Rain, but no snow. Links for you. Science:
A crustacean genome at last
Berg defends NCATS
Oysters disappearing worldwide
Unraveling Arthropoda
Other:
The Most Feminist Place in the World
2 Detained Reporters Saw Secret Police's Methods Firsthand
The courage of journalists, the cowardice of Limbaugh
Rush Owww
Master and Slave Morality
Learning To Walk: Fear, Shame And Your Underwater Mortgage (I don't see why shame is involved; this is a property transaction, nothing more)
Why do some countries' economies grow faster?
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Weep with me.
Probably because he's already at Skepticon, and I'm not.
This may come as a shock to my regular readers, but I agree with Afarensis that Arthropoda is clearly the best animal phylum.
When the animal is a squid, of course, which are beautiful even in death. Here's the dance of dying chromatophores: