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Feminist Daily News 2/5/2009: Arizona State University Settlement Reforms Harassment and Assault Policies I love how athletes get away with crap. (tags: athletics college university stupid money lawsuit arizona football rape sexual harassment feminism) American Civil Liberties Union : White House Announces Troubling Faith-Based Order, ACLU Says Administration Is Heading Into Unchartered Waters Why the […]

Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer: Your all-inclusive guide to a life well-lived. I giggled for about a minute. (tags: humor basicinstructions webcomics) BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Number of alien worlds quantified "The current research estimates that there are at least 361 intelligent civilisations in our Galaxy and possibly as many as 38,000." […]

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan bridge blast cuts supply Not good: "Suspected militants in north-western Pakistan have blown up a bridge, cutting a crucial supply link to Nato forces in neighbouring Afghanistan." (tags: military pakistan nato afghanistan transportation war terrorism) BBC NEWS | Africa | UK to 'keep up squeeze' on Mugabe UK […]

Media Matters – Media Matters: Media menu: Scrutiny, with a side order of sound judgment What the media should actually be doing: "We don't want to see the media treat Barack Obama with the overt scorn they directed at Bill Clinton, snooping around his bedroom and spreading lies large (Vince Foster conspiracy theories, for example) […]

10 Ways to Improve Your Web Page Performance 10 pretty simple tips to improve your web site's speed. (tags: webdevelopment css javascript xhtml programming performance optimization) A List Apart: Articles: Return of the Mobile Style Sheet What to do about mobile devices. (tags: mobile webdevelopment webdesign iphone css design usability xhtml browser cellphone internet stylesheet […]

Pharyngula: Durston's devious distortions Distorting science doesn't make you right. (tags: science statistics creation evolution) Who Survives a Plane Crash? – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com Most interesting part of this whole q&a session, "Panic is one of the biggest myths of disasters and emergencies. Experts say that 80 percent of us are likely to respond […]

Ajaxian » What is coming up with IE8 and 9? CSS2.1 fully supported, no supper for CSS border-radius, in IE8. Future versions will have improved JS support. (tags: javascript ie ie8 ie9 css css3 css2 technology) Op-Ed Columnist – Bad Faith Economics – NYTimes.com Krugman's well reasoned response to Republicans attacking Obama's stimulus plan. (tags: […]

Don't hire a programmer if they don't code for fun Totally agree. (tags: programming business career job hiring management startup interview hackers blog) AMC – Blogs – SciFi Scanner – John Scalzi Tries 007 and Repo Man in the SciFi Court Exactly how I feel about sci-fi, the science-fiction is the main driver of the […]

Self-promotion at work: 8 tips for shy people Everybody could use more exposure. (tags: career job work) BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Green Room | Climate shift 'killing US trees' "Old growth trees in western parts of the US are probably being killed as a result of regional changes to the climate, a study […]

Worst Field Trip Idea Ever | Friendly Atheist by Hemant Mehta WTF???? School trip to attend a "Just for Jesus" rally, ok, can I bring my "I worship Satan" or even better "Jesus and I smoked pot" shirt? (That was sarcasm people, I do not own either shirt.) (tags: atheism religion education) Pharyngula: The banana […]