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This is a lovely little song with a nice twist at the end. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,856 entries with 1,460,095 comments.) By popular request, The Endless Thread is now on Freethoughtblogs!
I saw this in one of the comments here and thought it was sweet. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,843 entries with 1,458,229 comments.)
It's been one of those days. I gave my talk at #ssa2011, and unfortunately…my flash drive turned out to be unreadable on all of the machines there, so I had to do it without any visual aids. I ended up at several points waving at a blank screen and asking everyone to imagine what was up there. Oh well. Now here, something much more interesting than any ol' cat; charming friendly cooperative vampire bats. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,835 entries with 1,456,176 comments.)
Kevin Smith's next movie looks terrifying: Porky's meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. (Warning: video NSFW) (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,832 entries with 1,454,907 comments.)
This strange Japanese video was mention in the last edition of TET, and I had to put it here to help dilute the puzzlement and weirdness. I think it's an anatomy lesson or something. (Current totals: 12,825 entries with 1,453,181 comments.)
I like how they're destroyed when you shine a light on them. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,821 entries with 1,452,156 comments.)
Way past time for another open thread
Sometimes, you just need some whale songs to get you through the day. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,811 entries with 1,450,309 comments.)
I had no idea we were so powerful. The loon in this video describes the ways Communists will undermine True American values: by promoting feminism, environmentalism, homosexuality, and atheism. Squeee! He's talking about Pharyngula! I think I'm pretty much an anti-Cleon Skousen, too. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,801 entries with 1,448,175 comments.)
I knew that last thread would fill up ridiculously fast — all one has to do is bait the idiots and draw in a mob of dullards to shout "Derp!" and we're done. So here's something that won't invite the clowns. (Current totals: 12,792 entries with 1,446,366 comments.)
I have to throw in more videos featuring Rebecca Watson around here, just to piss off the clueless men. She does such a good job of that. Or maybe next time I'll put up some clip of Amanda Marcotte, to mix it up a little and make them cry harder. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,788 entries with 1,445,355 comments.)
I had to include the video from this post. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,765 entries with 1,441,820 comments.)
The embryologists' way. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,751 entries with 1,439,596 comments.)
Mary and I are on the way home; McCarran Airport has free wi-fi; and I notice that the Endless Thread is full. So, yay, fast update just before I get on an airplane. (Current totals: 12,737 entries with 1,437,530 comments.)
I'm supposed to talk about aliens, skeptically, tomorrow — the constraints of fitting some science into a mere half hour talk, though, mean that it's actually going to be fairly narrow talk about why functional constraints don't dictate the pattern of evolutionary solutions. But if I had a few hours, the nonsense in this video would make for an amusing subject: (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,727 entries with 1,435,920 comments.)
That's why I'm posting this video. (Last edition of TET; Current totals: 12,716 entries with 1,433,426 comments.)