It would be unprecedented if Obama *didn’t* make a nomination. Nice try though McConnell.Unpresidented? 24 Supreme Court Nominations Have Happened in the Last 10 Months of a Presidency With the passing of Justice Scalia, Mitch McConnell has suggested that President Obama should refrain from appointing a nominee. cross-posted on Facebook

Um, woh Forbes.Unless It Changes, Capitalism Will Starve Humanity By 2050 Capitalism has generated massive wealth for some, but it’s devastated the planet and has failed to improve human well-being at scale. Species are going extinct at a rate 1,000 times faster than that of the natural rate over the previous 65 million years. Since …

One of the Washington State Senate bills threatening transgender people died today. My senator was voting for the bill though so I sent the senator a nasty-gram: “I was disappointed to learn of your yea vote today on the 3rd reading of SB 6443. I was glad that it failed to move on regardless. I …

How Limited Internet Access Can Subtract From Kids’ Education Smartphones are often credited with helping bridge the “digital divide” between people who do and don’t have Internet access at home. But is mobile Internet enough for a family with a kid in school? cross-posted on Facebook

IDK NOT TRUMP THO 2016 Many of us have already made up our minds about the 2016 presidential race and we feel very, very strongly about it. Join us. cross-posted on Facebook

Washington SAFE Alliance “I think they have a belief that this makes people safer. But the reality is…it’s going to force people like me into men’s rooms, which is going to put us in a huge amount of danger of physical violence and sexual assault.” -Jennifer Popkin Stand with us today! Contact your state senator …

Really Washington??? Our Human Rights Commission passes new regulation that you don’t like so you’re going to interfere with their mandate to protect human rights in our state? “a vote of 4 to 3 late last night by the Washington Senate Committee on Law and Justice in favor of legislation that would specifically prohibit the …

In other damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don’t news.School suspends trans boy for using boys’ restroom — after girls complained he was using theirs A transgender student who identifies as male was suspended from his South Carolina high school after a teacher saw him using the boy’s bathroom, WMBF reports. cross-posted on Facebook

If Male Scientists Were Written About Like Female Scientists “A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimens he brought from his travels.” cross-posted on Facebook

Zika virus is fascinating and terrifying to me. Having played Plague a lot, which is a pandemic simulation game based current science, Zika sounds like a plague I would design. If it was a virus I was playing, right about now I would be mutating new ways to transmit the virus to dramatically increase the …

I had the privilege of listening to a talk by a historian who was lead author on a Brief amici curiae filed in a current case concerning abortion rights that is set to be heard before SCOTUS. It was really interesting to consider how historians can provide insight and background to the courts. The opening …

Because that makes all the sense…Latin American countries recommend women delay pregnancy, criminalize abortion In response to an increase in cases of the Zika virus, multiple Latin American countries have issued recommendations that women delay getting pregnant until the outbreak is under control. The mosquito-borne virus is related to similar infections like dengue, yellow fever …

The *only* commercial hydrographic post-processing software available for non-Windows systems.QPS maritime geomatic software solutions cross-posted on Facebook

I’ve anonymized this conversation I had today, it was just too good not to share.How not to have a constructive Facebook conversation Person: (shares link to post on ideological blog explaining perceived massive injustice) cross-posted on Facebook

Let’s be clear. No one in that community wants Bundy and his like there. This is an extremists agenda looking for anything to validate their ideology. So let’s not confuse the finer points of the rancher’s case with the actions of these extremists. As a seperate topic entirely I would be happy to discuss federal …

I felt it!M4.9 – 19km NNE of Victoria, Canada USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards cross-posted on Facebook

Just watched Dope, it is awesome! It hit all the right buttons. The hacking is legit, the 90s references are spot on, and it hits on important issues around race that are relevant right now. It was a little raunchy and a little violent, but it had to be.Dope (2015) Directed by Rick Famuyiwa. With …

I got BB-8! Which “The Force Awakens” Character Are You? You’re friendly and charismatic. You have a great work ethic, and you’re very dependable. cross-posted on Facebook

I weirdly love this. I love the humanity, and the connectedness (and not in a digital way) of these acts.3rd December A professor at Texas A&M University posted these photos to Facebook. “There has… – Ro Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet. cross-posted on Facebook

Do you have an unused/old/broken Android phone you could donate? I’m trying to collect them to contribute to a citizen science project for detecting air showers of subatomic particles resulting from high energy cosmic rays hitting our atmosphere.upload.wikimedia.org cross-posted on Facebook