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By mikethemadbiologist on August 11, 2011.

Links for you. Science:

IonTorrent: longer reads, longer homopolymers?
The Attacks on Climate Science Education Are Picking Up Steam
How people in science see each other (hysterical)
The Mangled Web of Scientific Misinformation

Other:

102 Things NOT To Do If You Hate Taxes
What You Need When You're Poor: Heritage Foundation Hasn't a Clue
Marshall Auerback: A Beer(s) Hall Putsch From the Rentiers?
most of the kids are alright
Password Strength
Letter to Senator Kerry on Social Security Comments
Do Liberals Understand American Politics? (Willis makes a very good point, although he seems confused as to who liberals actually are)
No shame, no limits: Has the behaviour of the mob destroyed the idea of British civility for ever? (although Fleet Street robbing the rest of the country blind might just play a role here too...)

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