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[conuly]

Light can be utilized to control gene function

Sheep are one of the most unfairly stereotyped animals on the planet. Almost everything we believe about them is wrong

Dramatic new discoveries illuminate the lost Indus civilization

(Personally, I think a sociology themed D&D style game might be a lot of fun!)

Why Did Life Move to Land? For the View

Living by the Girl Scout Law, Even Without a Home

Up Close and Personal With the World’s Most Artistic Mollusks (It's like House for a Hermit Crab, but scientifically accurate!)

How to Trick People Into Saving Money

Ms. Frizzle Made The March For Science Protests Magical (What's a protest without a little cosplay, right?)

We Need More Alternatives to Facebook

Eating people is wrong – but it’s also widespread and sacred

All Your Favorite Vacation Spots Have Been Overrun by Feral Chickens

Adoption Is A Feminist Issue, But Not For The Reasons You Think

Why Don’t All Jobs Matter?

The Vast, Secretive Face Database That Could Instantly ID You In A Crowd

Fearing a worker shortage, farmers push back on immigration

The Immigration Policy That Ate the Justice Department

Plight of Palestinian refugees now spans 5 generations

Inside the anti-racist movement that brings the fight to white supremacists

Dave Grossman teaches police officers to think like "warriors." But is the rise of a militarized mindset turning black citizens into targets?

Russia’s Shadow-War in a Wary Europe

If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do? (Stay put, apparently.)

Where Your Dollars Are Going: Why Some Antiwar Activists Are Withholding Taxes

A cluster of opioid addicts in Massachusetts lost their memories and nobody knows why

US cases of anti-Semitism increased last year

How Standing Rock is connected to a series of brutal century-old murders.

In Chicago, even being seen with gang member sends 1,000s to jail

At Least 61,000 Nationwide Are in Prison for Minor Parole Violations

In Jail, Pads and Tampons as Bargaining Chips

After Ebola, Liberians slowly embrace mental health care

Only 2 Percent of Americans Who Voted for Trump Regret It

Remember Those Temporary Officials Trump Quietly Installed? Some Are Now Permanent Employees.

Prioritizing Economics is Crippling the U.S. Economy

How Drug-Company 'Benevolence' Silences the Sick

I Underwent Genital Mutilation as a Child—Right Here in the United States

Comments

[miss_s_b]

"Only 2 Percent of Americans Who Voted for Trump Regret It"

*cries*

[conuly]

I KNOW.

[novel_machinist]

I was just coming to lament that same thing :(

[sparkythegeek]

The one about sheltering in place in case of a nuclear bomb makes me chuckle. My mother will try to develop all these contingency plans and freaks out because of being in poor health. She'll want me to try to prep an emergency bag of her pills, for instance, but when I point out that she's screwed when that few day supply runs out... then what?

[conuly]

Maybe after a few days, the cavalry appears?

[monanotlisa]

THE SHEEP ARTICLE IS THE BEST!

[conuly]

First it was chickens that are smarter than we think, now it's sheep. What's next, humans?

[siderea]

(Personally, I think a sociology themed D&D style game might be a lot of fun!)

*clicks link* Oh, you would have rather liked the games I ran in JR high. :)

P.S. "May I role to understand the human condition?"

Speciist jerk. What does he have against the elder races?

[conuly]

Oh, you would have rather liked the games I ran in JR high. :)

Yes, and I wouldn't write a snarky comic about them either :)

Speciist jerk. What does he have against the elder races?

He wants to kill them all without feeling any moral compunction?

[novel_machinist]

Trump supporters are more afraid of people who are different than they are willing to vote to protect their self interests. I wish I was surprised. :(

[conuly]

I'm not entirely certain Trump supporters can reliably identify what actions are in their best interest. That sounds patronizing, but....

[novel_machinist]

But if the shoe fits you wear it.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

"Sheep are one of the most unfairly stereotyped animals on the planet. Almost everything we believe about them is wrong."

The bizarre thing, if you think about it, is the fact that the majority of people in the urbanized West know so shockingly little about any kind of animal. Many have never seen a sheep, or a cow, or a pig - some have never even seen a chicken or a rabbit! Reminds me of 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?' - a vast population almost entirely cut off from contact with the natural world from whence their food comes.

Anyone who's actually raised sheep knows very well that they're intelligent, social and emotional. Ewes are very much inclined to be princesses, in fact. They're not as relentlessly trouble-making as goats, but they're probably about as smart.