We’re back, baby, and surfin’ the ‘net.
a change.org petition about gifted kids
holy heck, fo shizzle from visual news
fun math videos from Icevering
It’s not your job to keep peace with an unlikeable mansplainer, from captain awkward.
this was a really good discussion back in the day when #1 was just learning feminist theory
They need to make one of these for toddlers.
Seanan McGuire suggests a response to credential checking
Mary Robinette Kowal with fennec foxes taking a bubble bath
this program that nzmuse did is cool
Lewis Black makes fun of TX.
People are working fewer hours.
THAT KITTEN! IT NEEDS ME TO LOVE IT! (and Mutant needs to file contempt paperwork a lot) KITTEN!
never ever will I be chair ever, but thankfully Musey Me is giving us the run-down
Vanity Fair with 25 random thoughts on current events
the discussion in this language log blog is cool
Subdued excitement with harbingers of a new black tomorrow
We disagree with Mr. Scalzi– cocoa also doesn’t taste as good without milk or sugar, but it is still good. Speaking of Scalzi, did you see this timewaster of nouns?
ht delegar. Speaking of Delegar, we’ve just been loving her all week/month/year. Go check her out if you’re not a regular.
August 3, 2013 at 10:19 am
Re: fewer hours, a couple of years ago I started taking half-days on Fridays and it is AWESOME. Of course, since I’m paid hourly, I’m voluntarily giving up 10% of my income to do that (and I do realize that I’m amazingly privileged to be able to afford that). But if everyone who could work fewer hours did so, there’d be a lot more jobs available. It seems like increasing automation should lead to shorter hours rather than higher unemployment. Because unemployment is awful, but goofing off is sweeeet.
August 3, 2013 at 5:34 pm
It’s not quite that simple– productivity is really what’s important… there isn’t a set number of hours to be worked, and the economy can grow and create more jobs. Related to the lump of labor fallacy: http://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/lump-labor-fallacy/
August 3, 2013 at 4:50 pm
Thanks for the link, N&M!
August 3, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Language Log is totally douchey about moderating their comments, so f*cke them.
August 3, 2013 at 5:33 pm
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August 4, 2013 at 8:48 pm
Where would the world be without foxes in my bathtub? Because that’s clearly where you should keep them.
August 4, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Are there foxes in your bathtub?
August 5, 2013 at 10:11 am
Book carvings always make me sad. I wish they didn’t because they’re cool but they do.
Foxes! As pets! In bubble baths! CUTE!
Work hours: Interesting. I’ve heard it was the opposite. I guess it depends on the field? This makes me sad: “Just what are we doing with all these extra hours? Watching more TV, mostly.”
I can’t get the Vanity Fair link to work.
My brain is too cluttered with snot to follow the Language Log.
I always thought pot smelled more like a wet christmas tree forest myself… I like coffee mixed with things. The gravy effect if you will.
Thanks for the link. He got adopted by my friend and I am happy because I can visit him all the time and because he has a loving family to play with him.
August 5, 2013 at 11:58 am
fixed vanity fair link
August 6, 2013 at 10:39 am
Woebegone wet fox kits … cute/sad, amazingly quiet! Clearly one of them was muckiest. The way it just sat there in the water after the first round of shampoo, like all hope was gone … LOL.