[BRIEF NOTE] Some of What's Worth Reading on Livejournal

[rfmcdonald]

• alecsebastian links to an article from Nature describing just how closely related we all are.


• charlemagne77 introduces us to The Misanthrophic Bitch.


• dsgood provides daily compendia of links to interesting articles concerned with the natural sciences and human history. It's all the convenience of an E-mail update without having to open up an account.


• orlandobr describes the religious complexion of his neighbourhood for us, proving (as if it needs to be proven) that Costa Rica is, in fact, cosmopolitan.


• As part of his Brave New worlds setting, pauldrye details a fascinating colony world shared by the Europeans and the Chinese. What is it about tidelocked garden world saround red dwarfs that makes them so interesting, anyway?


• piratehead manages to provide his readers with a nice collection of links. Two of the best are madolan's review of 1980s-era survivalist food and connects us to Bush's speaking notes for last night's debate.


• polonius predicts the outcome of the US elections. Myself, I suspect we'll have Bush. I also suspect that a second Dubya term will hobble the Republicans as thoroughly as John Major hobbled the British Tories.


• Almost two decades after the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme, pompe writes about the recent death of the presumed assassin and the changes in Sweden since the mid-1980s.


• uselessmatt1985 has a very interesting take on Sparta.