The cat was sitting on the roof again.

Now that I know she knows how to get back in that doesn't concern me, but when she notices I'm awake she inevitably starts mrowing at me. I don't know what she wants me to do. Go out on the roof? Yeah, right, Callie. When I want to enjoy the fresh air, I'll go out on the porch like humans do.

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Discovered: the hairy marsupial that dies from frantic mating.

http://bitly.com/1kW5rfp

NSA program exposes divisions in both parties

http://wapo.st/OeBBFB

These images show just how differently cats and humans see the world

http://bit.ly/1mw3MPl

Superpower vision lets cats and dogs see in ultraviolet

http://bit.ly/1cu1QQS

Prisoners less likely to reoffend after education behind bars.

http://ti.me/1e7eul8

Mafia Is Down—but Not Out
Crime Families Adapt to Survive, Lowering Profile and Using Need-to-Know Tactics

http://on.wsj.com/1fyGUFS

Wild weather puts climate back on global agenda before 2015 deadline

http://yhoo.it/1gfia72

Swarm of rabbits chases woman

http://bit.ly/1oJugeT

How many of the groceries sold at Walmart would be banned by Whole Foods?

http://slate.me/1gFbIIW

There’s a price to be paid for homophobia, and it’s a steep one: Approximately two and one-half years off of your life.

http://bit.ly/1kXxATr

Two things.

First of all, somebody posted asking about sci-fi books with Jewish protagonists a while back, and either I got this one from the ensuing list or it should be added to it: Starglass, by Phoebe North.

Decently readable, with Jews and a side dish of gay angst on a generational ship fleeing asteroid impacts on earth. Also, there's a revolution and so on.

And secondly, a day after I finish this, somebody over on Love, Joy, Feminism wants some read aloud books for her family that are as good as the ones she read as a kid, but without icky race issues or sexism, and preferably some with non-white main characters. And she's not the only one, scroll down the thread a bit. I had typed up a reply, but then Disqus ate it.

If anybody has any suggestions or, better yet, any pre-compiled book lists (why reinvent the wheel?), do me a favor and post them here or there? You can comment anonymously over there, you don't need a Disqus account.