Let's clear out some of these links.

[conuly]

6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying

A set of artwork formed with mold and bacteria. Fascinating, especially the Mario.

Here's an article about curfew in... San Diego, I guess? Some of the comments are pretty pointless. "Oh, do you WANT your kid out after 10 without knowing where they are?" Obviously the only reasonable response to that is "Yes", because how can you argue with people so determined to use that line of attack?

And a fairly long article on lead in America which I'm far too tired to read right now. I can't even type, I keep putting in the wrong words. So read it and tell me if it's any good : ) I'll be sure to actually read it tomorrow.

Comments

[adrian_turtle]

The reasonable response to "Oh, do you WANT your kid out after 10 without knowing where they are?" is obviously, "I don't believe getting arrested and going to jail would make my kid safer or healthier." Yeah, there are a few situations that can be remedied (in part) by the criminal justice system...this does not seem like one of them.

The question is not, "Should kids stay out late or go home at a reasonable hour?" and it's not "Should kids talk to their parents or not?" The law is only in charge of answering, "When a kid stays out late, should that kid be arrested?"

[conuly]

That's assuming that these people want a reasonable discussion. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that people who start out with that line of "reasoning" really don't.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Well, the article on lead is a pretty narrow and unrepresentative history. It would be better titled "Unleaded Gas: A History".

There are some pretty amazing bloopers in there, too. Take this sentence: Odorless, colorless and tasteless, lead can be detected only through chemical analysis.

Um. Lead CONTAMINATION of the environment, perhaps. But lead itself is neither colorless nor tasteless. (I'll get back to you on the odorless part the next time I run some ball.) It's a soft grey metal that tastes pretty much like other metals. (Yes, yes, NOW I know putting fishing weights in your mouth is a bad idea. As a child, not so much.) This came in the middle of a paragraph about lead being a known toxin for three thousand years.

The author seems to love ethanol as a fuel/additive, completely failing to mention its drawbacks (hydrophilia and corrosion) in his quest to smear leaded gasoline.

And that's as far as I got before the nation asked me to subscribe to continue. >:(

[conuly]

Thank you, that's very helpful, actually :)

[amarafox.livejournal.com]

The second link is awesome!

[conuly]

Yes. It is.