It’s hard to put into words what Carrie Fisher meant/means to feminist fandom, and what she meant/means to me. It’s even harder to make those words coherent, especially since the keyboard keeps deciding to be all fuzzy (I’m not crying, you’re crying). But I’ll do my best.
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Is there any hope for taking zinc lozenges (like zicam) to treat the common cold? A new retraction seems at first to say maybe not, but the reasons for the retraction suggest all hope may not be lost.
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I’m travelling today, so here’s two minutes and fifteen seconds of the New England equivalent of one of those fireplace videos. Yeah, it’s only 2:15, but you can use Looper if you want it for longer.
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Back on December 15, Orbital ATK launched eight small satellites for NASA. But the way they did it — while not new — is still pretty unusual, so I thought I’d take a moment to (re)introduce you to the Pegasus XL.
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Because it’s Monday, folks. It’s so very Monday.
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Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean the news stopped this week: here it is, your news roundup for December 25, 2016!
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As of this writing, Donald Trump has been confirmed by the electoral college, with more electors going faithless against Hillary Clinton instead of against Donald Trump. Because if I think about this fact for too long my brain will explode (or I’ll start to look for tickets to Iceland) with Richard’s encouragement I decided to spend this week writing a handy guide about how to relieve your holiday stress by murdering your relatives reminding your relatives of the inherent worth of all human beings over the holidays.*
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As I made mention of on Sunday, most of my time has been going toward another project this month. And here it is, finally published: Ledger, Volume 1!
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I typically reserve Mondays for the craziest thing I’ve seen in the past seven days, but some days you write a post and forget to actually hit “post,” and now it’s Tuesday. This week: the harmless-sounding but profoundly antisemitic “German New Medicine.”
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Despite The Donald’s use of the word “unpresidented,” this week’s top quote goes to California Governor Jerry Brown who says that if NASA isn’t allowed to collect climate data, California will launch its “own damn satellites.” This and more, in the news roundup for Sunday, December 18, 2016.
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