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Don’t like the cold weather here?
Be careful what you wish for.
Australia has hottest spring on record as temperatures soar
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The world reshaped
The end of the population pyramid
For all of history, humans have lived in societies dominated (in numbers at least) by children. By 2060 children will be barely more numerous than any other age group up to 65. And looking after parents and grandparents will be as big a, or a bigger, social requirement as bringing up children and grandchildren. The year 2015 is, roughly, the halfway point in this astounding transformation.
Fascism and capital punishment
Mussolini’s Secret Weapon: Castor Oil is an interesting sidelight on history. It includes something in particular for modern Americans to think about:
In the years from the March of Rome, 1922 to Italy’s foolish entry into WW2 10 June 1940 sixty five men were executed in Fascist Italy (there were also a dozen or so extra legal killings). In modern Texas (with a population over half the size of 1930s Italy) twenty to thirty individuals are executed a year.
Fox News on the Antares rocket failure
Who to praise? Who to blame?
With hottest August on Record, …
… 2014 Takes Aim At Hottest Year On Record
Last month was the warmest August since records began being kept in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Thursday. NOAA also projected out scenarios for the rest of the year making clear that 2014 is going to be one of the very hottest years on record — and possibly the hottest.
Satanists Demand Religious Exemption From Abortion Restrictions
Supreme Court rules ….
… JCPenney Allowed to Sacrifice Employees to Appease Cthulhu
No author named, but clearly someone well acquainted with Lovecraft’s work.
From BoingBoing
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 