Jimmy Carter says YES!

Our 39th president!

Knit tits

For the breast cancer patient in your life. No, really.

Or maybe you know someone who needs replacement for other parts.

Public Transportation

Yay for mass transit!

...oh, snap!

Tree Fish!

Fish! in trees! Wow!

Captain Planet!

The power is yours!

Also, the Climate Crisis Jam

Выборы! Выборы! Кандидаты - пидоры!

Leningrad's take on Russian politics. (Putin, of course, isn't technically a candidate.)

Putin's plan

Putin has a plan. There are billboards up all over Moscow, I hear. Some say it's a sinister plan. Others are pretty sure it has to do with трава.

But hey, maybe we should leave the poor guy alone.

Public Service Announcement

Keep America Beautiful!

Bikes!

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. -Iris Murdoch, writer (1919-1999) [World Carfree Day is Sep 22: http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/]

Recycled from A Word A Day

Helpful helmets?

Theory: Helmet will protect your head.
Effect: You feel/look safer, so drivers and cyclists take more chances.

Article

I'll keep wearing mine, though!

The Earth Needs Friends

"Bagonaut" of Texas spends 24 hours inside a giant canvas bag to raise awareness of reusable grocery bags. Youtube video, website.

Siberian Ice Maiden

Archeology is fascinating!

Best line: "Soviet scientists were experts at preserving dead bodies, especially those of revered Communist leaders."

TV Climatologist

NY Times interviews Heidi Cullen, who has a climatology show on The Weather Channel, and a PhD.

Recipes

Delicious Organics. Yum!

Linguistics

Go team USA!

The Big Nada

There's a hole in the universe, dear Liza.

Eating Safe/Green/Cheap

Grist has an advice column on what to buy organic if you can't afford to buy everything organic, and another column about how to make zucchini blueberry bread, with batter that looks like dragon snot. Sadly, no photos of dragon snot are included.

Ideal Gas Laws

Totally fascinating applet to play with gas, temperature, pressure and volume.

Cow burps

Reducing methane emissions by cows. The news is so interesting today!

Lake Tahoe

Article: not as clear as when seen by Mark Twain, who likened it to boating on glass.

America Loses Its Stature as Tallest Country

From the Washington Post:
"Komlos and others noted that the contemporary American diet, while plentiful, has become less nutritious in some ways, especially in recent years, which has helped fuel the obesity epidemic, particularly among children. So while Americans are no longer the tallest, they are among the widest."

Uncle Ted in Trouble

And Uncle Don and our new Aunt Lisa, too. Read the news.

More chem

Also, a fairly sensible explanation of oxidation and reduction.

Plus, best chemistry word so far today: Zwitterion.

Atomic orbitals

Explained. Quite clearly. Unlike in the chem book I've been reading.

Man vs Woman vs Planet

Earth mamas and eco-warriors. Or are gender differences just junk? I'm never entirely sure, but here's a Grist piece anyway.

Space Beer

New Scientist has the low down on alcohol in space.

HS Teachers Rap

There were no teachers like this at my high school.

Kitten Care

Want to take your kitty outside? How about in a stroller!
Or maybe kitty should stay inside and play with a motor mouse in a bubble, or the whack-a-mouse ball. And if you get tired of holding the laser pointer, why not try the hands free version?

My kitten is perfectly happen at the moment sitting on the back of the couch and playing with my hair...

Good enough for government work

--- and it's real news!

Seafood

Double check if it's really okay to eat. And I'm not talking about smelling it!

South African Blogosphere

Globalization at work: Amatomu.

WOW Russia!

Everything you ever needed to know about the world's largest country. Serious.

getting down with global warming in Vermont

I hope these kids get awesome grades on this video as a senior project, or that it gets them into the colleges of their dreams.

Summer Explosives Camp

You know, for the kids!

film

15 environmental movies

that's no moon. it's a melon!

Cuke Skywalker says 'eat organic!'

Watch out for the Squirrels

They're mean!

US Falling Behind

Not only do we suck at math & science, our internet connection is lame, too.

Kitty Questions

Surely you must have something better to worry about than this?

Limerictionary

It seems that some folks have enough time
To write dictionary definitions in rhyme
Does the world need 'em?
Someone will read 'em--
The net's all about fascinating waste of your time!

