I thought my sprained hip was doing better

[conuly]

But then it started aching after I lugged home the CSA. Which makes sense, I guess. That's the problem I have with twisted ankles, I assume they're better because they've stopped hurting, but they're really not.

The upshot of all of this, such as it is, is that I've accumulated lots and lots more links to post. (Somebody stop me...!)

And that's all I've accomplished today, other than eating a salad. Mmm. Salad.

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Bank Of America’s $17 Billion Mortgage Crisis Settlement Could Be A Total Bust

Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 40 to 70 percent by mid-century will be needed to avert the worst of global warming that is already harming all continents, a draft U.N. report showed.

Conservative media is now just making things up about climate scientists

China Will Install More Solar This Year Than The U.S. Ever Has

Indoor Mapping Lets the Blind Navigate Airports

NYPD bee expert files for retirement after 20 years of battling swarms

The Defense Department is funding research to see if "neuroprosthetics" implanted in the brain can heal damaged memory.

The Other Death Sentence

More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it?

Farting cows almost cause their barn to burn down

The scale is hard to imagine: gray sludge, several feet deep, gushing with the force of a fire hose through streams and forest—coating everything in its path with ashy gunk. What happened on Monday might have been one of North America’s worst environmental disasters in decades, yet the news barely made it past the Canadian border.

Here's The Most Commonly Spoken Language In Every New York Neighborhood That Isn't English Or Spanish

Republican Climate Policy Keeps Getting Less Intelligent

The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI

America's home front was the site of interment, deportation, and vast property seizure

The Mysterious Fungus Infecting the American Southwest

The United States warned Russia on Friday that any further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretense of delivering humanitarian aid, would be viewed as "an invasion of Ukraine."

Russia arrests Ukrainian officers for 'war crimes'

Here's the Science to Refute Right-Wing Ebola Scaremongering

'Lion King' cast surprises commuters with 'Circle of Life' performance on New York subway

Our direct ancestors may have found their way out of Africa much earlier than we think. As new fossil remains emerge from China and south-east Asia, the traditional story of how we left Africa is being challenged.

A Friend Flees the Horror of ISIS

The strongest military left in Iraq has not stopped the Islamic State

Islamic State ‘now controls resources and territory unmatched in history of extremist organizations’

Jordan is turning away Palestinian refugees from Syria in violation of international law, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch says.

Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis?

Don't Believe the Haters—The Truth About the U.S. Post Office

White People Are Fine With Laws That Harm Blacks

Almost 20 percent of people near retirement age have no retirement savings

The Super Mario 64 Goomba Nobody Has Ever Killed

Poor little goomba. It spawns, only to plummet instantly to its doom, and now that we've discovered its plight all people can think about is how to stomp it!

Watch this reporter drink purified sewage

German gun designer’s quest for a smarter weapon infuriates U.S. gun rights advocates

Tennessee Drug Tests Welfare Applicants, Discovers Less Than One Percent Use Drugs