreds of thousands. Details are…

Save the Great Cormorants of Lake Constance

Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU - BirdLife in Germany) is protesting vehemently against the planned destruction of Lake Constance's only colony of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo. "It is hard to believe that Freiburg local authority intends to commit such a destructive act, not only in a National Nature Reserve but especially within a European Special Protected Area (SPA)", said Dr Andre Baumann (chairman - NABU Baden-Württemberg). "This persecution of Great Cormorants not only contradicts common sense, it also contravenes European bird protection legislation and is…

If you need child care at the GSA meeting in Portland this fall...

The August edition of Geological Society of America's monthly online news, GSA Connection, has just been posted. There's lots of useful news, but this one might be crucial: Sign up now if you need childcare during the Annual Meeting! If minimum attendance is not met, the program may be canceled, so please don't delay. KiddieCorp has provided quality care for children ages 6 months to 12 years at conventions and tradeshows since 1986. I'm not traveling with the kid, but I know the hassle of trying to sort out childcare. So I figured this was an urgent enough message to post. Details for…

Good News and Bad News

OK, bad news first. Although I was told I would have internet in my house today, I still don't, despite the militaristic tactics I've resorted to using with BT. However, BT tells me I should be online tomorrow. We'll see. Once that happens, I should be able to get back to some actual serious blogging, unlike what's been going on here lately.... The good news is that I got my copy of Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science today, so expect a review shortly. In fact, publishers have been sending me books like crazy lately (Is it the sudden hotness?), so you can actually look forward…

Star sign predicts traffic accident likelihood.

Are you kidding me? A study of 100,000 drivers finds that the month you were born is far more significant than your age in predicting car crashes. The study, based on North American driving statistics as gathered by an online insurance quoting service, ranks the likelihood of getting involved in an accident or receiving a traffic ticket -- and both -- based on an individual's astrological sign. Are you worried about your risks of getting in an accident? You should be if you are a Libra since they seem to crash the most! Can you think of any reason for these results? Here's the full list of…

Be part of "24 hours in Lawrence"

The Lawrence Journal-Worlld is putting together a project called 24 Hours in Lawrence. Tomorrow, they'll send out reporters throughout the community, the Watkins Community Museum will be set up to take oral histories, and you can submit your own content. They'll pull all the material together in reports online, on the air and in the paper. They also hope to store everything they get in the Museum as a permanent record of a day in the city's life. If you live here, write up an account of your day, your neighborhood, or something interesting in your life, and send that in to the Journal…

How to Save $40,000 A Year

Go to Yale for free. Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible. While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said. The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. They…

So the Poor are People...Really?

A week ago, one of our former foster sons celebrated his ninth birthday.  He's now living with family in another state, and we have kept in regular touch.  We sent a gift, a card with some pictures we thought he'd enjoy, and on the afternoon of his birthday, we tried to call and wish him happy, but the phone had been disconnected. This was not a total shock.  It had happened once before, during the process of getting him ready to move.  His family loves him and he's very happy there - but they live very, very close to the economic margin.  Both of the adults in his family  have serious health…

Medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates soar in California as SB 277 makes personal belief exemptions unavailable

Before I get into the topic at hand, I want to explain why there was no post yesterday. Some of you on Facebook might have seen my post about why, but basically, we lost power last night. We're still without power. In fact, the only reason I can write this is because I'm staying at my parents' house tonight. No, it wasn't weather. Rather, basically a nearby substation caught fire. Michigan infrastructure is great, and I really need to get a generator. It also reminds me how much I wouldn't mind living in California. For one thing, it's a beautiful state. Even better, California was willing to…

Two New Papers on Integrin Activation

Just as I was in the process of finishing my doctorate in August, I found out that my first first-author paper had been accepted for publication by The EMBO Journal. This was good news, because we were reporting some pretty fundamental findings in a relatively saturated field, and one of our competitors had managed to successfully stall the acceptance of this paper since March. Up until that point, witnessing this happen firsthand had been a somewhat frustrating and disillusioning experience for a young scientist, but I think that we were vindicated in the end. Anyway, this paper--and another…