More education is always better

Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, our one duty is to furnish it well. -Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director (1921-2004)

Bad News for Kyoto

China overtakes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter

Geology

Plate tectonics, explained with oreos!

Strange News

Man in wheelchair takes ride on semi's grille
PAW PAW -- A young man has quite the story to tell after his wheelchair got lodged in the grille of a semi truck, which pushed the chair and the man inside for five miles down a road.

Quote

I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult. -E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)

Faux Glow

The ultimate high life nightlife accessory.

Illustrated Incan History

An awesome mural.

The Yeti

I love webcomics.

Creepy

Severed orca fin found.

Chocolate Beer Cake

This is the best idea ever! I am so making some permutation of these recipes:
1 2 3 4

Intrepid folks at my alma mater

Hunting squirrels and saving money for reslife.

The dark side of Craigslist

House stripped by malicious intent

Math & Science

Why I might think about working for NOAA.

Confused by mass media?

Here's the scoop on climate change.

Marine Mammals

Tigers demonstrate diving skillz

How many & how much?

Enter your birthdate, and this calculator will tell you how much methane you've contributed to the atmostphere (ie farts), how much chocolate you've eaten, how many pills you've taken, microwaves owned, elections voted in, etc, etc.
Human Footprint from Channel 4

Rust Dust

Recruiting Plankton to Fight Global Warming. I'm skeptical of quick fixes, especially when we don't particularly know what the long term effects on the ocean system will be.

Bad News

"Interior proposes expanding drilling in Alaska, elsewhere"

Seal talk

Ark! Arrrkh! Arruk!

Suggestions if getting a car

The meaneast vs the greenest automobiles, 2006.

(Hint: Don't buy a Jeep Grand Cherokee.)

Hope

Steven Pinker says we're getting nicer every day. (pdf)

All the news worth reading

I get my news stories from Tidepool, but my boyfriend prefers Metafilter. That way we can forward each other interesting, but usually not overlapping, items.

Maybe there's hope after all

America's Greenest Leaders

And the little girl grew up to be a vegetarian

probably a feminist, too.

рыбка (fish)

If you don't know Russian, it won't be funny

Ослов Осел Ослович

More foreign music clips

Lyapis Trubetskoi, Belarus
Kapital - They are publicising this clip on the net before releasing their album on May 1. Check the comments, 'cause someone wrote out the lyrics in translation to English.
NLO (UFO) - I really like the animation used in this video
Gop Hip-Hop - I am perpetually amused by Eastern European hip hop. See also, Everything is Illuminated.

And some sort of comedy duo from Belarussian TV?
Sasha & Serozha

Kazakhs (singing in Russian)
Bangor - Aysulu - this video reminded me terribly of Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry. Different lyrical matter, same video!


Then, I'm not really sure what to make of this. Paseka means apiary. As in lots of bees. I wish I could find a full clip of the song.
Liver - Paseka
Edit: Seems it's part of a movie. Some kind of very interesting movie, to be sure. Here's the full song.

Like they do on the Discovery Channel

Think that animals only mate when the season is right? Actually, they're just as kinky as us homo sapiens. Pandas watch porn, there are gay sheep on Brokeback Mountain, and even koalas are queer.

Rolling bridge!

Paddington Basin, London, UK, has the coolest bridge you ever saw.

Octodini

As I tell folks at the aquarium, octopuses have no bones. The only hard part in their body is their beak, and anything they can fit the beak through, well, the rest of them can squish through too.

poema

The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Critter culture

Museum of Non-Primate Art

Waiting for the bus

I wish curious things would happen when I wait for the bus. Usually I'm just cold.

Uzbekstreet boyz

Watching this Uzbek music video on YouTube, my main question is, 'are these kids old enought o drive?' Then, maybe that portion of Uzbek pop culture is all about junior high. Or monkeys.

Also, sometimes I am surprised when things are dubbed. Then when I think about it more, it doesn't seem surprising at all.

The weirdest fundraiser

The world never ceases to amaze. Seriously. Buy your own especially mounted celebrity... pubic hair.

Greeks

Archimedes: Give me a fulcrum and I will move the world.
Diogenes: Will it be better off in some other place?

Wesleyan-ing

Hey, Wes is blogging along.

Wesleyan in the news!

Different genders! Sharing dorm rooms! Parents briefly shocked and amazed! Read all about it!