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• “Obesity Drops Risk of Severe Swine Flu More Than 40%”

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-15 • ( 31 )

  …That’s what I would be saying, from actual sources instead of the mainstream news, if I believed that a sample size of 30 was likely to give statistically significant results. Anne Schuchat, M.D., interim deputy director for the CDC’s (Centers… Read More ›

• What a tail

  By tigtog on 2009-06-15 • ( 8 )

  This is just one shot of a snow leopard captured by a camera trap in the Himalayas by photographer Steve Winter. There’s a gallery of his shots up at National Geographic. The length of the tail helps the big cats… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – June 15, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-06-15 • ( 1 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. I sue in your general direction – “Mynd you, chirøpractic subluxatiøns Kan be pretty nasti…” Don't go down this road,… Read More ›

• Iran election aftermath: “The revolution is being tweeted”

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-14 • ( 5 )

  Large US cable news companies are failing to cover the revolutionary rioting following the Iran election. Mousavi’s twitter account (I have no reason to believe this isn’t real, but let me know if you have further information) says that he’s… Read More ›

• Gratuitous Burton: Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood

  By tigtog on 2009-06-14 • ( 3 )

  Found as a linked item on my Facebook home page (where you can now add latest HaT post updates to your friends-feed if you become a fan of the HaT Facebook page): Dylan Thomas’ famous “Play for Voices”. Below is… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – June 14, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-06-14 • ( 4 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Student Wins Right to Post Coursework Online – “The convenience of profs must be secondary to the pedagogical value of… Read More ›

• Otterday, and Open Thread

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-13 • ( 13 )

  Today’s otters are from a Minnesota Zoo advertisement. Description: A montage of extremely cute sea otters. Captioned: “Kittens can’t stand them. Puppies feel threatened. Even bunnies are jealous. Watch your back Mr. Otter. Sea Otters of Russia’s Grizzly Coast. Minnesota… Read More ›

• Femmostroppo Reader – June 13, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-06-13 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Pam's House Blend:: The Obama admin defends DOMA in a brief comparing marriage equality to incest – OMFG – this… Read More ›

• Coroner to rule in heatstroke/burns killing of Aboriginal elder in police van

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-12 • ( 6 )

  UPDATE 12 June 2009 P.M.: Coroner Alistair Hope has handed down his findings in the case. The ABC reports, in “Coroner’s damning findings on elder’s prison van death”: West Australian Coroner Alistair Hope says an Aboriginal elder who died after… Read More ›

• Friday Hoyden: Baby Jargoner

  By lauredhel on 2009-06-12 • ( 14 )

  Via Neatorama, this unnamed baby is my Hoyden of the week. Because she has something to SAY, and she’s not going to let anything so trivial as not having developed expressive vocabulary stop from her saying it.

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