Trial of Mining CEO Blankenship: Quotes from Week 4

The criminal trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship concluded its fourth week. Chris Blanchard the former president of Massey Energy’s Performance Coal Company was the prosecution's witness for the entire week. The Upper Big Branch mine was part of the Performance Coal Company subsidiary. The Charleston Gazette's Ken Ward Jr. provides updates several times a day from the federal courthouse. This week's featured a sparring match between the prosecution and defense attorneys over and about Blanchard’s testimony. Thanks to Ward’s reporting, I present some of my favorite exchanges from…

iPolitics series on Canadian science policy

Sarah Boon (Twitter, blog) has organized a series of posts on science policy in Canada over the next month or so to be published in the iPolitics online magazine. The first four are out with another eight (two approximately every Monday) between now and November 18th. Which is just in time for the upcoming Canadian Science Policy Conference in Toronto starting November 20th. The articles are available open access. I'll list the first bunch here, including my own contribution comparing what's going on at Library and Archives Canada with similar assaults on science. I will update this post as…

POPSCI IS BACK AS A VALUED FESTIVAL MEDIA PARTNER!

Popular Science, one of the leading sources of news in technology, science, gadgets, space, green tech and more, is returning as a key Americium Media Partner with the Festival! In doing so, Popular Science joins a growing list of other top science media leaders who will be serving as Festival sponsors, including Scientific American, American Scientist, Sigma Xi, ENGINEERING.com, Forbes Wolfe, and PBS Kids, among many others. Popular Science has been a major source of science and technology news since its award-winning magazine was founded back in 1872. Its online version, PopSci.com, was…

DC-Net Connects USA Science & Engineering Festival DC-Net provides Wi-Fi coverage for the first-ever national event.

In case you were wondering about wireless coverage during the Festival, there will be hotspots on the mall! DC-Net will provide free Wi-Fi Internet access for the first ever USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo on the National Mall and Freedom Plaza on October 23 and 24. Hotspot coverage will be available on the National Mall, between the Capitol rotunda and 7th Street, NW and Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between 13th and 14th Streets over the course of the event. The hotspots support 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi standards. People with laptops, smart phones and other wireless-enabled…

Tweetlinks, 10-15-09

Follow me on Twitter to get these, and more, in something closer to Real Time (all my tweets are also imported into FriendFeed where they are much more easy to search and comment on, as well as into my Facebook wall where they are seen by quite a different set of people): Framing the Mexican wolf debate. Beagle Project Blog: Darwin and the Adventure: media linkfest. 10 Huge Successes Built On Second Ideas misses Flickr.... Why I am getting both seasonal and swine flu vaccines and why you should, too. Science Got Ardi Wrong or: The Enigma of Ardipithecus. In which I have seen the future of…

Tweetlinks, 10-05-09

Follow me on Twitter to get these, and more, in something closer to Real Time: Warning, Revisited How Twitter is changing the way wars are fought Come hang out with me at ScienceOnline 2010 Nature Communications: A breakthrough for open access? (and discussion) Using tequila to make diamonds - igNobel: Scientific Diagrams - How not to do it 2009 medicine Nobelists - their PLoS publications - they have all three published in PLoS. Why Does Daniel Lyons Unnecessarily Opt-in To Stupid? (Contribution #1 of this) Blogger Outreach Manifesto Balloon Animals! (video) ROFL - is this Stuart Pivar's…

Unravelling

I am still a little under the weather, but I managed to get online and read and see what I missed - what an eventful week! And a bad week for the Right. Libby is guilty. Heads are falling around the Walter Reed affair. Newt Gingrich blames the NOLA victims for not being good enough citizens to leave before Katrina. The Coulter story keeps on giving. Joe Klein keeps jumping with both feet into his mouth almost daily. Atheism taken seriously in the news. The investigations into the firings of attorneys. The new NSA spying investigation. The Right-wing frothing at the mouth... But we…

Helping Folks in the Northeast Recover

A number of you have requested information about where to donate to in order to help folks in the northeast who are recovering from the floods. Please do donate if you can - there's a lot of need out here, some of which is evolving as it finally dries up and the sun comes out! There's a long slog ahead of a lot of folks here. For Vermont Farmers, NOFA VT has put together a farmer emergency fund to provide grants for farmers who lost crops and livestock. (BTW, I'm more than a little stunned that NOFA-NY has absolutely nothing on their website about NY farmers, flood relief or anything else…