Giant ‘corpse flower’ with odor of rotting flesh blooms next door to US Capitol — Huh. The House must be in session.
A field guide to surviving a mass extinction — When the Earth caught fire, killing the dinosaurs, fresh water ecosystems did ok.
Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior — Gravity waves? :: waves back at gravity ::
Ambient backscatter: Free energy harvesting from TV signals, to power a ubiquitous internet of things — (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)
Electronic “Skin” Emits Light When Pressed — Researchers unveil one of the most complex electronic systems ever built on plastic.
The Eruv, a Jewish Quantum State
Is Mormon Faith Crisis for Men Only? Front-page NY Times piece on Mormon doubt misses half of the story. — Feminist Mormon Housewives again. I really do not understand why people cling with such tenacity to their faith when it so blatantly fails them.
What’s the Thought Process? — Talking about Young Earth Creationists in their own words. It's literally impossible to be a YEC without being deliberately intellectually dishonest and willfully ignorant. Creationism badly discredits all people of faith. (Via Slacktivist Fred Clark.)
Annals of White Terrorism: Police Arrest Suspect in bombing of Mosque, Murder of Muslim — Weird. Normally it's not terrorism when white Christian patriots do it.
Climate Change Will Wipe-Out Rare Iberian lynx within 50 Years, Researchers Say — It's amazing the lengths liberals will go to for their climate change hoax. Even wiping out entire species. Thank God for Rush Limbaugh and the Republican Party to remind us of the true facts.
Message from the mud: East Antarctic meltdown could cause massive sea rise
QotD?: Looked at your insides lately?
7/22/2013
Writing time yesterday: 0.0 hours (chemo brain)
Hours slept: 6.25 hours (solid)
Body movement: 0.0 hours (away from home)
Weight: n/a (away from home)
Number of FEMA troops on my block conducting Department of Justice investigations of white patriots: 0
Currently reading: Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program by Sharon Salzberg; Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey