The world is awsome, y'all.

Sea slug is part plant:

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_science/156813.html

Sheltie entertains baby. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_I9ld-oDTs&feature=player_embedded#!

Have I mentioned that Apple is creepy and kind of evil? Because they are.

http://consumerist.com/2010/06/privacy-change-apple-knows-your-phone-is-and-is-telling-people.html

The hair collection is going forward

Hair is oil-absorbent, and you can donate yours to the Gulf relief effort.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/21/hair.boom.florida/index.html?hpt=T2

Platypi Tweet?

Apparently, platypi tweet.

• 14:05 @fernehalwes Emails! I has sent you a funny! Also, I will listen. *twug* #
• 16:18 This day calls for muffins! #om nom nom #
• 16:43 OMG I'm so hungry! #
• 16:50 @fernehalwes Especially when you're dealing with Medieval France, suppressing interesting women was a vocation. #
• 16:55 @fernehalwes Let's not forget Eleanor of Aquitaine, without whom there is no Plantagenet Dynasty. #
• 16:55 @fernehalwes And Margaret Beaufort! *shudder* #
• 16:56 @fernehalwes Oh, the Normans liked their strong women to be theoretical. #

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Lyrics to the Watership Down theme

http://aquamarine.nu/lyrics/af/watershipdown.php

They're talking about sad kids' movies on Fark.

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http://moronail.net/img/2051_america_we_will_kill_you_in_your_sleep_on_christmas

How to diagnose and treat malaria and typhoid in Haiti

From a series of photos from Haiti, taken by a triage worker.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/22/photo-from-haiti-how.html

So, here's a question:

During and after WWII, there was a push to get Americans researching and promote technological advancements. Didn't we keep those plans on file, somewhere? It sure seems like we could stand to implement them again.

http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/the-real-science-gap-16191/

Postcards from Hell

This is what a failed state looks like:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/21/postcards_from_hell?page=full

The image from the Congo illustrates pretty well why my diamond was grown in a lab. This is the life of a legal diamond miner. If the miner dies from overwork in unhealthy conditions, the stone doesn't count as a blood diamond. If you buy a diamond that came from the ground, you are a murderer.

Congo's diamond problem: http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/congo.htm