palingates: Andrea Friedman, actress from "Family Guy" sets the record straight after Sarah Palin's Facebook rant - UPDATE

palingates: Andrea Friedman, actress from "Family Guy" sets the record straight after Sarah Palin's Facebook rant - UPDATE: "My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes."

By way of the arctic | The Columbus Dispatch

By way of the arctic | The Columbus Dispatch: "Global warming has melted so much Arctic ice that a telecommunication group is moving forward with a project that was unthinkable just a few years ago: laying underwater fiber-optic cable between Tokyo and London by way of the Northwest Passage." Making hay while the sun shines.

Much higher tritium levels found at nuclear plant - Boston.com

Much higher tritium levels found at nuclear plant - Boston.com

Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, Pimping Weapons to the World | TomDispatch

Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, Pimping Weapons to the World | TomDispatch: "America’s Global Weapons Monopoly
Don’t Call It “the Global Arms Trade”"

Struggling Over a Rule for Brokers - NYTimes.com

Struggling Over a Rule for Brokers - NYTimes.com Congress shall make no law regulating the separation of fools from money.

Power from motion and vibrations

Power from motion and vibrations

Ten-dollar cardboard gecko roaches | Beyond The Beyond

Ten-dollar cardboard gecko roaches | Beyond The Beyond: "The age of robots will have arrived,” says Fearing, “when you can buy one for ten dollars that does something really useful."

Cyberwar, the New Normal | Beyond The Beyond

Cyberwar, the New Normal | Beyond The Beyond