- Good slideshow about daily life in Southern Sudan
- Julia Sweeney’s hilarious bit about giving “the talk” to her daughter
- Amanda Marcotte nails it once again on not being an anti-fat bigot without giving up a skeptical fact-based viewpoint.
- “A man whom everyone thought had been murdered in a hatchet fight ten years ago appeared in his village in Henan, China last week seeking welfare. The assumed killer, Zhao Zuohai, had admitted to the crime and already served 10 years of his 29-year sentence. The Chinese court system must now question whether their methods for obtaining confessions are a bit over the top.” You think?
- A wonderful talk about making maths education more engaging. The approach he shows won’t work if it’s the only approach, but it still showcases a crucial part that’s currently missing.
- Remember those Saudi Arabian girls who were burnt to death because firemen wouldn’t let them out of a burning school because they weren’t dressed properly for being on the street? Well, look who’s entered the 9th century — Saudi Arabia now allows firemen to save such girls and not let them die. Huzzah! On that note: A Saudi woman whose male friend collapsed on being questioned by a member of the notorious morality police (the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice) snapped, and laid a beating on the religious cop.
- More on life resembling the Onion: see if you can watch this 30 sec political ad without hurling.
- A great summary in comic book form of the Andrew Wakefield fiasco that has created an epidemic of anti-vaccinationist nonsense.
- Apparently a bug in most browsers (that they haven’t bothered fixing) means that any website can have direct access to your browsing history. See for yourself here.
Friday Links (21-May-10)
May 21st, 2010
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Love your Friday links. But I wish they were Saturday links instead. The time difference between UK and Australia makes it so they appear on my screen on Friday morning and so I stop what I’m doing clicking away on your links…
No, no, not a complaint. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Maybe you can take it as an opportunity to practice the self control of not-clicking-until-Saturday…
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