Lactose Intolerance

“Mars One’s candidates have been vetted by a single person, in a 10-minute Skype interview.”

The foodbank dilemma.

A bee sting saved my life.

The death of Ebola’s unsung hero.

Cheese changed the course of Western civilization.

200 Years of immigration to the U.S., visualised.

The end of the line for the Dictionary of American Regional English.

A conversation with Berkeley Breathed.

Interview with old-skool game designer Al Lowe.

GamerGate is killing video games.

What happens when you get too like-happy on Facebook.

Why screens are terrible for you. Why staying indoors is terrible for you.

The shut-in economy.

The cold rim of the world.

Bitter lake.

Arctic sea ice just set a disturbing new record. The melting of Antarctica just got worse. Global warming is slowing down the circulation of the oceans. Atlantic circulation is weaker than in a thousand years. Fossil fuel firms are still bankrolling climate denial lobby groups. Let’s kick oil while the price is down.

3 April 2015 · Weblog