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January 31, 2010
Fight Tobias Buckell's monopoly on Tobias Buckell novels!
Fight Tobias Buckell's monopoly on Tobias Buckell novels!
( 8:43 PM)
Kage Baker, 1952-2010
Kage Baker, 1952-2010
( 4:45 PM)
January 27, 2010
Among our greatest Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
Among our greatest Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
( 8:46 PM)
January 19, 2010
It's high time this sort of thing stopped happening
It's high time this sort of thing stopped happening
( 2:36 PM)
January 17, 2010
Californians, start building your arks
Californians, start building your arks
( 8:27 PM)
The always-interesting Brian Eno
The always-interesting Brian Eno
( 7:30 PM)
Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake--in color
Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake--in color
( 3:05 PM)
Extending geological time to back before the formation of the Earth
Extending geological time to back before the formation of the Earth
( 1:39 PM)
What's actually going on with that Irish "blasphemy" law
What's actually going on with that Irish "blasphemy" law
( 1:23 PM)
Logistics and the Haiti earthquake
Logistics and the Haiti earthquake
( 1:13 PM)
California as the Ruins of the Unsustainable
California as the Ruins of the Unsustainable
( 1:09 PM)
The remarkably high suicide rate of 19th-century Texas politicians
The remarkably high suicide rate of 19th-century Texas politicians
(12:37 PM)
A political-media term with which I was previously unfamiliar
A political-media term with which I was previously unfamiliar
( 7:11 AM)
January 16, 2010
R. A. Salvatore on Martha Coakley
R. A. Salvatore on Martha Coakley
( 6:38 PM)
January 15, 2010
Update from Médecins Sans Frontières
Update from Médecins Sans Frontières
( 1:40 PM)
January 14, 2010
Fourth Gormenghast novel, by Peake's widow Maeve, discovered
Fourth Gormenghast novel, by Peake's widow Maeve, discovered
(10:35 AM)
January 13, 2010
How GPS takes relavistic effects into account
How GPS takes relavistic effects into account
( 3:49 PM)
"The incomparably horrific Harold Ford"
"The incomparably horrific Harold Ford"
( 2:53 PM)
Wait, Pat Robertson is alive?
Wait, Pat Robertson is alive?
( 2:48 PM)
January 9, 2010
"I, Robot
meets the Risorgimento"
"I, Robot
meets the Risorgimento"
(via)
(11:58 AM)
January 7, 2010
Arctic Britain, and how it got that way
Arctic Britain,
and how it got that way
( 2:28 PM)
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
( 2:26 PM)
January 6, 2010
It's going to go on our tombstone
It's going to go on our tombstone
(10:36 PM)
Roz Kaveney's magisterial review of
Avatar
Roz Kaveney's magisterial review of
Avatar
( 9:42 AM)
January 5, 2010
Vaccines work
Vaccines work.
( 9:08 PM)
Term limits: worst idea ever
Term limits: worst idea ever
( 7:29 PM)
Peter Watts rewrites a classic
Peter Watts rewrites a classic
( 7:24 PM)
Lord of Light,
the CIA, and the Iranian hostage crisis
Lord of Light,
the CIA, and the Iranian hostage crisis
( 4:18 PM)
Remembering Robert Holdstock
Remembering Robert Holdstock
(11:28 AM)
Six ways filesharers will beat 3-strikes laws
Six ways filesharers will beat 3-strikes laws
(11:13 AM)
When letters-page editors were blunt
When letters-page editors were blunt
(11:11 AM)
David Ignatius, stenographer to power
David Ignatius, stenographer to power
(11:07 AM)
Kirkus Reviews
possibly not dead after all
Kirkus Reviews
possibly not dead after all
(11:01 AM)
January 3, 2010
"It's a circus, and the tent's on fire": the annual Bruce Sterling interview on Inkwell
"It's a circus, and the tent's on fire": the annual Bruce Sterling interview on Inkwell
( 8:40 PM)
January 2, 2010
Rain of fire, dogs and cats living together, David Brooks making sense
Rain of fire, dogs and cats living together, David Brooks making sense
(10:24 AM)